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Release Exterior Formulas
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Release Exterior -> Expel Wind Cold
| Ma Huang Tang |
"Ephedra Decoction"
key Sx: Excess W/C with NO sweating, P:floating tight
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| Gui Zhi Tang |
"Cinnamon Twig Decoction"
key Sx: Deficient W/C with sweating, P: floating
slow |
| Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang |
"Nine herb decoction with Notopterygium"
key Sx: W-C-Damp with interior heat, h/a w/out
sweating
Nickname: "Jubilee Qiang Huo Town" |
| Xiang Su San |
"Cyprus and Perilla leaf powder"
key Sx: W/C, w/out sweating, qi stag in chest/epigastria,
poor appetite |
| Xiao Qing Long Tang |
"Minor blue-green dragon decoction"
key Sx: aversion to cold, fever w/out sweating, cough,
wheezing, profuse watery phlegm |
| Zhi Sou San |
"Stop coughing powder"
key Sx: cough, itchy throat, aversion to wind, fever |
| Xiang Ru San |
"Elsholtzia Powder"
key Sx: Yin Summer Heat Syndrome (exterior cold w/
interior damp invading in summer) |
Release Exterior -> Expel Wind Heat
| Yin Qiao San |
"Honeysuckle and Forsythia Decoction"
key Sx: External W-H attack, obstructed in LU and
defensive stage |
| Sang Ju Yin |
"Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction"
key Sx: Release exterior W-H and stops cough, facilitates
flow of Lu qi |
| Ma Huang Xing Ren Gan Cao Shi Gao Tang |
"Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum, and Licorice Decoction"
key Sx: External W-H attack with excessive heat accumulation
in LU |
| Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang |
"Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer"
Action: Release pathogenic factor from the muscle
layer and clears interior heat
Key Sx: Aversion to
cold getting milder, fever getting more severe, no sweating, headache.
When interior heat starts you can also see painful eyes, dry nose,
restlessness, insomnia, dry throat, deafness, thin yellow tongue coat,
floating and slightly flooded pulse
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| Sheng Ma Ge Gen Tang |
"Cimicifuga and Kudzu Decoction"
Action: release the muscle layer and vents rashes
Indication: beginning of measles. Measles unable
to vent, fever, headache, cough, red eyes with tears, thirst, red
tongue with thin and dry coating, floating rapid pulse |
Release Exterior -> with Interior Deficiency
| Bai Du San |
"Overcome Pathogenic Influences"
key Sx: Qi deficiency with external wind-cold damp
attack... |
| Jing Fang Bai Du San |
"Shizonepetaand Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences"
Action: Release exterior, disperse W-C-D. Stronger
expelling W-C than Bai Du San but with no vital qi enhancement. |
| Shen Su Yin |
"Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction"
Syndrome: Exterior wind invasion with Qi/Yang deficiency
Action: Tonifies Qi / Yang, release exterior, regulate
qi, resolve phlegm |
| Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang |
"Ephedra, Asarum, and Prepared Aconite Decoction"
Action: Assists the yang and release exterior W-C;
helps with cold damage to the LU/KD (sudden loss of voice, hoarse
voice, sore throat) |
| Zai Zao San |
"Renewal Powder"
Action: Tonifies the yang, augments the qi, induces
sweating, and releases the exterior. Best for W/C invasion w/out sweating,
with yang deficiency (cold limbs, fatigue, sleepy, pale face, weak
voice, deep weak pulse) |
| Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang |
"Modified Polygonatum Odoratum"
Syndrome: Exterior wind invasion with yin/blood deficiency
Action: Nourishes yin, clears heat, induces sweating,
and releases exterior. For W/H invasion with yin deficiency signs. |
| Cong Bai Qi Wei Yin |
"Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients"
Action: Blood def w/ exterior cold |
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Drain Downward Formulas
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Drain Downward: Purge Heat Accumulation
| Da Cheng Qi Tang |
"Major Order of the Qi Decoction"
key Sx: Heat Excess combination in ST and LI (Constipation,
Abdominal distension and pain with tenderness, afternoon tidal fever,
thirst with great desire to drink, delerium, frequent gas, continuous
sweating of limbs, T: red tongue with prickles, yellow dry or black
dry coat , P: deep and forceful) |
| Xiao Cheng Qi Tang |
key Sx: Mild type of Yangming Fu organ excess
(delirium, tidal fever, constipation, fullness and opressed in abdomen,
dark yellow tongue coat, slippery fast pulse, beginning of dysentery,
abdominal distension pain, tenesmus)
Components: Da Huang 4pc, Huo Po 2pc, Zhi Shi 3pc |
| Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang |
key Sx: Yangming ST and LI dryness heat syndrome
(constipation, thirst, restlessness, steaming fever, abdominal distension
and pain, delirium, yellow tongue coat, slippery rapid pulse, macula,
vomiting blood, swollen gums and tonsils)
Components: Da Huang 4pc, Mang Xiao half shen, Gan Cao 2pc |
| Fu Fang Da Cheng Qi
Tang |
Action: purge downward, move qi, quicken blood
Indication: Fu-organ excess with obvious qi obstruction |
| Da Huang Mu Dan Tang |
"Rhubarb and Mountain Decoction"
key Sx: Beginning of Intestinal carbuncle with damp-heat accumulation syndrome
(right lower abdominal pain, T: greasy coat, P: slippery rapid) |
Drain Downward: Purge Cold Coagulation
| Da Huang Fu Zi Tang |
"Rhubarb and prepared Aconite decoction"
key Sx: Cold Excess Accumulation Syndrome (hypochodria
pain, abdominal pain, constipation, aversion to cold, fever w/out
sweating, cough, wheezing, profuse watery phlegm, T: white greasy
coat, P: wiry and tight) |
| Wen Pi Tang |
"Warm the SP decoction"
key Sx: SP Yang deficiency, Cold Coagulation, Cold
obstructed Interior (abdominal pain around umbilicus, constipation,
cold extremities, white tongue coating, no thirst, deep wiry slow
pulse) |
| San Wu Bei Ji Wan |
"Three Substance Pill for Emergencies"
key Sx: Emergency interior cold excess with abdominal pain |
Drain Downward: Moisten Purgation
| Ma Zi Ren Wan |
key Sx: ST LI dryness heat, SP restrained
constipation (constipation, frequent urination, thin yellow tongue
coating, lack of fluid) |
| Ji Chuan Jian |
"Support Reverse Decoction"
key Sx: Constipation due to KD deficiency (profuse
urination, constipation, pale tongue with white coat, deep slow pulse,
weakness and soreness in knees and lumbar region, dizziness) |
Drain Downward: Drive out Excess Water
| Shi Zao Tang |
Action: Extreme Water Retention (headache,
vertigo, cough with chest pain, short of breath, hardness in epigastria,
nausea, abdominal distension, edema especially in lower body) |
| Xin Jia Huang Long Tang |
Action: Purge heat, promote defecation,
nourish yin and tonify qi (constipation, blackish yellow tongue coating,
fatigue, SOB, dry lips, throat and tongue)
Nickname: "Nin-jia
Yellow's long pootie (tang)" |
| Zeng Ye Cheng Qi Tang |
Action: Nourish yin, increase body
fluid, purge heat, and promote defecation (dry stools, constipation,
dry lips, yellow tongue, thin rapid pulse) |
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Harmonizing Formulas
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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 |
quot;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
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| 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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Clear Heat Formulas
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Clear Heat -> Qi Stage
| Bai Hu Tang |
"Gypsum Combination" - "White tiger decoction"
key Sx: Yangming Channel Heat (great heat/thirst/sweat/pulse)
Action: Clear heat, promote body fluids |
| Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang |
key Sx: For injury to the qi and fluids characterized by fever, thirst, profuse sweating, generalized weakness, and P: large, forceless)
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| Bai hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang |
key Sx: For wind-damp heat painful
obstruction characterized by high fever, sweating, irritability, thirst,
pain and swelling of the joints, (T: white coat, P: wiry rapid). Also
for Malaria.
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| Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang |
"Bamboo Leaves and Gypsum Combination"
Key Sx: later stage qi level heat with qi and fluid
injury (fever, sweating, SOB, fatigue, restlessness, thirst, nausea,
T: red with little coat, P: weak/ rapid)
Action: clear heat, promote body fluid, tonify qi
and regulate ST |
Clear Heat-> Ying and Blood levels
| Qing Ying Tang |
"Clear the Nutritive (Ying) level decoction"
Key Sx: Heat transmitted to Ying Stage (severe night
fever, no thirst, restlessness, insomnia, sometimes delerium, macula
scattered, thirst, T: dry deep and red, P: thin and rapid)
Action: clear heat and detoxification, penetrate
heat and nourish yin |
Xi Jiao Di huang
Tang |
key Sx: Heat in Blood stage (high fever, restlessness,
bleeding, coma, delirium, vomiting blood, nose bleed, bloody urine
or stools, dark purple rashes, thirst w/out desire to drink, P: thin
rapid, T: crimson with prickles)
Action: Clears heat fire detoxification, cool bloods,
dissipates blood stagnation, and stops bleeding
Components: Xi Jiao, Sheng Di Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Shao
Yao
Remember: When the Rhino
had the Shame of Juan like
Mu Dan Pi he grabbed a Shao Yao to clean up the mess. |
Clear Heat -> Clear heat and detoxification
| Huang Lian Jie Du Tang |
"Detoxify three burners formula"
key Sx: San Jiao excessive fire toxins (high fever,
restlessness, dry mouth, T: red with yellow coat, P: rapid and forceful)
Action: Drain fire and detoxification |
| Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin |
"Universal benefit decoction to eliminate toxins"
Key Sx: Wind-heat toxin in upper jiao
(swollen in face, aversion to cold, fever, T: red with yellow coat)
Action: Expel wind pathogen, clear heat and detoxifcation |
| Liang Ge San |
"Forsythia and Rhubarb formula"
Key Sx: Heat in all three Jiaos (lower: constipation, middle: red complexion, dry lips, thirst, vomit blood, upper: chest heat and restlessness, ulceration in mouth, sore throat)
Action: Drain fire and promote defecation, clear the upper and purge
Nickname: "Lion Guessing" |
| Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin |
"Sublime formula for sustaining life"
Key Sx: Carbuncles and swelling due to yang syndrome pattern, feverish sensation
Action: Clear heat, detoxifcation, eliminate swollen
and hardness, invigorate blood, relieve pain |
| Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin |
"Five ingredient decoction to eliminate carbuncles"
Key Sx: beginning of carbuncles (fever, aversion to cold, carbuncle has shape of grain, deep root)
Action: clear heat, detoxification, eliminate carbuncle |
Clear Heat -> Zang-Fu organ heat
| Dao Chi San |
"Rehmannia and Clematis Armandi Formula"
key Sx: Heart and Small Intestine channel heat (chest
restless heat, thirst, red complexion, desire for cold drink, ulceration
in mouth and tongue, dark scanty painful urination, T: red with yellow
greasy coat, P: rapid) HT Fire Transferring to SI (dark urine with
burning pain, T: red, P: rapid)
Action: clear heart, promote urination, nourish yin |
| Long Dan Xie Gan Tang |
"Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver"
Key Sx: Liver fire flares upward, LV damp heat (hypochondria
pain, headache, red eyes, bitter taste, deafness, swelling or itching
in genitals, smelly leukorrhea, or menstrual irregularities in women,
hot painful difficult urination that is dark yellow and smelly, along
with other conditions that affect the external genitalia (herpes,
eczema, tinea) T: red with yellow greasy coat, P: wiry rapid)
Action: Clear LV/GB excessive fire, drain heat from
lower jiao |
Zuo Jin Wan |
Key Sx: LV qi stagnation transformed
into fire (hypochondria pain, bitter taste, T: red with yellow coat,
P: wiry rapid), LV fire invading ST (upset in epigastria, acid regurgitation,
vomiting)
Action: clear LV fire, descend vomiting
Remember: Zorro's little helper, Zuo Jin Wan, was
a firefighting fox who could
magically transform his LV Qi stag into fire. He was so tough
that it took 6 yellow lions
to take him down (6:1 ratio)
Ingredients: Huang
lian 9g, Wu Zhu Yu 1.5g
Important: The ratio of Huang Lian to Wu Zhu Yu is
(6:1 ratio) |
| Qian Jin Wei Jing Tang |
Key Sx: LU abscess (slight fever,
cough with chest pain, yellow sticky phlegm, or with pus or blood)
Action: clear Lu heat, resolve phlegm, eliminate blood stasis
Nickname: "Coin Fluid Wager Time" |
Xie Bai San |
Key Sx: Residual heat in LU causing
qi to rebel (cough, wheeze, heat in skin, severe in afternoon from
3-5pm, dry mouth and throat, T: red with yellow coat, P: thin rapid)
Action: clear LU heat, calms wheezing and cough
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| Qing Wei San |
"Clear the Stomach Powder"
Key Sx: Accumulate heat in ST transformed into Fire and flaring upwards (smelly mouth, dry mouth, toothache causes headache, fever in cheeks, teeth prefer cold and aversion to heat, bleeding gums, swollen cheeks, ulceration in gums, T: red with yellow coat, P: slippery rapid)
Action: Drain ST fire, cool blood, nourish Yin |
| Yu Nu Jian |
"Jade lady Decoction"
Key Sx: ST yin deficiency with
heat (ST heat: headache, toothache, bleeding gums; Deficient Shao
Yin heat: loose teeth, restlessness, heat, thirst, T: red with yellow
dry coat)
Action: Clear ST heat, nourish KD yin
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| Shao Yao Tang |
"Peony Decoction"
Key Sx: Damp Heat Diarrhea (abdominal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with blood and pus, burning anus, concentrated urine, T: yellow greasy coat)
Action: Clear heat, dry dampness, regulate qi and
blood |
| Bai Tou Weng Tang |
"Chinese Pulsatilla Combination"
Key Sx: Heat Toxin Dysentery (Abdominal pain, tenesmus, burning anus, more bleeding than pus in stools, thirst, T: red with yellow coat, P: wiry rapid)
Action: Clear heat toxin, cool blood, stop dysentery |
Clear Heat -> Clear deficient heat
| Qing Hao Bie Jia
Tang |
Syndrome: Late stage of warm disease,
pathogenic heat hidden in Yin aspects, fluid has been damaged
key Sx: Fever at night but cool in the morning, no
sweating after fever gone, T: red with little coating, P: thin rapid
Action: Nourishes the yin and vents heat
Nickname: "king how bit a jap tongue"
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| Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang |
Action: Tonify qi and defensive qi, nourish yin, purge fire
Nickname: "Angel's Loose Yellow Tongue" |
| Lan Shi Mi Cang |
Action: Nourish yin, purge fire; consolidate exterior
to stop sweating
Nickname: "Lay'n on sheep
wool by the fire makes me hot but it helps to Consolidate-Against-Not-Good
sweat pathogens" |
| Qing Gu San |
"Cool the bone powder"
Action: Clears heat from deficiency and alleviates
steaming bone disorder
Nickname: "King Gusan has steaming bones with
deficient heat" |
Clear Heat -> Clear Summer Heat
| Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin |
key Sx: Wind cold attack during summer
(aversion to cold, fever, no sweating, restlessness, thirst, red complexion)
with dampness (heaviness in body, chest, epigastria). T: white w/
greasy coat, floating rapid pulse.
Action: Expel summer heat, release exterior, clear
heat and resolve dampness
Nickname: "When the wind cold damp storms attacked
during the summer, Ninja Johnny Ru loved to watch Hou Po dance..."
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| .... Xiang Ru San |
Action: as above (Xin Jia Xiang Ru
Yin) and regulates middle jiao
Ingredients: Xiang Ru, Hou Po, Bai Bian Dou |
| Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang |
Key Sx: Summer heat has damaged the
qi, yin, and fluids (feverish sensation, restlessness, fatigue, SOB,
lassitude, heavy sweating, thirst, concentrated urine, P: rapid and
weak)
Action: Clears sumer heat, augments the qi, nourishes
the yin, and generates fluid
Nickname: "King Shu's Yin and Qi decoction"
CC: Not suitable for summer heat with damp |
| Liu Yi San |
Action: Summer heat with damp (clears
summer heat, resolves damp, augments the qi)
Key facts: The ratio of Hua Shi to Gan Cao is 6 to 1
Nickname: "Liu's Yin Powder" is for summer
heat with damp |
| .... Yi Yuan San |
Action: Clear Heart, eliminate summer
heat, calm shen
Ingredients: Liu Yi San + Zhu
Sha, Deng Xin Cao |
| .... Bi Yu San |
Action: Clear summer heat with damp,
and LV/GB heat
Ingredients: Liu Yi San + Qing
Dai |
| .... Ji Su San |
Action: Clear summer heat with damp,
and slight aversion to wind-cold: head distension pain, cough
Ingredients: Liu Yi San + Bo
He |
| Gui Ling Gan Lu Yin |
Action: Clear summer heat with damp,
transform qi and damp (fever, headache, restlessness, thirst desire
for water, difficult urination, diarrhea, vomiting)
Nickname: "Guilding GanLu" was a camel
with summer heat and damp |
| Qing Luo Yin |
Action: mild summer heat attacking LU channel in qi stage (expel and penetrate summer heat)
Nickname: "King LoYin was LoVin' the summer
heat a little too much, and so he got mild summer heat) |
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Warm Interior Cold Formulas
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Warm Interior Cold -> Middle Jiao Deficient Cold
| Li Zhong Wan |
"Lee's song wand"
Middle-Jiao deficient cold (with SP Yang Deficiency)
Action: Warm middle jiao to expel cold, Tonify qi
to strengthen SP Yang
Key Sx: Cold limbs, Poor appetite, N&V, diarrhea,
convulsion, bleeding, chest pain (T: pale with white moistening coating)
(P: thin or deep slow weak pulse) |
| Xiao Jian Zhong Tang |
"Minor Cinnamon Peony Combination"
Middle-Jiao deficient cold (with LV / SP disharmony, Yang deficiency
with cold, and yin and blood deficiency)
Action: warm and tonify the middle jiao, moderate
painful spasms
Key Sx: Abdominal pain, prefer warmth and pressure,
palpitations, pale complexion, restlessness, fever in palms, dry mouth
and throat (T: Pale, thin wiry pulse)
CC: Not for vomiting with middle jiao excess |
.... Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang |
Action: warm and tonify the middle jiao, moderate
painful spasms
Ingredients: Xiao Jian Zhong Tang +Huang
Qi |
| .... Dang Gui Jian Zhong Tang |
Action: Warm and tonify qi and blood, moderates spasmodic
abdominal pain
Ingredients: Xiao Jian Zhong Tang +Dang
Gui |
| .... Da Jian Zhong Tang |
Action: Warm and tonify the middle jiao, descend
upward flowing cold, stop pain
Ingredients: Yi Tang,
Shu Jiao, Gan
Jiang, Ren Shen |
Wu Zhu Yu Tang |
Syndrome: LV / ST deficient cold, turbid yin flows upwards
Action: Warm and tonify LV and ST, directs rebellious qi downward, and stops vomiting
Key Sx: vertex headache worsen at midnight, better
in the morning, with vomiting, cold limbs, vomiting saliva, (T:pale
with white slippery coating, P: wiry slow )
Remember: "Wu Zhu
Yu the fox developed turbid yin and LV/ST def. cold when he stopped
firefighting." |
Warm Interior Cold -> Rescue Devastated Yang (HT and
KD Yang)
| Si Ni Tang |
"Frigid Extremities Decoctions" (see also,
vs. Si Ni San)
Syndrome: HT and KD Yang collapse
Action: Rescues devastated yang, warms the middle
jiao, stops diarrhea
Key Sx: Cold extremities, sleepy,
lassitude (T: pale with white coating), (P: thin, faint)
Remember: "Si Ni Tang
for HT/KD Yang" |
| .... Tong Mai Si Ni Tang |
Ingredients: Si Ni Tang
with increased dose of Gan Jiang
and Fu Zi, and +Zhu Dan Zhi |
| .... Si Ni Jia Ren Shen Tang |
Ingredients: Si Ni Tang
+Ren Shen |
| .... Bai Tong Tang |
Ingredients: Cong
Bai, Gan Jiang, Fu
Zi, Zhu Dan Zhi, Ren Niao |
Warm the Channels and Disperse Cold
| Dang Gui Si Ni Tang |
"Angel Si Ni Tang"
Syndrome: Cold direct attack
Key Sx: Cold extremities, (T pale with white coat,
P: thin and imperceptible)
Application: Bi Syndrome, Cold skin/purplish dark
skin, Jue Yin LV channel cold syndrome
Remember: "For direct cold attack get Angel Si Ni Tang" |
| .... Dang Gui Si Ni Jia Wu Zhu Yu Tang |
Ingredients: Dang Gui Si Ni Tang +Wu
Zhu Yu, +Sheng Jiang |
| .... Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang |
Ingredients: Huang Qi,
Gui Zhi, Shao
Yao, Sheng Jiang, Da
Zao
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| Yang He Tang |
"Yang Heartening Decoction"
Syndrome: Yin Necrosis
Action: Warms the yang, tonifies the blood, disperses
cold, and unblocks areas of stagnation
Key Sx: swellings without heads that blend into the surrounding tissue and do not affect the texture or color of the skin, no heat (P: slow deep weak) |
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Tonify Qi Formulas
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Tonify Qi
| Si Jun Zi Tang |
"Four gentlemen Formula"
Action: Tonify qi and strengthen SP
Key Sx: pale complexion, low voice, fatigue, poor
appetite, loose stools, palpitations, spontaneous sweating, easily
catches cold, hypochondriac discomfort, (T: pale with white coat,
P: weak) |
| .... Yi Gong San |
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, move qi
Key Sx: poor appetite, loose stools, epigastria oppressed
Ingredients: Si Jun Zi Tang + Chen
Pi
Remember: When the four gentlemen added a chimpanzee
driver to their carriage they said "Git Yi Gong, lets move some
qi now and go eat!" |
| .... Liu jun Zi Tang |
Nickname: "Loogie Jun Zi tang" (as above, but for
phlegm)
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, resolve phlegm
Key Sx:SP/ST qi deficiency with phlegm (poor appetite, loose stools, epigastria oppressed, vomiting)
Ingredients: Si Jun Zi Tang + Chen
Pi, Ban Xia |
| .... Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang |
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, move qi, resolve
phlegm
Key Sx: vomiting, epigastria oppressed, poor appetite,
abdominal distension, fatigue
Ingredients: Liu Jun Zi Tang + Mu
Xiang, Sha Ren, Sheng
Jiang |
| Shen Ling Bai Zhu San |
"Shen Lingers Buy You Sand"
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, eliminate damp
and stop diarrhea
Key Sx: SP def. w/ excess damp (fatigue, pale complexion, thin body, borborygmus, loose stools, epigastria oppressed, poor digestion) |
| Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang |
"Buy you some yellow qi formula if your SP qi is sinking"
Syndrome: SP deficiency with qi sinking
Action: tonify middle jiao, lift yang qi sinking
Key Sx: SP def w/ qi sinking (poor appetite, loose
stools, SOB with no desire to speak, fatigue, pale complexion, rectocele,
prolapsed uterus, chronic diarrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis)
(P: weak) |
| Sheng Mai San |
"Shen + Mai Sand makes you lazy"
Syndrome: Summer heat leads to heavy sweating
OR chronic cough with LU deficiency
Action: tonify qi and generate body fluid, astringe
yin to stop sweating
Key Sx 1) Summer Heat: fatigue, SOB, heavy sweating,
dry throat, thirst, (T: red with little coat) (P: weak, rapid)
Key Sx 2) LU deficiency: dry throat and mouth, fatigue,
SOB, non-productive cough or with little phlegm, cough with sweating
(P: thin weak) |
| .... Ren Shen Ge Jie San |
Action: tonify LU and KD to stop cough and wheeze
Ingredients: Ge Jie,
Gan Cao, Xing
Ren, Ren Shen, Fu
Ling, Bei Mu, Sang
Bai Pi, Zhi Mu |
| Yu Ping Feng San |
"Jade Screen"
Syndrome: Exterior deficiency syndrome
Action: tonify qi to strengthen defensive layer,
consolidate exterior to stop sweating
Key Sx: spontaneous sweating, aversion to wind, pale
complexion, (T: pale) (P: weak) |
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Tonify Blood Formulas
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Tonify Blood
| Si Wu Tang |
Remember: "Yes Wood Formula" tonifies LV blood def
Action: Tonify blood, LV blood deficiency
Key Sx: Blood deficiency (pale, palps, dizzy), Irritability,
dysmenorrhea, irregular menses, P: thin wiry or choppy, T: pale |
| .... Jiao Ai Tang |
Remember: "Owie Formula" stops bleeding, nourishes
blood... calms fetus
Action: Nourish blood, stop bleeding, regulate
mentruation, calm fetus
Ingredients: Chuan
Xiong, E Jiao, Gan
Cao, Ai Ye, Dang
Gui, Shao Yao, Shu
Di Huang |
| .... Tao Hong Si Wu Tang |
Remember: "Si Wu Tang plus Hong Hua and Tao Ren
regulates/nourishes blood"
Action: Nourish blood and regulate blood
Ingredients: Si Wu Tang +Tao
Ren, +Hong Hua |
| Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang |
Remember: "Angel ghost blood formula" for blood
def w/ floating yang
Syndrome: Blood deficiency with Yang floating, Yin/Blood deficiency
Key Sx: fever, thirst for warm water, red complexion,
floating yang (P: flooding, large) with yang damaged while floating
outwards (P: weak), defensive qi leaking: sweating
Action: tonify qi and generate blood; consolidate exterior to keep yang
Notes: similar to Bai
hu Tang |
| Gui Pi Tang |
"Restore the Spleen Decoction"
Action: Tonify
qi and blood; Nourish HT and strenghtens SP
Key Sx: SP Qi w/ HT blood/yin deficiency
(fatigue, poor memory, palpitations, insomnia, anxiety, poor sleep,
dream disturbed sleep, poor appetite, sallow complexion, withdrawal)
and SP Qi deficiency NOT controlling blood (early
periods w/ excess blood loss, continuous spotting (metrostaxis), blood
in stool, leukorrhea, metrorrhagia (uterine bleeding at irregular
intervals)) |
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Nourish Yin Formulas
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Nourish Yin Formulas
| Liu Wei Di Huang Wan |
Nickname: "Uncle Liu Wei's Shoe Soup"
Syndrome: LV / KD Yin Deficiency
Action:
nourish LV and KD
Key Sx: Essence Insufficiency (weak knees,
lumbar, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, painful heel bones), deficient
heat (dry throat, steaming bone, tidal fever, night sweating,
spermatorrhea, toothache, thirst), T: red w/ little coat P: thin/rapid |
| .... Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan |
Remember: The famous "bird(zhi) white... yellow
wand" immediately puts out yin deficient fire and steaming
bone with night sweats and painful knees and back...
Action: Nourish yin and extinguish fire
Indication: yin deficiency with fire, steaming bone, tidal fever, night sweating, soreness and pain in lumbar and knees, spermatorrhea
Ingredients: Liu Wei di Huang Wan +Zhi
Mu, +Huang Bai |
.... Qi Ju Di Huang Wan |
Remember: The "Qi Jedi's Yellow Wand" will brighten
your eyes and it makes trees grow (LV) instantly if there's
water (KD) nearby... if you don't have water you can use tears
from wind blowing.
Action: Nourish LV and KD; brighten eyes
Indications: LV / KD yin deficiency with blurred eyes, dry eyes, tears due to wind blowing
Ingredients: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan +Gou
Qi Zi, +Ju Hua |
.... Du Qi Wan |
aka: Qi Wei Du Qi Wan
Indication: Wheezing or retching due to KD deficiency
Action: nourish yin to absorb qi
Ingredients: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan +Wu
Wei Zi |
| .... Mai Wei Di Huang Wan |
aka: Ba Xian Chang Sou Wan
Nickname: "My way or the Highway"
Indication: Wheezing or retching due to LU-KD
yin deficiency
Action: nourish LU and KD
Ingredients: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan +Mai
Dong , +Wu Wei Zi |
| .... (Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan) |
as above... Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan *is just another tricky
name for* Mai Wei Di Huang Wan |
|
Zuo Gui Wan |
Indication: yin deficiency, dizziness, weak lumbar
and knees, spermatorrhea, night sweats, dry throat and mouth (T: red
w/ little coat) (P: floating)
Ingredients: Shu
Di Huang, Shan Yao, Shan
Zhu Yu, Gou Qi Zi, Lu
Jiao Jiao, Gui Jiao, Chuan
Niu Xi, Tu Si Zi
CC: For short term use only. Switch it to Liu Wei
Di Huang Wan later... can cause SP deficiency, abdominal distension,
loose stools |
| Da Bu Yin Wan |
Remember: Starvation at Fort "Da Bu Yin Wan"
Syndrome: Yin deficiency with fire, LV/KD yin
deficiency with heat generation (steaming bones, tidal fever, night
sweating, spermatorrhea, painful knees), Deficient fire flaring up
(cough with blood disturbing heart: insomnia, restlessness)
Action: nourish yin and extinguish fire
Key Sx: steaming bones, tidal fever, (T: red with
little coat), (P: rapid and forceful) |
| Yi Guan Jian |
Nickname - "Iguana John"
Syndrome:
LV/KD Yin deficiency with LV qi stagnation
Action:
nourish yin and soothe LV
Key Sx: LV qi stag
(chest, hypochondriac pain, hernia pain), Liver Yu transforms into
fire and invades ST (acid reflux, bitter taste), Yin deficiency with
internal heat (dry mouth and throat, T: lack of moisture, P: weak
or weak wiry) |
| Er Zhi Wan |
Remember: "Er.... say what?" said grandpa, who
suffers from LV KD Yin deficiency with dizziness tinnitus
and dry throat.
Indication: LV-KD Yin deficiency (dizziness, tinnitus,
dry throat, sore knees and lumbar, large menstruation)
Action: tonify KD and LV, nourish yin, stop bleeding
Ingredients: Nu
Zhen Zi, Han Lian Cao
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| Shi Hu Ye Guang Wan |
Remember: "She
Wolf's eyes gone wong" due to old age and LV / KD yin deficiency
Indication: blurring eyes due to LV and KD yin deficiency
Action: nourish KD yin, clear LV, brighten eyes
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| Bu Fei E Jiao Tang |
Remember: Buffet eats jelly from a pediatric
LU yin deficiency with heat.
Indication: pediatric LU yin deficiency with heat.
Cough, wheezing, dry throat, little phlegm or with blood, T: red with
little coat, P: thin / rapid
Action: nourish LU yin, clear heat, stop bleeding |
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Bai He
Gu Jin Tang
|
Action: nourishes yin, moistens LU, transforms
phlegm, stops cough, clears heat, cools blood.
Indication: LU and KD yin deficiency with deficient
dry sore throat, cough and wheeze, may see blood soaked sputum, feverish
feeling in palms and soles, night sweats, anxiety, irritability, thirst,
fidgety, afternoon cheek flushing, light sleeps, sore back (T: red
w/ scanty coat) (P: rapid - thin)
CC: in cases of diarrhea, abdominal distension and
pain, poor appetite to SP deficiency |
|
Mai Men
Dong Tang
|
Action: Nourishes LU and ST yin, generates fluids,
directs rebel qi downwards; tonifies qi, harmonize middle jiao
Indication: LU and ST Yin deficiency with rebellious
qi and deficient qi (cough with sputum which is difficult to expectorate,
or spitting of whitish frothy saliva, shortness of breath, nausea,
vomiting, dry mouth, dry throat, lips, cankers, bad breath, thirst,
a feverish sensation in the palms and soles (T: red with scanty coat,
P: thin, weak, rapid)
CC: deficient cold |
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Yang
Yin Qing Fei Tang
|
Action: nourishes Yin, clears LU, benefits throat
Indication: diptheria with yin deficiency (white
membrane covering throat that is difficult to scrape off and affects
breathing, sore swollen throat, hoarse voice, dry nose and lips, fever,
breathing similar to wheezing, dry hacking cough, T: red dry, P: thin,
weak, rapid) |
|
Tian
Ma Gou Teng Yin
|
Action: clear heat, eliminate phlegm, soothe liver, stop wind, anchors yang
Indication: Liver Yang rising with internal wind (headache, dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, blurred vision, heat rising to head, tremors, twitching or spasms in the hands and feet, numbness of extremities, insomnia with many dreams, hypertension, hemiplegia, facial deviation (T: red, P: wiry rapid)
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Nourish Yang Formulas
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Nourish Yin Formulas
| Shen Qi Wan |
Nickname: "Shen Qi Waning"
Remember: If you get Shen because your Qi
is waning you might be getting Old and have some deficient
heat...
Syndrome: LV / KD Yin Deficiency
Action:
nourish LV and KD
Key Sx: Essence Insufficiency (weak knees,
lumbar, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, painful heel bones), deficient
heat (dry throat, steaming bone, tidal fever, night sweating,
spermatorrhea, toothace, thirst), T: red w/ little coat P: thin/rapid |
| .... Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan |
Action: Warm K yang, promote urine to reduce edema
Ingredients: Shen Qi Wan, but Gui
Zhi -> Rou Gui, and +Che
Qian Zi, +Chuan Niu Xi |
You Gui Wan |
Remember: Cinnamon potion (rou
gui) warms KD yang and tonifies essence
Action:
Warm KD yang, tonify essence
Indications: KD yang deficiency, vital gate fire
weakness, Old patient or chronic disease with fatigue, afraid of cold,
cold limbs, weakness in lumbar, impotence, infertility, or loose stools,
poor appetite, enuresis, (T: pale w/white coating, P: deep slow)
Ingredients: modified Shen Qi Wan. -3 draining herbs.
+Du Zhong, +Lu
Jiao Jiao, +Dang Gui, +Gou
Qi Zi, and Gui Zhi is replaced
with Rou Gui. |
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Tonify Qi and Blood Formulas
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Tonify Qi and Blood Formulas
| Zhi Gan Cao Tang |
Remember: "When the little cinnamon
boy and ginger found honey potion they tonified qi, nourished
yin, dredged yang for so long that ginger passed out and
had to recover her pulse!"
Syndrome: HT / LU deficiency, Qi/Blood
deficiency
Action: tonify qi, nourish yin, dredge yang, recover
pulse
Key Sx: Palpitations, shortness of breath, intermittent
pulse, LU atrophy, non-productive cough, thin body type, insomnia,
night sweating, (T: dry thin with less coating) (P: weak rapid) |
Ba Zhen
Tang |
Remember: "The Baaaah Zen formula tonifies
qi and blood for the 4 gentlemen
who live in the Yes Woods!""
Action: Tonfy qi and blood
Indication: Qi and Blood deficiency
Ingredients: Si Wu Tang
+ Si Jun Zi Tang |
| Tai Shan Pan Shi San
|
Remember: "Tie Shan's son (makes) excess
sound!.... won't someone feed him now to tonify his SP and
nourish blood and calm fetus?"
Action: Tonfy SP, nourish blood and fetus
Indications: miscarriage, pale complexion, fatigue,
poor appetite, (T: pale with thin white coat, P: slippery weak)
Ingredients: Ren
Shen, Huang Qi, Bai
Zhu, Zhi Gan Cao, Dang
Gui, Chuan Xiong, Bai
Shao, Shu Di Huang, Xu
Duan, Nuo Mi, Huang Qi, Sha
Ren |
Tonify Yin AND Yang Formulas - when both yin and yang are deficient
| Gui Lu Er Xian Jiao |
Remember: "Guide Lu o'er yian hill, where
he can tonify yin, yang, qi, and essence.
Action: Nourish yin, tonify qi and yang, enhance
essence
Indication: soreness in lumbar / knees, dizziness,
impotence, spermatorrhea
Ingredients: Lu Jiao Jiao, Gui Ban, Ren Shen, Gou
Qi Zi
cc: not for loose stools due to SP qi deficiency |
| Qi Bao Mei Ran Dan |
Remember: On Halloween I sometimes dress up as
an undead spirit with black hair, strong bones, and LV/KD and
tell folks to "qi bao my ran dan".
Action: Tonfy LV / KD, blacken hair, strengthen
bone
Indications: LV / KD deficiency, early grey hair,
loose hair, loose teeth, weak lumbar and knees, spermatorrhea, infertility
Ingredients: Chi/Bai He Shou Wu, Bai Fu Ling, Niu
Xi, Dang Gui, Gou Qi Zi, Tu Si Zi, Bu Gu Zhi |
| Di Huang Yin Zi |
Remember: "Old Yellow Yin Zi" was a
yellow dog, like old yeller. But when he got older he deperately needed
to tonify his KD yin and KD yang so he went out to the swamp
and was abducted by aliens.
Action: Enriches KD Yin, tonifies KD Yang, opens
orifices, transforms phlegm
Indication: inability to speak, disability or
paralysis of the lower extremities, cold lower limbs,
red facial complexion, deep weak pulse.
cc: Not suitable for hyperactive LV yang with severe
heat type |
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Calm Shen Formulas
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Sedate Shen Formulas
| Zhu Sha An Shen Wan |
Nickname: "Zusha's Sedate Shen Pills"
Syndrome: Five emotions transformed
into Fire, HT fire excess w/ Yin deficiency
Action: sedate HT, calm spirit, drain fire, and nourish
yin
Key Sx: insomnia, palpitations, restlessness, (T:
red), (P: rapid thin)
Ingredients: Zhu Sha,
Huang Lian, Dang
Gui, Zhi Gan Cao
cc: don't use large dosage (less than 1 gram ) |
| Ci Zhu Wan |
Remember: "I Ci Zhu said the HT to the KD with bright
eyes full of shen"
Syndrome: HT / KD not communicating (dizziness,
deafness, palpitation)
Action: nourish yin, brighten eyes, sedate shen
Indication: Qi and Blood deficiency
Ingredients: Ci Shi,
Zhu Sha, Shen
Qu |
| Zhen Zhu Mu Wan |
Remember: "The Zen Zoo Moo's would nourish yin and
sedate the shen of any Zoo Moo that got LV Yang rising
and tried to break the wirey fence"
Action:
nourish yin, sedate shen
Indications: yin and blood deficiency, liver yang
rising hyperactive, insomnia, vertigo (P: thin wiry)
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Nourish and Calm Shen
| Tian Wang Bu
Xin Dan |
Nickname: "Heavenly emperor nourishes the heart"
Action: nourish yin , clear heat, nourish blood, calm Shen
Syndrome: HT KD yin deficiency, deficient fire disturbance
Key Sx: palpitation, insomnia, fever in five centers,
(T: red with little coating), (P: thin rapid)
cc: careful with poor appetite, loose stools
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| Suan Zao Ren Tang |
Action: Nourish blood, calm shen, clear heat,
relieve irritability
Key Sx: Deficiency of LV
blood and Yin failing to nourish the HT manifested as insomnia, palpitations,
irritability, dizziness, blurred vision, night sweats, dry throat
and mouth (T: pale or red with thin coat), (P: wiry, thin, rapid pulse) |
| Gan Mai Da Zao Tang |
Remember: "Granny Mai Died Shouting" and everyone was sad with trance sadness and tendency to cry
Action: nourish HT, calm shen, harmonize middle jiao
Indication: trance sadness and tendency to cry
Ingredients: xiao
mai, gan cao, da
zao |
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Open Orifice Formulas
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Cold to Open Orifices
| An Gong Niu Huang Wan |
Remember: When "Ana gonged her
new yellow wand" at her sick sister, the heat toxins dispersed,
she woke up, and began talking again.
Action: clear heat toxin, open orifice, resuscitation
Key Sx: heat blocks pericardium
(high fever, restlessness, lost consciousness, delirum) with
turbidity (severe unconsciousness), heat blocks qi
movement (unable to speak), severe heat -> severe Jue:
cold limbs |
| Zi Xue |
aka: Wai Tai Mi Yao
Remember: "Zee blood", "Why Taze
me - Yao"... When he got tazed it opened orifice, and
he had convulsions until the wind extinguished and heat
cleared.
Action: clear heat, open orifice, extinguish wind, stop convulsion
Key Sx: cc: tazers: do not overdose,
stop when effective, not for pregnancy |
| Zhi Bao Dan |
Remember: When "Birds Bow Down" its usually because
they want to open their orifice, spit a phlegm ball,
and clear heat toxins from PC.
Syndrome: Phlegm heat blocks PC
Action: Eliminate phlegm, open orifice, clear heat toxin
Key Sx: unconsciousness, delirium, fever, restlessness, wheezing, (T: crimson with yellow turbid coat, P: slippery rapid)
cc: not for pregnancy
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Warm to Open Orifices
| Su He Xiang Wan |
Remember: The father wanted to "sue
the young man" when he found out that he had coldly opened
orifce and unblocked painful qi stagnation of his daughter.
But at least he bought her flowers!
Syndrome: Cold turbidity
Action: aromatic to open orifice, move qi to stop pain
cc: not for pregnancy or prolapsed syndrome
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Astringe Formulas
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Astringe Formulas: Stabilize Exterior to Stop Sweating
| Mu Li San |
Nickname: Oyster Sand
Remember: Eating oyster sand causes ...
Syndrome: Weak body constitution, spontaneous sweating,
night sweating
Action: astringe yin to stop sweating, tonify qi
to consolidate exterior
Key Sx: sweating, palpitations, SOB, (T: pale), (P:
thin) |
Astringe Formulas: Astringe LU to Stop Cough
| Jiu Xian San |
Nickname: Jew's Young Formula
Remember: When the Young Jews had cough due to qi
and yin deficiency they took Jiu Xian San to...
Action: astringe LU to stop cough, tonify qi and
yin
Key Sx: chronic cough due to Lu Qi Yin deficiency |
Astringe Formulas: Stabilize Diarrhea to stop diarrhea (SP/ST deficient
cold to stop diarrhea)
| Zhen Ren
Yang Zang Tang |
Aka: Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
Nickname: Z'hen Wren's Yang Zang Time
Syndrome: SP KD deficient cold type chronic diarrhea
Action: Astringes intestines, warm tonify SP and
KD
Indications: loose stools and diarrhea, abdominal pain with preference for warmth and pressure (T: pale with white coat) (P: slow thin)
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| Si Shen Wan |
Aka: Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
Nickname: "See shit'n wander left... must be
due to..."
Syndrome: SP KD yang deficient type of KD diarrhea
Action: Warm KD, SP, consolidate intestines, stop
diarrhea
Indications: early morning diarrhea, poor appetite,
(T: pale with white coat) (P: deep slow) |
| Tao Hua Tang |
Action: Warm to astringe diarrhea
Nickname: Tao flower formula helps with....
Indications: deficient cold diarrhea
Ingredients: Chi Shi Zi, Gan Jiang, Geng Mi
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Astringe Formulas: Bind Essence to Stop Enuresis and Spermatorrhea
| San Piao Xiao San |
Remember: "Don't forget san piao xiao for
too much urine and sperm"
Syndrome: HT and KD deficiency, miscommunication
between HT KD
Action: Tonify HT and KD, astringe essence
Indications: Frequent urine, enuresis, spermatorrhea, trance, forgetfulness, (T: pale with white coating) (P: thin weak)
CC: not for lower jiao damp heat
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| Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan |
Nickname: "Jen Sold the Goo Jing Wand"
Remember: When Jen sold the Goo Jing Wand she could
no longer...
Action: tonify KD to astringe the essence
Indications: spermatorrhea, fatigue, lumbago, tinnitus, (T: pale with white coat) (P: thin weak) |
| Suo Quan Wan |
Nickname: "slow the quan wand" (down)
Remember: please Would
You tell easy wren to "slow
the quan wand (down)...", he's making a mess and now we need
a sham wow.
Action:
warm KD to eliminate cold, astringe urine
Indications: UB deficient cold with frequent urine, enuresis, (T: pale) (P: deep weak)
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Astringe Formulas: Consolidate to arrest vaginal bleeding and leucorrhea
| Wan Dai Tang |
Nickname: The "Wan Die Tongue"
Remember: ... belongs to a woman with with profuse
luecorrhea
Syndrome: LV stag, SP deficiency, too much damp flowing downwards
Action: tonify SP, sooth LV, eliminate damp, astring luecorrhea
Indications: large amount of clear luecorrhea (P:
slow)
CC: not damp heat type |
| Gu Jing Wan |
Nickname: "Goo Jing Wand"
Remember: The Goo Jing Wand prevents...
Syndrome: leaking and flooding due to yin deficient
with heat
Action: nourish yin, clear heat, consolidate menstruation
Indications: deep red or dark purple sticky menses (T: red) (P: wiry) |
| Yi Huang Tang |
Nickname: "Yucky Yellow Tongue"
Remember: He got Yucky Yellow Tongue when she had...
Indications: yellow luecorrhea with odor (T: yellow greasy coat)
Action: warm KD, stop luecorrhea, clear heat, eliminate damp
Ingredients: Shan Yao, Qian Shi, Bai Guo, Huang Bai, Che Qian Zi
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Regulate Qi Formulas
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Regulate Qi Formulas
| Yue Ju Wan |
Nickname: "Six Stagnations"
Syndrome: Six Yu syndrome: Qi, Blood, Fire, Damp-phlegm,
Food
Action: move qi, resolve Yu
Key Sx: chest fullness and oppressed, abdominal stabbing
pain, poor digestion
Notes: often used to treat depression |
| Chai Hu Shu Gan San |
Remember: "Chai Hu's Shoe Gone Sailin'"
Action: Soothe LV, move qi and blood, alleviate
pain
Indication: LV qi stagnation, hypochondriac pain,
oppressed chest, sigh, irritability, abdominal distenstion, P: wiry
Ingredients: Chai
Hu had EMO-PMS and when chuan
xiong started acting like a chimpanzee
turned circus clown entered the
room riding on a white pony 'Chai
Hu's Shoe Gone Sailin', but his granny
cow chided him for losing his temper.. |
| Si Mo Tang |
Remember: When big drunkards go bad, give em Si
Mo Tang to descend rebellious qi, move qi
Action: move qi, descend rebellious qi, widen chest
and dissipate nodules
Indications: LV qi stagnation, chest oppression,
wheezing, poor appetite
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| Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang |
Aka: "Jin Gui Yao Lue"
Remember: When Zhi Shi got chest yang deficiency she started spinning to eliminate phlegm and qi obstruction
Syndrome: Chest yang deficiency, phlegm and qi obstruction
type of chest bi syndrome
Action: dredge yang and dissapate nodule, eliminate
phlegm, and descend qi
Indication: fullness oppressed in chest, rebelling
qi from hypochondria to chest, (T: white, greasy), (P: deep wiry or
tight)
Ingredients: Gua Lou, Xie Bai, Zhi Shi, Hou Po, Gui
Zhi |
| Ban Xia Hou
Po Tang |
Remember: "Ban Xia became a Po Hou due to..."
Syndrome: Emotional problem->LV qi stag-> LU / ST
fails to descend, body fluid accumulates into phlegm
Action: move qi, dissipates nodules, descend qi,
resolve phlegm
Applications: Objects in throat, can't swollen down, nor vomit out, chest opppression and fullness. (T: white slippery coat) (P: wiry or slippery)
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| Hou Po Wen Zhong Tang |
Remember: "Po Ho Wind Song" was sung by all the po ho's as they....
Action: move qi and warm middle jiao, dry dampness
to eliminate fullness
Indications: cold damp qi stagnation, fullness and
bloating in epigastria and abdomen, poor appetite, (T: white greasy
coat), (P: deep wiry)
Ingredients: Hou Po, Cao Dao Kou, Chen Pi, Mu Xiang, Gan Jiang, Sheng Jiang, Fu Ling, Gan Cao
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| Jin Ling Zi San |
Nickname: Jen Lingers Sleep Sand
Remember: Jen Lingers and sleeps in the sand to...
Action: sooth liver, clear heat, move blood, stop
pain
Indications: LV qi stagnation tranform into fire.
Chest rib pain, onset with heat, bitter taste, (T: red with yellow
coat) (P: wiry)
Ingredients: Chuan Lian Zi, Yuan Hu Suo
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| Tian Tai Wu
Yao San |
Aka: "Xi Fue Fa Ming"
Remember: Teeyon tied Wu Yao in the sand", but
as the water approached Wu Yao escaped but developed....
Syndrome: hernia due to LV channel cold and qi stagnation
Action: dispel cold to arrest pain, sooth LV qi
Indications: lower abdominal pain radiate to testis,
(T: pale with white coating) (P: deep wiry)
cc: not for damp type of hernia
|
| Nuan Gan Jian |
Remember: "Non gone John" stayed home
to warm/tonify SP KD but should have gotten out more to move
qi to stop pain
Action: warm/tonify SP KD, move qi to stop pain
Indications: lower abdominal pain, afraid of cold,
prefer warmth, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep slow)
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| Ju He Wan |
Remember: The "Jew Who Won" the lottery was able to afford top notch medicine to...
Action: soften and dissapate nodules... move qi
to stop pain
Indications: Tui shan (swelling distension and dropping
testis, as hard as stone)
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Regulate Qi Formulas: Descend Qi
| Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang |
Nickname: "Suzy Jumped Qi Tight Rope"...
to fix her...
Syndrome: Upper Excess, Lower Deficiency.
Action: descend qi, calm wheezing, eliminate phlegm,
stop cough
Key Sx: wheezing with thin white profuse phlegm, chest fullness and oppressed, breath out more than breathing in, T: white slippery coat, P: slippery
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| Ding Chuan Tang |
Remember: "Asthma Formula"
Syndrome: Wind Cold External Attack (slight aversion
to wind cold), Interior Phlegm Heat, LU fail to descend qi, wheezing,
cough with sticky yellow phlegm, (T: yellow greasy coat) (P: slippery
rapid)
Action: disperse LU and descend Qi, clear phlegm heat
Key Sx: Wheezing, cough, with yellow phlegm, slightly aversion to wind cold, (T: yellow greasy coat) (P: slippery rapid)
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| Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang |
Remember: "Swan Kick Kills the Tang"
Syndrome: ST qi deficiency (retching, belching, vomiting)
Action: descend qi, resolve phlegm, regulate ST, tonify qi
Indications: frequent vomiting, retching, hardness in epigastria, (T: white greasy coat) (P: slow or slippery)
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| Ju Pi Zhu Ru
Tang |
Remember: "Jumping Zhur Rus" are full
of qi, hot and ST rebelling!
Action: descend rebelling ST qi, tonify qi and clear heat
Indications: retching, nausea (T: fresh red) (P:weak rapid)
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| Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang |
Ingredients: Ding Xiang, Shi Di, Ren Shen, Sheng Jiang
Remember: "Ding Xiang, the witch is dead -
shi di tang"... after the ST qi rebellion the midgets
killed the witch by pouring water, which warmed her MJ and
tonified qi so much she disintegrated!
Action: warm middle jiao, tonify qi, descend rebelling ST qi and stop retching
Indications: deficient cold type of retching, retching, distension in epigastria, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep slow)
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Invigorate Blood Formulas
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Invigorate Blood Formulas
| Tao He Cheng Qi Tang |
Nickname: When "The Tao of Change Qi"
comes upon you, it will resolve a....
Syndrome: Combination of blood stasis and heat in the lower jiao
Action: drain heat and break up blood stasis
Key Sx: lower abdominal pain, painful urination,
deep excessive or choppy pulse
Ingredients: Tao Ren,
Da Huang, Gui
Zhi, Mang Xiao, Gan Cao
(cc: if exterior condition exists, treat the exterior syndrome first)
(cc: pregnancy) |
| Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
Nickname: "Drive out stasis in the mansion
of blood"
Action:
Promotes circulation of blood and qi, removes blood stasis, relieves
pain
Key Sx: Blood stasis in the chest with LV
qi stagnation manifested as prolonged chest pain or headache marked
by piercing pain and fixed location, or chronic hiccups (ST
qi flows up), dry heaves, and choking when drinking water,
palpitations, insomnia,
irritability, easily to get angry, or tidal fever,
purplish lips, darkness around eyes, dark red or purple tongue, T:
dark red, P: choppy (or hesistant, wiry, and tight) |
| ... Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tong |
Action: move blood, opens orifices
Indications: blood stagnated in the head and face,
headaches, dizziness, deafness, hair loss, vitilgo, acne, and rosacea.
Remember: When Chuan
Xiong and Colonel Peach rode
the red pony after drinking too
much Safflower Whiskey they caused
blood stasis in the head when they plowed into Fresh
Ginger maiden who was feeding dates
to King Kong's cousin. They shook
it off by saying "She's Young!"
let gets some rice liquor and party together! |
| ... Ge Xia
Zhu Yu Tang |
Ingredients: Wu
Ling Zhi, Dang Gui, Chuan
Xiong, Tao Ren, Mu
Dan pi, Chi Shao, Wu
Yao, Yan Hu Suo, Gan
Cao, Xiang Fu, Hong
Hua, Zhi Ke
Action: move blood, remove stasis, move qi to stop
pain
Indications: blood stagnation under diaphragm, abdominal
pain, fixed pain
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| ... Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
Ingredients: Xiao
Hui Xiang, Gan Jiang, Yan
Hu Suo, Mo Yao, Dang
Gui, Chuan Xiong, Rou
Gui, Chi Shao, Pu
Huang, Wu Ling Zhi
Action: move blood, remove stasis, warm meridian
to stop pain
Indications: blood stagnation in lower abdomen,
lumbago during menses, havin 3-5 periods per month, dark color menses,
flooding and leaking, dysmenorrhea, infertility.
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| ... Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang |
Ingredients: Qin
Jiao, Chuan Xiong, Tao
Ren, Hong Hua, Gan
Cao, Qiang Huo, Mo
Yao, Dang Gui, Wu
Ling Zhi, Xiang Fu, Niu
Xi, Di Long
Action: move blood, move qi, remove stasis, dredge
channel
Indications: qi and blood blockage, shoulder pain,
lumbago, leg pain, pain in body for long time
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| Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang |
Nickname: "Booyang Juan" had a stroke
due to...
Syndrome: Qi deficiency and Blood Stagnation
Action: tonifies qi, invigorates channels, and unblocks
channels Indications: hemiplegia, parlaysis, facial
paralysis, incontinence or drooling as sequelae of stroke (T: dark
pale tongue body with white coating) (P: slow and weak)
(cc: not suitable yin deficiency
and hyperactive yang)
(cc: not suitable for phlegm
stagnation type of blood stasis) |
| Fu Yuan Huo
Xue Tang |
Syndrome: Blood stagnation due to trauma (in chest,
hypochondria)
Action: Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis,
spreads the LV qi, unblocks the channels
Key Sx: excruciating pain in chest and hypochondria
Ingredients: Jiu Da Huang, Chai Hu, Tao Ren, Hong Hua, Chuan Shan Jia, Dang Gui, Gua Lou Gen, Gan Cao
(cc: pregnancy) |
| Wen Jing Tang |
Nickname: "Warm the menses decoction"
Syndrome: Deficiency -> cold-> blood stasis -> heat
Action: warm the menses, dispel cold, nourish blood,
dispel stasis
Indications: Irregular menses, with blood clots, cold pain in lower abdomen,
sometime restlessness and feverish sensation (T: dark, red) (P: thin, choppy)
(cc: no cold food during medication)
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| Sheng Hua Tang |
Nickname: Shen-G's flower
Syndrome: Deficiency of blood stasis after delivery, attacked by cold pathogen -> blood deficiency and cold coagulation -> retention of lochia, lower back pain
Action: invigorates the blood, transforms and dispels
blood stasis, warms the menses, and alleviates pain
Indications: Retention of lochia after delivery,
cold pain in abdomen
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| Shi Xiao San |
Nickname: Sudden Smile Powder
Syndrome: All kinds of pain caused by blood stagnation,
Stasis in chest, abdomen, Stasis in uterus
Action: moving blood, remove stasis, stop pain
Indications: Chest abdominal pain, lower menses,
lower abdominal pain
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| Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan |
Nickname: "Cinnamon boy
the Fool"
Syndrome: Abdominal pain with incessant metrostaxis
in dark purple color; stagnant blood in uterus, Tumor and fetus exist
together
Action: moving blood, resolve mass in abdomen
Indications: mass in lower abdomen, dark menses,
unpalpable abdominal pain
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| Dan Shen Yin |
Nickname: Salvia Decoction
Syndrome: Blood and qi stagnation in the
chest and epigastrium.
Action: invigorates the blood, dispel blood stasis, promotes the movement of qi and alleviates pain
Ingredients: Dan
Shen, Tan Xiang, Sha Ren
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| Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan |
Syndrome: Severe deficiency, blood stagnation, and
stasis
Action: eliminate blood stasis, promote new blood |
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Stop Bleeding Formulas
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Stop Bleeding
| Shi Hui San |
Syndrome: Upper bleeding caused by blood heat invading, vomiting blood, coughing blood, spitting blood, nasal bleeding
Action: Cools the blood and stops bleeding
key Sx: Fresh red blood (T: red body with yellow coat, P: rapid)
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| Si Sheng Wan |
Action: Syndrome of heat caused by blood invading
Action: Cool the blood and stops bleeding
Ingredients: Ce
Bai Ye, Sheng di huang,
(sheng) he ye, (sheng)
ai ye |
| Ke Xue Fang |
Syndrome: LV fire invading LU
key Sx: yellow phlegm, difficult to expectorate,
injury to blood vessels, cough with blood, restlessness, irritability,
dry throat, bitter taste, red cheeks, constipation (T: red with yellow
coat, P: wiry rapid) |
| Xiao Ji Yin Zi |
Syndrome: blood lin due to heat in lower jiao
key Sx: bloody urine, painful urination, frequent
urination, (T: red) (P: rapid)
cc: not suitable for bloody urination due to cold or yin deficiency |
| Huai Hua San |
Syndrome: blood vessels injured due to wind heat
and dampness accumulation in large intestine
key Sx: aversion to cold, fever w/out sweating, cough,
wheezing, profuse watery phlegm
Action: Cools the intestines, stops bleeding, disperses
wind, promotes qi movement
ingredients: Huai
hua, Ce Bai Ye, Jing
Jie Sui, Zhi Ke
cc: not for long term use.
cc: not for bleeding due to cold or yin deficiency |
| Huang Tu Tang |
"Yellow Earth Decoction"
Syndrome: Syndrome of SP yang deficiency which causes uncontrollable blood
Action: warms the yang, strengthens the SP, nourishes the blood, and stops bleeding
key Sx: pale dark bleeding, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep thin weak)
cc: forbidden for bleeding due to yang heat syndrome
note: compare to gui pi tang |
| Jiao Ai Tang |
"Ass-Hide and Mugwort Decoction"
Syndrome: bleeding due to injury and deficiency of Chong and Ren channels, and blood deficiency with cold
Action: Nourish the blood, stops bleeding, regulates
menstruation, calms fetus
key Sx: excessive menses, post partum bleeding, or
bleeding during pregnancy, pale thin blood |
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Treat Dryness Formulas
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Treat Dryness Formulas
| Zeng Ye
Tang |
Zeng Ye Tang - increase the fluids decoction
aka: Wen Bing Tiao Bian
Syndrome: Yangming warm disease, constipation with
body fluid deficiency
Action: nourishes Yin,
clear heat; increases fluids, moisten dryness; promote bowel movement
Key Sx: constipation (due to fluid injury), thirst
or dry mouth, (T: dry, red; P: rapid thin or deep weak) |
| Mai Men Dong Tang |
Mai Men Dong Tang (aka: Jin Gui Yao Lue)
Syndrome:
Lung atrophy due to deficient heat; ST yin deficiency; the root is
ST yin deficiency and it leads to lung yin deficiency
Action:
benefits the ST, generates fluids, and directs rebellious qi downward
Key Sx: LU Yin deficiency - cough
with phlegm, dry throat, fever in palms, (T: red with little coating,
P: thin / rapid) and ST yin deficiency - vomiting,
belching, poor appetite, thirst, dry throat, (T: red with little coat,
P: thin rapid). The root is ST yin deficiency and it leads to LU yin
deficiency |
| Yang Yin
Qing Fei Tang |
Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang
(Nourish the Yin and clear the Lungs
decoction)
Syndrome: Yin deficiency
with toxic heat
Action: nourish the yin, clears
the LU, and relieves toxicity
Key Sx: Diptheria,
Acute tonsilitis, Acute pharyngolaryngitis
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| Bai He
Gu Jin Tang |
Bai He Gu Jin Tang (Lilly Bulb decoction to preserve the
metal)
Nickname: "White hey goo"
Syndrome: LU and KD yin deficiency with deficient
fire flaming up
Action: nourish the yin, moistens
the LU, transforms phlegm, and stop coughing
Key Sx:
LU qi disorder (cough, heavy breathing), Burnt
body fluid and collaterals (dryness pain in throat, afternoon
fever, blood in phlegm) (T: red tongue body lack of coating, P: thin
and rapid)
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| Xing Su San |
Nickname: "Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder"
Syndrome: Exogenous Cool dryness
(aversion to cold, no sweating, slight headache) Lu qi disorder
(cough, dry throat, stuffy nose) phlegm damp obstruction
(cough with watery phlegm) (P: wiry, T: white)
Action: Gently disperse cool dryness, disseminates
the Lung qi, and transforms congested fluids. Representative formula
for dryness. |
| Sang Xing Tang |
Nickname: "Mulberry leaf and Apricot Kernel decoction"
Syndrome:Exogenous warm dryness (not severe fever),
LU qi disorder (cough), LU fluid being burnt (non productive cough,
without or with little phlegm, thirst, dryness, and nose) (T: red
body with thin white dry coating) (P: floating rapid, right rapid
pulse large)
Action: Clears and disperses warm-dryness |
| Qing Zao
Jiu Fei Tang |
Nickname: "Eliminate dryness and rescue the LU
decoction"
Syndrome: Severe type of LU injury due to warm dryness
Action: Clears dryness and moisten the LU
Key Sx: fever, non-productive cough, heavy breath, (T: red body with little coat) (P: deficient large) |
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Internal Wind Formulas
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Clear Heat -> Qi Stage
| Ling Jiao Gou Teng
Tang |
"Antelope Horn and Uncaria"
key Sx:
high fever with restlessness, twitch and spasm of the extremities
(T: crimson, dry) (P:wiry rapid)
Action: Cools
the liver, extinguishes wind, increases fluids, and relaxes the sinews |
| Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang |
Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang
"Sedate
the Liver and extinguish wind decoction"
key Sx:
Dizziness, vertigo, distension of eyes, tinnitus, feverish sensation
in the head, facial complexion like drunk, inability to move extremities,
facial distortion, loss of consciousness
Action:
Sedates the liver, extinguishes wind, nourishes the yin, and anchors
the yang |
| Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin |
Tian Ma Gou Ten Yin
"Sedate the
Liver and extinguish wind decoction"
key Sx:
Headache, insomnia, vertigo due to hypertension (T: red with yellow
coating, P: wiry rapid)
Action: Calms the liver,
extinguishes wind, clears heat, invigorates blood, and notifies the
LV and KD |
| Di Huang Yin Zi |
"Rehmannia Decoction"
Key Sx: inability to
speak, disability or paralysis of the lower extremities, cold lower
limbs, red facial complexion, (P: deep weak)
Action:
enriches KD yin, tonifies KD yang, opens orifices, transforms phlegm
cc: Not suitable for hyperactive yang with severe
heat type |
| Da Ding Feng Zhu |
"Major arrest wind pearl"
Action: nourishes the yin and extinguishes the wind
Key Symptoms: lassitude, muscle spasm with alternating flexion and extension of the extremities (T: crimson without coat, P: weak)
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Expel Damp Formulas
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Dry Damp and Regulate Stomach
| Ping Wei San |
Syndrome: SP dysfunction, Middle
Jiao qi disorder, Dampness blocks qi, Dampness covers yang
key Sx: poor appetite, tastelessness in mouth, vomiting, acid regurgitation, belching, loose stools, diarrhea, fullness and distension in abdomen, lassitude, heaviness in limbs (T: thick white greasy coat, P: slow)
Action: Dries damp, improves SP transporting function,
promotes movement of qi, harmonizes the ST |
| ... Bu Huan Ji Zheng Qi San |
Ping Wei San +Huo Xiang +Ban Xia
"Sedate
the Liver and extinguish wind decoction"
Syndrome: Middle Jiao Damp with Exterior Syndrome |
| Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San |
Syndrome: External Wind Cold, Dampness
blocks qi movement
Key Symptoms: Aversion to cold, fever, headache, fullness and distension in epigastria, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea (T: white greasy coat)
Action: Releases the exterior, transforms dampness, regulates the qi, harmonizes the middle jiao |
Clear and Eliminate Damp Heat
| Yin Chen Hao Tang |
Syndrome: Damp heat jaundice with damp obstructing
middle jiao
key Sx: jaundice, fever, thirst,
no sweat, or sweating only on head. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness,
constipation, concentrated urine (T: red with yellow coat, P: deep
rapid or slippery)
Action: Clear heat, eliminate
damp, reduce jaundice |
| Ba Zheng San |
Syndrome: damp heat in the bladder
obstructs qi movement and injures fluids
Action: Clears heat, promotes urination, and unblocks PUD
Key Sx: Urgent urination, frequent urine, urinary pain dysuria, lower abdominal pain, dry throat, dry mouth, (T: yellow greasy, P: slippery rapid)
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| San Ren Tang |
Syndrome: Damp is greater than Heat,
treats dampness in all 3 jiaos (Damp obstructs defensive yang and
blocks qi movement. DH steaming)
Key Symptoms: Headache, aversion to cold, body heaviness
pain, lassitude, chest oppressed, afternoon fever, yellow complexion
(T: white coat, P: wiry thin)
Action: Dissemenates
the qi, facilitates the qi mechanisms, and clears damp-heat |
| ... Huo Po Xia Ling Tang |
Syndrome: Release exterior and resolve damp
Ingredients: Huo
Xiang, Ban Xia, Chi
Fu Ling, Xing Ren, Yi
Yi Ren, Bai Dou Kou, Tong
Cao, Zhu Ling, Dan
Dou Chi, Ze Xie, Hou
Po |
| Er Miao San |
Syndrome: Damp-Heat lower jiao (damp
heat bi, damp-heat atrophy, damp-heat leucorrhea, damp-heat eczema)
Key Sx: bone sinew pain, red painful knees and feet,
disability of lower limbs, leucorrhea, eczema in lower body, (T: yellow
greasy coat) Ingredients: Huang Bo (aka: Huang
Bai), Cang Zhu, Jiang Zhi
(ginger juice)
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| ... Si Miao Wan |
Er Miao San +Chuan Niu Xi +Yi Yi Ren
Syndrome: Clear heat, eliminate dampness, sooth sinew, strengthen bones
Ingredients: Er Miao San +Chuan
Niu Xi, +Yi Yi Ren |
Dry Damp and Regulate Stomach
| Wu Ling San |
Syndrome: Water retention
due to bladder lost function of qi transforming
key Sx: Leftover exterior pathogen
(headache, slight fever), Water retention in bladder
(dysfunction of urination), Dysfunction of qi transforming
(thirst), Water qi flows upward (vomiting after just
drinking water), Water retention (edema, diarrhea,
throbbing pulsation just below umbilicus, dizzy, SOB, cough, large
amount of saliva)
Action: Promotes urination, drains dampness,
strengthens the SP, warms the yang, and promotes the transforming
of qi |
| ... Wei Ling Tang |
Wu Ling San + Ping Wei San, Su Zi, Wu Mei
Syndrome: Eliminate dampness, regulate stomach, move
qi |
| Zhu Ling Tang |
Syndrome: Water retention + Heat in lower jiao
key Sx:
-Water retention and heat blocks qi transforming (urinary difficulty)
-heat burns yin fluid (fever, thirst)
-heat disturbs heart shen (restlessness, insomnia)
-(T: red with white or slightly yellow coat, P: thin rapid)
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| Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang |
Syndrome: Wind water or wind damp syndrome due
to deficient exxterior
Action: Strengthens SP, promotes urination, and reduces edema
key Sx:
wind damp invades, heavy muscles, edema, pain, sweating, aversion
to wind (T: pale white coat) (P: floating)
cc: Not suitable for severe water retention and edema
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| Wu Pi San |
Syndrome: Pi Shui (skin water retention due to
SP deficiency)
Action: Regulates damp, reduces edema, regulates
qi, and strengthens Splees
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Warm to Transform Cold Damp
| Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang |
Syndrome: Phlegm and water retention with Middle Jiao yang deficiency.
key Sx: fullness in chest and hypochondria, dizzy, palpitations (T: white greasy coat)
Action: Warms and tranforms phlegm and congested fluids, strengthens the Spleen, and resolves dampness
cc: Not suitable for cough with sticky phlegm due to water retention transformed into heat
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| Zhen Wu Tang |
Syndrome: Water flooding due to yang deficiency
Key Symptoms: Difficult urination, heavy limbs, edema, (T: swollen with white coat) (P: deep)
Action: Warms the yang and promotes urination |
| Shi Pi San |
"Bolster the Spleen Decoction"
Syndrome: SP and KD Yang deficiency
Key Symptoms: Edema, especially in lower body, fullness of chest and abdomen, (T: pale with greasy coat) (P: deep, slow)
Action: Warms the yang, strengthens the Spleen, promotes movement of qi, and promotes urination
cc: not suitable for yang type of edema
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| Bei Xie Fen Qing Yin |
Syndrome: Lower jiao deficient cold, untransformed damp
Key Symptoms: frequent urination, turbid or cloudy urine, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep)
Action: Warms the kidney, drains dampness, and transforms and seperates the turbid from the clear
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Expel Wind and Dry Damp
| Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang |
"Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness"
Syndrome: Wind-Damp Bi
Action:
Expels wind and dries damp
Symptoms: channel
/ muscle pain all over the body (T: white) (P: floating) |
| Du Huo Ji Shi Tang |
Du Huo Ji Shi Tang - "Angelica Pubescens
and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction"
Syndrome: Chronic
W-D-Bi Syndrome with LV / KD yin deficiency and Qi / Blood deficiency
Key Symptoms: chronic bi syndrome, cold pain in lumbar
region and knees, inflexibility of limbs, palpitation, shortness of
breath, (P: thin, weak)
Action: Expels wind-dampness, disperses painful obstruction,
and tonifies deficiency |
| Juan Bi Tang |
Juan Bi Tang - "Remove painful obstruction decoction"
Syndrome: Wind-Damp Bi with mild qi and blood deficiency
Symptoms: Joint pain with cold, pain / stiffness
/ swelling in joints (T: thick white coat) (P: slow) |
| Gui Zhi Shao
Yao Zhi Mu Tang |
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang -"Cinnamon Twig,
Peony, and Anemarrhena Decoction"
Syndrome: Wind-Damp
Bi with SOB and swollen extremities
Symptoms: painful joints, worse at night (P: slippery
/ wiry) (T: white greasy) |
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Resolve Phlegm Formulas
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Resolve Phlegm and Dry Damp
| Er Chen Tang |
Syndrome: Damp phlegm (SP fails to transform damp)
key Sx: coughing copious white
sputum that is easily expectorated, focal distension in chest and
diaphragm, palpitations, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, lassitude (T:
swollen tongue with white greasy coat) (P: slippery)
Action:
dry Damp, eliminate phlegm, regulate qi, harmonize middle
jiao |
| Wen Dan Tang |
Syndrome: Phlegm heat, GB/ST disharmony
Action: regulates qi, transforms phlegm, clears the
GB, and harmonizes the ST
key Sx:
- phlegm heat (restlessness, insomnia)
- phlegm flows upward (vertigo, palpitations, nausea, vomiting, retching,
epilepsy)
- (T: white greasy coat) (P: wiry, slippery) |
Resolve Phlegm and Clear Heat
| Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang |
Syndrome: Phlegm heat syndrome
Action: clears heat, transforms phlegm, directs rebellious
qi downward, and stops coughing |
| Xiao Xian Xiong Tang |
Syndrome: Jie Xiong disease caused
by phlegm heat obstructed in chest
Action: Clears
heat transforms phlegm, expands the chest, and dissipates clumps
Ingredients: Gua Lou, Huang Lian, Ban Xia |
| Gun Tan Wan |
Syndrome: excessive heat with old phlegm
Action: purge fire and drain phlegm
Ingredients: Da huang, Huang Qin, Meng Shi, Chen Xiang |
Resolve Phlegm and Moisten Dryness
| Bei Mu Gua Lou San |
Syndrome: Cough with dryness phlegm
Action: Moistens the LU, clears heat, regulates
the qi, and transforms phlegm
Key Sx: difficult to cough out phlegm, dry throat, sore throat (T: dry white coat)
Ingredients: Bei Mu, Gua Lou, Tian Hua Fen, Fu Ling,
Jie Geng |
Resolve Cold Phlegm and Warm
| Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang |
Syndrome: Cough with cold phlegm (SP
yang deficiency, dampness, cold attacking lungs)
Action: Warms the LU and transforms congested fluids
Key Sx: Cough with large amount of white watery
phlegm (T: white, slippery coat, P: slippery)
Ingredients: Gan Jiang, Xi Xin, Fu Ling, Wu Wei Zi,
Gan Cao |
| San Zi Yang Qi Tang |
Action: Directs the qi downward, relazes the diaphragm, transforms phlegm, and reduces food stagnation
Ingredients: Bai Jie Zi, Su Zi, Lai Fu Zi |
Resolve Phlegm and Extinguish Wind
| Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian
Ma Tang |
Syndrome: Wind phlegm disturbing upwards
Action: Strengthens SP, dispels dampness, transforms
phlegm, and extinguishes wind
Key Sx: Vertigo, headache, (T: white greasy) (P:slippery)
cc: Not suitable for vertigo of hyperactive yang due to yin deficiency, or dizziness due to qi and blood deficiency |
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Resolve Food StagnationFormulas
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Eliminate Food Stagnation
| Bao He Wan |
Syndrome: Food stagnated in epigastrium
key Sx: Epigastria distension,
belching, aversion to food, (T: thick greasy coat) (P: slippery)
Action: Reduce food stagnation and harmonizes the
ST
cc: this formula not suitable for long term
usage |
| Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan |
Syndrome: Dysentary with food stagnation.
Action: Promotes the movement of qi, guides out
stagnation, purges accumulation, and drains heat.
Key
Sx: abdominal fullness and pain, tenesmus with diarrhea
or constipation. (T: yellow greasy) (P: deep excessive) |
| Jian Pi Wan |
Syndrome: SP deficiency with food
stagnation
Action: Strengthens SP, reduces
food stagnation, and stops diarrhea
Key Sx:
fatigue, loose stools, poor appetite, poor digestion (P: weak, T:
yellow greasy) |
| Zi Shi Xiao Pi Wan |
Syndrome: SP deficiency with qi stagnation and
cold heat combination: epigastria distension, poor appetite, fatigue,
irregular defecation.
Action: Reduces focal
distension, eliminates fullness, strengthens SP, and harmonizes ST
Key Sx: epigastria distension, poor eppetite, fatigue,
(T: slightly yellow greasy coat) |
| Zhi Zhi Wan |
Syndrome: SP deficiency with qi stagnation, food stagnation
Action: Tonifies SP and reduces distension
Key Sx: Fullness and distension in the epigastria and abdomen, poor appetite
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Expel Parasites
Formulas
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Expel Parasites
| Wu Mei Wan |
Syndrome: Deficient cold in intestines
and roundworm disturbing: sudden abdominal pain, restlessness, nausea,
vomit round worm after just eating food, cold limbs
Action: Warms the organs (intestines) and calms roundworms |
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