Cui Gan Wan - 堆肝丸 - Broken Liver Pill

English:	Broken Liver Pill
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Arisaema cum Bile	Dan Nan Xing	15g	Calms Wind, Clears Heat, Dissolves Phlegm, Stops convulsions.
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae	Gou Teng	15g	Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat and pacifies Liver Yang. With Tian Ma, calms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
Talcum	Hua Shi	15g	Promotes urination and drains Heat.
Frusta Ferri	Sheng Tie Lou	15g	Calms the Liver and sedates the Spirit.
Bombyx Batryticatus	Jiang Can	15g	Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions Transforms Phlegm and eliminates toxins.
Rz. Gastrodiae	Tian Ma	15g	Extinguishes Wind, calms the Liver, stops spasms and tremors, subdues Rising Liver Yang, disperses Wind-Damp Bi and alleviates pain.
Indigo Naturalis	Qing Dai	10g	Clears Heat, Drains Liver Fire, Extinguishes Wind to stop tremors, Resolves Fire toxicity disperses Stagnation.
Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	10g	Drains Fire, drains Damp-Heat and detoxifies.
Succus Bambusae	Zhu Li	10g	Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and penetrates to the channels.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparatum	Zhi Gan Cao	10g	Resolves Phlegm, moderates spasms, stops pain, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Cinnabaris*	Zhu Sha	5g	Expels Phlegm, sedates jitteriness and convulsions while stopping tremors, clears Heat, relieves toxicity and is used to coat the pills.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Transforms Phlegm
• Extinguishes Wind

Syndromes

• Phlegm-Heat Generates Wind

Clinical Manifestations

Mild or severe tremors of the head and extremities Sometimes the tremors can be stopped by conscious effort Fullness and stiffness of the chest and epigastrium A dry mouth Dizziness

Vertigo Sweating Yellow Phlegm A tendency toward obesity T: Normal or Red C: Greasy and yellow P: Wiry, slippery and rapid

Treats

Tremors Parkinson's disease Meniere's disease Hyperthyroidism Epilepsy

Multiple sclerosis Dizziness Vertigo Obesity

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Grind the ingredients, except Zhu Sha, into a powder to form 6g pills with Ginger Juice. Coat the pills with Zhu Sha. Take 1-2 pills daily.

Modifications