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Recommended by holistic veterinarians, Jing Tang Mume Formula is a Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) herbal formula that clears Heat, detoxifies, supports normal digestion, and helps with occasional loose stool in dogs, cats, and horses. Based on Wu Mei San from Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji (Yuan-heng's Therapeutic Treatise of Horses) written by Yu Benyuan and Yu Benheng in 1608, a foundational classical text of Chinese veterinary medicine specifically authored for equine clinical practice, this three-herb formula combines Huang Lian (coptis rhizome) to clear Damp-Heat and resolve Heat-toxin from the Intestines, Wu Mei (mume plum fruit) to astringently stop diarrhea and generate fluids, and He Zi (terminalia fruit) to further astringently bind the Intestines and support the descension of turbid Qi from the digestive tract. Available as a concentrated 90g powder. No contraindications are listed. Stop administration immediately if diarrhea becomes worse or other unusual signs develop. Dosing varies by species and body weight; your authorizing veterinarian will provide specific guidance.
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Active ingredients: He Zi (Terminalia chebula), Terminalia fruit; Huang Lian (Coptis chinensis), Coptis rhizome; Wu Mei (Prunus mume), Mume plum fruit.
Inactive ingredients: Gluten-free maltodextrin.
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Mume Formula is a three-herb formula based on Wu Mei San from the classical equine veterinary text Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji (1608), combining a chief Damp-Heat-clearing and Heat-toxin-resolving herb (Huang Lian) with two astringing and antidiarrheal herbs (Wu Mei, He Zi) to address Intestinal Damp-Heat presentations with loose stool through simultaneous root treatment and branch treatment:
Mume Formula contains Huang Lian (coptis rhizome), whose berberine constituent may interact with medications metabolized by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system, blood glucose-affecting medications (berberine has documented blood glucose-lowering activity), and antibiotic medications through additive or synergistic antimicrobial effects. He Zi and Wu Mei contain tannin and organic acid constituents that may bind to and reduce the absorption of certain medications when administered concurrently; administer at least 2 hours apart from other medications where concurrent absorption is a concern. No contraindications or warnings are listed for this formula beyond the clinical monitoring warning to stop administration immediately if diarrhea becomes worse or other unusual signs develop. Dogs, cats, and horses on prescription medications should use this formula under veterinary supervision, as herb-drug interaction research in these species remains limited.
Medication categories warranting extra caution include blood glucose-affecting medications, antibiotic medications, medications metabolized by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system, and animals managing multiple concurrent prescriptions. Your veterinarian can determine appropriateness based on your animal's condition, current medications, and laboratory results.
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In TCVM theory, loose stool and occasional diarrhea arising from a Damp-Heat pattern in the Intestines is characterized by the accumulation of pathogenic Heat and Dampness in the Large Intestine channel, impairing the Intestine's function of separating the clear from the turbid and leading to the passage of loose, frequent, or Heat-tinged stools. Huang Lian specifically addresses the Damp-Heat pathogen in the Large Intestine channel through its bitter, cold, and drying action; Wu Mei and He Zi address the Intestine's failure to astringe and bind the stool through their sour and astringing action on the Large Intestine channel. The classical antecedent Wu Mei San from Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji (1608) reflects centuries of classical veterinary clinical experience with this pattern specifically in horses, making it one of the few TCVM formulas whose original classical source is a veterinary rather than human medicine text. Your authorizing veterinarian will confirm the appropriate TCVM digestive pattern diagnosis before recommending this formula.
Mume Formula is available as a concentrated 90g powder that mixes into food or feed. The bottle comes with a double-sided scoop: the small end holds approximately 0.25g, and the large end holds approximately 1.2g. For dogs and cats, the guideline is approximately 0.5g per 20 to 40 lbs of body weight twice daily (approximately 2 small level scoops per 20 to 40 lbs), or as directed by your veterinarian. For horses, the guideline is 3g (approximately 2.5 large level scoops) twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. One 90g bottle lasts approximately 2 weeks. Stop administration immediately if diarrhea becomes worse or other unusual signs develop. Your authorizing veterinarian will confirm the appropriate dose and duration for your animal.
Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji (Yuan-heng's Therapeutic Treatise of Horses), written by brothers Yu Benyuan and Yu Benheng in 1608 during the Ming dynasty, is one of the most important surviving texts of classical Chinese veterinary medicine and one of the few comprehensive equine veterinary medical texts from the classical period that has been preserved and studied into the modern era. Unlike most classical TCVM formulas whose antecedent texts are human medicine sources (the Shang Han Lun, Jin Gui Yao Lue, or Wen Bing texts), Wu Mei San's source in a classical equine veterinary text reflects a specifically veterinary clinical tradition for this digestive formula that predates modern veterinary TCVM practice by over four centuries. The fact that Yu Benyuan and Yu Benheng documented this formula in a specifically equine clinical context gives Mume Formula a particularly strong clinical lineage for equine digestive presentations - the formula was observed in horses, refined in horses, and recorded in the context of horse medicine, making it a foundational formula in classical equine TCVM practice. Your authorizing veterinarian can provide further context about the formula's clinical application in modern veterinary TCVM practice.
Mume Formula is distinguished from other TCVM digestive formulas by its tight three-herb composition combining simultaneous Damp-Heat clearance and Intestinal astringing in a single compact formula, and by its specific classical veterinary equine lineage from Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji (1608). Many TCVM digestive formulas address either the Heat-clearing and pattern-resolution component (without significant astringing action) or the astringing and antidiarrheal component (without significant Heat-clearing action), but Mume Formula's three-herb structure specifically combines Huang Lian's Damp-Heat clearance with Wu Mei and He Zi's Intestinal astringing action in a single formula designed for Damp-Heat diarrhea presentations where both the pathogen and the symptom require simultaneous treatment. It is most specifically appropriate when the loose stool presentation is associated with the TCVM pattern of Intestinal Damp-Heat, characterized by loose or watery stools with a Heat component rather than Cold-deficiency diarrhea; it is not the primary formula for Cold-type diarrhea, Spleen Qi deficiency diarrhea, or diarrhea associated with Liver invading Spleen patterns. Your authorizing veterinarian will determine the most appropriate digestive formula based on your animal's specific TCVM pattern diagnosis, or as directed by your veterinarian.
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