Da Huang Mu Dan Tang
大黃牡丹湯 dà huáng mǔ dān tāng, "Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction"

Translated Name: Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction

Category:

Formulas that Drain Downward,

Purge Heat Accumulation

Decoction

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (5):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
大黄	Da Huang	rhubarb root and rhizome	12	grams
芒硝	Mang Xiao	mirabilite, glauber's salt	9 - 12	grams
牡丹皮	Mu Dan Pi	moutan root bark, tree peony root bark	3	grams
冬瓜仁	Dong Gua Ren	Winter melon or wax gourd seed	15 - 30	grams
桃仁	Tao Ren	peach kernel, persica	9 - 15	grams

Tongue:

Thin, yellow greasy coat

Pulse:

Qualities: Excess (Shi, Strong, Full), Rolling (Slippery)

Cautions:

This formula is unsuitable for necrotic appendicitis, appendicitis with peritonitis, appendicitis in infants, appendicitis during pregnancy, or appendicitis due to parasites. It should used with extreme caution in the weak and elderly.

Reference Source:

Golden Cabinet

Modifications:

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	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (生地黃, unprepared earth yellow) Sheng Di Huang''' '''Add Herb (玄參, dark root) Xuan Shen''' '''Remove Herb (芒硝, ) Mang Xiao''': For rough dysenteric diarrhea, a red tongue and a thin rapid pulse. - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p119 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (木香, wood fragrance) Mu Xiang''' '''Add Herb (川楝子, ) Chuan Lian Zi''' '''Add Herb (延胡索, extended barbarian rope, spread foreign rope) Yan Hu Suo''': For more severe pain - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p119 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (紫花地丁, purple flower earth spike) Zi Hua Di Ding''' '''Add Herb (赤芍, red peony) Chi Shao ''' '''Add Herb (當歸, should go back, state of return) Dang Gui''': For a palpable mass in the lower abdomen - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p119 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (金銀花, gold silver flower) Jin Yin Hua''' '''Add Herb (蒲公英, yellow flower earth spike) Pu Gong Ying''' '''Add Herb (百花蛇舌草, white patterned snake's tongue herb) Bai Hua She She Cao''': For intestinal abcess with pus - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p119 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (丹蔘, cinnabar root, red root) Dan Shen''' '''Add Herb (當歸, should go back, state of return) Dang Gui''': For blood deficiency. - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p119 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (黃蓮, yellow links) Huang Lian''': For high fever - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p119 details... add comment

	+1 Cheannie Marquis Drains heat, breaks up blood stasis, disperses clumping, and reduces swelling add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Lower abdominal distention and pain (on the right) that increases upon pressure add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Guarding of the abdominal musculature add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Cocis, Prepared Aconite and Baijiangcao Powder) Yi Yi Fu Zi Bai Jiang San''': For fully-formed intestinal abscess without fever, scaly skin, taut skin around the abdomen that is soft to the touch. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Coicis Decoction from the Enlightened Physicians) Yi Yi Ren Tang''': For early-stage intestinal abscess with stagnation of dampness and stasis of blood, add comment

Da Huang Mu Dan Tang大黃牡丹湯 dà huáng mǔ dān tāng, "Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction"

Da Huang Mu Dan Tang
大黃牡丹湯 dà huáng mǔ dān tāng, "Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction"