HERB FORMULAS

SHE CHUAN FANG - 蛇串方 - SNAKE STRING FORMULA

English: Snake String Formula
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Smilacis Glabrae Tu Fu Ling 30g Clears Damp-Heat from the skin, relieves toxicity and eliminates Dampness.
With Yi Yi Ren, for joint pain due to Damp-Heat toxin.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 30g Strengthens the Spleen, resolves Dampness and clears Damp-Heat.
Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian 30g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, clears Damp-Heat and treats sores.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, soothes irritability, cools the Blood and reduces abscesses.
With Mu Dan Pi and Sheng Di Huang, for Ying Stage Heat with high fever, irritability, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and subcutaneous bleeding.
Pheretima Di Long 9g Clears Heat and unblocks and promotes movement in the channels and collaterals.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, cools the Blood, reduces swelling from sores and abscesses and relieves pain.
With Mu Dan Pi, cools the Blood and disperses Stasis, for Ying Stage Heat with epistaxis, hemoptysis, hemafecia, hematuria, menorrhagia and skin rashes.
With Mu Dan Pi and Sheng Di Huang, for Heat entering the Xue Stage causing maculae or hemorrhage.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 9g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling.
With Chi Shao, for purpuric rashes, hematemesis and Heat injuring the Ying and Xue levels.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Ying and Xue Stage Heat with a high fever, scarlet tongue, thirst, a rash all over the body, epistaxis and hemoptysis.
Pollen Typhae Pu Huang 9g Activates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Hirudo Shui Zhi 3g Breaks up and drives out Blood Stasis.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Transform toxins
  • Move Qi
  • Stop pain

SYNDROMES

  • Qi and Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • This describes post-herpetic neuralgia. There may not be any remaining skin lesions or
  • There may be dark purplish scars but no vesicles
  • Severe, lancinating pain may be the main or only symptom
  • If there are vesicles, the bases are dark and purple
  • The fluid contains bloody water
  • The aching and pain are severe and difficult to bear
  • T: Purple and dark or with static macules or spots
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Wiry and/or choppy

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For no remaining signs of Damp-Heat: For severe post-herpetic neuralgia:
- Rz. Smilacis Glabrae Tu Fu Ling + 30g Concha Margaritaferae Zhen Zhu Mu
- Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
- Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian + 30g Concha Ostreae Mu Li
+ 15g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo + 30g Dens Draconis Long Chi
+ 9g Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi + 30g Magnetitum Ci Shi
+ 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu For concomitant Qi and Blood Deficiency:
+ 9g Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin + 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
    + 6g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
    + 6g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui