Description
Niu Jiao San (Buffalo Horn Powder), from Miraculous and Skillful Complete Formulas (Shen Qiao Wan Quan Fang).
Actions and indications: Relieve strangury and expel stones, cool the blood and stanch bleeding. Indicated for the treatment of stony strangury and blood strangury due to damp-heat accumulation, with urinating containing stone or broken blood streak and blood clots, difficult and dribbling urination, spasmodic pain and oppression in the lesser abdomen, red tongue with yellow or greasy coating, and rapid pulse
Modifications: For stony strangury as the main symptom, add Herba Lysimachiae ( jin qian cao ) and Spora Lygodii ( hai jin sha ) to strengthen the effects of relieving strangury and expelling stones; for bloody strangury as the main symptom, decrease the dosage of Fructus Malvae ( dong kui zi ) and add Herba Cirsii ( xiao ji ), Radix Rehmanniae ( sheng di huang ), and Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis ( ou jie ) to cool the blood and stanch bleeding; for thirst and slight coating due to yin deficiency resulting in vigorous fire, add Rhizoma Anemarrhenae ( zhi mu ) and Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis ( huang bai ) to enrich yin and subdue fire
Cautions: Its use is prohibited in patients with strangury due to overstrain accompanied with qi deficiency
Category: Formulas That Clear Heat and Dispel Dampness.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 748–754.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shui Niu Jiao
as printed: Cornu Bubali (shui niu jiao) 30 g
|
30g | 5.71% | — | |
|
Huang Qin
as printed: Radix Scutellariae (huang qin) 90 g
|
90g | 17.14% | — | |
|
Da Huang
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang) 90 g
|
90g | 17.14% | — | |
|
Wang Bu Liu Xing
as printed: Semen Vaccariae (wang bu liu xing) 30 g
|
30g | 5.71% | — | |
|
Chi Shao
as printed: Radix Paeoniae Rubra (chi shao) 45 g
|
45g | 8.57% | — | |
|
Pu Huang
as printed: Pollen Typhae (pu huang) 30 g
|
30g | 5.71% | — | |
|
Shi Wei
as printed: Folium Pyrrosiae (shi wei) 30 g
|
30g | 5.71% | — | |
|
Mu Tong
as printed: Caulis Akebiae (mu tong) 45 g
|
45g | 8.57% | — | |
|
Dong Kui Zi
as printed: Fructus Malvae (dong kui zi) 45 g
|
45g | 8.57% | — | |
|
Hua Shi
as printed: Talcum (hua shi) 30 g
|
30g | 5.71% | — | |
|
Che Qian Zi
as printed: Semen Plantaginis (che qian zi) 60 g
|
60g | 11.43% | — |
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 cold (-1.63)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 74%, cool 14%, neutral 11%.
Small but decisive: Shui Niu Jiao 30g (cold, 6% of the grams), Mu Tong 45g (cold, 9% of the grams), Dong Kui Zi 45g (cold, 9% of the grams), Hua Shi 30g (cold, 6% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- sweet 26%
- sour 4%
- bitter 59%
- salty 3%
- bland 9%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 54%
- Stomach 51%
- Large intestine 43%
- Lung 34%
- Spleen 34%
- Small intestine 34%
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
Grind the ingredients into powder, and take in 10 g doses; or as a decoction, the dosage should be reduced
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