san jin tang

Name: san jin tang
Creator: Bencao Index

Three-Gold Decoction

About san jin tang

San Jin Tang, Three-Gold Decoction, is Jin Qian Cao, Dong Kui Zi, Jin Sha Teng, Shi Wei, Qu Mai and Ji Nei Jin. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Damp-Heat, and records it as promoting urination and expelling stones.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
jin qian cao	60 g
dong kui zi	12 g
jin sha teng	30 g
shi wei	9 g
qu mai	12 g
ji nei jin	9 g

Actions and indications

Clears Damp-Heat, promotes urination and expels stones

Damp-Heat lodged in the Bladder
Frequent, urgent urination that is painful or dribbles, or stops suddenly mid-stream
Sand or stones passed in the urine; urine turbid, scanty or absent
Nausea, vomiting and fever
Stone in the bladder: blood in the urine and blocked flow
Stone in the kidney: urine slightly bloody and the kidney enlarged
Stone in the ureter: slightly bloody urine
Stone in the urethra: pain in the penis
Damp-Heat pouring downward may add fever, thirst, dry mouth and low back pain
Damp-Heat crystallizing in the Bladder may add colicky low back pain that can spread to the groin
Tongue red or normal with a yellow or sticky yellow coat; pulse slippery and rapid, deep and wiry, or rolling

Moves Qi

Pain and obstruction from stones blocking the urinary passages

Modern uses

Urolithiasis
Anuria
Oliguria
Dysuria
Hematuria
Urinary tract infection
Jaundice
Low back pain
Gout

Symptoms

Difficult urination
Dribbling urination
Dry mouth
Fever
Frequent urination
Hematuria
Low back pain
Nausea
Painful urination
Penile pain
Scanty urination
Stones in the urine
Thirst
Turbid urine
Urinary urgency
Vomiting

Modifications

Severe pain: + pu huang, + wu ling zhi
Blood in the urine: + huai hua mi, + ou jie, + xian he cao, + xiao ji
Gallstones with jaundice, Heat outweighing Damp (combined with Yin Chen Hao Tang): + bai jiang cao, + lian qiao, + che qian zi, + gan cao

Names

Pinyin	san jin tang
English Name	Three-Gold Decoction

Classification

Category: Clear Damp Heat