All-Grass of Dahurian Patrinia … Classic Formulas
Bai Jiang Cao · Herba Patriniae
Primary Actions
- Clears heat and relieves toxicity, reduces abscess and expels pus … used for intestinal abscesses (acute appendicitis), pelvic inflammatory disease, hepatitis, dysentery, and heat toxicity causing pus formation
- Dispels blood stasis and relieves pain … used for postpartum abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, and stasis-heat pain in the Lower Jiao
Classic Formulas
- Yi Yi Fu Zi Bai Jiang San (薏苡附子败酱散) … Bai Jiang Cao as deputy with Yi Yi Ren and Fu Zi; for intestinal abscess with pus discharge in constitutionally cold patients
- Da Huang Mu Dan Tang (大黄牡丹汤) … with Da Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Tao Ren, Hua Shi; for acute appendicitis with heat and blood stasis