shi wei wen dan tang

Name: shi wei wen dan tang
Creator: Bencao Index

Ten-Ingredient Decoction to warm the Gallbladder

About shi wei wen dan tang

Shi Wei Wen Dan Tang, Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder, builds on the Wen Dan Tang base with Suan Zao Ren, Yuan Zhi, Wu Wei Zi, Shu Di Huang and Ren Shen. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Heat and transform Phlegm.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
ban xia	6 g
zhi shi	6 g
chen pi	6 g
fu ling	4.5 g
suan zao ren	3 g
yuan zhi	3 g
wu wei zi	3 g
shu di huang	3 g
ren shen	3 g
zhi gan cao	1.5 g
sheng jiang	5 g
da zao	1 g

Actions and indications

Transforms Phlegm and harmful fluids

Heart Yang lacking vigour, so that Water Qi assails the Heart
Fullness, glomus and counterflow in the chest and epigastrium, with a suffocating feeling
Nausea, reflux vomiting and poor appetite
Weak cough bringing up thin, white, watery phlegm
Lassitude and loose stools, possibly with a cold body and limbs
Tongue pale with a white, greasy coat; pulse deep and wiry, or wiry and slippery

Calms the Heart

Palpitations, shortness of breath and dizziness
Small amounts of spontaneous sweating
Qi rushing up into the chest (running piglet)

Modern uses

Spontaneous sweating
Dyspnea

Symptoms

Chest fullness
Chest oppression
Cold limbs
Cold sensation
Cough
Dizziness
Epigastric distention
Fatigue
Loose stools
Nausea
Palpitations
Poor appetite
Running piglet
Shortness of breath
Spontaneous sweating
Thin white sputum
Vomiting

Modifications

Dizziness and vertigo: + tian ma, + bai zhu
Severe palpitations: + yuan zhi, + suan zao ren, + wu wei zi
Severe Qi deficiency: + mi zhi huang qi, + dang shen, + gan cao
Heart Blood deficiency: + jiu zhi dang gui
Diarrhea with borborygmus, abdominal pain and cold limbs: + gan jiang
Chest fullness with glomus: + zhi ke, + jie geng, − zhi shi
Cough: + xuan fu hua, + xing ren

Names

Pinyin	shi wei wen dan tang
English Name	Ten-Ingredient Decoction to warm the Gallbladder

Classification

Category: Clear Heat and Transform Phlegm