Description
Ze Xie Tang (Alisma Rhizome Decoction), from Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jin Gui Yao Lue).
Actions: Promote urination and eliminate rheum, fortify the spleen, and control water
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of fluid retention in the epigastrium, with dizziness, pĭ and fullness in the chest, cough, and dyspnea in semireclining position, pale and enlarged tongue, white and glossy coating, deep, and wiry pulse
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
Dui Yao — Core Herb Pairs
The classical two-herb combinations at the heart of this formula, as recorded on the herbs' own pages — each pair has an action neither herb has alone.
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 (-1.14)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 71%, warm 29%.
Pairs warm and cool. 29% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 71% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste
- sweet 50%
- bitter 14%
- bland 36%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Kidney 71%
- Stomach 29%
- Spleen 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
Decoct the ingredients with water, and take the decoction orally while warm
Relationships
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- Chu Shi Juan Tong Tang = this formula + Cang Zhu, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Gan Cao and Qiang Huo
- Shu Gan Li Pi Tang = this formula + Chai Hu, Dan Shen, Dang Shen, He Shou Wu, San Qi and Xiang Fu
- Yin Chen Fu Zi Gan Jiang Tang = this formula + Ju Ban Zhi Zhu Wan + Cao Dou Kou, Fu Ling, Pao Jiang, Yin Chen and Zhi Fu Zi
- Fen Xiao Tang = this formula + Si Ling San + Xiang Sha Zhi Zhu Wan + Cang Zhu, Chen Pi, Da Fu Pi, Hou Po and Xiang Fu
- Fu Ling Tang = this formula + Wu Ling San + Zhu Ling Tang + Chen Pi, He Zi, Sang Bai Pi, Wu Wei Zi, Xiang Fu and Yi Yi Ren
- Dao Shui Fu Ling Tang = this formula + Bing Lang, Chen Pi, Chi Fu Ling, Da Fu Pi, Deng Xin Cao, Mai Men Dong, Mu Gua, Mu Xiang, Sang Bai Pi, Sha Ren and Zi Su Ye
- Ge Hua Jie Cheng San = this formula + Chun Ze Tang + Ge Hua, Bai Dou Kou, Gan Jiang, Mu Xiang, Qing Pi, Sha Ren, Shen Qu and Chen Pi
- Li Shi Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang = this formula + Gan Jiang Ren Shen Ban Xia Wan + Er Miao San + Fu Ling, Huang Qi, Ju Hong, Mai Ya, Shen Qu and Tian Ma
- Chu Shi Wei Ling Tang = this formula + Liu Yi San + Cang Zhu, Chen Pi, Chi Fu Ling, Deng Xin Cao, Fang Feng, Hou Po, Mu Tong, Rou Gui, Zhi Zi and Zhu Ling
- Sheng Yang Yi Wei Tang = this formula + Xiao Chai Hu Tang + Tong Xie Yao Fang + Huang Qi, Du Huo, Fu Ling, Huang Lian and Qiang Huo
- Zhong Man Fen Xiao Wan = this formula + Ban Xia Hou Po Tang + Ju Ban Zhi Zhu Wan + Chun Ze Tang + Gan Cao, Huang Lian, Huang Qin, Jiang Huang, Sha Ren and Zhi Mu
- Tiao Jing Er Hao = this formula + Du Qi Wan + Dang Gui Shao Yao San + Xiao Ying Jian + Chong Wei Zi, Niu Xi, Nu Zhen Zi, Suo Yang and Tu Si Zi
- Zi Sheng Wan = this formula + Shen Ling Bai Zhu San + Bai Dou Kou, Chinese giant-hyssop, Huang Lian, Ju Hong, Mai Ya, Qian Shi and Shan Zha
- Xi Tong Fang Er Hao = this formula + Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan + Dang Gui Shao Yao San + Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Da Zao, Dan Shen, Dang Shen, Du Zhong, Ji Xue Teng, Niu Xi, Qian Nian Jian, Shen Jin Cao, Sheng Di Huang, Sheng Jiang and Wu Jia Pi
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
Traditional formula information is for educational purposes only. Herbal formulas should be prescribed by a qualified practitioner — dosages and combinations are individualized and can interact with medications.
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