Wen Pi Tang, Warm the Spleen Decoction, is Da Huang, Ren Shen, Gan Cao, Gan Jiang and Zhi Fu Zi. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that warm Yang and guide out accumulation, and records it as warming Spleen Yang while purging Cold accumulation.

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Amount

12 g

6 g

6 g

6 g

9 g

Actions and indications

Warms and tonifies Spleen Yang

Abdominal pain that warmth relieves, with hardness in the epigastrium and cold hands and feet
Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep and wiry

Purges Cold accumulation

Cold accumulating in the Intestines on a background of Spleen Yang deficiency
Constipation; or long-standing diarrhea, or red-and-white dysentery with pus and blood in the stool

Modern uses

Chronic constipation
Diarrhea
Colitis
Ulcerative colitis
Irritable bowel syndrome
Chronic bacillary dysentery
Amoebic dysentery
Intestinal tuberculosis
Intestinal adhesions
Intestinal obstruction
Biliary ascariasis
Gastrolithiasis
Peptic ulcer
Abdominal pain
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Chronic renal failure
Uremia following renal disease
Oliguria
Postpartum pain
Dysmenorrhea
Endometriosis
Infertility
Raynaud's disease

Modifications

Worse abdominal pain: + rou gui, + mu xiang, + hou po

Nausea and vomiting: + zhi ban xia, + sha ren

Chronic dysentery with marked Heat in the Intestines: + huang lian, + huang qin, + jin yin hua

Chronic dysentery with marked Heat in the Intestines, alternative choice: + rou gui, + gao liang jiang

Fullness of the abdomen: + mu xiang, + hou po

Fairly mild accumulation: + da huang

Food stagnation and poor digestion: + shen qu, + lai fu zi

Chronic diarrhea with both Heat and Cold accumulated: + jin yin hua, + huang qin

Chronic nephritis with uremia: + chen pi, + fu ling, + hou po, − gan jiang, − gan cao

Tenesmus: + zhi shi

Chronic dysentery with a grey, greasy tongue coat: + rou gui, + dang gui, − ren shen, − gan cao

End-stage kidney failure with deficiency-Cold and Blood stasis: + dang gui, + su mu, + hong hua, + tao ren, + mang xiao

Pinyin

wen pi tang

English Name

Warm the Spleen Decoction

wen pi tang

About wen pi tang

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Warms and tonifies Spleen Yang

Purges Cold accumulation

Modern uses

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