Akebia Moist Heat

Akebia Moist Heat 90 tabs
Ba Zheng San

Symptoms

• Prostate conditions

• Urinary Tract Infections

• Vaginitis - Damp heat

• Prostatis, Acute - Damp heat

• Kidney infection - Damp heat

• Internal and toxic heat - urinary tract infections

• Internal damp heat / Heart yin deficiency - urinary tract infections

Therapeutic Actions
1. Treat urinary tract infections or inflammations accompanied by frequent and painful urination
2. Relieve factors related to bladder stones, kidney infection, painful or difficult urination, pelvic inflammatory disease, and prostatitis, cystitis, vaginitis
 

Chinese Therapeutic Effects
Clear fire and toxins in the lower burner
Drain dampness (diuretic)
 

Formula Rationale

Akebia (mu tong) promotes urination and drains heat; it has a diuretic effect in laboratory experiments. It is traditionally used with plantago seed (che qian zi) for edema and painful urination. Pyrrosia (shi wei) clears damp heat and stops bleeding. Dianthus (qu mai), unblocks painful urination, and is traditionally used for bloody urination. Lygodium spore (hai jin shu) is traditionally used for stones in the urine. Gardenia (zhi zi) is one of the premier heat clearing herbs in the Materia Medica; it also treats irritability, restlessness, and insomnia. Soft rush pith (deng xin cao) promotes urination and removes dampness. Talcum (hua shi) promotes urination and drains heat from the bladder, and is traditionally used for burning, painful, dark, or scanty urination. Licorice root (gan cao) is included for its harmonizing and detoxification actions. Vladimiria souliei (mu xiang) was added by ancient herbalist Zhu Dan Xi, to strengthen the transforming function of the bladder meridian. Wine steamed rhubarb (zhi da huang), removes heat through the stool; wine steaming improves its blood circulating properties.
Clinical Notes What is This?

1. Practitioners report this formula to be very effective in treating urinary tract infections. Formula should be continued at a reduced dosage for 1 to 2 weeks after symptoms are alleviated.
2. May be useful for lung inflammations, or inflammations associated with emotional stress
Additional Formulas What is This?

• See also Unlocking
• Isatis Cooling Formula for urinary tract inflammations and leukorrhea
• Use Clearing as a long term follow up to Akebia Moist Heat for individuals who have chronic UTI or vaginitis