Description
Shuang Bai San (Platycladi and Phellodendron Powder), from Teaching Materials of TCM Orthopedics and Traumatology (Zhong Yi Shang Ke Xue Jiang Yi).
Actions: Clear heat and resolve toxins, invigorate blood, and dispel stasis, and relieve swelling and pain. Indicated for the treatment of injury from fall with red swelling and pain of the sinews and muscles, or sores and ulcers in the initial stage with red swelling and hot pain, or inflammation of abdominal cavity with lump or phlebitis with a pattern of yang heat
Indications: Its use should be cautious in patients with allergy
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 861–873.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ce Bai Ye
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Cacumen Platycladi (ce bai ye) 1000 g
|
1000g | 28.57% | — | |
|
Da Huang
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang) 1000 g
|
1000g | 28.57% | — | |
|
Huang Bai
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis (huang bai) 500 g
|
500g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Bo He
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Herba Menthae (bo he) 500 g
|
500g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Ze Lan
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Herba Lycopi (ze lan) 500 g
|
500g | 14.29% | — |
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 cool (-1.43)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 71%, cool 14%, warm 14%.
Taste
- pungent 21%
- bitter 79%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 86%
- Spleen 71%
- Lung 43%
- Large intestine 43%
- Stomach 29%
- Pericardium 29%
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 fine powder, mix with appropriate amount of boiled water or honey or sesame oil, and apply on the affected area; or soak it in alcohol (according to the proportion of 1:50) for 5 days, filter and obtain the infusum of Platycladi and Phellodendron Powder ( shuang bai san ), and then apply it externally
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