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* BU FEI TANG - 補肺湯 - Tonify The Lungs Decoction. Reinforce the Lungs Decoction. Astragalus and Aster Combination

ACTIONS - Augments Qi. Stabilizes the exterior. Resolves Phlegm.

SYNDROMES - Lung Qi Deficiency.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Shortness of breath. Spontaneous perspiration. Occasional chills and fever. Cough. Wheezing with thin, scanty sputum. Low energy. Gasping. Apathy. A propensity to catch cold easily. Chest oppression. Weak and low voice. Dyspnea. Fatigue. Taciturnity. Intolerance of Cold. Pale face.

NOTES - At present, there are over fifteen formulas with this name. This is the most commonly used one.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Ren Shen - Tonifies Lung Qi and strongly tonifies Yuan Qi. With Huang Qi, tonifies Qi and strengthens Wei Qi for Qi Deficiency with general debility, anorexia, and spontaneous sweat and Lung Qi Deficiency.

-Huang Qi - Tonifies Wei Qi, stabilizes the exterior and tonifies the Lungs.

-Shu Di Huang - Nourishes Yin and arrests cough and wheezing. With Wu Wei Zi, strengthens the lower body. With Ren Shen, for Qi and Yin Deficiencies.

-Wu Wei Zi - Tonifies Qi, astringes Jing, helps the Kidneys grasp Qi and astringes leakage of Lung Qi. With Huang Qi, for Yang Deficiency with spontaneous sweat.

-Zi Wan - Moistens the Lungs, stops cough and expels Phlegm. With Wu Wei Zi, for productive cough, wheezing and spontaneous perspiration. With Ren Shen, Huang Qi and Wu Wei Zi, for chronic cough due to Lung Deficiency.

-Sang Bai Pi - Drains Heat from the Lungs, descends Lung Qi and stops cough and wheezing.

TREATS

Cough. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Influenza. Emphysema. Polyuria. Asthma. Fever. Allergic sinusitis. Palpitations. Fatigue. Facial edema. Palpitations. Upper respiratory tract infection. Urinary incontinence. Common cold. Chronic bronchitis. Hay fever. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). AIDS/HIV. Allergic rhinitis. Nasal congestion. Weakness. Gasping. Enuresis. Spontaneous perspiration. Dyspnea. Coughing and asthma associated with AIDS/HIV.


* DANG GUI LIU HUANG WAN - 当归六黄汤 - Decoction Of Chinese Angelica And Six Yellow Ingredients. Tangkuei and Six-Yellow Decoction

ACTIONS - Nourishes Yin. Clears Heat. Stabilizes the Exterior. Stops sweating.

SYNDROMES - Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency Fire with Blood Deficiency.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Fever. Night sweats. Red face. Dry mouth. Leukorrhagia with yellow, thick, foul discharge. Constipation. Dark, scanty urine. Irritation. Fidgeting. Insomnia. Five Sole Heat. Irregular menstruation. A thin physique. Nocturnal emissions. Parched lips. Irritability. Dry stools.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Dang Gui - Tonifies the Blood, regulates menses and invigorates and harmonizes the Blood.

-Di Huang - Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes the Yin and generates fluids. With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.

-Shu Di Huang - Tonifies the Blood and Yin.

-Huang Lian - Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.

-Huang Qin - Clears Lung Heat, dries Dampness drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang. With Huang Lian, for high fever and irritability in warm-febrile disease.

-Huang Bai - Drains Damp-Heat, drains Kidney Fire and relieves toxicity.

-Huang Qi - Strengthens the Spleen, tonifies Qi, generates Body Fluids, raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach, nourishes Blood, promotes urination, reduces edema and expels toxins. With Dang Gui, for Qi and Blood Deficiency. With Huang Bai and Di Huang, for Yin Deficiency with night sweats.

TREATS

Lung consumption. Steaming bone disorder. Post febrile disease. Chronic epistaxis. Hyperthyroidism. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Chronic hepatitis. Viral hepatitis. Silicosis. Myocarditis. Insomnia. Abnormal perspiration. COPD. Allergic purpura. Herpes zoster. Night sweats. Indigestion. Metrorrhagia. Chronic bronchitis. Cholecystitis. Nephritis. Urinary tract infection. Neurasthenia. Osteomyelitis. Leukemia. Cervicitis. Hectic fever. Thrombocytopenic purpura. Menopause. Constipation. Herpes simplex. Hypertension. Nocturnal emissions. Strangury.


* HUANG LIAN JIE DU TANG WU WEI XIAO DU YIN HE CAI - 黃連解毒湯五味消毒飲合彩 - Combined Coptis Decoction To Relieve Toxin And Five-ingredient Decoction To Eliminate Toxin

ACTIONS - Cools Blood. Clears Heat. Relieves Toxin.

SYNDROMES - Fire/Heat Toxin induced psoriasis.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Lesions develop and spread quickly. Lesions often coalesce together. Lesions are covered by fine scales that shed easily Itching. Burning Pain. High fever. Yellow urine. Thirst. Dry stools.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Pu Gong Ying - Clears Heat and resolves Dampness. With Jin Yin Hua, for all hot, painful, hard, and deep-rooted boils.

-Jin Yin Hua -     Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao. With Jin Yin Hua, for suppurating boils that have not ulcerated, or have ulcerated but are not discharging pus.

-Zi Hua Di Ding - Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and clears Hot sores. With Pu Gong Ying, for breast abscesses, furuncles, boils, carbuncles and Damp-Heat jaundice.

-Huang Lian - Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and relieves toxicity. With Huang Qin and Zhi Zi, for high fever, irritability, dry mouth and throat, and dark urine due to Fire toxin in the three burners. With Di Huang, for insomnia and delirium due to unremitting Heat injuring the Ying level.

-Huang Qin - Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxins, invigorates the Blood, reduces swellings, promotes urination and reduces edema.

-Huang Bai - Drains Damp-Heat, especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Deficiency Fire, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.

-Zhi Zi Tan - Clears Heat, reduces Fire, drains Damp-Heat, cools Blood and relieves toxicity.

-Di Huang - Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.

-Chi Shao - Clears Heat, cools the Blood, activates Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.

TREATS

Psoriasis due to Fire/Heat Toxin. Allergic dermatitis.


* MI TUO SENG SAN - 密陀僧散 - Lithargyum Powder (Topical)

ACTIONS - Dispels Wind-Dampness. Kills parasites. Stops itching.

SYNDROMES - Wind-Damp.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Itching. Weeping skin lesions.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Liu Huang - Relieves toxicity, kills parasites and stops itching.

-Xiong Huang - Relieves toxicity and kills parasites topically.

-She Chuang Zi - Dries Dampness, kills parasites and stops itching topically. With Qing Fen, for Itching, weeping skin lesions due to flare-ups of chronic eczema, genital eczema or scabies. With Ming Fan, Liu Huang and Xiong Huang, for weeping skin lesions.

-Mi Tuo Seng - Eliminates toxins and kills parasites topically. With Xiong Huang and Liu Huang, for Severe underarm odor, tinea versicolor, vitiligo, scabies, eczema and pemphigus. With Qing Fen, for general dermatological disorders.

-Ming Fan - Relieves toxicity, dries Dampness, kills parasites, alleviates itching, restrains and inhibits sores, generates flesh and transforms putrefication. With She Chuang Zi, for intense itching of eczema, chronic vaginal discharge, damp scrotum and other pruritic disorders. With Xiong Huang, for Wind-Damp-Heat toxin in the muscles and skin with severe itching that results in a yellow exudate after scratching. With Liu Huang, topically as a powder for scabies.

-Qing Fen - Resolves toxicity, strongly kills parasites, generates flesh, promotes the healing of sores and expels water.

TREATS

Lupus erythematosis. Vitiligo tragomaschalia. Eczema. Dermatomycosis microsporina. Tinea versicolor. Scabies.


* PANARTHRALGIA #2 (Dr. Joel Penner, americandragon.com)

ACTIONS - Promotes Qi movement. Unblocks the Channels. Alleviates pain. Expels Wind-Dampness. Disperses Cold. Warms and activates the Channels. Resolves toxicity. Reduces swellings. Invigorates the Blood. Drains water downward. Eliminates congested fluids and thin mucus. Clears Heat.

SYNDROMES - Joint pain as intense as a tiger bite with scary pain in the bones and joints.  

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Joint pain as intense as a tiger bite with scary pain in the bones and joints.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Bai Jie Zi - Warms the Lungs, expels Phlegm, promotes Qi movement, dissipates nodules, unblocks the collaterals and alleviates pain.

-Mu Bie Zi - Resolves toxicity, reduces swellings and invigorates the Blood.

-Gan Sui - Drains water downward and eliminates congested fluids and thin mucus Clears Heat, reduces swelling and disperses hardenings

-Ru Xiang - Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, relaxes the sinews, activates the channels and alleviates pain.

-Chuan Wu - Expels Wind-Dampness, disperses Cold, warms and activates the channels and stops pain.

TREATS

Panarthralgia.


* REN SHEN BAI DU SAN - 人参败毒丸 - Ginseng Powder To Overcome Pathogenic Influences. Ginseng and Mentha Formula. Antiphlogistic Powder of Ginseng. Bai Du San

ACTIONS - Releases the Exterior. Augments Qi. Removes Wind-Cold-Damp. Eliminates Painful Obstruction. Circulates Qi and Blood. Stops pain.

SYNDROMES - Wind-Cold-Dampness with Deficient normal Qi. Wind-Cold-Damp Bi. Muscular atrophy due to Qi and Blood Stagnation.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - High fever accompanied by severe chills and shivering. Aversion to Cold. Pain worse at night. Difficult movement. Local inflammation. Migratory pain. Soreness and pain of the extremities. Nasal congestion with sonorous breathing. Anhidrosis. Pain and stiffness of the head and neck. Focal distention and fullness of the chest and diaphragm. A productive cough. May have numbness and heaviness in the limbs. Body aches. Nasal obstruction. Cough with sputum. Stuffy nose. Joint pain. Pain worse with Cold and better with warmth. Pain aggravated by Wind. Pain aggravated by Dampness. Pain is stabbing. Muscle weakness. Pain alleviated by movement. Slight muscle edema. Heaviness of the joints. Cold joints. Headache. Dizziness.

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS - Contraindicated for those with Damp-Heat in the channels. Contraindicated for those with Exterior Wind-Heat. Contraindicated for those with Internal Heat. Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency with Exterior Invasion. Contraindicated for those with a strong constitution.

NOTES - This formula warms without drying. This formula unblocks without causing damage. This formula has a stronger Wind relieving and pathogen expelling action than Juan Bi Tang.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Qiang Huo - Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction, alleviates pain and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du channels. With Du Huo, expels Wind-Cold from the exterior, dispels Dampness and alleviates pain. Qiang Huo is better for superficial Wind-Dampness and upper extremities and Du Huo is better for deeper Wind-Dampness and lower extremities. With Chuan Xiong, for headache and generalized body aches and pains associated with the common cold or painful obstruction. With Jie Geng, for skin conditions.

-Du Huo - Disperses Wind-Cold-Dampness, opens the channels and alleviates pain. With Qiang Huo, for joint pain and numbness.

-Chuan Xiong - Regulates Qi, helps Qiang Huo and Du Huo release the exterior, moves Blood, expels Wind-Cold, enhancing the pain relieving function of the formula (especially in the head and neck) and treats headaches.

-Chai Hu - Expels Wind-Heat, raises Yang Qi, and resolves Phlegm and congestion. With Bo He, releases the exterior, reduces fever, and expels the pathogenic influences, especially from the muscle layer. With Zhi Ke, for Stifling sensation in the chest, abdominal pain, poor appetite, and irregular bowel movements. With Gan Cao, for Wind-Heat fever.

-Jie Geng - Opens the Lungs, expels Phlegm, expels pus, benefits the throat and directs the effects of other herbs to the upper body. With Zhi Ke regulates the Qi flow in the chest. With Zhi Ke and Qian Hu, improves Lung Qi circulation, expels Phlegm and stops cough. With Gan Cao, disseminates Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, resolves toxicity, and expels pus for productive cough with hoarseness, pain and swelling of the throat due to Wind-Heat and Lung abscess with expectoration of pus and pain in the chest and flanks and for Excess disorders in the Upper Jiao with no disorder in the Lower Jiao.

-Zhi Ke - Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure, resolves hardenings and removes stagnated food. With Chai Hu and Bo He, for Upper Jiao surface Heat problems. With Jie Geng, regulates the flow of Qi in the chest and aids in the transformation of Phlegm for chest congestion.

-Qian Hu - Descends Qi, expels Phlegm and expels Wind-Heat. With Fu Ling and Sheng Jiang, treats the manifestation and root. With Jie Geng and Bo He, for symptoms of Wind-Heat. With Chai Hu, for Wind-Heat constraining the Lungs, leading to a stifling sensation in the chest and cough with profuse sputum.

-Ren Shen - Strengthens Qi to expel pathogenic influences, generates fluids to produce sweat, and strengthens the body's resistance to invasion, preventing a relapse. With Chai Hu, Chuan Xiong, Sheng Jiang and Bo He, moves Qi and expels external pathogens. With Qiang Huo, Chai Hu and Du Huo, for Exterior invasion with Interior Deficiency.

-Fu Ling - Transforms Phlegm, strengthens the Spleen, leaches out Dampness and promotes urination. With Qian Hu, Jie Geng and Zhi Ke, resolves Phlegm and stops cough. With Gan Cao, for Spleen and Heart Deficiencies causing facial edema, palpitations, and shortness of breath.

-Gan Cao - Assists Ren Shen in tonifying Qi, moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs. With Jie Geng, for pain and swelling of the throat. With Ren Shen, relieves palpitations and anxiety.

-Sheng Jiang - Releases the exterior, warms the Lungs, disperses Cold, stops cough and reduces the toxicity of other herbs. With Da Zao, alleviates epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting by strengthening the Spleen, prevents Phlegm accumulation and treats External Wind-Cold.

-Bo He - Disperses Wind-Heat, vents rashes, clears the head and eyes and benefits the throat.

TREATS

Common cold. High fever. Mumps. Dysentery. Early stages of boils. Eczema. Influenza. Bronchitis. Allergic dermatitis. Upper respiratory tract infection with fever. Nasal congestion. Rheumatism. Eye disorders. Ulcers. Early-stage carbuncle. Cough. Neuralgia. Weakness. Arthralgia. Neck stiffness. Urticaria. Rheumatic arthritis. Chronic lumbago. Arthralgia. Osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis. Gouty arthritis. Bursitis. Hoarseness. Suppurative infection. Acute viral hepatitis. Malaria. Diarrhea. Dizziness. Nasal obstruction. Pneumonia. Herpes genitalia. Headache. Puerperal fever.


* SHAO YAO GAN CAO FU ZI TANG - 芍药甘草附子汤 - Peony, Licorice And Aconite Decoction

ACTIONS - Softens the Liver. Warms Yang. Benefits Yin. Moderates painful spasms. Relieves pain. Harmonizes the Middle Jiao.

SYNDROMES - Acute cramping due to Yang Deficiency. Shang Han Tai Yang which shows Yang Deficiency symptoms after diaphoresis.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Acute muscular cramping. Cold limbs. Fear of Cold. Chills. Convulsions. Anxiety. Back spasms. Knee spasms. Spasms around the waist. Spasms of the gastrocnemius. Sciatica. Low back pain. Stiff shoulders. Pain on urination.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Bai Shao - Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin, adjusts the Ying and Wei, softens the Liver and relieves pain. With Gan Cao, for abdominal pain due to disharmony between the Liver and Stomach and epigastric, hypochondriac or flank pain.

-Gan Cao - Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates spasms, alleviates pain and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

-Fu Zi - Warms Ming Men Fire, assists Heart, Kidney and Spleen Yang, disperses Cold and Dampness, warms the channels and stops pain.

TREATS

Acute muscular cramping. Sciatica. Muscular rheumatism. Intestinal hernia. Biliary colic. Renal colic. Hemorrhoidal colic. Low back pain.


* VAGINAL WASH #2 (Dr. Joel Penner, americandragon.com)

ACTIONS - Drains Fire. Relieves toxicity. Kills parasites. Stops itching. Alleviates pain.

SYNDROMES - Vaginal ulcerations and erosions.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Ulcerations. Erosions.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Ku Shen - Disperses Wind, kills parasites and stops itching topically. With Huang Bai and She Chuang Zi, as an herbal wash for general itching or vaginitis due to trichomonas infection. With Huang Bai, She Chuang Zi and Ming Fan, for skin itching with lesions and abscesses topically.

-She Chuang Zi - Dries Dampness, kills parasites and stops itching topically. With Ming Fan and Huang Bai, as a vaginal suppository for itching associated with trichomoniasis. With Ku Shen, for itchy, weeping skin lesions.

-He Shi - Kills parasites and alleviates pain. With Ku Shen, Bai Bu and She Chuang Zi, as a steam and wash for vaginal itching.

-Bai Bu - Expel parasites and kills lice. With Ku Shen, as an external wash for lice.

-Huang Bai - Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity topically.

-Ming Fan - Restrains and inhibits sores, generates flesh and transforms putrefication topically. With She Chuang Zi, as an external wash for chronic vaginal discharge with itching and eczema and as a wash for genital itching due to vaginal candidiasis in women. With Bai Bu, as an external wash for eczema.

-Xiong Huang     - Relieves toxicity and kills parasites. With Ming Fan, for sores with redness, swelling, itching and pain topically.

TREATS

Vaginal discharge.


* WU TOU GUI ZHI TANG - 烏頭桂枝湯 - Aconite And Cinnamon Twig Combination. Wu Tou and Cinnamon Combination. Decoction of Aconiti and Ramulus Cinnamomi

ACTIONS - Warms the Interior. Reinforces Yang. Releases the Exterior. Regulates the Ying and Wei.

SYNDROMES - Interior Cold due to Yang Deficiency with Wind-Cold Invasion giving rise to Cold-Type Bulging Disorder (hernia). Retention of Cold-Dampness in the Interior with Attack of Wind-Cold. Jue Yin Cold.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS - Abdominal pain. Cold extremities. Numb hands and feet. Generalized body aches. Paralysis of the extremities. Induration and swelling of the scrotum. Hypersalivation. Limited movement of the joints. Abdominal pain referring to the testis. Aversion to Cold. A preference for Warmth. Loose stools. Chills and fever.

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS - Because of the potency of this formula, stop it as soon as it takes effect.

HERBS AND ACTIONS

-Chuan Wu - Expels Wind-Dampness, disperses Cold, warms and activates the channels and stops pain.

-Gui Zhi - Releases the exterior, assists the Yang, adjusts the Ying and Wei, releases the muscle layer, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, unblocks Yang and transforms the Qi and warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels. With Bai Shao, for External Wind-Cold with disharmony between the Ying and Wei (Tai Yang Zhong Feng), with spontaneous sweating, fever and chills.

-Sheng Jiang - Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration and disperses Cold. With Da Zao, for External Wind-Cold and protects the Stomach Qi and reduces irritation of the gastrointestinal tract by other herbs. With Gui Zhi, strongly induces sweating for treatment of External Wind-Cold with chills, fever, body aches and anhidrosis. with Gui Zhi and Da Zao, harmonizes the Ying and Wei to drive out pathogens.

-Bai Shao - Calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain for Bi syndrome due to Blood Deficiency with pain and spasms. With Gui Zhi, Sheng Jiang and Da Zao, for Wind-Cold with Deficiency and perspiration.

-Da Zao - Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

-Gan Cao - Moderates spasms, alleviates pain and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs. With Bai Shao, moderates spasms and alleviates pain, for painful spasms of the leg or abdomen

TREATS

Hernia. Tumors of the spine. Gangrene with somatic and limb chills or weakness with severe pain. Gallstones. Ascariasis leading to chills and aching. Myelitis. Hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis. Rheumatic arthritis. Tuberculous arthritis. Abdominal pain. Sciatica. Acute and chronic appendicitis. Chronic Intestinal stenosis. Gastric ulcers. Chronic pancreatitis. Neuralgia. Arthritis. Rheumatism. Severe arthralgia that is relieved by Warmth and aggravated by Cold. Peritoneal adhesion. Periostitis. Paralysis of the extremities.

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