Zhong Ji Pai Shi Tang
【Source】"Ji Fu Zheng Fang Yao Xin Jie."
【Composition】Triangular knotweed 15 grams, curcuma 15 grams, red peony 15 grams, achyranthes 15 grams, white芷 15 grams, citrange shell 15 grams, magnolia bark 15 grams, plantain seed 15 grams, pangolin scale 9 grams, soapberry spine 9 grams, frankincense 9 grams, myrrh 9 grams, peach kernel 12 grams, green tangerine peel 12 grams, coin grass 30 grams, coix seed 30 grams each
【Usage】One dose daily, boil to 150–200 ml, can be decocted two to three times daily, twice or thrice a day.
【Function】Breaking qi and breaking blood, activating blood and removing stasis.
【Indications】Urinary tract stones, large stone size, prolonged impaction, adhesion at stone site.
【Taboo】Pregnant women avoid; weak constitution patients use with caution; yin deficiency patients should not use for long.
【Additions/Reductions】If spleen qi deficiency, add codonopsis and astragalus, remove purgative drugs like rhubarb; if kidney deficiency, add prepared rehmannia, polygonum, psuedostellaria; for kidney stones, add kidney-tonifying herbs; for ureter-bladder segment stones, add agastache, increase rhubarb and radish seed dosage.
【Experimental Research】1. Anti-stone effect: "Ji Fu Zheng Fang Yao Xin Jie" 1981:290. This formula shows anti-stone effect in experimental calcium oxalate stones in rats. Results show over 95% of control group developed stones, while herbal group had less than 50% stone formation rate—significant difference between groups. 2. Reduction of renal hydronephrosis: "Ji Fu Zheng Fang Yao Xin Jie" 1981:290. The formula also has certain effect in reducing renal hydronephrosis in rats. Control group showed hydronephrosis in 70%, while herbal group only 21.4%. |
