HERB FORMULAS

HUAI HUA SAN - 槐花散 - SOPHORA JAPONICA FLOWER POWDER

English: Sophora Japonica Flower Powder
Also Known As: Sophora Powder
Sophora Flower Powder
Sophora Flower Formula

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Dry-fried Flos Sophorae Chao Huai Hua 12g Cools the Blood, cools the Liver and stops bleeding.
With Ce Bai Ye, for hemafecia, hematuria, uterine bleeding, hematemesis, and epistaxis.
With Jing Jie Sui and Fu Chao Zhi Ke, for hemafecia associated with Intestinal Wind.
With Ce Bai Ye, Jing Jie Sui and Fu Chao Zhi Ke, for hematochezia with bright red Blood caused by Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine.
Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye 12g Cools the Blood, stops bleeding and clears Damp-Heat.
Spica Schizonepetae Jing Jie Sui 6g Stops bleeding.
With Ce Bai Ye, Chao Huai Hua and Fu Chao Zhi Ke, for rectal bleeding from Intestinal Wind or hemorrhoids.
Bran-fried Fr. Aurantii Fu Chao Zhi Ke 6-9g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Cools the Intestines
  • Stops bleeding
  • Disperses Wind
  • Promotes the movement of Qi
  • Relaxes the Intestines

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Heat in the Stomach and Intestines (Intestinal Wind)
  • Damp-Heat in the Stomach and Intestines

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Bright red bleeding from the Intestines during defecation that typically precedes, but may follow the passage of stool
  • Hematochezia
  • Hemafecia
  • Hemorrhoids with either bright red or dark red Blood
  • T: Red
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Soggy and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Do not use long term.
  • Use with caution for those with Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold.
  • Contraindicated for those with rectal bleeding with symptoms of Q i or Yin Deficiency.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a stronger effect in stopping bleeding: For severe Heat in the Large Intestine:
- Spica Schizonepetae Jing Jie Sui + Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ Charred Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie Tan + Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
For vigorous Liver Heat pouring downward to the Intestines:
For chronic or profuse rectal bleeding:

+ Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis

Ku Shen + Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao
+ Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
For chronic bleeding causing Blood and Qi Deficiencies:
+ Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For ulcerative colitis:
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu + Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma
+ Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji
For amoebic dysentery:
+ Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao
+ Pulsatilla Decoction
Bai Tou Weng Tang
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
For excessive bleeding:
For dry, hard stools accompanied by bleeding:
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ Natrii Sulfas Mang Xiao + Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji
+ Sm. Cannabis Huo Ma Ren
For hemafecia with abdominal pain, distention and tenesmus:
For bleeding hemorrhoids and a prolapsed rectum:
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
- Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
- Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
With Qi Deficiency due to chronic bleeding:
+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng + Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
For continuous, profuse bleeding leading to Blood Deficiency:
For Excess Heat in the Intestines:
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
For hemorrhoids and a bearing down sensation in the anus:
+ Fr. Mume Wu Mei
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
For constipation or sticky stool:
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin - Flos Sophorae Huai Hua
+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + Fr. Sophorae Huai Jiao
For bleeding hemorrhoids:
+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
For bleeding hemorrhoids with severe Heat:
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
or
+ 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu + 6-9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9-12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ 6-9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9-12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 12-15g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou
+ 3-6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
+ 12-15g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou + 6-9g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ 3-6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi + 9-12g Colla Corii Asini E Jiao
For bleeding hemorrhoids with Blood Heat:
For bleeding hemorrhoids with difficult stools or constipation:
+ 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ 6-9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9-12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 6-9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9-12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ 12-15g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou
+ 3-6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi + 12-15g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou
+ 15-24g Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang + 3-6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
+ 6-9g processed Rx. et Rz. Rhei Zhi Da Huang
+ 9-12g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
+ 9-12g Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei
For bleeding hemorrhoids with Qi Stagnation, abdominal distention or tenesmus:
For bleeding hemorrhoids with pus mixed in with the Blood:
+ 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ 6-9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9-12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 6-9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9-12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ 12-15g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou
+ 3-6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi + 12-15g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou
+ 6-9g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + 3-6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
For hemorrhoids due to Damp-Heat:
+ 18-30g Caulis Sargentodoxae Hong Teng
+ 9-12g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 18-30g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 9-12g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
For hemorrhoids due to Damp-Heat with copious bleeding:
_ 6-9g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
For hemorrhoids due to Damp-Heat with Heat in the Liver:
+ 12-15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ 6g Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao + 15g Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao
+ 9-12g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ 1-3g Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai
For hemorrhoids due to Damp-Heat with tenesmus:
   
    + 6-9g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang