Mu Xiang Wu Gong San
StarSource: Chen Ji Rong Fang
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Mu Xiang Wu Gong San (Aucklandia and Centipede Powder), from Chen Ji Rong Fang.
Actions: Warm the channel, move Qi, stop pain, and reduce swelling.
Indications: Distention at the testicles due to cold congealed in the Liver channel. Symptoms include one sided or bilateral swelling and pain in the testicles, green purple sublingual vein, and wiry pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 207.
Composition
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 warm (+1.00)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: warm 100%.
Taste
- pungent 50%
- bitter 50%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Large intestine 100%
- Stomach 100%
- Spleen 100%
- Gallbladder 100%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
1 herb without a dose in grams, so left out of every figure above: Wu Gong.
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
Grind into fine powder, divide into three doses. For adults, take with yellow wine. For children, take with glutinous rice wine. This formula can be continuously taken for several days.
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