HERB FORMULAS

QIAN LI XIAN TANG - 前列腺汤 - PROSTATE DECOCTION

English: Prostate Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 3-15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, soothes irritability, cools the Blood, reduces abscesses, nourishes the Blood and calms the Spirit.
Sm. Persicae Tao Ren 4-10g Breaks up Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and drains abscesses.
With Hong Hua, invigorates the Blood for all types of Blood Stagnation.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 3-10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels and alleviates pain.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 4.5-15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain, clears Heat, cools the Blood and reduces swelling from sores and abscesses.
Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan 3-15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, promotes urination and disperses swellings.
Sm. Vaccariae Wang Bu Liu Xing 4-30g Promotes the movement of Blood, invigorates the channels, reduces swelling and drains abscesses.
With Chuan Shan Jia, for mobile and fixed abdominal masses and accumulations.
Squama Manitis Chuan Shan Jia 3-10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, reduces swelling and promotes the discharge of pus.
With Pu Gong Ying, for inflammatory lesions of the skin that have not yet pustulated.
Myrrh Mo Yao 3-12g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, alleviates pain, reduces swelling, generates flesh and promotes healing.
Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi 3-15g Dredges Liver Qi, releases Stagnation, stops pain and conducts Heat out from below.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 3-10g Reduces swelling, eliminates toxins and expels pus.
Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao 6-30g Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, expels pus,reduces abscesses and dispels Blood Stasis.
With Pu Gong Ying, disperses Stagnation due to Heat Toxin with abdominal pain and distention and abdominal masses and treats swollen, toxic sores and abscesses.
With Chi Shao, for unsuppurated Intestinal abscess with an immobile abdominal mass.
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying 9-30g Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears Heat, resolves Dampness, unblocks painful urinary dribbling, relieves Fire toxicity and clears Heat in the Blood.
Hb. Pyrrosiae Shi Wei 6-16g Clears Damp-Heat, cools the Blood unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and clears stones.
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 5-18g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Promotes the circulation of Qi
  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Qi and Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Distension in the chest, epigastrium or abdomen
  • Distending pain that moves from place to place
  • Abdominal masses that appear and disappear or
  • Abdominal masses that do not move
  • Abdominal distension and pain that is not relieved by a bowel movement
  • Premenstrual tension
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Mental depression
  • Mood swings
  • Depression
  • Frequent sighing
  • Headache
  • Irritability
  • Constipation with small round stools
  • Dull/dark complexion
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Pain that has the quality of boring in, fixed and stabbing and may be worse at night
  • Bleeding with dark blood and dark clots
  • T: Purple petechiae, purple veinules
  • C: White

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For lower abdominal pain: For pain:
+ Olibanum Ru Xiang + Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
For Blood in the urine and ejaculate:
For Heat in the Blood:
+ Flos Sophorae Huai Hua + Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang