Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Hi All, Using WWW, I had to do a detailed profile on Zhibai Bawei Wan (aka Zhibai Dihuang Wan) for a friend. It may be of interest to you also. Please feedback any glaring mistakes that you may see in that profile. Best regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FORMULA Pinyin Name: Zhibai Bawei Wan (aka Zhibai Dihuang Wan) COMMON NAMES: Anemarrhena & Phellodendron Eight Hbs Pill; Anemarrhena, Phellodendron & Rehmannia Pill; Phellodendrom Bark & Moutan Bark Pill FORMULA CLASS: Clear Heat; Clear BL & KI Heat; Tone Yin for Yinxu COMPOSITION: Zhibai Bawei Wan = Liuwei Dihuang Wan + Zhimu & Huangbai (2 very Cold Hbs), thus much cooler than Liuwei Dihuang Wan to help Descend / Purge Yinxu Fire [Heat] Patterns; Both formulas Tone KI Yin & Tone KI Xue; Companies differ in their Hb inclusion rates; mean (and range) inclusion in 10 separate formulas (%) were: Shudihuang 24.1 (17.4-28.0) [(1): Tone KI; Tone Yin; Tone KI Yin; Boost Jing; Tone Xue; Replenish Marrow]; Shanzhuyu 12.9 (8.6-15.6) [(3): Warm & Tone KI; Nourish KI Yin & Yang, Astringe Yin & Ease Sweat; Tone LV; w Shanyao to Tone LV & SP]; Shanyao 12.6 (8.9-14.0) [Tone KI; Secure KI; Boost Jing; Tone SP; w Shudi & Shanzhuyu for KI Xu w spermatorrhoea, dizziness, tinnitus, loin pain, impotence & sweat~ night]; Danpi / Mudanpi 10.4 (6.7-13.0) [Clear Xu Heat; Clear Xu Fire; Cool Xue; Disperse Xueyu; Drain LV Fire]; Zexie 10.4 (6.7-13.0) [Tone Yin; Tone KI; Diuretic; Clear KI Fire; Descend Yang to Yin tract (i.e., KI), thus Descend Ministerial Fire to its Lower Source; w Mudanpi for Steaming Bone; w Fuling as Diuretic; w Fuling & Mudanpi to Rectify KI, LV & SP, Drain & Tone]; Fuling 10.4 (6.7-13.0) [Drain Damp~ Diuretic Tone SP; Descend Yang to Yin tract (i.e., KI), thus Descend Ministerial Fire to its Lower Source]; Zhimu 9.8 (6.3-22.2) [Tone Yin; Drain Fire; Clear Heat, Drain Fire, Tone Yin, Moisten Dryness & Engender Fluids; w Huangbai for Yinxu w Fire Upflaring & Steaming Bone]; Huangbai / Huangbai (Chuan) 9.4 (6.3-22.2) [Clear Heat & Purge Damp; Drain Damp Heat, Drain KI Fire; Clear Toxin]; combination of Zhimu + Huangbai also acts to Descend Ministerial Fire to its Lower Source (KI); though classical formula has only those 8 Hbs (Bawei), some modern versions add one or more of the following: Chishao, Digupi, Guiban, Hanliancao, Huangqi (Bei), Shashen (Bei), Xuanshen, Zhuru; Dec 1 package (100-135g raw Hbs) in water as ??2 servings / d (Fen Erci Fu); also taken as pills; DOSE: 2-3 X 400mg Conc Extract Tabs / time BID-TID (0.8-1.2g / time = 1.3-3.6g total Conc Extract / d); standard daily dose of raw Hbs as Dec is 106g; 15 Caps of 10:1 Conc Extract / d would = that dose; ACTIONS: Tone Yin; Tone KI; Tone KI Yin; Boost Jing; Tone LV Yin; Clear Heat; Clear Yinxu Heat; Clear Yinxu Fire; Purge Fire; Descend Yinxu Fire Upflaring; Clear Heat & Drain Fire; Clear YInxu Heat; Moisten LU & ST; CLINICAL INDICATIONS: Zhibai Bawei Wan has same basic actions of Liuwei Dihuang Wan but is stronger to Clear Xu Fire that may arise dt Yinxu; use in cases w more severe Yinxu Heat /Fire S & Ss than those of Liuwei Dihuang Wan; Helps in many Patterns, mainly Yinxu Heat / Yinxu Fire Upflaring / KI Yinxu w Fire Upflaring / LV & KI Yinxu w Fire Upflaring / SJL Damp Heat dt KI Yinxu / Yinxu Heat / Fire in Menopausal Pattern / senility Pattern; popular for Yinxu Fire in AIDS / LU TB (Feijiehe) / Steaming Bone Pattern; (a) KI-LV Yinxu w Heat~ Internal S & Ss: Dryness~ Internal / External [mouth, skin, eyes / vagina], Fever~ low grade / hectic / afternoon / tidal (hot flashes (Chaore)), sweat~ spontaneous (Zihan) & sweat~ night (Daohan), Five Centre Heat (palms + feet + chest feverish), Steaming Bone, insomnia (Bumianzheng), dreaming excess, dreams vivid / nightmares; restlessness, anxiety, irritability, fear, head heaviness (Touliang) & dizziness / vertigo (Muxuan), light-headedness, tinnitus (Erming), hearing difficulty (Zhongting), hearing~ loss / deafness, eyesight weak / blurred, dyspepsia, chest pain;, loin & feet pain, ache & weakness / limpness (Yaotong Zusuan), loin, limbs & knees numb & weak, hip / knee / ankle pain, arthralgia dt inflammation, chronic (Manxing) neuritis (Shenjingyan), infections~ chronic~ Internal / External, diabetes, KI and LU TB, UTI~ chronic, chronic KI~ nephritis (Manxing Shenyan), prostatitis~ chronic, BPH, BL weakness, urinary incontinence, dripping urine, enuresis (Yeniaozheng), urinary~ frequency [multiple times at night] w urine~ dark & scanty +/- haematuria; ejaculation~ premature, emission~ seminal spontaneous / spermatorrhoea, night emission (Yijing), leukorrhoea~ chronic, skin dry / red / flaky, itch, wounds~ slow healing, face & cheeks red / flushed; throat dry, throat pain / sore (Houtong / Yantong), throat dry (Yangan), gingivitis, mouth~ dry / thirst (Kougan); tongue dry (Shezao) etc; patients having radiotherapy for cancer & AIDS show similar S & Ss, including hot flashes in men post-castration (surgical, chemical / hormonal / post-radiation); KI-LV Yinxu Heat S & Ss also occur in metrorrhagia (uterine functional bleeding), hysteria, DysFxal neuroticism, hypertension & hyperthyroidism / thyroid pathology; perimenopausal & menopausal syndrome, Wasting & Thirst Pattern in diabetes mellitus (Tangniaobing); T: Red w Fur scanty / none; P: fast & thready / fine, maybe floating & big (large) at KI position); (b) KI-LV Yinxu Fire S & Ss are similar but signs of Heat / Fire (fever, hot flashes, Steaming Bone, Five Centre Heat, sweat~ day / night, irritability, redness, etc are more severe & signs of Toxin / infection occur w epistaxis, gingivitis, gums~ swollen & bleeding, urine~ scanty, dark yellow / dark + / - burning urination; Yinxu Heat / Fire in chronic disease can cause weakness~ severe, leucorrhoea: profuse & yellow, pharyngitis w throat red & sore & great thirst; T: redder; P: faster, possibly surging; if appropriate S & Ss present, can Tx hypertension, neurasthenia, amenorrhoea, menses irregular, impotence, hyperthyroidism, Cushing´s disease, steroids~ side effects, Addison's disease, UTI~ chronic, KI~ nephroatrophy, nephritis chronic, glomerulonephritis~ chronic, cystitis, Lin / dysuria, Jing Insufficiency w retarded growth in children, failure to thrive, toothache, teeth~ loose, allergy, asthma, wheeze, bronchitis, urticaria~ chronic, gingivitis, gum pain, swelling & redness, optic neuritis, central retinitis, optic nerve atrophy, hepatitis~ chronic infectious, muscular weakness, heel pain, midline~ pain; HT failure, esophageal cancer; CI in SP Xu w diarrhoea & indigestion w T: Fur white & greasy; CI in Yangxu; Modifications: (1) mouth~ dry / thirst & throat pain: add Xuanshen, Jiegeng; (2) loin & back ache & weakness (Yaosuan Beitong): add Niuxi, Duzhong; (3) Irritability / Yinxu Vexation (Xufan) & thirst (Kouke): add Huangqi, Renshen; (4) leucorrhoea, add: Qianshi + Jinyingzi; (5) vaginal itch, add: Danggui, Heshouwu, Baixianpi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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