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Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang Decoction

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Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang Decoction,Pregnancy-related dysuria. Several months into pregnancy, frequent, scanty, and painful urination; occasionally pain in the urethra; yellow urine; emaciation with a flushed face; heaviness in the head and dizziness; occasional redness of the cheekbones; or afternoon hot flashes; dry throat and thirst; restlessness and disturbed sleep at night; red tongue with a yellow, dry coating or a smooth, peeled surface without coating; weak and rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang Decoction

Chinese Name : 知柏地黄饮

Drug Formulation

Phellodendron 2 qian, Scutellaria 2 qian, Anemarrhena 3 qian, Raw Rehmannia 5 qian, Scrophularia 3 qian, Licorice Tips 2 qian, Gardenia Seeds 2 qian.

Source

*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.

Benefits

Pregnancy-related dysuria. Several months into pregnancy, frequent, scanty, and painful urination; occasionally pain in the urethra; yellow urine; emaciation with a flushed face; heaviness in the head and dizziness; occasional redness of the cheekbones; or afternoon hot flashes; dry throat and thirst; restlessness and disturbed sleep at night; red tongue with a yellow, dry coating or a smooth, peeled surface without coating; weak and rapid pulse.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take while warm.

Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang Decoction,*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.,Pregnancy-related dysuria. Several months into pregnancy, frequent, scanty, and painful urination; occasionally pain in the urethra; yellow urine; emaciation with a flushed face; heaviness in the head and dizziness; occasional redness of the cheekbones; or afternoon hot flashes; dry throat and thirst; restlessness and disturbed sleep at night; red tongue with a yellow, dry coating or a smooth, peeled surface without coating; weak and rapid pulse.

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