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Source: Fù Qīng Zhǔ Nǚ Kē 傅青主女科

Ingredients:

• Shān yào (山药 Dioscoreae Rhizoma, dioscorea [root]) (stir–fried) 30g
• Qiàn shí (芡实 Euryales Semen, euryale [seed]) (stir–fried) 30g
• Huáng bǎi (黄柏 Phellodendri Cortex, phellodendron [bark]) (stir–fried with brine) 10g
• Chē qián zǐ (车前子 Plantaginis Semen, plantago seed) (stir–fried with wine) 10g
• Bái guǒ (白果 Ginkgo Semen, ginkgo [nut]) (crushed) 10 pieces

Action: Fortifies the spleen and checks vaginal discharge; clears heat and disinhibits dampness.

Indication: Persistent sticky yellow or yellow and white vaginal discharge with a bad smell due to downpour of damp-heat stemming from spleen vacuity. Accompanying signs include dizziness, torpid intake, lack of strength. Tongue: Pale with yellow fur. Pulse: Slippery.

Category: Astringing formulas / Flooding and vaginal discharge formulas

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: Shān yào and Qiàn shí fortify the spleen and percolate damp as well as astringing essence and checking discharge. Hence, they are used in large quantities as the sovereign agents. Huáng bǎi and Chē qián zǐ clear heat and disinhibit dampness, making the damp-heat pass out in the urine. Opposite and complementary to these two agents, Bái guǒ nut has a constraining action that checks vaginal discharge.

Notes: Transforming Yellow in the formula name can be interpreted as a eliminating yellow vaginal discharge, or fortifying the spleen (the organ associated with the color yellow in five-phase theory).

Similar: Wán dài tāng (完带汤 Discharge-Ceasing Decoction)

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