HERB FORMULAS

ZHI DAI TANG - 止带湯 - DISCHARGE STOPPING DECOCTION

English: Discharge-Stopping Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Polyporus Zhu Ling 6-20g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and dispels Damp-Heat.
With Fu Ling, for Lin syndrome, scanty urine, edema, loose stools, vaginal discharge, jaundice, leg Qi and diarrhea.
With Fu Ling and Ze Xie, for edema due to Spleen Deficiency.
Poria Fu Ling 6-30g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and transforms Phlegm.With Ze Xie and Zhu Ling, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness.
With Che Qian Zi, for Lin syndrome, especially Milky Lin.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 3-15g Promotes urination and clears Damp-Heat.
With Ze Xie, for Lin Syndrome, edema and distention.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 6-15g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and settles Ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao.
Rz. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen 15g Clears Heat, facilitates the resolution of Dampness AND Clears Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 6-12g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis,clears Heat, cools the Blood and relieves pain.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 6-12g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, clears Deficiency Fire, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and clears Liver Fire.
With Chi Shao, for irregular menstruation due to Heat and obstruction from Blood Deficiency.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 3-12g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao and drains Kidney Fire.
With Che Qian Zi, for burning, painful, hesitant urination.
With Zhi Zi, for Lower Jiao Damp-Heat leading to hot, painful urinary dysfunction.
With Zhi Zi, Ze Xie and Che Qian Zi, for yellow vaginal discharge.
Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi 3-12g Drains Damp-Heat.
With Mu dAn Pi, for irregular menstruation, headache, red eyes, and thirst due to Liver Qi Heat from Stagnation.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 3-10g Invigorates the Blood, expels Blood Stasis, nourishes the Liver and Kidney Yin and clears Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Eliminates Dampness
  • Clears Heat
  • Stops the discharge

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Profuse, yellow, sticky discharge
  • In some patients the discharge is white but like bean curd
  • Foul odor
  • Vulvar itch
  • Scanty dark urine
  • Chest tightness
  • Sticky mouth
  • Reduced appetite
  • Vague pains in the lower abdomen
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow and greasy or Thick and yellow
  • P: Soft and mildly rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For chronic pelvic inflammatory disease: For vaginal discharge:
+ 12g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 10g Rz. Curcumae E Zhu
For red vaginal discharge: + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
For vaginal discharge with Qi Deficiency:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Concha Ostreae Mu Li + Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
or + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For vaginal discharge with a sore low back and knees:
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ Cacumen Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
For cervicitis or cervical polyps with abdominal pain:
 + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong
+ Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
+ Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
For cervicitis or cervical polyps with Liver Qi Stagnation Invading the Spleen with anorexia and abdominal pain and fullness:
For cervicitis or cervical polyps with leukorrhea and spotting:
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Flos Sophorae Immaturus Huai Hua Mi + Succinum Hu Po
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu + Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ Rx. Rubiae Qian Cao Gen + Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi