Description
Zhu Que Wan (Rosefinch Pill), from Selected Formulas From the Praiseworthy Studio (Shi Zhai Bai Yi Xuan Fang).
Actions: Supplement the heart and calm the mind, and restore interaction between the heart and the kidney
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of inquietude of the (conscious) mind and forgetfulness due to heart fire failing to descend and kidney water failing to ascend, with disconcertedness, absentmindedness, unhappiness, forgetfulness, palpitation, or severe palpitation
Category: Formulas That Restore Interaction Between the Heart and the Kidney.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 645.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fu Shen
as printed: Sclerotium Poriae Pararadicis (fu shen) 60 g
|
60g | 80% | — | |
|
Chen Xiang
as printed: Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum (chen xiang) 15 g
|
15g | 20% | — |
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 neutral (+0.20)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: neutral 80%, warm 20%.
Taste
- pungent 10%
- sweet 40%
- bitter 10%
- bland 40%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 100%
- Heart 80%
- Stomach 20%
- Kidney 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
Grind the ingredients into powder, mix with honey, and make into pills as size of small bean, and take orally, 6 g each time
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- Zhen Zhu Mu Wan = this formula + Long Chi, Zhen Zhu Mu, Bai Zi Ren, Suan Zao Ren, Dang Gui, Ren Shen, Shu Di Huang and Xi Jiao
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.
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