Shuang Bai San - 双柏散 - Two- Bai Powder (Topical)

English:	Two-Bai Powder
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang	50g	Clears Heat, Dispels Blood Stasis, Invigorates the Blood, Reduces Fire toxicity.
Cacumen Platycladi	Ce Bai Ye	50g	Clears Damp-Heat.
Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	50g	Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
Hb. Lycopi	Ze Lan	50g	Invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis
Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis	Bo He	50g	Relieves Stagnation of Liver Qi and expels turbid filth.

Formula Actions

• Invigorates the Blood
• Dispels Blood Stasis
• Clears Heat
• Drains Damp-Heat
• Reduces Fire toxicity

Syndromes

• Damp-Heat
• Toxic Heat
• Blood Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations

Lower abdominal pain

Abdominal pain

Treats

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease Abdominal pain

Stomach Cancer Herpes associated with AIDS/HIV

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Grind each herb into powder. Mix 50g of each together with just enough warm water and honey to make a poultice, and apply it to the lower abdomen over the region of pain. Apply once daily, as needed.

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