Xiang Lian Wan香连丸
Aucklandia and Coptis Pill
Ingredients2 herbs
Indications
Damp-heat dysentery: damp-heat has lodged in the intestines and blocked the qi there, which is why straining and tenesmus persist even when the heat is being cleared. Clearing and qi-moving must go together.
Clinical Manifestations
- Dysentery with red and white mucus in the stool
- Abdominal pain with tenesmus
- Acute damp-heat diarrhoea with burning at the anus
- Chronic damp-heat colitis with urgency
Health Categories
Modern Applications
Common adjustments
- More blood than mucus in the stool — add Di Yu 地榆 and Bai Tou Weng 白头翁
- Food stagnation with foul stools — add Shan Zha 山楂 and Zhi Shi 枳实
- Prolonged with Spleen deficiency — combine with a Spleen-strengthening formula such as Shen Ling Bai Zhu San 参苓白术散
Contraindications
Not for cold-damp diarrhoea with clear watery stools and a pale tongue, and not for chronic diarrhoea of Spleen and Kidney yang deficiency. Persistent bloody diarrhoea needs medical assessment.
For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.
Pregnancy
Practitioner supervision required in pregnancy. It is a small two-herb formula and less aggressive than most in this chapter, but Huang Lian is strongly cold and Mu Xiang moves qi, so it is not for unsupervised use.
Related Formulas
References
Source Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang 《太平惠民和剂局方》, citing Bing Bu Shou Ji Fang 《兵部手集方》 · Song
- Classical source (public domain) — composition per the standard textbook record.
2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition & dosage cross-checked.
3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— 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.