Dan Dao Pai Shi Fang #1-胆道排石汤
Gallstone Expelling Formula #1
- Medicinals
- 5
Composition
Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure, resolves hardenings and removes stagnated food.
Promotes the movement of *Qi, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, dispels Damp-Heat, harmonizes the Liver and Spleen and alleviates pain.*
Dredges Liver Qi, releases Stagnation, stops pain and conducts Heat out from below.
Clears Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat and expels gallstones.
Drains Heat, purges accumulations, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Actions
- Acts to clear Heat
- Brings about the resolution of Dampness
- Encourages Qi to move
- Is of benefit to the Gallbladder
- Eliminates stones
- Puts a stop to pain
Patterns treated
- Stagnant Liver Qi
- Liver–Spleen disharmony
Manifestations
- Presence of jaundice
- Lack of appetite
- The abdomen feels distended and uncomfortable
- A smothering feeling in the chest
- A lump in the epigastrium
- Possibly abdominal pain on palpation
- Yang-type jaundice, with a vivid yellow colouring of the sclera and skin
- An aversion to oily food
- A sensation of nausea
- The patient vomits
- Weariness
- Urine that is dark and small in amount
- Possibly thirst, or else thirst without any wish to drink
- Foul-smelling diarrhea or
- The bowels are constipated
- The patient is febrile
- A sweet, sticky taste in the mouth, or else a bitter one
- Tongue body
- Pink in color
- Coating
- A thick yellow coat with a greasy quality (perhaps sticky)
- Pulse
- Soft in quality and rapid
Indications
- Gallstone disease
- Icterus
Modifications
When the chest feels full and distended, or there is pain between the ribs
Where Heat is intense
When the tongue is deep red and thirst accompanies it
- +Shi Gao
- +Zhi Mu
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Shi Hu
In cases of jaundice
When the patient vomits
Where appetite is diminished