FOUR FRESH PILL
Si Shen Wan

 

Source: Experiential formula 

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

Ingredients
Semen Myristicae (Rou Dou Kou)
Fructus Psoraleae (Bu Gu Zhi)
Fructus Schisandrae (Wu Wei Zi)
Evodia rutaecarpa (Wu Zhu Yu (Fried))

Major therapeutic action
Warms and nourishes the Spleen and Kidney, astringes the Intestine to stop diarrhoea.

Biomedical action
Stops diarrhoea, relieves pain.

Indications
o  Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
o  Ulcerative colitis
o  Crohn’s disease
o  Enteritis
o  Functional Diarrhoea

Key symptoms for use
o  abdominal pain, possible crampy abdominal pain
o  nausea
o  vomiting
o  5 am diarrhoea or watery chronic diarrhoea
o  fatty stools
o  no desire for food
o  mild jaundice
o  chills
o  fever
o  skin, clammy
o  sweating
o  weakness
o  weight loss
o  low back soreness
o  fatigue
o  anxiety, or apathy
o  pale, moist and flabby tongue

Combinations
None noted.
Acute Infection.
Dosage
5 grams twice daily, long term use is indicated.