Stabilizing and astringent formulas
Sang piao xiao san
Mantis Egg-Case Powder
- Chinese name
- 桑螵蛸散
- Group
- Stabilizing and astringent formulas
- English name
- Mantis Egg-case Powder
- Basic formula
- ✓
Balances kidney and heart and retains the essence.
Indications
For frequent urination, bedwetting, seminal emission, forgetfulness and diabetes.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Mantis egg case (sang piao xiao)animal | 9–12 g |
| Dragon bone, fossil bone (long gu)animal | 10–20 g |
| Ginseng (ren shen) | 6–9 g |
| Fu shen (poria with pine root) | 6–9 g |
| Shi chang pu (grass-leaved sweet flag) | 6–9 g |
| Yuan zhi (polygala) | 3–6 g |
| Dang gui (Chinese angelica) | 6–9 g |
| Tortoise plastron (gui ban)animal | 10–15 g |
- Tongue
- pink with a white coating
Variations
- For seminal emission: add shan zhu yu and sha yuan zi.
- For bedwetting: add Chinese raspberry and yi zhi ren.
- For forgetfulness, palpitations and insomnia: add schisandra and sour jujube seed.
Note
Contains mantis egg case, dragon bone and tortoise plastron (animal).