Description
Cang Fu Dao Tan Wan (Atractylodis and Cyperus Phlegm-Expelling Pill), from Ye Tian-shi’s Secret Formulas for the Diagnosis and Treatment on Gynecology (Ye Tian Shi Nu Ke Zheng Zhi Mi Fang).
Actions: Dry dampness and dissolve phlegm, move stagnation, and regulate menstruation
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of menstruation with an interval of several months in obese woman with a pattern of phlegmatic abundance and qi deficiency; or menstrual block in obese woman with a pattern of phlegmatic abundance; or obesity, excessive phlegm and leukorrhea with a pattern of qi deficiency
Category: Formulas That Dry Dampness and Dissolve Phlegm.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 787–789.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cang Zhu
as printed: dry-fried Rhizoma Atractylodis with bran (fu chao cang zhu) 10 g
|
10g | 9.52% | — | |
|
Xiang Fu
as printed: prepared Rhizoma Cyperi (cu xiang fu) 12 g
|
12g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Poria (fu ling) 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Ban Xia
as printed: Rhizoma Pinelliae Praeparatum (jiang ban xia) 12 g
|
12g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Chen Pi
as printed: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (chen pi) 10 g
|
10g | 9.52% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae (gan cao) 10 g
|
10g | 9.52% | — | |
|
Tian Nan Xing
as printed: Rhizoma Arisaematis praeparatum (zhi tian nan xing) 12 g
|
12g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Zhi Ke
as printed: dry-fried Fructus Aurantii with bran (fu chao zhi qiao) 12 g
|
12g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Sheng Jiang
as printed: Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (sheng jiang) 3 pieces
|
3pieces | 100% | — | |
|
Shen Qu
as printed: dry-fried Medicated Leaven with bran (fu chao shen qu) 12 g
|
12g | 11.43% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net slightly warm (+0.42)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cool 11%, neutral 35%, warm 53%.
Taste
- pungent 40%
- sweet 26%
- sour 4%
- bitter 23%
- bland 7%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 100%
- Lung 68%
- Stomach 53%
- Liver 32%
- Heart 24%
- Kidney 14%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
1 herb without a dose in grams, so left out of every figure above: Sheng Jiang.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into powder, mix with Succus Rhizomatis Zingiberis ( sheng jiang zhi ) and Massa Medicata Fermentata ( shen qu ), make into pills as size of phoenix tree seed, and take orally with decoction of Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens ( sheng jiang )
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- This formula = Er Chen Tang without Wu Mei + Cang Zhu, Shen Qu, Tian Nan Xing, Xiang Fu and Zhi Ke
- This formula = Xiao Ban Xia Jia Fu Ling Tang + Er Chen Tang + Cang Zhu, Shen Qu, Tian Nan Xing, Xiang Fu and Zhi Ke
- This formula = Ju Pi Tang + Er Chen Tang + Cang Zhu, Shen Qu, Tian Nan Xing, Xiang Fu and Zhi Ke
- This formula = Xiao Ban Xia Tang + Er Chen Tang + Cang Zhu, Shen Qu, Tian Nan Xing, Xiang Fu and Zhi Ke
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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