Bei Xie Shen Shi Tang - Dioscoreae Decoction To Leach Out Dampness

English:	Dioscorea Decoction to Leach Out Dampness
Also Known As:	Dioscorea Seep Damp Decoction

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren	20-30g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, clears Heat, expels Wind-Dampness, clears Damp-Heat and nourishes the skin. With Fu Ling and Hua Shi, for Damp-Heat diarrhea.
Talcum	Hua Shi	15-30g	Absorbs Dampness topically from skin lesions, Expels Damp-Heat through the urine, Promotes urination.
Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae	Bei Xie	9-20g	Clears Damp-Heat from the skin, Expels Wind-Dampness, Resolves turbid Dampness in the Lower Jiao, Separates the pure from the turbid.
Poria	Fu Ling	10-12g	Promotes urination, resolves Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and transforms Phlegm. With Ze Xie, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	10g	Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, Drains Deficiency Fire, Drains Fire, Relieves toxicity.
Cx. Moutan Radicis	Mu Dan Pi	10g	Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Drains pus, Reduces swelling.
Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	10g	Promotes urination, drains Dampness and settles ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao . With Mu Dan Pi, for steaming bone disorder, dizziness, and vertigo.
Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	6g	Promotes urination and clears Heat. With Hua Shi and Yi Yi Ren, for Summer-Heat with Turbid Dampness causing painful urinary dysfunction, a stuffy chest, heaviness in the body, and headache.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Invigorates the Blood
• Resolves Dampness
• Eliminates toxins

Syndromes

• Damp-Heat
• Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
• Damp-Heat with Blood Stasis

Clinical Manifestations

Skin lesions with profuse fluid discharge Fever Thirst Dry mouth with no desire to drink Anorexia Body heavy Limbs tired Fullness in chest

Lump in epigastrium Leukorrhagia with thick, yellowish, foul discharge Frequent, scanty , reddish urination T: Red C: Yellow and greasy P : Slippery and rapid

Treats

Eczema Contact dermatitis Pruritis vulva Chyluria with dysuria Leukorrhagia Thromboangitis obliterans Nasal vestibulitis Erythema multiforme

Chronic ulcer of the lower limbs Prostatic abscess Prostatitis Cervicitis Gonorrhea Trichomonas vaginitis Crohn's disease Vaginitis

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For increasing the effects of the formula:		For eczema:
+ Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu	+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San
+ Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis	Ku Shen	For eczema on the lower limbs:
+ Cx. Dictamni Radicis	Bai Xian Pi	+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San
For eczema on the abdominal region:		+ 10g. Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae	Niu Xi
- Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	+ 10g. Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San		For eczema on the lower limbs with constipation:
+ 10g. Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San
+ 10g. Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
Or		+ Rz. et Rx. Rhei	Da Huang
+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San		For eczema in the upper body:
+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San
+ Rx. Gentianae	Long Dan Cao
+ Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua
For eczema in the lower body:		+ Periostracum Cicadae	Chan Tui
+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San		+ Fol. Mori	Sang Ye
For eczema with severe itching:
+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San
+ Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
For eczema with burning:		+ Fr. Kochiae	Di Fu Zi
+ Two-Marvel Powder Er Miao San		+ Cx. Dictamni	Bai Xian Pi
For nasal vestibulitis with constipation:
+ Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang
+ Rx., Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	+ Natrii Sulfas	Mang Xiao
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	For Crohn's disease:
For Crohn's disease with severe bleeding:		- Poria	Fu Ling
- Poria	Fu Ling	+ 9g Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling
+ 9g Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling	- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu	+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	For Crohn's disease with severe redness and swelling around the anus:
+ 9g Rx. Sanguisorbae	Di Yu
+ 9g Flos Sophorae Immaturus	Huai Hua Mi	- Poria	Fu Ling
+ 9g Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling
For Crohn's disease with severe anal itching:		- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
- Poria	Fu Ling	+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
+ 9g Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling	+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	+ 9g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ 15g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 9g Fr. Kochiae	Di Fu Zi	+ 12g Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying
+ 9g Cx. Dictamni	Bai Xian Pi	For Crohn's disease with tenesmus and a sagging sensation in the anus:
For contact dermatitis:
- Talcum	Hua Shi	- Poria	Fu Ling
- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	+ 9g Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling
+ 30g Hb. Plantaginis	Che Qian Cao	- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
+ 15g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
+ 12g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ 9g Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis	Guan Mu Tong	+ 6g Rx. Aucklandiae	Mu Xiang
+ 6g Sm. Arecae	Bing Lang
+ 30g Fr. Kochiae	Di Fu Zi	For contact dermatitis with a high fever:
+ 9g Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	- Talcum	Hua Shi
For contact dermatitis with severe Dampness:		- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
- Talcum	Hua Shi	+ 30g Hb. Plantaginis	Che Qian Cao
- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	+ 15g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang
+ 30g Hb. Plantaginis	Che Qian Cao	+ 12g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ 15g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	+ 9g Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis	Guan Mu Tong
+ 12g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ 9g Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis	Guan Mu Tong	+ 30g Fr. Kochiae	Di Fu Zi
+ 9g Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ 30g Fr. Kochiae	Di Fu Zi	+ 30g Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao
+ 9g Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	+ 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+ 15g Hb Artemisiae Scopariae	Yin Chen Hao	For contact dermatitis with severe itching:
- Talcum	Hua Shi
+ 15g Exocarpium Benincasae	Dong Gua Pi	- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
+ 30g Hb. Plantaginis	Che Qian Cao
For erythema multiforme:		+ 15g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang
- Talcum	Hua Shi	+ 12g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
- Poria	Fu Ling	+ 9g Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis	Guan Mu Tong
- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
+ 30g Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	+ 30g Fr. Kochiae	Di Fu Zi
+12g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	+ 9g Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 30g Cx. Dictamni	Bai Xian Pi
+ 6g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	+ 9g Periostracum Cicadae	Chan Tui
+ 15g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
+ 15g Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	For erythema multiforme with constipation:
9g Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi	- Talcum	Hua Shi
+ 9g Hb. Spirodelae	Fu Ping	- Poria	Fu Ling
For erythema multiforme with arthralgia:		- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
- Talcum	Hua Shi	+ 30g Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying
- Poria	Fu Ling	+12g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ 30g Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	+ 6g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong
+12g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	+ 15g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 15g Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao
+ 6g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	9g Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi
+ 15g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ 9g Hb. Spirodelae	Fu Ping
+ 15g Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	+ 9g Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang
9g Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi	For vaginal itch:
+ 9g Hb. Spirodelae	Fu Ping	- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
+ 12g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae	Han Fang Ji	+ 6g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong
For vaginal itch with toxic Heat:
+ 9g Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae	Qin Jiao	- Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
+ 6g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong
For vaginitis:		+ 3g Aloe	Lu Hui
- Poria	Fu Ling	+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
+ 9g Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling	9g Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu	+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ 9g Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis	Ku Shen
+ 15g Cx. Dictamni	Xu Duan