Lidan Paishi Pian () is a sugar-coated tablet or film-coated tablet with a brown core, used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "remove damp-heat, increase the flow of bile and expel calculi".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . It tastes bitter and salty.
It is used when there are symptoms of "cholelithiasis, infection of the biliary tract, and cholecystitis".Long Zhixian, Li Qingye, Liu Zhanwen. "Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine" (方剂学 fāngjì xué), Academy Press (学苑出版社 xuéyuàn chūbǎnshè), Beijing University of Traditional Medicine. 2005. .
A traditional Chinese doctor typically prescribes about 6 to 10 tablets for expelling calculi, and about 4 to 6 tablets for treating inflammation, twice a day.
Chinese classic herbal formula NameChinese (S)GramsHerba Lysimachiae金钱草 250 Herba Artemisiae Scopariae茵陈250 Radix Scutellariae黄芩 75 Radix Aucklandiae木香 75 Radix Curcumae郁金 75 Radix et Rhizoma Rhei大黄 125 Semen Arecae槟榔 125 Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (stir-baked with bran)枳实 (麸炒) 50 Natrii Sulfas芒硝 25 Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (processed with ginger)厚朴 (姜炙) 50
See also Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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