Description
Xi Jiao San (Rhinoceros Horn Powder), from Formulas from Benevolent Sages Compiled during the Taiping Era (Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang).
Actions: Clear heat and resolve toxins, cool the blood, and relieve jaundice
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of jaundice with a pattern of intense heat toxin, accompanied by jaundice quickly deepening, yellow body and eyes, vexation and agitation, restlessness, high fever and thirst, loss of consciousness, delirious speech, crimson tongue, and wiry, thready, and rapid pulse
Category: Formulas That Clear Heat in Nutrient Aspect and Cool the Blood.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 488–489.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shui Niu Jiao
as printed: Cornu Bubali (shui niu jiao) 3 g
|
3g | 3.8% | — | |
|
Huang Qin
as printed: Radix Scutellariae (huang qin) 12 g
|
12g | 15.19% | — | |
|
Zhi Zi
as printed: Fructus Gardeniae (zhi zi) 15 g
|
15g | 18.99% | — | |
|
Yin Chen
as printed: Herba Artemisiae Scopariae (yin chen) 30 g
|
30g | 37.97% | — | |
|
Sheng Ma
as printed: Rhizoma Cimicifugae (sheng ma) 9 g
|
9g | 11.39% | — | |
|
Mang Xiao
as printed: Natrii Sulfas (mang xiao) 10 g
|
10g | 12.66% | — |
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 cold (-1.51)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 51%, cool 49%.
Small but decisive: Shui Niu Jiao 3g (cold, 4% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 25%
- sweet 6%
- bitter 61%
- salty 8%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Stomach 81%
- Spleen 65%
- Gallbladder 53%
- Lung 46%
- Liver 42%
- Large intestine 39%
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 them into crude powder, and decoct 12 g powder and Folium Phyllostachydis Henonis ( zhu ye ) 6 g each time with water for oral use
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