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Ma Huang Tang
Ephedra Decoction
Ma Huang 9g K
Gui Zhi 6g D
Xing Ren 9-12g A
Zhi Gan Cao 3g E

Releas Exterior wind-cold
Excess type

no sweat, floating tight pulse
Gui Zhi Tang
Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Gui Zhi 9g K
Shao Yao 9g D
this pair= regulate the nutrative & protective Qi

Sheng Jiang 9g A
Da Zao 12 pieces A
this pair harmonizes the middle jiao

Zhi Gan Cao 6g E

external wind-cold, sweating, moderate pulse

Deficiency type
Sang Ju Yin
Mulbery Leaf & Chrysanthemum Decoction
Sang Ye 7.5g K
Ju Hua 3g K
Lian Qiao 4.5g D
Bo He 2.4g D
Jie Geng 6g D
Xing Ren 6g D
Lu Gen 6g A
Gan Cao 2.4g E

External wind-heat mild condition, early stage

Wei Level

slight fever, cough slight, thirst
floating rapid pulse, normal tongue
Yin Qiao San
Honeysuckle & Forsythia Powder
Jin Yin Hua 9-15g K
Lian Qiao 9-15g K
Jie Geng 3-6g D
Niu Bang Zi 9-12g D
Dan Dou Chi 3-6g D
Bo He 3-6g D
Jing Jie 6-9g A
Dan Zhu Ye 3-6g A
Lu Gen 15-30g A
Gan Cao 3-6g A

Stonger formula for external wind-heat
sore throat, fever no (slight) chills, thirst
red tip tongue, floating rapid pulse
fever-Jin Yin Hua, Lan Qiao, Bo He,
Dan Dou Chi
sore throat-Niu Bang Zi
thirst- Jing Jie, Dan Zhu Ye, Lu Gen
Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
Bupleurum & Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer
Chai Hu, Ge Gen
Qiang Huo, Bai Zhi
Huang Qin, Shi Gao
Jie Geng, Bai Shao
Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang
Da Zao

External wind-cold advancing to wind-heat
fever increasing, chills decreasing, headache, muscle pain

Orbital headache = Bai Zhi
muscle pain = Ge Gen, Qiang Huo
Ge Gen Tang
Kudzu Decoction
Gui Zi Tang Base +
Ge Gen, Ma Huang

Gui Zhi, Shao Yao
Sheng Jiang
Da Zao, Gan Cao

external wind-cold with stiff neck
excess condition
Ren Shen Bai Du San
Ginseng Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences
Qiang Huo, Du Huo (expel w/c/d pain)
Chuan Xiong, Chai Hu ((rel. ext. wind)
Jie Geng, Zhi Ke (direct qi V, reg qi)
Qian Hu, Ren Shen, Fu Ling(tonify SP) Gan Cao (harmonize)

Si Jun Zi Tang-four gentelmen-basic tonify Qi formula included
(Ren shen, Fu ling, Gan cao, no-Bai Zhu)


Fatigue with high fever/chills, no sweat, pain, nasal congestion, productive cough, distension
floating soggy pulse


External wind-cold-damp
Postpartum and post surgical
Bai Hu Tang
White Tiger Decoction
Shi Gao
Zhi Mu
Zhi Gan Cao
Geng Mai (benefit the ST and protect fluids)

4 bigs, sweat, fever, thirst, pulse
dry yellow tongue coating

blazing heat in Yang Ming channel
Qi Level
Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity
Huang Lian
Huang Qin
Huang Bai
Zhi Zi

heat excess conditions with toxic signs
carbuncles, boils, jaundice etc.

Zhi Zi clears heat in all 3 jiaos
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
Ephedra, Apricot Kernel Gypsum & Licorice Decoction
Ma Huang, Shi Gao
Xing Ren, Zhi Gan Cao

W/C or W/H ===> heat
LU heat, no sweat, wheezing, nasal flaring, yellow green sputum, early stage pneumonia
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Cao, Huang Qin
Zhi Zi, Mu Tong
Chai Hu, Che Qian Zi
Sheng Di Huang, Ze Xie
Dang Gui, Gan Cao

LV/GB
Acute damp-heat in the LV/GB
vaginal, scrotal itching, ear infection
Qing Hao Bei Jia Tang
Artemisia Annua & Soft Shelled Turtle Decoction
Bei Jia
Qing Hao
Sheng Di Huang
Zhi Mu
Mu Dan Pi

Yin and fluid depletion after febrile disease
HX of high fever

this formula is special because it can clear heat and nourish Yin simultaneously without damaging Qi or blood
Da Chen Qi Tang
Major Order the Qi Decoction
Da Huang===Hard
Mang Xiao===dryness
Zhi SHi====stagnation
Huo Po=====fullness

Severe constipation
hardness, dryness, distension and fullness

Yang Ming Organ pattern
Xiao Cheng Qi Tang
Minor Order the Qi Decoction
Da Huang
Zhi Shi
Huo Po

NO MANG XIAO

Hardness, distension and fullness d/t mild Yang Ming organ patterns with heat clumping.

Moderate constipation, no dryness
Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang
Regulate the Stomach and Order the Qi Decoction
Da Huang
Mang Xiao
Gan Cao

very mild formula for mild Yang Ming stage without fullness or distension
Run Chang Wan
Moisten the Intestine Pill from Master Shen's book
Huo Ma Ren
Tao Ren
Dang Gui
Sheng Di Huang
Zhi Ke

Constipation d/t dessicated intestines.
More for very debilitated patients

post partum, blood loss, elderly

Dry lusterless skin and nails
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor Blupeurum Decoction
Chai Hu
Huang Qin
Ban Xia
Sheng Jiang
Ren Shen
Zhi Gan Cao
Da Zao
(NO Gui Zhi)

Alternating fever/chills, bitter taste, fullness in hypochondrium, heartburn, nausea, vomiting

Shao Yang stage
Tongue: thin white coating
Pulse wiry NOT floating!

More thirst + Ban Xia & Tian Hua Fen
Pain + Huang Qin & Bai Shao
Si Ni San
Frigid Extremities Powder
Chai Hu
Zhi Shi
Bai Shao
Zhi Gan Cao

cold finger tips and toes with warm torso, irritability, may have diarrhea
Tongue:red, yellow coat
Pulse: wiry

Yang collapse hot type due to heat entering the interior and constraining Yang Qi, this inhibits the warmth from reaching the extremities

Excess type pattern (Si Ni Tang is Deficiiency)
Xiao Yao San
Rambling Powder
Chai Hu
Dan Gui
Bai Shao
Bai Zhu
Fu Ling
Zhi Gan Cao

LV Qi stagnation===>Spleen with concurrent blood deficiency

irregular menstruation, PMS, may have alternating fever/chills, emotional constraint
Pulse: wiry weak
Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
Augmented Rambling Powder
Xiao Yao San +
Mu Dan Pi & Zhi Zi

symptoms include increased emotional turmoil with thirst and insomnia

more to cool blood and clear heat
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
Ban Xia (distension), Gan Jiang (cold excess)
Huang Qin, Huang Lian (hot excess)
Ren Shen (deficeincy)
Da Zao, Zhi Gan Cao (harmonize)

For any, Cold/Heat, Excess/Deficiency gastritis

Epigastric fullness and distension, NO PAIN, dry heaves, vomiting, diarrhea, borborygmus
Wu Ling San
Five Ingredient Powder with Poria
Ze Xie, Fu Ling
Bai Zhu, Zhu Ling
Gui Zhi==> warms fire to transform H2O, unblock Yang, tonify the SP

1. Vomiting after drinking
2. Edema and heaviness of the entire body
3. throbbing below the umbilicus

Excess condition
Wu Pi San
Five Peel Powder
Sang Bai Pi
Shen Jiang Pi
Fu Ling Pi
Chen Pi
Da Fu Pi

Edema of the whole body limited to the skin, fullness, heavyness

Deficiency condition (LU)
Zhu Ling Tang
Polyporus Decoction
Zhu Ling
Fu Ling
Ze Xie
Hua Shi==>pain-urinary
E Jiao==> enrich Yin stop excess urination

Edema with hot painful urination,thirst desire to drink, insomnia
heat ling syndrome

Yin deficiency
Ping Wei San
Calm the Stomach Powder
Cang Zhu
Huo Po
Chen Pi
Zhi Gan Cao

Damp-cold stagnating in the middle jiao

loss of taste, no appetite, heavy limbs,belching, vomiting, no fever or chills
Tongue: swollen thick white greasy coating
Pulse: moderate, slippery
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San
Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi
Seasonal formula to address
External wind-cold with internal dampness

Flu symptoms with alternating fever/chills, nausea, vomiting etc.

Tongue: white greasy coating
Pulse: Moderate soggy
Ba Zhen San
Eight Herb Powder for Rectification
Mu Tong, Hua Shi
Che Qian Zi, Qu Mai
Bian Xu, Zhi Zi
Zi Da Huang, Deng Xing Cao
Gan Cao

Excess condition

Acute hot bloody painfull urination d/t damp-heat in the lower jiao
Zhen Wu Tang
True Warrior
Fu Zi, Bai Zhu
Fu Ling, Sheng Jiang
Bai Shao

Edema d/t KD Yang deficiency (SP Yang)
Fluid retention, abdominal pain worse with cold, pitting edema, diarrhea, frequent urination, cold limbs
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
Angelica Pubescens & Sanjisheng Decoction
Lower body wind-cold-damp syndrome with LV &KD deficiency

fixed pain in the joints, low back pain with shortness of breath
Pulse: thin, weak, slow
Li Zhong Wan
Regulate the Middle Pill
Gan Jiang
Ren Shen, Bai Zhu
Zhi Gan Cao

Deficeincy Cold in the middle jiao d/t SP Yang deficiency
watery diarrhea, cold limbs, no thirst, abdominal pain like pressure and warmth, nausea and vomiting
Wu Zhu Yu Tang
Evodia Decoction
Wu Zhu Yu
Shen Jiang
Ren Shen
Da Zao

Jue Yin Formula

Liver and Stomach disharmony

1. vomiting after eating
2. deficiency cold causing vertex headache, spitting fluids
3. diarrhea, cold hands and feet
Si Ni tang
Frigid Extremities Powder
Sheng Fu Zi
Gan Jiang
Zhi Gan Cao

Shao Yin Formula

KD Yang Colapse
Lassitude, cold extremities, sleep curled up, watery diarrhea, clod sweat, frequent urination

Tong Mai Si Ni Tang
Modification of formula by dosage==> 2x Gan Jiang
Si Jun Zi Tang
Four Gentlemen
Ren Shen, Bai Zhu
Fu Ling, Zhi Gan Cao

SP Qi tonic
loose stools, pallid complexion,weak limbs, low voice
Tongue: pale
Pulse: weak thin frail
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Tonify the middle to Augment the Qi Decoction
Haung Qi, Ran Shen
Bai Zhu, Zhi Gan Cao
Dang Gui, Chen Pi
Sheng Ma, Chai Hu===> raise Yang (prolapse)

Sp Qi Yang sinking
prolapse of the organs, chronic low-grade fever, spontaneous sweating worse with exertion
Sheng Mai San
Generate the Pulse Powder
Ren Shen
Mai Men Dong
Wu Wei Zi

generate fluids to preserve Yin, stop sweating, fatigue
LU Yin, chronic cough, thirst
HT Qi and Yin, palpitations, chest fullness, sweating
Summerheat
Si Wu Tang
Four Substance Decoction
Shu Di Huang
Bai Shao
Dang Gui
Chuan Xiong

Tonifies the blood and regulates the LV

liver blood deficeincy
dry nails, blurred vision, lusterless complexion
Pulse: thin,wiry or choppy
Tongue: pale

for use in any blood disorder, retention of lochia, calm the fetus, regulate the menses
Gui Pi Tang
Restore the Spleen Decoction
Ren Shen, Hunag Qi
Bai Zhu, Fu Ling
Suan Zao Ren , Long Yan Rou
Mu Xiang, Zhi Gan Cao
Dang Gui, Zhi Yuan Zi

SP Qi and HT blood deficiency
chronic uterine bleeding, early period, copious pale blood,or long period scant flow
insomnia, forgetfulness, anxiety
Tongue: pale, thin white coating
Pulse: thin, frail
Ba Zhen Tang
Eight Treasure Decoction
Ren Shen, Bai Zhu
Fu Ling, Zhi Gan Cao (Si Wu Tang)
+
Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao
Dan Gui, Chuan Xiong (Si Jun Zi Tang)

for use with any diease involving chronic blood loss that involve both Qi and blood deficiency
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
All Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction
Based on Ba Zhen Tang

Ba Zen Tang +
Rou Gui, Huang Qi===> warm the Yang

Qi and blood deficiency with cold limbs and aversion to cold
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
Rehmannia Six
Basic LV&KD Yin deficiency formula
Base for many other formulas

Shu Di Huang, Shan Zu Yu, Shan Yao== 3 tonify

Fu Ling, Mu Dan Pi, Ze Xie == 3 drain (heat)

Mild formula
Ji Gui Shen Qi Wan
Kidney Pill form the Golden Cabinet
Modified Liu We Di Huang Wan +
Fu Zi & Gui Zhi

Basic KD QI & Yang formula

Tonify Yin to generate Yang
Profuse clear urination. low back pain. cold, weak knees
Tongue: pale swollen
Pulse: submerged
You Gui Wan
Restore the Right (Kidney) Pill
Fu Zi, Rou Gui
Lu Jiao Jiao, Shu Di Huang
Shan Zhu Yu, Shan Yao
Gou Qi Zi, Tu Su Zi
Du Zhong, Dang Gui

Loss of Ming Men Fire
impotence/infertility
very cold limbs/edema
Yue Ju Wan
Escape Restraint Pill
Cang Zhu==damp
Chuan Xiong==blood
Xiang Fu==Qi
Shan Zhi Zi==heat
Zhen Qu==food

6 types of constraint (5 create the 6th phlegm)
Ban Xia Huo Po Tang
Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction
Ban Xia, Huo Po
Fu Ling, Sheng Jiang
Zi Su Ye

Plum Pit Qi
Qi & phlegm stagnating in the throat
Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang
Perilla Decoction to Send the Qi Downward
Su Zi, Ban Xia
Dan Gui, Gan Cao
Huo Po, Qian Hu
Rou Gui

Cold phlegm in the LU with KD Qi deficiency

Laboured inhalation, easy exhalation

copius watery sputum, low back/knee pain, frequent urination
Ding Chuan Tang
Arrest Wheezing Decoction
Bai Gao, Ma Huang
Su Zi, Gan Cao
Kuan Dong Hua, Xing Ren
San Bai Pi, Huang Qin
Ban Xia

LU Qi rebellion with external wind-cold and internal phlegm heat

cough thick yellow sputum, wheezing, fever/chills, aversion to cold
Tongue: red, yellow greasy coating
Pulse: rapid, rolling
Ju Pi Zhu Rhu Tang
Tangerine Seed and Bamboo Shavngs Decoction
Chen Pi, Zhu Ru
Ren Shen, Sheng Jiang
Gan Cao, Da Zao

ST Qi rebellion d/t stomach heat with phlegm stagnation
hiccup, nausea, vomiting, dry heaves
Tongue: red, tender
Pulse: rapid, deficient
Tao He Chen Qi Tang
Peach Pit Decoction to Order Qi
Tao Ren, Hong Hua
Gui Zhi, Mang Xaio
Zhi Gan Cao

Tai Yang Fu syndrome
Blood stasis with heat in the UB
acute lower abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, incontinence, irritability
Tongue:red/purple
Pulse: choppy
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood
Tao Ren, Hong Hua
Dang Gui, Chaun Xiong
Chi Shao, Sheng Di Huang == (Si Wu Tang)+

Chai Hu, Zhi Ke
Jie Geng, Gan Cao
Niu Xi ==== 5 Qi moving herbs

Blood stasis in the chest with constrained LV Qi

constant hiccup, headache, stabbing fixed pain, worse at night, heat obstructing the shen
Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill
Gui Zhi, Fu Ling
Shao Yao, Mu Dan Pi
Tao Ren

MILDLY transforms blood stasis (masses)

1. Blood stagnation in the uterus, fibroids

2. stops persistent bleeding, dark blood during PREGNANCY
Wen Jing Tang
Warm the Menses Decoction
Deficiency cold in the CHONG & REN with blood stasis (blood deficiency)

menses may be early or late, mild persistant uterine bleeding, dark clots, infertility, dry lips, lowgrade fever, warm soles and palms
Yu Ping Feng San
Jade Wind Screen Powder
Huang Qi, Bai Zhu
Fan Feng

LU Qi deficiency causing deficiency of Wei Qi
spontaneous sweating, easy to catch cold
Shi Shen Wan
Four Miracle Pill
Bu Gu Zhi, Wu Zu Yu
Rou Dou Kou, Wi We Zi

warms the SP&KD to stop diarrhea

COCK'S CROW DIARRHEA

Tongue: pale
Pulse: submerged, slow
Gu Jing Wan
Stabilize the Menses Decoction
Nourish Yin, clear heat, stop bleeding
continuousa bleeding, gushing/trickle, red blood with dark clots
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
Emperor of Heaven Pill to Tonify the Heart
Enriches Yin
Nourish blood
Tonify the heart
Calm the shen

Deficiecny conditon

Palpitations, anxiety, forgetfulness, insomnia, fatigue, constipation, tongue ulcers, can't concentrate
Suan Zao Ren Tang
Sour Ju Ju Be Decoction
Suan Zao Ren
Fu Ling, Zhi Mu
Chuan Xiong, Gan Cao

HT & LV blood deficiency
palpitations, dizziness, vertigo, insomnia, irritability, night sweats, more heat signs
Tongue: red, dry
Pulse: thin wiry
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
Licorice, Wheat, & JuJube Decotion
Gan Cao, Da Zao
Fu Xiao Mai

HT & SP Qi deficeincy

Zang Zao - restless organ syndrome
hysteria, uncontrolled crying, depression, ferquent yawning
Xiao Feng San
Eliminate Wind Powder
Weepy itchy red skin lesion d/t wind-damp or damp-heat with internal damp-heat

wind herbs:Jing Jie, Fang Feng, Niu Bang Zi, Chan Tui

damp herbs: Cang Zhu, Ku Shen, Mu Tong

Clear heat herbs: Zhi Mu, Shi Gao

Cool blood/ Invig: Sheng Di Huang, Dan Gui, Hei Zi Ma

Toxicity: Gan Cao
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Gastrodia and Uncaria Decocotion
Tian Ma, Gou Teng
Shi Ju Ming, Zhi Zi
Huang Qin, Yi Mu Cao
Chuan Niu Xi, Du Zhong
San Ji Sheng, Ye Jiao Teng
Fu Shen

Tonify the LV and KD to extinguish wind
Invigorate blood

EXCESS condition

Headache , hypertension, heat rushing to head, numbness, itching

Strong to clear excess heat
Er Chen Tang
Two Cured Decoction
Ban Xia, Ju Hong
Fu Ling, Zhi Gan Cao

Damp-phlegm accumulation in the upper and middle jiao

cough with clear copious sputum easy to expectorate, nausea, vomiting, chest fullness

NO HEAT/COLD signs
Wen Dan Tang
Warm The Gallbladder Decoction
Ban Xia, ChenPi
Fu Ling, Gan Cao
Sheng Jiang (Er Chen Tang)+
Zhu Ru, Zhi Shi

ST&GB disharmony with phlegm heat
epilepsy, nausea, vomiting, agitation, insomnia, gnawing hunger
Bei Mu Gua Luo San
Fritillaria and Trichosanthis Friut Powder
1. Phlegm stagnation and dryness invasion
2. phlegm heat consumes LU Yin

Moisten the LU and clear heat

cough very difficult to expectorate sputum
dry throat
Pulse: thin/strong
Tongue: red, dry scant coating
Zhi Sou San
Stop Coughing Powder
Cough with itchy throat, slight chills and fever
Tongue:white coating
Pulse: floating moderate

NO COLD OR HEAT signs, no sweating

Jing Jie has a slight exterior resolving influence
Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
Pinellia, Atractylodis, Macrocephalia and Gastrodia Decoction
LV wind with phlegm stagnation in the head

headache, dizziness, nause, heavy head, foggy brain
Bao He Wan
Preserve Harmony Pill
Shan Zu Yu, Shen Qu
Lai Fu Zi, Chen Pi
Ban Xia, Fu Ling
Lian Qiao==> clears heat

Focal distension, sour belching, occaisonal pain, acid regurgitaiton

NO HEAT OR COLD signs

food poisoning/overeating/drinking