Description
Liu Ying Wan (Six Promises Pill), from TCM External Medicine (Zhong Yi Wai Ke Xue).
Actions: Resolve toxins, relieve swelling, and relieve pain
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of intense fire toxin in interior, with throat moth (tonsillitis), throat bì (pharyngitis), furuncle, carbuncle, sores and ulcers, or pharyngolaryngitis, insect bite, red tongue with thin and yellow coating, and rapid pulse
Category: Formulas That Clear Heat and Resolve Toxins.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 492–496.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ding Xiang
as printed: Flos Caryophylli (ding xiang) 30 g
|
30g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Chan Su
as printed: Venenum Bufonis (chan su) 30 g
|
30g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Xiong Huang
as printed: Realgar (xiong huang) 30 g
|
30g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Niu Huang
as printed: Calculus Bovis (niu huang) 30 g
|
30g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Zhen Zhu
as printed: Margarita (zhen zhu) 30 g
|
30g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Bing Pian
as printed: Borneolum Syntheticum (bing pian) 30 g
|
30g | 16.67% | — |
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 (-0.17)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 17%, cool 33%, warm 50%.
Pairs warm and cool. 50% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 50% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste
- pungent 42%
- sweet 25%
- bitter 25%
- salty 8%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Heart 67%
- Liver 50%
- Lung 33%
- Stomach 33%
- Spleen 33%
- Large intestine 17%
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
Make the ingredients into small pills with coating of aethiops martialis, take orally, 10 pills each time (5 pills for children, 2 pills for infants), 3 times a day
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