About Dahuang Zhechong Wan
Dahuang Zhechong Wan was first mentioned 1,850 years ago in Zhang Zhongjing’s classical formula primer for complex disorders, Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jingui yaolüe). More specifically, it appears as the last remedy in the important chapter on Deficiency Taxation and Blood Obstruction Disorders, alongside the well-known formulas Shenqi Wan (Kidney Qi Pill) and Suanzaoren Tang (Sour Jujube Decoction). The formula design is famous for its combination of “Blood cracking” medicinal insects (primarily classified as salty in the traditional material medica) and a variety of bitter roots and seeds with a heat clearing and moisturizing effect. Together, this highly unusual combination of herbs is designed to cool and moisturize the Heart and Kidney while reversing longstanding and potentially life-threatening microcirculation issues referred to as “dry Blood” obstruction (ganxue). While frequently prescribed in patent medicine form in China, true medicinal grade ingredients for this formula are hard to find, and scholars still argue about the proper ratio of certain key herbs in the remedy, especially rhubarb and leech. The inclusion of Dahuang Zhechong Wan in the Classical Pearls series of traditional remedies is a commitment to reproduce this rare but effective remedy as close as possible to the original source text, and make it available to the growing number of practitioners who specialize in the treatment of difficult and recalcitrant diseases with Chinese herbs.
Therapeutic Principles
- Descend Heart fire and clear deficiency heat, nourish Heart and Kidney yin
- Crack stagnating blood and nourish the collaterals, dissolve abdominal accumulations
- Reverse severe taxation syndrome by restoring Spleen and Kidney function
Formula Ingredients
| CHINESE | PINYIN | COMMON NAME; PAOZHI (PROCESSING) | AMOUNT |
| 大黃 (酒蒸) | Dahuang | Rhubarb; wine steamed | 4.36% |
| 黃芩 | Huangqin | Scutellaria | 3.50% |
| 甘草 (棗花蜜炙) | Zhi Gancao | Licorice; jujube flower honey baked | 5.34% |
| 桃仁 | Taoren | Persica seed | 14.32% |
| 杏仁 | Xingren | Apricot seed | 14.32% |
| 白芍 | Baishao | Peony, white | 7.00% |
| 生地黃 | Sheng Dihuang | Rehmannia, raw | 17.48% |
| 乾漆 (炒) | Ganqi | Lacca; fried | 1.75% |
| 虻蟲 (炒) | Mengchong | Tabanus; fried | 1.79% |
| 水蛭 (炒) | Shuizhi | Leech; fried | 17.10% |
| 蠐螬 (炒) | Qicao | Holotrichia; fried | 9.34% |
| 地鱉蟲 (炒) | Dibiechong | Eupolyphaga; fried | 3.80% |
Dahuang Zhechong Wan Usage
Companion Remedies
SUITABLE FOR COMBINING
Similar Remedies
ALSO TRANSFORM BLOOD AND/OR HEAT STASIS AND/OR MOISTEN THE YIN OF HEART/KIDNEY; ALTERNATION OPTIONS
Supplement Facts
- Serving size: 3 capsules
Servings per contains: 30
Amount per serving: 1500mg
*Proprietary blend containing pure herbal extracts of:
Rehmannia glutinosa root tuber (Sheng Dihuang), Hirudo nipponica (Shuizhi), Prunus persica seed (Taoren), Prunus armeniaca seed (Xingren), Holotrichia (Qicao), Paeonia lactiflora root (Baishao), Glycyrrhiza glabra root honey baked (Zhi Gancao), Rheum officinale root wine processed (Dahuang Shu), Eupolyphaga sinensis (Dibiechong), Scutellaria baicalensis root (Huangqin), Tabanus bivittatus (Mengchong), Resina Toxicodendri (Ganqi)
* % Daily value not established
Other ingredients: living green clay excipient, vegetable capsule