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formula nameEight-Ingredient Leucorrhea Formula
sourceFamous Prescriptions Selection
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bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Glabrous Greenbrier (Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae)
Chinese Angelica (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Sichuan Lovage Rhizome (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)
Akebia Stem (Caulis Clematidis Armandii)
Poria (Poria)
Dried Tangerine Peel (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae)
Lonicera (Flos Lonicerae)
Rhubarb Rhizoma (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and removing toxins, dispelling dampness and treating leukorrhea.

bubble_chart Indications

Treat dampness-heat in the lower energizer causing foul-smelling secretions, such as red leucorrhea, gonorrheal leukorrhea, male gonorrhea, etc. Symptoms include a reddish tongue with thin, yellow, greasy coating, and a rapid or wiry pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Glabrous Greenbrier and Lonicera can clear heat and remove toxin, treating sores and dissipating heat; Chinese Angelica and Sichuan Lovage Rhizome can tonify blood and eliminate sores and ulcers; Poria, Akebia Stem, and Dried Tangerine Peel remove dampness-heat and clear water toxin heat; Rhubarb Rhizoma clears heat and removes toxin, invigorates blood, and dispels stasis. The combination of these herbs achieves the effects of clearing heat and removing toxin, nourishing and invigorating blood, moving qi, and drying dampness.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

  1. Various types of leukorrhea.
  2. Pruritus vulvae.
  3. Tendency to constipation.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

  1. Lower abdominal pain with yellow leukorrhea: add sargenrgloryvine stem, Patrinia, Peony Bark, Chinese Yam, Phelloendron Bark.
  2. For thin and excessive leukorrhea: add Atractylodes Rhizome, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Coix Seed.
  3. For yellow and foul-smelling leukorrhea: add Dandelion, Forsythia, Anemarrhena, Phelloendron Bark.
  4. For pruritus vulvae: add Cnidium Fruit.
  5. For dampness-heat with pain and itching: combine with Coptis Detoxification Decoction.
  6. For male strangury during pregnancy: combine with Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

This prescription is not suitable for those with a deficiency constitution and no dampness-heat.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Various leukorrhea, cervicitis, adnexitis, vulvar pruritus, those belonging to dampness-heat, male gonorrhea, urethritis, etc.

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