Ba Wei Dai Xia Fang八味帶下方
Eight-Ingredient Formula for Vaginal Discharge
Also known asTangkuei Eight-Herb Formula
- Medicinals
- 8
Composition
Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood and alleviates pain.
harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.Relieves toxicity, eliminates Dampness and dispels Heat from the Lower *Jiao.*
Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses, and amenorrhea.raises the clear Yang while directing turbid Qi downward, moves Qi, invigorates the Blood, clears Heat and removes Dampness for headache from constrained Damp-Heat in the Liver channel.Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle *Jiao.*
Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower *Jiao.*
Actions
- Dispels Heat
- Counteracts toxicity
- Eliminates Dampness
- Halts vaginal discharge
Patterns treated
Damp-Heat accompanied by an underlying sense of Cold stemming from Blood Deficiency (Anemia)
Manifestations
- Heavy vaginal discharge that is red, yellow or white
- Sores accompanied by itching
- A soft abdomen upon palpation
- Difficulty passing stool
- A pallid complexion
- Pain in the low back
- Pain in the abdomen
- A mild degree of anemia
Indications
- Discharge from the vagina
- Inflammation of the vagina
- Trichomoniasis
- Gonorrheal infection
- Inflammation of the uterus
- Itching of the genitals
- Aching in the low back
- Constipated bowels
Modifications
When Damp-Heat produces vaginal sores, itching and pain, or a dark, foul-smelling discharge
- +Huang Lian Jie Du Tangformula
When gonorrhea or syphilis is present
When Blood Deficiency is present
When there is Spleen Qi Deficiency
- +Bai Zhu
- +Dang Shen
- +Zhi Gan Cao
Cautions
Not to be used in the absence of Damp-Heat.