Herbal Classics: The Shan Han Lun Simplified

Tai Yang -> Yang Ming -> Shao Yang -> Tai Yin -> Shao Yin -> Jue Yin

Shao Yin Disease (Alleviated from 3:00pm to 9:00pm)
(Shaoyin Syndrome: Thin, indistinctive pulse, advanced stage of disease, sleepiness)
Cold transforming into Shaoyin Dz:
Si Ni Tang
Cold transformation of Shaoyin Dz: water retention from Yang Xu
Cold transformation of Shaoyin Dz: Body ache d/t damp-cold & Yang Xu
Heat transformation of Shaoyin Dz: HT and KD disharmony
W/ true cold false heat:
Tong Mai Si Ni Tang:

Gan Jiang + Gan Cao + Fu Zi
Fu Zi Tang:

Fu Zi + Ren Shen + Fu Ling + Bai Zhi + Shao Yao
Lesser yin stage w/ interior cold and exterior heat, diarrhea w/ undigested food, cold limbs, no aversion to cold, flushed face, diarrhea (P: hidden, imperceptible)... OR lesser yin stage w/ severe HT yang deficiency, yin so strong that yang separates and floats to exterior - more serious condition. Abdominal pain aggravated by cold, difficult urination, deep aches and heavy limbs, generalized edema, loose stool, dizziness, headache, palpitations, coughing, vomiting (T: pale or dark, swollen, teeth marks, white slippery coat) (P: forceless) Yang deficiency with internal damp cold and stagnation in the channels due to congealed damp cold. aching bones and joints, aversion to cold, cold limbs. Also for painful obstruction of damp cold origin. (T: white slippery coat) (P: submerged, faint, forceless, or choppy / slow) Irritability w/ feeling of heat in the chest, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, may have sore on tongue or mouth (T: red w/ dry yellow coat) (P: thin, rapid)

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Heat transformation of Shaoyin Dz: deficient heat w/ water retention:

Zhu Ling Tang