Tong Xie Yao Fang 痛瀉要方
Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea

Tradition:

TCM

Source / Author:

Collected Treatises of Jing-Yue (Jing Yue Quan Shu)

Herb Name Bai Zhu (Atractylodes) * Bai Shao (White Peony) * Chen Pi (Tangerine peel) * Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia)

Latin Atractylodes macrocepahla Paeonia lactiflora Citrus reticulata Saposhnikovia divaricata Amount 90 grams 60 grams 45 grams 30 grams

* Atractylodes Bai Zhu, Paeonia Bai Shao and Tangerine peel (Chen Pi) are all stir-fried until aromatic and yellow.

Preparation:

Powder. Also used in pill form or as a decoction.

Function:

Moves Liver Qi, Strengthens Spleen

Use:

Wind, bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea with pain, white tongue coat
1. Acute Gastroenteritis
2. Chronic Diarrhea
3. Irritable Bowel Disease
4. Crohn’s disease
5. Chronic Colitis

Dose:

The above decoction is divided into 3 equal doses to be taken over the course of a day.

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Chronic Diarrhea, add Cimicifuga Sheng Ma
2. Watery Diarrhea add Plantain seed (Che Qian Zi), Water Plantain (Ze Xie), Ginger (Gan Jiang)
3. Diarrhea associated with Food Stagnation, add Hawthorn fruit (Shan Zha)
4. Marked weakness from Qi deficiency, add Codonopsis Dang Shen and Astragalus Huang Qi

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