Harmonizing -> Shao Yang
| Xiao Chai Hu Tang |
"Minor Bupleurum Formula"
key Sx: Alternating chills and fever, chest and hypochondria
distension pain, depression, dry throat, vertigo, restlessness, bitter
taste and nausea, poor appetite (T: thin white coat, P: wiry)
Action: Harmonize Shao Yang, Regulte ST and GB |
| Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang |
"Artemisia annua and Scutellaria Decoction to clear the gallbladder"
Key Sx: Alternating chills and fever, fever > chills,
bitter taste, acid reflux, yellow saliva, hypochondriac pain, water
metabolism problems, scanty yellow urine (T: red body with white greasy
coat, P: rapid and slippery on Rt, Wiry on Left)
Action:
Treats Shao Yang Syndrome (as above) with Damp-Heat. |
Harmonizing -> LV and SP
| Si Ni San |
"Frigid Extremities Powder"
Key Sx: Cold extremities, LV/SP qi stagnation (Hypochondria
distension, epigastria pain, wiry pulse)
Action: Soothe LV, regulate SP, disperse obstructed qi |
Chai Hu Shu Gan
San |
"Chai Hu's Shoe Gone Sailing"
key Sx: LV qi stagnation without SP/blood deficiency
(hypochondria pain, oppressed chest, sighing, irritability, abdominal
distension, P: wiry)
Action: Soothe LV qi, move blood, alleviate pain
Ingredients: Si Ni San +xiang fu, +chuan
xiong, +chen pi |
| Xiao
Yao San |
"Rambling Powder; Free and Easy Wanderer"
Action: soothe liver, relieve qi stagnation, strengten SP, nourish blood
key Sx: LV qi stagnation with SP/blood deficiency
- LV qi stag (hypochondriac pain, vertigo, irregular menses, P: wiry)
- SP def (fatigue and poor appetite, P: weak)
- Blood Def (dry mouth and throat, P: deficient)
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| Jia Wei Xiao Yao San |
"Free and Easy Wanderer Plus"
Components: Xiao Yao San plus Dan
Pi, Zhi Zi
Key Sx: As Xiao Yao San, but with heat (when stagnation is transforming into heat)
Action: Clear Liver, Regulate blood and menstruation |
| Hei Xiao Yao San |
"Black Rambling Powder"
Components: Xiao Yao San plus Sheng
Di or Shu Di
Key Sx: LV/SP blood deficieny, dysmenorrhea, P: weak/wiry
Action: Soothe LV, strengthen SP, nourish blood and
regulate menses |
| Tong Xie Yao Fang |
"Painful Diarrhea Essential Formula"
Key Sx: LV/SP disharmony with painful diarrhea
(borborygmus, abdominal pain with diarrhea, pain relieved after defecation,
P: wiry on the left, slow on the right)
Action: tonify SP, soften LV, eliminate damp, stop
diarrhea |
Harmonizing -> Regulate Heat and Cold
| Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang |
"Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium"
key Sx: Heat & Cold mix with Ascending Descending
Disorder (fullness, distension in epigastria, vomiting, diarrhea,
T: yellow greasy coat)
Action: Harmonize the ST, directs rebellious qi downward, disperses clumping, and eliminates focal distension
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| Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang |
Components: Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang (remove
Gan jiang, add Sheng
Jiang)
Key Sx: Water / Heat combination syndrome (distension and hardness in epigastria, belching with smelling, thunder sound in abdomen, diarrhea)
Action: Regulate ST, reduce distension, disperse
water |
| Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang |
Components: Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang (increase dosage of Zhi Gan Cao)
Key Sx: ST qi deficiency with distension syndrome
(diarrha 10 times per day, with undigested food, thunder in abdomen,
distension and fullness in abdomen, nausea, restlessness)
Action: Regulate ST, tonify middle jiao, descend
ST qi to eliminate distension |
| Huang Lian Tang |
Components: Huang Lian Tang (Ban Xia
Xie XIn Tang, add Huang Lian and
Gui Zhi but remove Huang
Qin)
Key Sx: Upper Heat with Lower Cold syndrome (Chest
epigastria distension, restlessness heat, nausea, abdominal pain,
borborygmus, diarrhea, T: white slipppery coat, P: wiry)
Action: Regulate heat and cold; descend ST qi |
Harmonizing -> Release Exterior and Interior (Syndrome in both exterior
and interior)
| Da Chai Hu Tang |
"Major Bupleurum Decoction"
key Sx: Shao Yang + Yang Ming (alternating chills
and fever, fullness, and distension in chest and hypochondria, distension
pain in epigastria, vomiting, constipation, T: yellow coat, P: wiry
rapid and forceful)
Action: harmonize Shao Yang, purge interior heat |
| Fang Feng Tong Sheng San |
Key Sx: Wind Heat accumulation in both interior and exterior
Action: Disperse wind, release exterior, clear heat, promote defecation
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| Ge Gen Huang Qin
Huang Lian Tang |
Key Sx: Heat diarrhea
Action: Release exterior, clear interior heat |
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