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prostratae and Qing Hao Herba Artemisiae apiaceae which also stop bleeding.

Patent Remedy

Zhi Bo Ba Wei Wan
(Anemarrhena-Phellodendron Eight-Ingredient Pill)

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata

Shan Zhu Yu Fructus Corni officinalis

Shan Yao Radix Dioscoreae oppositae

Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis orientalis

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos

Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan radicis

Zhi Mu Radix Anemarrhenae asphodeloidis

Huang Bo Cortex Phellodendri

Explanation

This pill has the same ingredients and functions as the formula Zhi Bo Di Huang Wan above (the
two names are interchangeable). It is suitable to treat chronic bleeding in the urine caused by
Bladder Damp-Heat occurring against a background of Kidney-Yin deficiency. As for the
previous remedy, it could be combined with the tablet Yunnan Te Chan Tian Qi Pian to treat the
Manifestation, i.e. stop bleeding.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Red body without coating, but with a
sticky-yellow coating with red spots on the root.

Case History 30.3

Bleeding: Kidney-Yin Deficiency-Male, Age 75

A 75-year-old man had been suffering from bleeding in the urine for 3 months. There was no
pain on urination and the blood was dark, sometimes with tiny clots. He felt generally hot and
his mouth felt very dry and hot. His tongue was Red, dry, and nearly completely peeled. His
pulse was Floating-Empty.

Diagnosis Although this patient had relatively few symptoms, the tongue showed
very clearly a deficiency of Kidney-Yin with Empty-Heat. This was the
cause of the bleeding from the urinary tract. I advised him to seek a
Western diagnosis as should always be done in a man over 50 with this
symptom which can indicate cancer of the bladder. However, he
steadfastly refused to go to hospital for tests. I agreed to treat him and
used a variation of Zhi Bo Ba Wei Tang Anemarrhena-Phellodendron