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Bei Xie Shen Shi Tang

Dioscorea Decoction to Leach Out Dampness

Also known asDioscoreae Decoction to Leach Out Dampness · Dioscorea Seep Damp Decoction

Medicinals
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Composition

  • Yi Yi RenSm. Coicis20–30 g

    Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, clears Heat, expels Wind-Dampness, clears Damp-Heat and nourishes the skin.

    for Damp-Heat diarrhea.
  • Hua ShiTalcum15–30 g

    Promotes urination, absorbs Dampness topically from skin lesions, and expels Damp-Heat through the urine.

  • Bei XieRz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae9–20 g

    Separates the pure from the turbid, resolves turbid Dampness in the Lower Jiao, expels Wind-Dampness and clears Damp-Heat from the skin.

  • Fu LingPoria10–12 g

    Promotes urination, resolves Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and transforms Phlegm.

    • Ze Xie, F
    acilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
  • Huang BaiCx. Phellodendri10 g

    Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Deficiency Fire, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.

  • Mu Dan PiCx. Moutan Radicis10 g

    Clears Heat, cools the Blood, drains pus, and reduces swelling.

  • Ze XieRz. Alismatis10 g

    Promotes urination, drains Dampness and settles ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao .

    for steaming bone disorder, dizziness, and vertigo.
  • Tong CaoMedulla Tetrapanacis6 g

    Promotes urination and clears Heat.

    for Summer-Heat with Turbid Dampness causing painful urinary dysfunction, a stuffy chest, heaviness in the body, and headache.

Actions

  • Reduces Heat
  • Activates Blood flow
  • Dispels Dampness
  • Removes toxic substances

Patterns treated

  • The pattern of Damp-Heat
  • Damp-Heat located in the Lower Jiao
  • Damp-Heat complicated by Blood Stasis

Manifestations

  • Skin lesions that weep copious fluid
  • A febrile state
  • A sensation of thirst
  • A dry mouth despite no urge to drink fluids
  • Loss of appetite
  • A heavy sensation throughout the body
  • Fatigue in the limbs
  • A sensation of fullness in the chest
  • A lump felt in the epigastric region
  • Vaginal discharge that is profuse, thick, yellowish and foul-smelling
  • Urination that is frequent, scanty and reddish in color
Tongue body
A tongue that appears red
Coating
A coating that is yellow and greasy
Pulse
A pulse that feels slippery and moves rapidly

Indications

  • Eczematous skin eruptions
  • Dermatitis caused by contact with an irritant
  • Itching of the vulva
  • Chyluria accompanied by painful urination
  • Excessive vaginal discharge
  • The condition of thromboangitis obliterans
  • Inflammation of the nasal vestibule
  • The skin condition erythema multiforme
  • Long-standing ulceration of the lower limbs
  • An abscess of the prostate
  • Inflammation of the prostate
  • Inflammation of the cervix
  • Gonorrheal infection
  • Vaginitis caused by Trichomonas
  • The inflammatory bowel condition Crohn's disease
  • Inflammation of the vagina

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