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Ba Zheng San: a classic Chinese medicine prescription for clearing away heat, purging fire, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria

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Ba Zheng San, also known as Eight Corrections Powder, is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription from Taiping Huimin Hejijufang, which belongs to the category of dehumidifier. Its main functions are to clear away heat and purge fire, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, and is often used to treat stranguria caused by dampness and heat. The prescription is composed of a variety of Chinese medicinal materials, including Plantago, Dianthus superbus, Polygonum multiflorum, Talc, Semen serratae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Akebiae, and Rhubarb.


Ba Zheng San is a Chinese medicine prescription that is mainly used to treat urinary tract problems caused by dampness and heat, such as frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination. These problems are usually caused by dampness and heat flowing into the bladder, resulting in poor urination. Bazhengsan works by clearing dampness and heat from the body, promoting urination, and relieving urinary tract discomfort. In modern medicine, it is often used to treat diseases such as cystitis, urethritis, and acute prostatitis.


Ba Zheng San prescription composition and usage


Ba Zheng San is a Chinese medicine prescription that is mainly used to treat symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating caused by dampness and heat. This prescription is composed of a variety of Chinese herbs, each of which has its own specific effect:

  1. Dianthus superbus and Polygonum multiflorum : These two herbs are mainly used to promote diuresis and reduce swelling, helping the body to excrete excess water and relieve swelling and pain.

  2. Plantago and talc : They can clear away heat and detoxify, promote smooth urination, and relieve symptoms such as dark urine.

  3. Garcinia and rhubarb : These two herbs are mainly used to clear away heat and relieve fire, relieve fever, irritability, thirst and other symptoms, and promote bowel movements to relieve damp-heat stagnation.

  4. Akebia and Juncus effusus : Their functions are to promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, clear away dampness and heat, promote smooth urination, and guide the medicinal power directly to the lower part of the body.

  5. Licorice : Mainly used to harmonize medicinal properties, protect the spleen and stomach, and enhance the effects of other medicines.


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Ba Zheng San Prescription Explanation

Main medicine: Dianthus superbus, Polygonum multiflorum

  • Dianthus superbus : Its main function is to promote diuresis and reduce swelling, clear away heat and detoxify. It can help remove excess water from the body and relieve swelling and pain caused by damp heat.

  • Polygonum multiflorum : It also has the effects of promoting diuresis and relieving swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is particularly suitable for treating urinary tract infections and urinary problems caused by accumulation of dampness and heat.

Minister medicine: Plantago, Talc

  • Plantago seed : Its main function is to promote water excretion, clear away heat and detoxify. It can promote water metabolism, relieve dampness and heat in the lower part of the body, and is particularly suitable for treating dysuria and painful urination.

  • Talc : It has the effects of promoting water permeation and clearing away heat and detoxification. It can help remove dampness and heat in the body, promote smooth urination, and relieve symptoms such as dark urine.




Adjuvant: jasmine, rhubarb

  • The main function of yuzu is to clear away heat and relieve fire, cool blood and detoxify. It can effectively clear away blood heat, relieve fever, irritability, thirst and other symptoms, and has the effect of lowering adverse qi and stopping vomiting.

  • Rhubarb : It has the effects of purging heat and relieving constipation, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It can purge intestinal heat, promote defecation, and relieve damp-heat stagnation. It is especially suitable for treating abdominal distension and constipation caused by damp-heat accumulation.

Adjuvant: Akebia, Juncus effusus

  • Akebia : Its main function is to promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, clear away heat and detoxify. It can effectively improve symptoms such as difficulty urinating and stranguria, and assist in the treatment of various diseases caused by dampness and heat accumulation.

  • R. efficacious : It has the effects of clearing heart fire, promoting urination, and removing dampness and heat. It can clear dampness and heat, promote smooth urination, and lead the medicine downward so that the medicinal power can reach the lower part of the body directly, thereby enhancing the effect of promoting urination and relieving stranguria.

Blending medicine: Licorice

  • Licorice : Its main function is to harmonize the properties of medicines, detoxify and protect the stomach. It can alleviate the coldness of the medicine, avoid hurting the spleen and stomach, make its properties more peaceful and easier for the human body to absorb, and enhance the efficacy of other medicines, making them work synergistically and better play the role of clearing heat and promoting diuresis.


usage

Bazheng Powder can be used as a powder or decoction. The powder is taken at a dose of 6-10 grams per serving, and is taken with a decoction of wick. The decoction needs to be boiled in water with wick added.


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Indications and pathogenesis of Ba Zheng San

Indications

Ba Zheng San is mainly used to treat urinary tract problems caused by dampness and heat. Specific symptoms include frequent urination, urgency, pain during urination, poor urine flow or even inability to urinate, turbid and red urine, bloating in the lower abdomen, dry mouth, greasy yellow tongue coating, and a fast and strong pulse.


In modern medicine, Ba Zheng San is often used to treat cystitis, urethritis, acute prostatitis, urinary tract stones, pyelonephritis, postoperative or postpartum urine retention and other diseases. These diseases are characterized by damp heat in the body, especially damp heat in the lower abdomen.


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Pathogenesis

The pathogenesis of Bazhengsan is mainly due to the accumulation of damp heat in the bladder, which leads to bladder dysfunction. Specifically, damp heat in the bladder makes urination difficult, resulting in symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain during urination. The evaporation of damp heat makes the urine turbid and red.


Dampness and heat stagnation, poor qi flow, lead to a bloated lower abdomen. Dampness and heat block the normal distribution of body fluids, leading to dry mouth and tongue. The principle of treatment is to clear away heat, promote diuresis, and relieve stranguria, that is, to clear away dampness and heat in the body, promote urination, and relieve urinary discomfort.


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Modern applications and


Ba Zheng San is widely used in modern medicine to treat various urinary system diseases. It is particularly suitable for treating cystitis, urethritis, acute prostatitis, urinary tract stones and pyelonephritis. These diseases are usually accompanied by symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency and pain during urination, and Bazhengsan can effectively clear away heat and dampness, promote urination and relieve these discomforts. Due to its good therapeutic effect, Ba Zheng San has been widely used and recognized in clinical practice.


In addition, Ba Zheng San is also used to treat some other diseases related to dampness and heat. For example, it can be used to treat skin diseases caused by dampness and heat, such as eczema and acne. These skin problems are usually caused by excessive dampness and heat in the body, which leads to skin inflammation and rashes. Bazhengsan can help remove dampness and heat from the body by clearing away heat and promoting the flow of dampness, thereby improving skin conditions.




Notes


Ba Zheng San has a cold nature, which means it has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, but it may also have certain side effects on the body. Long-term use of Bazhengsan may cause some weakness symptoms, such as dizziness, palpitations, weakness in the limbs, and poor appetite. These symptoms are caused by excessive consumption of yang energy in the body by cold medicines, resulting in physical weakness. Therefore, when using Ba Zheng San, special attention should be paid to the time and dosage of taking it to avoid long-term and large-scale use.




Pregnant women should also use Ba Zheng Sanwith caution. Pregnant women have special physical conditions and need to pay special attention to the safety of the drug. The cold nature of Bazheng Powder may have adverse effects on the fetus, so pregnant women must seek medical advice before using Bazheng Powder to ensure the safety of the drug.


Diet therapy combined with adjunctive therapy

When using Ba Zheng San, taking appropriate dietary therapy can enhance the efficacy. Here are some suggestions:

  1. Mung bean soup : Mung beans have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can help remove dampness and heat from the body.

  2. Barley porridge : Barley has a moistening effect and is suitable for people with a damp and hot constitution.

  3. Winter melon soup : Winter melon has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, which can help improve symptoms such as frequent urination and urgency.

  4. Lotus seed and lily soup : Lotus seeds and lilies have the effect of clearing the mind and calming the nerves, and are suitable for patients with accompanying anxiety.


Conclusion

Ba Zheng San is widely used in modern medicine to treat various urinary system diseases, such as cystitis, urethritis, acute prostatitis, etc. In addition, it is also used to treat skin diseases caused by damp heat, such as eczema and acne. However, due to its cold nature, long-term use may cause weakness symptoms such as dizziness, palpitations, and weakness in the limbs. Therefore, people with cold constitution, pregnant women, and people with weak bodies should use it with caution, and it is best to use it under the guidance of a doctor. This can ensure the safety and effectiveness of the medication and avoid unnecessary burden on the body.


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