Description
Du Sheng San (Unaccompanied Sage Powder), from Essence of External Medicine (Wai Ke Jing Yao).
Actions: Rectify qi and relieve pain
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of pain due to blood stasis and qi stagnation after injury from falling down, with local distending pain, vexation and irascibility, glumness, pale tongue with thin and white coating, wiry and forceful pulse
Category: Formulas That Direct Qi Downward.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 679–680.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Xiang Fu
as printed: Ginger-prepared Rhizoma Cyperi (jiang zhi xiang fu) 12 g
|
12g | 100% | — |
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 neutral (0.00)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: neutral 100%.
Taste
- pungent 33%
- sweet 33%
- bitter 33%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 100%
- Liver 100%
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 herb with water for oral use
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