Lidan Paishi Pian (simplified Chinese: 利胆排石片; traditional Chinese: 利膽排石片) 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".[1] It tastes bitter and salty.

It is used when there are symptoms of "cholelithiasis, infection of the biliary tract, and cholecystitis".[2]

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 edit

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Herba 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

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References edit

  1. ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
  2. ^ 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. ISBN 7-5077-1270-2.