Cure Discharge Pill
Chinese Prescription: Yu Dai Wan
English Translation: Cure Discharge Pill
Formula Type: Clear Damp-Heat
Actions: Clears & tranforms damp-heat & stops vaginal discharge.
Indications: For profuse, viscous, fishy-smelling, red & white vaginal discharge due to damp-heat. Although this is a condition of excess, this formula contains astringent herbs to control the unremitting, profuse discharge.
Contraindications: Unknown.
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Chun Gen Pi / Ailanthus bark or root bark |
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Taste: Bitter, Astringent • Temperature: Cold • Category: Stabilize & Bind • Sub Category: |
Dosage3-15g |
Actions1. Clears heat, dries dampness, & binds up the Intestines: for chronc diarrhea or dysenteric disorders, especially those due to damp-heat. Particularly useful when there is blood in the stool. Also used for chronic vaginal discharge due to damp-heat.
2. Kills parasites: for roundworms. Used externally for pruritic tinea-like rashes. |
MeridiansLarge Intestine, Stomach |
CautionsAccording to some traditional sources, this herb should not be used in cases of cold & deficiency of the Spleen & Stomach, or where there is significant Kidney yin deficiecy. |
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Bai Shao Yao / Peony (White) |
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Taste: Bitter, Sour • Temperature: Cool • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Blood |
Dosage6-15g, very large doses up to 30 g |
Actions1. Nourishes the blood & regulates the menses: for blood deficiency with such symptoms as menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, & uterine bleeding. This is a very commonly used herb for treating women's disorders.
2. Calms & curbs the Liver yang & alleviates pain: for such symptoms as flank, chest, or abdominal pain from either constrained Liver qi or disharmony between the Liver & Spleen. In general, this herb is used to "soften & comfort" the Liver, stop painful spasms in the abdomen, stop cramping pain or spasms in the hands & feet, & alleviate abdominal pain associated with dysentric disorders. It is also used for headache & dizziness due to ascendant Liver yang.
3. Preserves the yin & adjusts the nutritive & protective levels: for vaginal discharge & spermatorrhea, as well as exterior wind-cold from deficiency patterns with continuous sweating that does not resolve the problem. It is also used for yin deficiency where the yang floats to the surface causing spontaneous sweating or night sweats. |
MeridiansLiver, Spleen |
CautionsUse with caution in cases of diarrhea due to cold from deficiency, & in patients with weak yang & cold from deficiency. May antagonize shi hu & mang xiao, may counteract with bie jia & xiao ji, & may be incompatible with li lu. |
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Gao Liang Jiang / Galangal Rhizome, Alpinia |
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Hot • Category: Warm Interior & Expel Cold • Sub Category: |
Dosage1.5-9g |
ActionsWarms the middle & alleviates pain: for epigastric & abdominal pain, vomiting, hiccough, or diarrhea due to cold in the middle burner. |
MeridiansSpleen, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs. In patients with weak constitutions, gao liang jiang should not be used alone, but together with dang shen & bai zhu, to modify its potentially irritating effects. |
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Huang Bai / Phellodendron Bark |
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Damp |
Dosage3-12g |
Actions1. Drains damp-heat, particularly from the lower-burner: for such problems as thick, yellow vaginal discharge, foul-smelling diarrhea, or dysenteric disorder. Also for damp-heat pouring downward or hot leg qi with such symptoms as red, swollen, & painful knees, legs, or feet. Also for damp-heat jaundice.
2. Drains Kidney fire: for ascending Kindey fire with signs of yin deficiency such as steaming bone disorder, night sweats, afternoon fevers & sweating, sometimes accompanied by nocturnal emissions & spermatorrhea.
3. Drains fire & relieves toxicity: for fire toxin generated sores & damp lesions of the skin. |
MeridiansKidney, Bladder |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of Spleen deficiency with or without diarrhea. Toxicity: There has been one case reported of a patient who developed a rash after ingestion of huang bai. When the patient was later skin-tested, there was a very strong local reaction. |