HERB FORMULAS

LONG KUI SHE MEI YI MI TANG - 龍葵蛇薏濔莓汤 - SOLANUM NIGRUM, DUCHESNEA AND COIX DECOCTION

English: Solanum Nigrum, Duchesnea and Coix Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Hb. Solani Nigri Long Kui 30g Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, activates the Blood, promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
Hb. Duchesneae She Mei 30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and removes toxicity.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 30g Strengthens the Spleen, resolves Dampness, expels Wind-Dampness, relieves pain and clears Damp-Heat.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen Deficiency with Excess Dampness and edema.
Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao 30g Activates the Blood, dispels Stasis, promotes urination, reduces swelling and edema, clears Heat and resolves toxicity.
With Ze Lan, for disorders which include both Blood Stasis and accumulation of pathogenic water.
Hb. Solani Lyrati Shu Yang Quan 30g Dispels Heat and Dampness, removes toxins, eliminates Wind, promotes urination, regulates the circulation of Qi and activates the Blood.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 9g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Kidney Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
With Cang Zhu, eliminates Dampness and clears Heat for Lower Jiao Damp-Heat with pain, swelling and weakness in the lower limbs.
Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 9g Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen and clears Dampness from the Lower Jiao.
With Huang Bai, for pain, swelling and weakness of the lower extremities or skin lesions due to Wind-Dampness.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 9g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes ) the Blood, clears Deficiency Fire, activates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Pollen Typhae Pu Huang 9g Activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and promotes urination.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 9g Activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat and cools the Blood.
Hb. Lycopi Lucidi Ze Lan 9g Activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, promotes urination and disperses swellings.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can 4.5g Dispels Wind, disperses Wind-Heat, stops itching and pain, transforms Phlegm and eliminates toxins.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves toxins
  • Activates the Blood
  • Resolves Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Heat Stagnation with Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Facial edema
  • Edema of the four limbs, which, when pressed, easily rebound
  • Fever and chills
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Eczema
  • Ceaseless itching
  • Scanty, hot reddish-yellow urination
  • T: Purple
  • C: Slimy and yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For Qi Deficiency:    
+ 45g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi    
+ 15g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen    
+ 15g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu