San Cai San

San Cai San,Tinea.

Formulas Name : San Cai San

Chinese Name : 三才散

Drug Formulation

1 qian of Shengyao Di, 5 qian of calcined Shijue, 1 qian and 5 fen of copper patina.

Source

Formula adapted from Ma Nanxing’s recipe in *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and mix thoroughly.

Benefits

Tinea.

Instructions for Use

Mix with vinegar and apply as a poultice.

San Cai San,Formula adapted from Ma Nanxing’s recipe in *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.,Tinea.

More Herbs Formulas

Silver-Infused Luo Dan

Silver-Infused Luo Dan,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 173.,For food stagnation and abdominal masses, with constipation and unbearable pain.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.,For consumptive disorders: emaciation, fever, loss of appetite, and weakness in the limbs.

Similar to the Gold Detoxifying Powder

Similar to the Gold Detoxifying Powder,From *Mysterious and Proven Formulas for Boils and Abscesses*.,Lung abscess. Fever, restlessness, and thirst; pulse is forceful and large.

Restoring Yang Powder

Restoring Yang Powder,*Ben Shi*, Volume 9.,In cases of cold-toxin in typhoid fever, with a bluish complexion, cold extremities, restlessness, and abdominal pain.

Summer-Heat-Clearing and Restorative Decoction

Summer-Heat-Clearing and Restorative Decoction,From *Huiyue*, Volume 12.,Symptoms include fever due to summer heat, loose stools, thirst, sweating, abdominal pain, and dark urine.

Tonifying Three-Shi Spiraea Pill

Tonifying Three-Shi Spiraea Pill,From *Shenghui*, Volume 70.,For women suffering from deficiency and weakness, irregular qi and blood, emaciation and pain in the limbs, and loss of appetite.

Alum-Butterfly Powder

Alum-Butterfly Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.,For acute wind-induced disorders characterized by clenched jaws, inability to move the tongue, and slurred speech.

Malaria-Repelling Decoction

Malaria-Repelling Decoction,From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.,Malarial miasma and toxic vapors rising from stream sources cause blood to surge into the Upper Jiao. As the illness approaches, it induces confusion and drowsiness; in severe cases, it leads to agitation and delirium, and in some instances, loss of speech. These symptoms are all caused by … Read more

Shuanggui Decoction

Shuanggui Decoction,*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.,For cases of fever with a strong external pathogenic factor.

Rinsing Decoction

Rinsing Decoction,*Yi Tong*, Volume 79.,For severe external injuries.

Formula for Quitting Opium Addiction

Formula for Quitting Opium Addiction,From *Formulas of the Zongfutang: Appendix*.,

Blood-Expelling and Heart-Nourishing Decoction

Blood-Expelling and Heart-Nourishing Decoction,*Zhunsheng: Gynecology*, Volume 5.,Loss of voice and inability to speak after childbirth. After childbirth, the heart and lung orifices are invaded by blood, and the patient also contracts a common cold.

Cistanche and Dodder Seed Pills

Cistanche and Dodder Seed Pills,From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 3.,For red and white vaginal discharge.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing the Stomach

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing the Stomach,*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.,To treat toothache caused by stomach fire combined with yin deficiency.

Ephedra Re-decoction Powder

Ephedra Re-decoction Powder,From *The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Middle Volume.,Rheumatism and wind intermingle; latent fire in the lower jiao is suppressed and cannot be released; sweating in the genital area; reluctance to speak; fatigue and weakness in the limbs; wandering and shooting pains; restlessness and fever; pain throughout the entire body.

Wu-Gui Decoction

Wu-Gui Decoction,*Jin Jian*, Volume 42.,For hernias caused by external cold penetrating the abdomen.

Secret-Transmitted Lingzhi Pain-Relieving Decoction

Secret-Transmitted Lingzhi Pain-Relieving Decoction,From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).,For women experiencing stabbing pain associated with menstrual blood.

Pills to Rival the Sacred Way

Pills to Rival the Sacred Way,*Shenghui* (Volume 25).,Effective for all types of wind disorders.

Jinghuang Decoction

Jinghuang Decoction,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 379), citing *Formulas for the Complete Care of Infants*.,For various forms of malnutrition and dysentery in children; food-induced indigestion and bloating; general emaciation with a large head; hair growing in tufts; high fever with loss of appetite; frequent drowsiness; decaying teeth; nasal sores; Dingxi syndrome with tidal fevers; … Read more

Anemarrhena and Poria Decoction

Anemarrhena and Poria Decoction,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9.,Lung atrophy, persistent wheezing and coughing, alternating chills and fever, and spontaneous sweating. Postpartum fever, coughing up phlegm, occasional hemoptysis, spontaneous sweating, and shortness of breath.

Ophiopogon Powder

Ophiopogon Powder,*Yi Tong*, Volume 42.,Epistaxis.

Clove and Evodia Decoction

Clove and Evodia Decoction,From *Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.,For vomiting and retching due to stomach deficiency, with obstruction of the diaphragm and throat.

Family-Transmitted San Yin Chong He Pills

Family-Transmitted San Yin Chong He Pills,*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 13.,Internal injury.

Preparation of Holly Leaves

Preparation of Holly Leaves,*Xingyuan*, Volume 7.,For chronic leg sores that won’t heal.

Zhenlai Ningxin Pill

Zhenlai Ningxin Pill,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,For mental disorder, epileptic fits, phlegm obscuring the heart orifices, and restlessness.