Description
Qin Jiao Wan (Gentian Pill), from Formulas from Benevolent Sages Compiled during the Taiping Era (Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang).
Actions: Clear heat and eliminate damoness, dispel wind, and relieve itching
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of scabies with dry itching and falling of scurf when scratching caused by wind-damp and heat toxin invading the exterior, or purulent skin diseases, chronic eczema, neurodermitis, pruritus of skin, lupus vulgaris, and discoid lupus erythematosus
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. 755–759.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Qin Jiao
as printed: Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae (qin jiao) 60 g
|
60g | 12.12% | — | |
|
Ku Shen
as printed: Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (ku shen) 60 g
|
60g | 12.12% | — | |
|
Da Huang
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang) 60 g
|
60g | 12.12% | — | |
|
Huang Qi
as printed: Radix Astragali (huang qi) 60 g
|
60g | 12.12% | — | |
|
Fang Feng
as printed: Radix Saposhnikoviae (fang feng) 45 g
|
45g | 9.09% | — | |
|
Lou Lu
as printed: Radix Rhapontici (lou lu) 45 g
|
45g | 9.09% | — | |
|
Huang Lian
as printed: Rhizoma Coptidis (huang lian) 45 g
|
45g | 9.09% | — | |
|
Wu Shao She
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Zaocys (wu shao she) 120 g
|
120g | 24.24% | — |
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 (-0.64)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 42%, neutral 36%, warm 21%.
Small but decisive: Lou Lu 45g (cold, 9% of the grams), Huang Lian 45g (cold, 9% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 11%
- sweet 41%
- bitter 44%
- salty 5%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 79%
- Stomach 55%
- Spleen 42%
- Large intestine 33%
- Heart 21%
- Gallbladder 21%
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, mix with honey and make into pills as size of phoenix tree seed, and take 30 pills each time with warm wine after meals
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- This formula = Da Huang Huang Lian Xie Xin Tang + Fang Feng, Huang Qi, Ku Shen, Lou Lu, Qin Jiao and Wu Shao She
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