Jin Hong Tang
Star锦红汤 (Brocade Red Decoction)
Source: Practical Chinese External Medicine
Last updated October 1, 2026
Description
Jin Hong Tang (Brocade Red Decoction), from Practical Chinese External Medicine.
Associated formula of Da Huang Mu Dan Tang.
Actions: Clears heat; Resolves toxicity; Moves the qi; Opens the bowels; Invigorates the blood; Reduces swelling
Indications: Acute appendicitis
Pattern: Acute Intestinal abscess with heat toxin and stagnation
Usage: Modern formula by Shanghai external-medicine physician Gu Bo-Hua for acute appendicitis.
Composition note: The book notes that no dosage is listed in the source text.
Category: Formulas that Treat Internal Abscesses.
Source: Scheid V, Bensky D, Ellis A, Barolet R. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. Eastland Press, 2009, p. 882.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hong Teng
as printed: Sargentodoxae Caulis (hong teng) 60g
|
60g | 50% | — | |
|
Pu Gong Ying
as printed: Taraxaci Herba (pu gong ying) 30g
|
30g | 25% | — | |
|
Da Huang
add at end of decocting; as printed: Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (da huang) [add at end of decocting] 18g
|
18g | 15% | — | |
|
Hou Po
as printed: Magnoliae officinalis Cortex (hou po) 12g
|
12g | 10% | — |
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 cool (-0.70)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 40%, neutral 50%, warm 10%.
Taste
- pungent 5%
- sweet 13%
- bitter 83%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Stomach 100%
- Liver 90%
- Large intestine 75%
- Spleen 25%
- Pericardium 15%
- Lung 10%
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; may also be made into pills from the first three herbs mixed with a liquid extract of hou po.
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