PULSATILLA & PUERARIA
Bai Tou Ge Gen Tang

 

Source: Experiential formula

Keywords
ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, IBD, SIBO

Ingredients
Pulsatilla chinensis (Bai Tou Weng)
Coptis chinensis (Huang Lian)
Phellodendron chinense (Huang Bo)
Fraxinus rhynchophyllae (Qin Pi)
Pueraria lobata (Ge Gen)
Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin)
Saussurea lappa (Mu Xiang)
Paeonia alba (Bai Shao)
Semen Arecae catechu (Bing Lang)
Fructus Catalpae (Zi Shi)
Cortex Magnoliae officinalis (Hou Po)

Major therapeutic action
Clears Heat, removes Damp and regulates qi.

Biomedical action
Stops diarrhoea, relieves pain.

Indications
o  Ulcerative colitis
o  Crohn’s disease
o  Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
o  Chronic pancreatitis
o  Small Intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
o  Long term diarrhoea

Key symptoms for use
o  vomiting
o  abdominal pain
o  burning anus
o  fatty stools
o  nausea
o  scanty dark urine
o  chills
o  fever
o  mild jaundice
o  sweating, worse in afternoon
o  skin, clammy
o  sweating
o  thirst
o  urgent, foul smelling and ‘hot’ diarrhoea
o  weakness
o  weight loss
o  anxiety
o  yellow greasy tongue fur with a red body

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
Pregnancy.
‘Cold’ diarrhoea.
Caution with frailty.
Dosage
Begin with 3 to 5 grams twice daily and increase dosage until symptoms diminish, reduce dosage on a similar curve.