Tong Guan Wan (Gate-Opening Pill)

蘭室祕藏-卷下湯劑

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Source

蘭室祕藏-卷下

Original text

Treats absence of thirst with blocked urination due to heat in the blood aspect of the lower burner.

Composition

Phellodendron (remove bark, chop, wash with wine, roast) and Anemarrhena (chop, wash with wine, roast dry) 30 g each; cinnamon 1.5 g. Grind into a fine powder and make pills with boiled water, the size of parasol tree seeds. Take 100 pills each time, swallowed with plain hot water on an empty stomach.

Preparation

Decoct in water and take.

Form

湯劑

Function

Nourish the kidney and open the passage.

Traditional indications

Heat in the blood aspect of the lower burner, urinary blockage (urinary retention), no thirst. Can treat prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy, prostate cancer, etc., and lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) index.

Modifications

For strangury pattern and blocked urination: add Akebia: 10, Talc: 10.