Description
Wu Sheng Wan (Raw Five Pill), from Secret Formulas of the Yang Family (Yang Shi Jia Cang Fang).
Actions: Disperse wind and dissolve phlegm
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of dizziness and vomiting of phlegm-drool
Category: Formulas That Expel or Calm the Wind and Dissolve Phlegm.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 806–807.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tian Nan Xing
as printed: Rhizoma Arisaematis (tian nan xing) 30 g
|
30g | 16.13% | — | |
|
Ban Xia
as printed: Rhizoma Pinelliae (ban xia) 30 g
|
30g | 16.13% | — | |
|
Zhi Fu Zi
as printed: Radix Aconiti Lateralis Praeparata (pao fu zi) 30 g
|
30g | 16.13% | — | |
|
Bai Fu Zi
as printed: Rhizoma Typhonii (bai fu zi) 30 g
|
30g | 16.13% | — | |
|
Tian Ma
as printed: Rhizoma Gastrodiae (tian ma) 30 g
|
30g | 16.13% | — | |
|
Ming Fan
as printed: Alumen (bai fan) 30 g
|
30g | 16.13% | — | |
|
Zhu Sha
as printed: Cinnabaris (zhu sha) 6 g
|
6g | 3.23% | — |
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 (+0.45)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 16%, cool 3%, neutral 16%, warm 48%, hot 16%.
Taste
- pungent 40%
- sweet 36%
- sour 16%
- bitter 8%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 81%
- Liver 65%
- Lung 48%
- Stomach 32%
- Heart 19%
- Large intestine 16%
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
Except Cinnabaris ( zhu sha ), grind the ingredients into fine powder, decoct with Succus Rhizomatis Zingiberis ( sheng jiang zhi ) and make into paste pills as size of phoenix tree seed, coat with Cinnabaris ( zhu sha ), and take in 6 g doses (30 pills) with decoction of Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens ( sheng jiang ) after meals
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