Description
Jing Xiao San (Valuable Experience Powder), from Effective Formulas from Generations of Physicians (Shi Yi De Xiao Fang).
Actions: Cool the blood and dissipate blood stasis, clear heat, and remove nebula
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of external injury and internal oculopathy, such as sharp instrument injury or blunt instrument wound of ocular region, eyeball injury and turbidity, red eye with pain, swelling of the eyelid, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid pulse
Category: Formulas That Clear Heat in Nutrient Aspect and Cool the Blood.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 488–489.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shui Niu Jiao
as printed: Cornu Bubali (shui niu jiao) 15 g
|
15g | 15.63% | — | |
|
Chi Shao
as printed: Radix Paeoniae Rubra (chi shao) 15 g
|
15g | 15.63% | — | |
|
Dang Gui
as printed: Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui) 15 g
|
15g | 15.63% | — | |
|
Da Huang
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang) 15 g
|
15g | 15.63% | — | |
|
Chai Hu
as printed: Radix Bupleuri (chai hu) 30 g
|
30g | 31.25% | — | |
|
Lian Qiao
as printed: Fructus Forsythiae (lian qiao) 3 g
|
3g | 3.13% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae (gan cao) 3 g
|
3g | 3.13% | — |
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 (-0.97)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 31%, cool 50%, neutral 3%, warm 16%.
Taste
- pungent 23%
- sweet 11%
- sour 8%
- bitter 50%
- salty 8%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 94%
- Pericardium 47%
- Heart 38%
- Stomach 34%
- Spleen 34%
- San Jiao 31%
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
- This formula = Da Huang Gan Cao Tang + Chai Hu, Chi Shao, Dang Gui, Lian Qiao and Shui Niu Jiao
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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