Cang Lin San仓廪散
Granary Powder
Ingredients11 herbs
Indications
Blocked-mouth dysentery: an external pathogen has fallen inward in a qi-deficient patient, the stomach qi has been overturned, and the appetite is completely gone.
Clinical Manifestations
- Dysentery with complete inability to eat
- Vomiting immediately after swallowing during a bowel illness
- Dysenteric diarrhoea with chills and fever
- Gut infection in a depleted patient with exterior signs
Health Categories
Modern Applications
Common adjustments
- Damp-heat in the intestines with foul, burning stools — add Huang Lian 黄连 in a small dose
- Vomiting persistent — add Sheng Jiang 生姜 and Zhi Ban Xia 制半夏
- Exterior signs already resolved — the lifting strategy no longer applies — treat the intestines directly
Contraindications
Not for dysentery from pure damp-heat or heat-toxin in a strong patient, where lifting the pathogen upward is the wrong direction. Dysentery with blood, high fever or dehydration — and any such illness in a child or an elderly person — is a medical emergency and needs care beyond herbs.
For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.
Pregnancy
Use with caution in pregnancy and only under supervision. There is no Ma Huang, but Chuan Xiong moves blood and Qiang Huo and Du Huo are strongly dispersing; a dysenteric illness in pregnancy needs medical care first, with any herbs adjusted by the practitioner.
Related Formulas
References
Source 《普济方》
- Recorded in the 方剂学 textbook as an appended formula (附方) under 败毒散; the compiler of the original source is not stated here because it is not established with confidence.
2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition cross-checked.
3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— 附方 note under 败毒散, pattern analysis cross-checked.
Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.