Description
San Feng Huo Luo Wan (Wind-Scattering Channel-Activating Pill), from Beijing Standard of Chinese Patent Medicine (Bei Jing Shi Zhong Cheng Yao Gui Fan).
Actions: Relax the sinews and quicken the collaterals, dispel wind, and eliminate dampness
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of wind-cold-damp bì syndrome, with pain in the waist and legs, numbness of the hands and feet, spasm of the sinews, or wind-strike with paralysis, hemiplegia, difficulty in walking, wry mouth and eye, pale tongue with white coating, moderate and soggy pulse
Category: Formulas That Scatter and Dissipate External Wind.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 719–721.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Wei Ling Xian
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Clematidis (wei ling xian) 15,000 g
|
15000g | 30.86% | — | |
|
Dang Shen
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix Codonopsis (dang shen) 30,000 g
|
30000g | 61.73% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Poria (fu ling) 900 g
|
900g | 1.85% | — | |
|
Hai Feng Teng
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Caulis Piperis Kadsurae (hai feng teng) 900 g
|
900g | 1.85% | — | |
|
Dang Gui
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui) 900 g
|
900g | 1.85% | — | |
|
Niu Xi
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (niu xi) 900 g
|
900g | 1.85% | — |
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 warm (+0.35)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: neutral 65%, warm 35%.
Taste
- pungent 17%
- sweet 64%
- sour 1%
- bitter 2%
- salty 15%
- bland 1%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 65%
- Lung 64%
- Bladder 31%
- Liver 6%
- Heart 4%
- Kidney 4%
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 make into pills, take in 18 g doses, 2 times a day
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