Dan Dao Pai Shi Tang
StarSource: Jing Yan Fang
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Dan Dao Pai Shi Tang (Expelling Stones from Biliary Tract Decoction), from Jing Yan Fang.
Actions: Clear heat, promote Gallbladder, unblock Fu organs, expel stones, and stop pain.
Indications: Acute attack of cholelithiasis or cholecystitis. Symptoms include severe right upper quadrant pain which refuses pressure, nausea, vomiting, thirst with preference for cold drinks, high fever, aversion to cold, jaundice, constipation, red tongue, yellow greasy tongue coating, and wiry and rapid pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 233.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jin Yin Hua
as printed: Jin Yin Hua 15 g
|
15g | 8.77% | — | |
|
Huang Qin
as printed: Huang Qin 9 g
|
9g | 5.26% | — | |
|
Zhi Ke
as printed: Zhi Ke 9 g
|
9g | 5.26% | — | |
|
Mu Xiang
as printed: Mu Xiang 9 g
|
9g | 5.26% | — | |
|
Bai Shao
as printed: Bai Shao Yao 30 g
|
30g | 17.54% | — | |
|
Jin Qian Cao
as printed: Jin Qian Cao 30 g
|
30g | 17.54% | — | |
|
Yin Chen
as printed: Yin Chen Hao 30 g
|
30g | 17.54% | — | |
|
Da Huang
as printed: Da Huang (add near end) 9 g
|
9g | 5.26% | — | |
|
Mang Xiao
as printed: Mang Xiao (add to decoction) 15 g
|
15g | 8.77% | — | |
|
Chai Hu
as printed: Chai Hu 15 g
|
15g | 8.77% | — |
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 cool (-1.18)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 28%, cool 67%, warm 5%.
Small but decisive: Jin Yin Hua 15g (cold, 9% of the grams), Huang Qin 9g (cold, 5% of the grams), Da Huang 9g (cold, 5% of the grams), Mang Xiao 15g (cold, 9% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 18%
- sweet 15%
- sour 11%
- bitter 41%
- salty 10%
- bland 6%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 67%
- Stomach 56%
- Spleen 56%
- Gallbladder 54%
- Large intestine 39%
- Lung 19%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
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
Decoction.
Conditions Addressed
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Bai Hu Cheng Qi Tang + Bai Shao, Chai Hu, Huang Qin, Jin Qian Cao, Jin Yin Hua, Mu Xiang, Yin Chen and Zhi Ke. Proportions not compared: the catalogue's Bai Hu Cheng Qi Tang has no gram dose for Da Huang and Mang Xiao.
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.
Formula Network
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