Description
Tu Si Zi San (Dodder Seed Powder), from Formulas from Benevolent Sages Compiled during the Taiping Era (Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang).
Actions: Warm the kidney and astringe essence and reduce urination
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency failing to consolidate and astringe, with soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, enuresis, frequent micturition, seminal emission or spontaneous seminal emission, unceasing whitish and turbid urine, or clear and thin leukorrhea, aversion to cold, relief with warm, fatigue, lack of strength, pallid complexion, pale tongue, deficient and weak pulse
Category: Formulas That Arrest Enuresis and Emission With Astringents.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 627.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tu Si Zi
as printed: Semen Cuscutae (tu si zi) 22.5 g
|
22.5g | 8.57% | — | |
|
Lu Rong
as printed: Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum (lu rong) 60 g
|
60g | 22.86% | — | |
|
Rou Cong Rong
as printed: Herba Cistanches (rou cong rong) 30 g
|
30g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Sang Piao Xiao
as printed: Mantidis (sang piao xiao) 30 g
|
30g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Mu Li
as printed: calcined Concha Ostreae (duan mu li) 30 g
|
30g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Wu Wei Zi
as printed: Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis (wu wei zi) 30 g
|
30g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Ji Nei Jin
as printed: Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli (zhi ji nei jin) 60 g
|
60g | 22.86% | — |
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 (+0.34)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cool 11%, neutral 43%, warm 46%.
Taste
- pungent 4%
- sweet 56%
- sour 6%
- salty 34%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Kidney 77%
- Liver 54%
- Spleen 31%
- Stomach 23%
- Heart 23%
- Small intestine 23%
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, take 6 g each time with warm wine before food; or decrease the dosage of each medicinal according the proportion of the original formula, and decoct with water for oral use
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