Description
Chen Xiang San (Lignum Aquilariae Powder), from Appendices to the “ Essentials From the Golden Cabinet ” (Jin Gui Yi).
Actions: Rectify qi and relieve strangury and promote urination
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of qi strangury or dribbling urinary block due to liver constraint and qi stagnation, with urinary retention or difficult and incomplete urination after anger, distention and fullness and pain in the chest, ribside, and lower abdomen, vexation and irascibility, light red tongue with thin and slightly yellow coating, and wiry pulse
Category: Formulas That Move Qi.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 671–673.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into crude powder and take 6 g each time after mixing with decoction of Hordeum Vulgare ( da mai )
Traditional formula information is for educational purposes only. Herbal formulas should be prescribed by a qualified practitioner — dosages and combinations are individualized and can interact with medications.
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