Dao Chi (Re) San - 導赤散 - Guide Out The Red Powder

English:	Guide Out the Red Powder
Also Known As:	Rehmannia and Akebia Formula Powder to Conduct Heart Fire Downwards Conduct the Redness (Heat) Powder Powder of Fresh Rehmannia and Clematis Stem to Conduct Fire Downward Fire-Inducing Powder

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	5-30g	Cools Blood, Cools Heart Fire, Generates Fluids, Nourishes Yin.
Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	3-12g	Clears Heat from the Heart channel and clears Heat and promotes urination through the Small Intestine channel. With Dan Zhu Ye and Sheng Di Huang, for mouth ulcers, burning throat pain, irritability and insomnia due to Heart Fire.
Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye	3-10g	Alleviates irritability by clearing Heat from the Heart. With Mu Tong and Sheng Di Huang, for Heat in the Heart channel manifesting as chest Heat and irritability, mouth and tongue sores and dark, scanty urine.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae (tips)	Gan Cao (Shao)	3-10g	The tips treat painful urinary dysfunction, relieve toxicity and harmonize.

Formula Actions

• Clears the Heart
• Nourishes Yin
• Promotes urination
• Relieves Lin Syndrome

Syndromes

• Heart Fire Flaring Up
• Small Intestine Excess Heat
• Heart and Kidney Yin Deficiency
• Heat in the Heart and Small Intestine Channels
• Heart Fire transferring to the Small Intestine (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Irritability with a sensation of Heat in the chest Thirst with a desire to drink cold beverages Red face Fever May be sores around the mouth Dark, scanty urine Rough urination Fidgeting Warm sensations in the chest Sores on the tongue

Painful urination (stabbing) Urination short and hesitant Hematuria Oliguria Maybe blood in the urine Sluggish urination Irritability Fatigue T: Red P: Rapid

Treats

Stomatitis Nightmares Acute urinary tract infections Urethritis Cystitis Acute glomerulonephritis Herpes zoster Oral cavity infection Infertility Prostatitis Amenorrhea Blepharitis Dizziness Oliguria Constipation Anxiety neurosis Panic disorder Neurasthenia Tinnitus Low back pain Congestive Heart failure Bad breath Myalgic encephalomyelitis Gonorrhea Tongue pain

Deafness Oral herpes Tongue ulcers Canker sores Thrush Dysuria Infectious parotitis Exanthema maculosum Acute eczema Prostatic hypertrophy Pterygium Hematuria Senility Alzheimer's disease Depression Bi-polar disorder Neurosis Fatigue Glossitis Spermatorrhea Strangury Toothache Epstein-Barr virus syndrome Red eyes Sore throat

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• This formula is especially used for children.
• Composition: Mu Tong 3-6g, Sheng Di Huang 3-6g, Dan Zhu Ye 3-6g, Gan Cao Shao 3-6g (Secondary source)

Modifications

For hematuria:		For excessive Heart Fire:
+ Hb. Ecliptae	Han Lian Cao	+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	For mouth ulcers:
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos	Xiao Ji	Five-Ingredient Formula with Poria Wu Ling San
+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	For Yin Deficiency:
For strangury and hematuria due to Heat in the Blood:		+ Hb. Dendrobii	Shi Hu
- Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye	+ Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+Hb. Ecliptae	Han Lian Cao	For severe urinary tract infection:
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos	Xiao Ji	+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
For irritability and Heat in the chest:		+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	For Bloody dysuria (Xue Lin):
+ Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ Hb. Ecliptae	Mo Han Lian
For Heat dysuria (Re Lin):		+ Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji
+ Hb. Pteris	Feng Wei Cao	+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis	Hou Po
+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai
+ Fol. Pyrrosiae	Shi Wei	Or
+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling	+ Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling
For stomatitis and mouth ulcerations:		+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	For Bloody dysuria (Xue Lin) with fever:
+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
For infantile night crying:		+ Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling
+ Concha Margaritaferae	Zhen Zhu Mu	+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis	Gou Teng	+ Hb. Artemisiae Annuae	Qing Hao
For prostatic hypertrophy due to Damp-Heat:		+ Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu
+ Eight Herb Powder for Rectification Ba Zheng San		For Bloody dysuria (Xue Lin) with nausea and vomiting:
For a stronger effect:		+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling
+ 2g Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao	+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
For painful mouth ulcers:		+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Drain the Yellow Powder Xie Huang San		+ Hb. Agastaches	Huo Xiang
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum	Zhi Ban Xia
+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ 2g Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao	For Bloody dysuria (Xue Lin) with hematuria:
For amenorrhea due to Small Intestine Attacking the Large Intestine:		+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling
+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang	+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
For pterygium spreading from the inner canthus:		+ More Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Powder of Eight Ingredients for Rectification Ba Zheng San		+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
For Bloody dysuria (Xue Lin) with edema:
For fever and thirst:		+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ Talcum	Hua Shi	+ Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling
+ Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
For cystitis:		+ More Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ Sm Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
+ Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao	For oral herpes with irritability, thirst and a red tongue tip:
+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
For severe edema:		+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ Five Ingredient Powder with Poria Wu Ling San		+ Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
For oral herpes with constipation:
For exanthema maculosum:		+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang
+ Rz. Cimicifugae	Sheng Ma	+ Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	For herpes zoster:
+ Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
For traces of Blood in the urine:		+ Rx. Hb. cum Rx. Asari	Xi Xin
+9-15g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
+ 9-15f Hb. Ecliptae	Mo Han Lian	For herpes zoster affecting the upper body:
For acute eczema due to Damp-Heat:		+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity Huang Lian Jie Du Tang		+ Rx. Hb. cum Rx. Asari	Xi Xin
+ Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	+ Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu
+ Rx Sophorae Flavescentis	Ku Shen	For herpes zoster affecting the lower body:
+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
For prostatic hypertrophy due to Heart Fire:		+ Rx. Hb. cum Rx. Asari	Xi Xin
+ Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati	Hu Zhang	+ Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
For infectious parotitis:		+ Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae	Niu Xi
+ Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
+ Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	For male infertility:
+ Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ Talcum	Hua Shi	+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
+ Rx. Isatidis	Ban Lan Gen
+ Fol. Isatidis	Da Qing Ye	+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling
+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye	+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
For male infertility with cloudy urine:		+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua
+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling	+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao
+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	For male infertility with low back pain:
+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen	+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua	+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling
+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao	+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
+ Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae	Bei Xie	+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
For male infertility with genital swelling:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua
+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao
+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling	+ Rx. Dipsaci	Xu Duan
+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	For male infertility with a large number of white blood cells in the seminal fluid:
+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling
+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua	+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao	+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
For male infertility with pus:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua
+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao
+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling	+ Fr. Ligustri Lucidi	Nu Zhen Zi
+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	+ Hb. Ecliptae	Mo Han Lian
+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	For male infertility with decreased lecithin:
+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen	+ 50g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua	+ 15g Poria	Fu Ling
+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	+ 10g Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao	+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
+ Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+ Talcum	Hua Shi	+ 15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
For hematuria:
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 6g Flos Carthami	Hong Hua
+15g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai	+ 30g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+12g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji	+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao
+12g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ Rx. Polygoni Multiflori	He Shou Wu
+ 1g powdered Succinum	Hu Po	+ Fr. Lycii	Gou Qi Zi
For severe hematuria:
For hematuria with severely painful urination:		+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+15g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai
+15g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai	+12g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji
+12g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji	+12g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
+12g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ 1g powdered Succinum	Hu Po
+ 1g powdered Succinum	Hu Po
+ 12g Cacumen Platycladi	Ce Bai Ye
+ 12g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ 12g Hb. Agrimoniae	Xian He Cao
+ 9g Fol. Pyrrosiae	Shi Wei	For hematuria with insomnia, excessive dreaming and Heart vexation:
+ 9g mix-fried Cx. Phellodendri	Chao Huang Bai
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
For hematuria with thirst:		+15g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+12g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji
+15g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai	+12g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
+12g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji	+ 1g powdered Succinum	Hu Po
+12g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
+ 1g powdered Succinum	Hu Po	+ 9g Sm. Platycladi	Bai Zi Ren
+ 9g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren
+ 9g Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
+ 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	For hematuria with mouth and tongue ulcers:
For Alzheimer's disease:		+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Drain the Epigastrium Powder San Huang Xie Xin Tang		+15g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai
+12g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji
+ 15g Magnetitum	Ci Shi	+12g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
+ 15g Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	+ 1g powdered Succinum	Hu Po
+ 12g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi	Long Gu
+ 9g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 6g wine-fried Rz. Coptidis	Jiu Chao Huang Lian
+ 9g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+ 9g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	For Alzheimer's disease with a dry mouth and throat:
For Alzheimer's disease, insomnia and profuse dreams:
+ Drain the Epigastrium Powder San Huang Xie Xin Tang
+ Drain the Epigastrium Powder San Huang Xie Xin Tang
+ 15g Magnetitum	Ci Shi
+ 15g Magnetitum	Ci Shi	+ 15g Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen
+ 15g Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	+ 12g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi	Long Gu
+ 12g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi	Long Gu
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 9g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+ 9g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	+ 9g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ 9g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	+ 12g Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
+ 12g Sm Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren	+ 12g Rx. Asparagi	Tian Men Dong
+ 12g Bul. Lilii	Bai He
+ 12g Caulis Polygoni Multiflori	Ye Jiao Teng	+ 9g Hb. Dendrobii	Shi Hu
For insomnia:
+ 9g Poria Pararadicis	Fu Shen	+ 3g cinnabar-processed Medulla Tetrapanacis	Deng Xin Cao
For severe insomnia:
+ 3g cinnabar-processed Medulla Tetrapanacis	Deng Xin Cao	For insomnia with painful urination:
+ 3g cinnabar-processed Medulla Tetrapanacis	Deng Xin Cao
+ 1g Succinum	Hu Po
+ 6g wine-fried Rz. Coptidis	Jiu Chao Huang Lian	+ 6g salt-mix -fried Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
For insomnia with multiple sores in the mouth and on the tongue:		+ 6g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
For tongue pain:
+ 3g cinnabar-processed Medulla Tetrapanacis	Deng Xin Cao	+10g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ 10g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ 9g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	For tongue pain with severe ulceration of the mouth and tongue:
+ 6g wine-fried Rz. Coptidis	Jiu Chao Huang Lian
+10g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
For tongue pain with painful urination:		+ 10g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+10g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 5g Indigo Naturalis	Qing Dai
+ 10g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ 5g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
+ 10g Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji
For tongue pain with insomnia:		For tongue pain with restlessness:
+10g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+10g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ 10g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ 10g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ 10g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren	+ 20g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi	Long Gu
+ 10g Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao	+ 15g Magnetitum	Ci Shi