Impotence  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Damp Heat Settling Downward   濕熱下注  按此看中文

Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu      按此看中文

OtherUses of this Formula:

(1). Traditional uses: for overactive sympathetic nervous system, bacterial infection of urinary tract and/or vagina area, jaundice due to hepatitis, middle ear infection, gall bladder stones, conjunctivitis, migraine due to overactive sympathetic nervous system, overactive thyroid.

(2) New uses: 1. Mondor disease

Directions: With high liver fire or liver/gall bladder with damp heat, take 3 times a day, 9 grams each time. For shingles (herpes zoster), acute psoraisis, acute skin allergies with high liver fire or liver/gall bladder with damp heat, take 3 times a day, 9 grams each time.

Caution: Do not use this formula if the diagnosis is xue xu (blood deficient)  and wind heat  (血虛 風 燥 ).

Composition of Formula:  

long dan cao 6 g, huang qin 9 g, shan zhi zi 9 g, ze xie 12 g, mu tong 9 g,

che qian zi 9 g, chai hu 6 g, gan cao 6 g, sheng di 9 g.

Boil with water. One prescription a day, made into two servings.

Stop taking when symptoms subside. Do not take it for a long time.

Warning: This formula can be toxic to the kidneys because of the herb mu tong. There are different varieties of mu tong in the market. Before the Qing dynasty, however, it was not toxic because mu tong was derived from either the plant of Akebia guinata or the plant Akebia lobata.  Today, ninety five percent of mu tong  used in China is from the stem of Aristolochia debilis, called guan mu tong (關 木通), a toxic plant usually grown in the northeastern provinces of China, formally called Manchuria. Only rarely in a few localities in China, is mu tong obtained from Akebia guinata or Akebia lobata being used. Many cases of kidney failure have been reported in the China from taking this formula.Today in China, all manufactured formulae that contain guan mu tong (aristolochia debilis) are being banned because of the toxicity to the kidneys.

If you use this formula, make sure you are not using guan mu tong. Use chuan chuan mu tong or huai tong, or bai mu tong tong instead.

Manufactured formulae that contain guan mu tong are being banned in China because of the toxicity to the kidneys.

(source of formula: yi zhong jin jian)

In Chinese

注意﹕ 木通有幾種。現在市場上賣的 95% 是關木通, 屬于馬兜鈴科﹐對腎臟有毒。凡含有關木通的成藥將被禁賣。

如用木通﹐不可用關木通。須用川木通﹐或淮通﹐或白木通。

血虛 風 燥者不宜用此方。

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