This product is the whole herb with roots of the perennial herbaceous plant Yellow Patrinia (Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fisch ex Link) and White Patrinia (P. villosa Juss.) from the Patrinia family. It is produced in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Harvested in autumn, washed, dried in the shade, cut into sections, and used raw.

The whole herb with roots of the perennial herbaceous plant Sonchus brachyotus (Sonchus brachyotus DC.) from the Asteraceae family, commonly used in North and Northwest China. The whole herb with fruits of the annual herbaceous plant Thlaspi arvense (Thlaspi arvense L.) from the Brassicaceae family, commonly used in North and Central-South China.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Acrid and bitter, slightly cold. act on stomach, large intestine and liver channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and removing toxins, eliminating abscesses and expelling pus, resolving stasis to alleviate pain.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for intestinal abscess abdominal pain, lung abscess with expectoration of pus, and carbuncles, sores, and toxins. This product is pungent and dispersing, bitter and draining, capable of both removing toxins and expelling pus, as well as invigorating blood to resolve carbuncles, making it an essential medicine for treating intestinal abscesses. For treating intestinal abscesses where pus has already formed, it is often used with Coix Seed, Aconite Lateral Root, such as in Coix, Aconite and Patrinia Powder; if the intestinal abscess is in its early stages, with abdominal carbuncle, constipation, and no pus formation, it is often used with Lonicera, Dandelion, Peony Bark, Red Peony Root, Peach Kernel, etc. This product can also be used to treat lung abscesses with coughing up of pus and blood, often used with Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb, Reed Rhizome, Platycodon Root, etc. For treating carbuncles, sores, and toxins, it is often used with Lonicera, Forsythia, etc., and can be applied externally as a fresh poultice, all with good efficacy.
2. Used for postpartum blood stasis abdominal pain. This product is pungent and dispersing, breaking and expelling blood stasis, unblocking meridians to stop pain. It can be used alone as a decoction, or with Trogopterus Dung, Cyperus, Chinese Angelica, etc.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: "Removes abscesses, edema, heat accumulation, migratory impediment deficiency, postpartum abdominal pain."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Patrinia is a medicine for the Yangming and Jueyin meridians of the hands and feet, good at expelling blood stasis and pus, hence Zhongjing used it in treating diseases and ancient formulas for women's ailments."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 6-15g. Apply an appropriate amount externally.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Contraindicated for those with spleen-stomach weakness, poor appetite, and diarrhea.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

The roots and rhizomes of yellow Patrinia contain oleanolic acid, Chinese ivy stem sapogenin, various saponins, as well as volatile oils, alkaloids, tannins, etc. White Patrinia contains volatile oils, and the dried fruit branches contain black India mustard seed glycosides, etc.; the roots and rhizomes contain morroniside, nux vomica glycosides, white Patrinia glycosides, etc.

1. Yellow Patrinia has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, dysentery bacillus, cold-damage disease bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and large intestine bacillus; it also has antiviral effects.
2. It can promote the regeneration of liver cells, prevent liver cell degeneration, and improve liver function.
3. Large doses can cause temporary leukopenia, dizziness, and nausea.
4. The ethanol extract or volatile oil of yellow Patrinia has significant sedative effects.