Xie Bai San
瀉白散 (泻白散) xiè bái sǎn, "Drain the White powder"

Translated Name: Drain the White powder

Category:

Powder

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (4):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
桑白皮	Sang Bai Pi	mulberry root bark, morus bark	30	grams
炙甘草	Zhi Gan Cao	Honey Prepared Licorice	3	grams
粳米	Geng Mi	hulled or husked, uncooked non-glutinous rice	15 - 30	grams
地骨皮	Di Gu Pi	wolfberry root (cortex), lycium bark	30	grams

Tongue:

Red color, with yellow coating.

Pulse:

Rate: Rapid (Quick, Fast)

Qualities: Thready (Fine, Thin)

Cautions:

Contraindicated for cough and wheezing due to wind-cold, wind-heat or damp-phlegm

Reference Source:

Modifications:

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (瓜蔞皮, ) Gua Lou Pi''' '''Add Herb (川貝母, shell mother from Sichuan) Chuan Bei Mu''' '''Add Herb (杏仁, ) Xing Ren''' '''Add Herb (沙參, sand ginseng) Sha Shen''': For cough due to dryness - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p90 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (知母, know about mother) Zhi Mu''' '''Add Herb (黃苓, ) Huang Qin''' '''Add Herb (茯苓, ) Fu Ling''' '''Add Herb (人蔘, man root) Ren Shen''': For cough and wheezing due to heat from Lung qi deficiency. - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p91 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (銀柴胡, silver barbarian kindling) Yin Chai Hu''' '''Add Herb (青蒿, blue-green artemisia) Qing Hao''' '''Add Herb (鱉甲, soft-shelled turtle shell) Bie Jia''': For heat from deficiency with afternoon fevers - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p91 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (茯苓, ) Fu Ling''' '''Remove Herb (粳米, Rice) Geng Mi''': For mild phlegm and to protect the Spleen and Stomach, substitute for (粳米, Rice) Geng Mi - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p90 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (知母, know about mother) Zhi Mu''' '''Add Herb (黃苓, ) Huang Qin''': For severe heat - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p90 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (白前, white before) Bai Qian''' '''Add Herb (葶藶子, ) Ting Li Zi''': For obstruction due to phlegm - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p90 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Drains heat from the Lungs add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Symptoms worse in the afternoon add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Difficult to expectorate sputum add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Mulberry Leaf and Moutan Decoction to Drain the White) Sang Dan Xie Bai Tang''': For liver fire scorching the lungs. Cough that causes pain in the chest and flanks. Inability to turn or bend the trunk. Coughing of blood or blood-streaked sputum in severe cases. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Descurainia and Jujube Decoction) Ting Li Da Zao Xie Fei Tang''': For lung abcess with phlegm in the chest. Wheezing and coughing with a sense of fullness and distention in the chest. Presentation may also include nasal congestion with clear discharge, loss of taste and smell and edema of the entire body. add comment

Xie Bai San瀉白散 (泻白散) xiè bái sǎn, "Drain the White powder"