Si Sheng Wan
Star四生丸 (Four-Fresh Pill)
Source: Fu Ren Liang Fang (1178)
Last updated October 1, 2026
Description
Si Sheng Wan (Four-Fresh Pill), from the Fu Ren Liang Fang, is used to cool blood; stop bleeding.
Presentation: nose bleeds; vomiting of blood from heat in the blood.
Syndrome: Syndrome of bleeding.
Composition strategy:
- fresh herbs cool blood and stop bleeding more strongly
- fresh Ai Ye as gentle warm assistant prevents stasis without driving the blood
- aromatic He Ye and Ai Ye disperse restrained Qi and heat
Source: Yang Y. Chinese Herbal Formulas: Treatment Principles and Composition Strategies. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2010, p. 293.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ce Bai Ye
as printed: Sheng Ce Bai Ye (raw Platycladi cacumen)
|
12g | 26.67% | Jun (Chief) | fresh herb, cool blood, stop bleeding |
|
Sheng Di Huang
as printed: Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae radix)
|
15g | 33.33% | Chen (Deputy) | fresh herb, cool blood |
|
He Ye
as printed: Sheng He Ye (raw Nelumbinis folium)
|
9g | 20% | Zuo (Assistant) | fresh herb, cool blood, stop bleeding; aromatic disperses restrained Qi and heat |
|
Ai Ye
as printed: Sheng Ai Ye (raw Artemisiae argyi folium)
|
9g | 20% | Zuo (Assistant) | gently move and warm blood to prevent stasis from cold herbs |
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 (-1.00)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 60%, neutral 20%, warm 20%.
Taste
- pungent 10%
- sweet 17%
- bitter 73%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 100%
- Spleen 67%
- Kidney 53%
- Lung 47%
- Heart 33%
- Stomach 20%
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
Source: grind equal amounts into a paste and form pills. May be decocted, or the juice of the crushed raw herbs taken cool or warm, at the doses in parentheses.
Source: Scheid V, Bensky D, Ellis A, Barolet R. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. Eastland Press, 2009, p. 600.
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