Description
Di Dang Wan (Resistance Pill), from Treatise on Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun).
Actions: Break up blood and expel stasis
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of lower jiao blood amassment syndrome, with abdominal fullness, normal micturition, deep and knotted pulse
Category: Formulas That Invigorate Blood and Dispel Stasis.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 692–700.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shui Zhi
as printed: Hirudo (shui zhi) 4 g
|
4g | 17.39% | — | |
|
Meng Chong
as printed: Tabanus (meng chong) 4 g
|
4g | 17.39% | — | |
|
Tao Ren
as printed: Semen Persicae (tao ren) 6 g
|
6g | 26.09% | — | |
|
Da Huang
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang) 9 g
|
9g | 39.13% | — |
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 (-0.96)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 39%, cool 17%, neutral 44%.
Taste
- sweet 13%
- bitter 78%
- salty 9%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 100%
- Large intestine 65%
- Stomach 39%
- Spleen 39%
- Pericardium 39%
- Lung 26%
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
Decoct the ingredients with water for oral use
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan = this formula + Xia Yu Xue Tang + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Gan Qi, Qi Cao, Huang Qin, Sheng Di Huang and Xing Ren
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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