Mantis Egg-Case Powder
Chinese Prescription: Sang Piao Xiao San
English Translation: Mantis Egg-Case Powder
Formula Type: Stabilize the Kidneys
Actions: Regulates & tonifies the Heart & Kidneys, stabilizes the essence, & stops leakage.
Indications: Frequent urination (sometimes to the point of incontinence), urine the color of rice water (gray & cloudy), sometimes accompanied by spermatorrhea. Other signs & symptoms include disorientation, forgetfulness, a pale tongue with a white coating, & a thin, slow, & frail pulse.
Contraindications: This formula is contraindicated for incontinence due to either vigorous fire in the lower burner or damp-heat. Patients with these disorders usually present with painful urination.
| Pinyin | English | Suggested Dosage |
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| view: Sang Piao Xiao |
Mantis Egg Case | 30g (9-12g) |
| view: Long Gu |
Dragon Bone | 30g (12-30g) |
| view: Ren Shen |
Panax Ginseng | 30g (9-12g) |
| view: Fu Shen |
Poria Spirit | 30g (9-12g) |
| view: Yuan Zhi |
Polygala | 30g (3-6g) |
| view: Shi Chang Pu |
Acorus Gramineus | 30g (6-9g) |
| view: Gui Ban |
Honey-fried Turtle Shell, ventral part | 30g (9-15g) |
| view: Dang Gui |
Angelica Sinensis | (30g (6-9g) |
| Sang Piao Xiao / Mantis Egg-Case | |||
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| Taste: Sweet, Salty • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Stabilize & Bind • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage3-9g most common powder or pill |
ActionsTonifies the Kidneys, assists the yang, retains the essence, & restrains urine: for patterms of Kidney yang deficiency with such signs as dribbling urine, urinary frequency, & nocturnal emissions (especially when accompanied by dreams). A very important substance for treating enuresis in children. |
MeridiansKidney, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated in patterns of yin deficiency with heat signs or damp-heat in the Bladder. May counteract xuan fu hua. |
| Long Gu / Dragon Bone | |||
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| Taste: Sweet, Astringent • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Calm Shen • Sub Category: Anchor & Settle Shen | |||
Dosage15-30g, cook 20-30 minutes before adding other herbs, use raw to settle & calm spirit, calcined as an astringent. Crush before using in decoctions. |
Actions1. Settles & calms the spirit: for emotional distress, restlessness, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, or even seizures or mania-withdrawal due to an agitated Heart & spirit.2. Calms the Liver & anchors & preserves the floating yang: for irritability, restlessness, dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision, & bad temper due to Liver yin deficiency with deficient yang transgressing upward. 3. Prevents leackage of fluids: for loss of fluids due to deficiency including spermatorrhea, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, nocturnal emissions, vaginal discharge, & uterine bleeding. 4.Used topically (calcined & powdered) for chronic, nonhealing sores & ulcerations. |
MeridiansHeart, Kidney, Liver |
CautionsNot to be used with patterns of damp-heat or externally-contracted excessive disorders. May conteract with gypsum (shi gao) & fish. |
| Ren Shen / Panax Ginseng | |||
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| Taste: Sweet, Slightly Bitter • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Qi | |||
Dosage1-9g, up to 30 grams (hemorrhagic shock) |
ActionsRen Shen / Panax Ginseng is used in treating patterns of qi, yang & yin deficiency.1. Strongly tonifies the basal qi: for extreme collapse of the qi or abandoned conditions that manifest in shallow respiration, shortness of breath, cold limbs, profuse sweating, & a minute or weak pulse. The herb is used alone for this condition after severe loss of blood. 2. Tonifies the Lungs & augments the qi: for wheezing, shortness of breath, & labored breathing with exertion caused by Lung qi deficiency. There is usually also a concurrent failure of the Kidneys to grasp the qi. 3. Strengthens the Spleen & tonifies the Stomach: for lethargy, lack of appetite, chest & abdominal distention, chronic diarrhea, & in severe cases, prolapse of the stomach, uterus, or rectum. 4. Generates fluids & stops thirst: for wasting & thirsting disorders, as well as in cases when the qi & fluids have been injured by high fever & profuse sweating. 5. Benefits the Heart qi & calms the spirit: for palpitations with anxiety, insomnia, forgetfulness, & restlessness due to qi & blood deficiency. Notes: Red Ginseng is more warming than White Ginseng. American Ginseng is considered cool and is better suited for those patients having a tendency towards heat signs. |
MeridiansLung, Spleen |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs, heat excess, or in the absence of significant qi deficiency. Contraindicated for hypertensive patient with ascendant Liver yang, & in cases of very high blood pressure (systolic over 180mmHg). Overdose can lead to headache, insomnia, palpitations, & a rise in blood pressure. The traditional antidote is mung bean soup. This herb may antagonize wu ling zhi & may be incompatible with li lu. Patients taking this herb are advised to abstain from drinking tea & eating tunips, as this may reduce the effect of the herb. |
| Fu Shen / Poria Root Fungus w/ piece of wood | |||
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| Taste: Sweet, Bland • Temperature: • Category: Calm Shen • Sub Category: Nourish Heart | |||
Dosage3-12g |
ActionsCalms the spirit. |
Meridians |
Cautions |
| Yuan Zhi / Polygala Root | |||
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| Taste: Bitter, Acrid • Temperature: Slighty warm • Category: Calm Shen • Sub Category: Nourish Heart | |||
Dosage3-9g |
Actions1. Calms the spirit & quiets the Heart: for insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, restlessness, & disorientation. Most effective in cases related to excessive brooding or constrained, pent-up emotions.2. Expels phlegm & clears the orifices: used when phlegm envelopes the orifices of the Heart with such manifestations as emotional & mental disorientation or seizures. 3. Expels phlegm from the Lungs: for coughs with copious sputum, especially when difficult to expectorate. 4. Reduces abscesses & dissipates swellings: for boils, abscesses, sores, & swolllen & painful breasts. Used in powdered form & applied topically or taken with wine. |
MeridiansHeart, Lung |
CautionsContraindicated for yin deficiency with heat signs. Use with caution in cases with ulcers or gastritis. May counteract with zhen zhu & li lu. |
| Shi Chang Pu / Sweetflag Rhizome (Acorus Calamus) | |||
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| Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Open Orifices - Aromatic • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage3-9g decoction, pill or powder; topical as pwdr or decoction for wash |
Actions |
MeridiansHeart, Stomach |
CautionsCaution with yin deficiency, blood deficiency, & spermatorrhea. |
| Gui Ban / Turtle Shell, Fresh Water-Ventral Part | |||
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| Taste: Salty, Sweet • Temperature: Cold • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Yin | |||
Dosage9-30g, crush & cook 30 minutes before adding other ingredients |
Actions1. Nourishes the yin & anchors the yang: for yin deficiency with ascendant yang with such symptoms as night sweats, dizziness, tinnitus, & steaming bone disorder. Also for yin deficiency of the Liver & Kidneys that generates internal wind symptoms such as facial spasms & tremors of the hands & feet.2. Benefits the Kidneys & strengthens the bones: for Kidney yin deficiency with such signs as soreness of the lower back & weakness in the legs, retarded skeletal development in children, or failure of the fontanel to close. 3. Cools blood & stops uterine bleeding: for excessive menstruation or uterine bleeding casued by reckless movement of hot blood. 4. Nourishes the blood & tonifies the Heart: for Heart deficiency with anxiety, insomnia, & forgetfulness. 5. Also for nonhealing sores & ulcerations. |
MeridiansHeart, Kidney, Liver |
CautionsAncient sources would indicate that this substance is contraindicated during pregnancy because it softens hardness, expels stasis, & aids in difficult births. Also contraindicated in cases with damp-cold Stomach, or diarrha due to yang deficiency. According to some traditional sources, this substance antagonizes Sha Shen & Ren Shen. |
| Dang Gui / Angelica (Chinese) Root | |||
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| Taste: Sweet, Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Blood | |||
Dosage3-15g |
Actions1. Tonifies the blood & regulates the meses: for patterns of blood deficiency with such symptoms as a pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, & palpitations. Also very commonly used fro blood deficiency associated with menstrual disorders such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, etc.2. Invigorates & harmonizes the blood & disperses cold: an important herb for stopping pain due to blood stasis. Commonly used for abdominal pain, traumatic injury, & carbuncles due to blood stasis, especially when there is also cold from deficiency. Also used in the treatment of blood deficiency with chronic wind-damp painful obstruction. 3. Moistens the Intestiones & unblocks the bowels: for dry Intestines due to blood deficiency. 4. Reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh, & alleviates pain: used in treating sores & abscesses where its ability to both tonify & invigorate the blood leads to improvement. |
MeridiansHeart, Liver, Spleen |
CautionsUse with caution in cases of diarrhea or abdominal distention due to damp obstruction. Contraindicated for yin deficiency with heat signs. |
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