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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Category |
Formulas that Release the Exterior
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Therapeutic Principles |
-Relieve surface;
-Warm channels and collaterals, -Harmonize protective (wei) and nutritive (ying) qi |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Typical symptoms |
-Tai Yang symptom complex (fever with aversion to cold);
-Aversion to wind; -Spontaneous sweating; -Stuffy nose; -Deficient constitution |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Tongue |
Thin, White coating
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Pulse |
Floating and Moderate
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Western Indications |
-Cold/flu, epidemic influenza, repiratory allergies;
-Localized sweating; low grade fevers (mostly chronic); -Allergic skin reactions, eczema, urticaria; frost bite; -Stomach pain, food allergy, appendicitis; -External injuries (incl luxations, fractures, peripheral nerve injury), acute muscle sprain, hemiplegia; -Cervical spondylosis, periarthritis of shoulder, chronic lumbar strain; -Morning sickness, postpartum fevers; -Palpitations, paroxysmal tachycardia; -General exhaustion |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) FORMULA |
(9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig
(9) Shao Yao/ Peony Root (9) Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger (12/6p) Da Zao/ Jujube (6) Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey Fried Licorice |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Action of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon |
(GZT) Action:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective qi; -Dispel (wind and cold) |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Action of Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
(GZT) Action:
-Nourish nutritive qi; -Astringe sweat |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Action of Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger |
(GZT) Action:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective qi |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Action of Da Zao/ Jujube |
(GZT) Action:
-Nourish nutritive |
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Gui Zhi Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction) Action of Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice |
(GZT) Action:
-Serve as a catalyst for the yin and yang tonifying actions of GZ and SY and coordinate their harmonious interplay |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Category |
Formulas that Release the Exterior with Head and Neck symptoms
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Therapeutic Principles |
Relieve surface, relax muscles
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Typical Symptoms |
-Aversion to wind and cold, fever without sweat;
-Stiff neck, muscle and joint pain; -Sneezing and clear nasal discharge; -Frontal headache; -Diarrhea |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Tongue |
Normal to Red color, with thin, white coat
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Pulse |
Floating, tight
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Western Indications |
-Cold/flu, influenza; acute respiratory tract infections; allergic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, sinusitis (acute &chronic);
-Meningitis, encephalitis; -Gastroenteritis, dysentery, food allergies; -Suppurative skin infections (face, furuncles, hordeolum, palpebral abcess, acne), urticaria; -Neck rigidity, cervical spondylosis, lumbar muscle strain; -Vertigo caused by cervical spondylosis, low blood pressure, or other reasons; -Myasthenia gravis; peripheral facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia; -Arthritis |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) FORMULA |
(12-24) Ge Gen/ Peuraria
(9) Ma Huang/ Ephedra (6-9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig (6-9) Shao Yao/ Peony Root (6-9) Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger (12/6p) Da Zao/ Jujube (6) Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Ge Gen/ Pueraria |
(GGT) Actions:
-Dispel wind, relax muscles, and ease pain; -Entice the effect of the formula into the Yang Ming (ST/ LI) channels and provide a lifting effect for diarrhea and disorders of the face and neck |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Ma Huang/ Ephedra |
(GGT) Actions:
-Dispel wind and cold obstructing surface circulation; -Restore function of the Lung |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig |
(GGT) Actions:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective Yang layer (wei) -Disperse (wind and cold) -Relax muscles -Relieve pain |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
(GGT) Actions:
-Nourish nutritive yin layer (ying); -Astringe sweat |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger |
(GGT) Actions:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective Yang layer (wei) |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Da Zao/ Jujube |
(GGT) Actions:
-Nourish nutritive Yin layer (Ying) |
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Ge Gen Tang
(Kudzu Decoction) Actions of Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice |
(GGT) Actions:
-Serve as a catalyst for the Yin and Yang tonifying actions of Gui Zhi and Shao Yao and coordinate their harmonious interplay |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Category |
Formulas that Release Exterior Cold
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Therapeutic Principles |
-Relieve the surface and disperse cold,
-Warm the Lung and transform phlegm, -Control coughing, asthma, and allergic sinus reactions |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Typical Symptoms |
-Chills, possibly accompanied by fever, but without sweat;
-Profuse production of clear, runny, or foamy phlegm by the lungs &/or sinuses; -Runny eyes; -Cold feeling in the upper back; -Coughing &/or asthmatic wheezing; -Gurgling sounds or feeling of stagnation in epigastric region; -dry mouth w/o desire to drink; -Nausea; -Stuffy chest -Heavy and painful feeling in body, puffy face and extremeties; -Decreased urination |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Pulse |
Floating and tight, or floating and weak, or floating and rapid
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Tongue |
Pale, with white and slippery coating
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Western Indications |
-Colds, flus and URIs (incl acute bronchitis or acute flare-ups of chronic bronchitis, pneumonia), bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, whooping cough;
-Catarrhal ophthalmia, dacrocystitis; -Pleurisy, hydrothorax; -High gastric acidity (only if w/ feeling of epigastric stagnation) -Eczema, blisters (only if lots of clear secretions); -Arthritis; -Acute and chronic nephritis (only if puffy face and extremities & decreased urination) |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) FORMULA |
(9) Ma Huang/ Ephedra
(9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig (9) Shao Yao/ Peony Root (9/6) Gan Jiang/ Dried Ginger (9/6) Xi Xin/ Asarum (9/6) Wu Wei Zi/ Schisandra (9) Ban Xia/ Pinellia (9/6) Gan Cao/ Licorice |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Ma Huang/ Ephedra |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Perfuse Lung qi, calm asthmatic breathing, and open up the sinuses; -Expel surface cold and induce sweating |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Expel surface cold and induce sweating |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Nourish Yin and Blood and astringe body fluids to balance the strongly diaphoretic action of Ma Huang and Gui Zhi |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Gan Jiang/ Dried Ginger |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Warm the Lung and disperse stagnating fluid |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Xi Xin/ Asarum |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Warm the Lung and disperse stagnating fluid |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Wu Wei Zi/ Schisandra |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Normalize musous secretions -Protectively moisten and astringe the Lung to balance the strongly drying and dispersing action of Xi Xin and Sheng Jiang |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Ban Xia/ Pinellia |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Enhance the anti=phlegm effect and counteract nausea |
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Xiao Qing Long Tang
(Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction) Actions of Gan Cao/ Licorice |
(XQLT) Actions:
-Harmonize Yin (nourishing, moistening, astringing) and Yang (warming, drying, dispersing) actions of herbs -Moderate diaphoretic and dispersing effect of the formula |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Category |
Formulas that Dispel Wind-Damp
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Therapeutic Principles |
-Dispel Winf and eliminate Damp
-Warm the channels and diffuse stagnation -Nourish Yin and clear Heat |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Typical Symptoms |
-Swollen and painful joints, swollen feet (feel hot and worse at night), reduced ROM in affected joints;
-Absence of sweating; -Constitutional aversion to cold, frequently suffering from dizziness, lack of energy, and possible nausea |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Tongue |
? with white, greasy coating
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Pulse |
Slippery &/or Wiry
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Western Indications |
-Rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, periarthritis of shoulder;
-Thrombosis of deep veins causing swelling in lower extremeties; -Sciatica; -Erythema nodosum; -Connective tissue disorders |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) FORMULA |
(12) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig
(6) Ma Huang/ Ephedra (6/9) Zhi Fu Zi/ Prepared Aconite (9) Shao Yao/ Peony Root (15) Bai Zhu/ White Atractylodes (12) Zhi Mu/ Anemarrhena (12) Fanf Feng/ Siler (15) Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger (6) Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-fried Licorice |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Meridian opening effect -Dispel wind and cold |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Ma Huang/ Ephedra |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Meridian opening effect -Dispel wind and cold |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Zhi Fu Zi/ Prepared Aconite |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Meridian opening effect -Dispel wind and cold |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Relax tension and stop pain |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Bai Zhu/ White Atractylodes |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Dry damp, thereby reducing swelling and pain |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Zhi Mu/ Anemarrhena |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Purge localized heat developing in stagnating collaterals -Counteracts pain |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Fang Feng/ Siler |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Meridian opening effect -Dispel wind and cold |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Sheng Jiang/ Dried Ginger |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Meridian opening effect -Dispel wind and cold |
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Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
(Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction) Actions of Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey Fried Licorice |
(GZSYZMT) Actions:
-Harmonize herbal actions |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Category |
Formulas that Warm the Middle and Dispel Cold
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Therapeutic Principles |
-Warm the center and Tonify deficiency
-Harmonize the Interior and relax tension |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Typical Symptoms |
-General physical and mental exhaustion;
-Occ pain in the stomach or abdomen (responds passively to pressure and heat); abdom wall feels thin and weak to palpation, mm at surface ffel tight, intestinal mvmt may be observed visually on surface; -Advanced sx incl: palpitations, restlessness d/t deficiency, vivid dreaming, poor appetite, pale face; -Soreness and weakness in extremities, heat sensation in the hands/feet, gen heat sensations or low grade fever upon exertion, dry mouth and throat; -Night sweats, spermatorrhea, nose bleeds |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Tongue |
Pale, with white coating
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Pulse |
Fine and Wiry, Moderate
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Western Indications |
-Gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic gastritis, prolapse of the stomach, GI neurosis, hyperhydrochlorhydria;
-Chronic colitis, colitis ulcerosa, colon cancer, hemorrhoids; -Chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis; -Neurasthenia, psychoneurosis; -Spermatorrhea, impotence, dysmenorrhea; -Gen debility after long/ serious disease, s/a recovery from Tb (night sweats, fever, poor appetite, occ coughing); -Slow healing wounds, bedsores -Diabetes (easily exhausted, thirsty) -Low blood pressure, anemia, aplastic anemia; -Nephrosclerosis, BPH, floating kidney, freq urination, nocturia; -Pediatric diseases: chronic lymph enlargement, night crying, chronic enlarged tonsils; -Eyelid inflamm, eyeground bleeding, nose or gum bleeding; -Stuttering (esp if abdomen or back mm are tight); -Valvular heart disease, arteriosclerosis; -Lower limb flaccidity (weak hot feet, feeling of distention in lower legs) |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) FORMULA |
(30) Yi Tang/ Maltose
(9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig (18) Shao Yao/ Peony Root (6) Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger (9) Da Zao/ Jujube (6) Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Actions of Yi Tang/ Maltose |
(XJZT) Actions:
-Warm the center -Tonfiy qi -Resolve acute stomach pain |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig |
(XJZT) Actions:
-Warm the extremeties -Strengthen the surface -Move the spleen |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Actions of Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
(XJZT) Actions:
-Tonify and astringe the Blood and Fluids -Entice the other ingredients to work internally -Control pain by harmonizing Liver and Spleen |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Actions of Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger: |
(XJZT) Actions:
-Regulate ying and wei -Harmonize the Stomach |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Actions of Da Zao/ Jujube: |
(XJZT) Actions:
-Regulate ying and wei -Harmonize the Stomach |
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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
(Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) Actions of Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice: |
(XJZT) Actions:
-Tonify Spleen qi -With Shao Yao, ease tension and pain |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Category |
Formulas that Warm and Transform Cold-Phlegm
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Therapeutic Principles |
Facilitate uninhibited water movement by warming (Spleen) Yang, resolving stagnating fluids and phlegm by strengthening the Spleen
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Typical Symptoms |
-Evidence of phlegm in upper burner (chest/ stomach), causing gurgling in stomach, distention in stomach area;
-Cough; -Dizziness and blurred vision, particularly in the morning after standing too fast; -Dry mouth, but aversion to drinking large amountsof liquids -Palptations; -Flushing up; -General tiredness and sluggish feeling |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Tongue |
Scalloped and moist, or with greasy white coating
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Pulse |
Soft and slippery, particularly in the Heart position on left hand
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Western Indications |
-Neurasthenia and other form of neurosis;
-Heart disease (incl pulmonary Heart dz, CHD, Rheumatic Heart dz), heart failure, cardiac infarction, palpitations, auricular fibrillations, HTN, hypotension; -Stomach ache, ulcer, neurogenic vomiting, morning sickness, GI neurosis, food allergy, diarrhea, constipation; -Chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema; -Dizziness (incl auditory vertigo, HTN vertigo, postconcussional vertigo, neurasthenic vertigo, vertigo caused by streptomycin poisoning, Meniere syndrome, etc.), halo vision; -"Dry mouth syndrome" caused by functional disturbance of vegetative nerve system or endocrine imbalance |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) FORMULA |
(9-15) Fu Ling/ Poria
(9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig (9) Gan Cao/ Licorice (6) Da Zao/ Jujube |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Actions of Fu Ling/ Poria |
(FLGZGCDZT) Actions:
-Restore proper water metabolism by warming the Spleen and disinhibiting the Bladder; -Ease abdominal distention |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig |
(FLGZGCDZT) Actions:
-Restore proper water metabolism by warming the Spleen and disinhibiting the Bladder; -Tonify the Yang (particularly Heart, Spleen & Lung Yang) w/ Gan Cao |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Actions of Gan Cao/ Licorice |
(FLGZGCDZT) Actions:
-Tonify the Yang (particularly Heart, Spleen & Lung Yang) w/ Gui Zhi -Ease abdominal distention |
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Fu Ling Gui Zhi Bai Zhu Gan Cao Tang
(Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction) Actions of Da Zao/ Jujube |
(FLGZGCDZT) Actions:
-Regulate Ying and Wei -Harmonize the Stomach |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Category |
Formulas that Stabilize the Kidneys
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Therapeutic Principles |
Harmonize Yin and Yang, secure and astringe essence
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Typical Symptoms |
-Nocturnal emissions, sexual dreams;
-Dizziness and blurred vision -Sensation of tidal heat waves, dry lips, dry mouth -Palpitations, |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Tongue |
Pale and flabby, or with thin white and slightly dry coating
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Pulse |
Floating and without root, or hollow and slightly tight
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Western Indications |
-Sexual neurosis, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, inhibited ejaculation, impotence;
-Neurasthenic insomnia; -Hysteric disorders (Baihe disease, running piglet qi, sleep walking, abdominal epilepsy, hysteria); -Disturbance of vegetative nerve system (spontaneous sweating, night sweats, monolateral sweating, chronic fatigue and sweating due to sexual due to sexual exhaustion); -Bronchiolitis in children with deficient constitution, persisting pneumonia in children; -Cardiac neurosis (fxn'l premature beat, heart disease), heart disorders in children (viral myocarditis, post-myocarditis syndrome, cardiac strain, congenital heart disease, palpitations); -Broad varietyof other dz with general signs of Yin/Yang deficiency and loss of astricting functions (chronic gastroenteritis, chronic prostatitis, bed wetting, galactorrhea, post-partum exhaustion accomp by bleeding and spontaneous sweating, bleeding in upper digestive tract, rachitis; urticaria, stomach ache) |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) FORMULA |
(9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamin twig
(9) Shao Yao/ Peony root (9) Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger (12p/ 6) Da Zao/ Jujube (6) Gan Cao/ Licorice (9) Long Gu/ Fossilized bone (9) Mu Li/ Oyster shell |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective Yang layer (wei) -Disperse wind and cold |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Shao Yao/ Peony root |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Nourish nutritive Yin layer (ying) -Astringe sweat |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Sheng Jiang/ Fresh Ginger |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective Yang layer (wei) |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Da Zao/ Jujube |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Nourish nutritive Yin layer (ying) |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Gan Cao/ Licorice |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Serve as a catalyst for the Yin and Yang tonifying actions of Gui Zhi and Shao Yao and coordinate their harmonious interplay |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Long Gu/ Fossilized bone |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Sedate shen, calm the Liver and subdue upflaring Yang -Astringe essence |
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
(Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) Actions of Mu Li/ Oyster shell |
(GZJLGMLT) Actions:
-Sedate shen, calm the Liver and subdue upflaring Yang -Astringe essence |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Category |
Formulas that Warm the Channels and Disperse Cold
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Therapeutic Principles |
-Warm the channels and disperse cold
-Restore circulation by warming anfd tonifying the Liver |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Typical Symptoms |
-Cold hands/feet, pronouced aversion to cold;
-Evidence of cold in the LR/GB channel (pain or cold on top of head, low abdomen, testicles, inguinal region); -Signs of blood def (pale nail color, dry skin, etc); -Evidence of blood stagnation in the extremities (purple hands/feet, varicose veins) or LR/GB channel (lumps/ tumors in lower abdomen, breasts; inguinal lymphatic swellings) |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Tongue |
? with white coating
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Pulse |
Sunken and weak
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Western Indications |
-Peripheral vascular dzs (atherosclerotic arterial dz, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins), frostbite, Raynaud's dz, erythromelalgia;
-Peripheral neuritis; -Erythema multiforme; -Sciatica, prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, hypotrophic spondylitis, rheumatic arthritis, periarthritis of shoulder; -Infantile paralysis; -Gastric and duodenal ulcer, spastic colon, diarrhea; -Chronic liver ailments; -dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, infertility, abdominal masses, breast fibroids, breast cancer; -Chronic nonspec epididymitis, undescended testicle, varicocele; -Headache (incl migraine, neurovacular h/a, HTN h/a, injury rel to h/a); -Heart dz, angioneurotic edema -Chronic urticaria -Rolandic epilepsy -Tooth ache |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) FORMULA |
(9) Dang Gui/ Angelica Sinesis
(9) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig (9) Shao Yao/ Peony Root (6/9) Xi Xin/ Asarum (6/9) Mu Tong, Tong Cao/ Akebia (25p) Da Zao/ Jujube (6) Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Dang Gui/ Angelica Sinesis |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Nourish and circulate the Blood -Entice the warming and circulating effect into the interior |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Relieve the surface and strengthen protective Yang layer (wei -Disperses wind and cold |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Nourish nutritive Yin layer (ying) -Astringe sweat |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Xi Xin/ Asarum |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Additional warming -Relieve cold pain |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Mu Tong, Tong Cao/ Akebia |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Open the meridians |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Da Zao/ Jujube |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Nourish nutritive Yin layer (ying) |
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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
(Dang Gui Decoction for Frigid Extremities) Actions of Zhi Gan Cao/ Honey-Fried Licorice |
(DGSNT) Actions:
-Serve as a catalyst for the Yin and Yang tonifying actions of Gui Zhi and Shao Yao and coordinate their harmonious interplay |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Category |
Formulas that promote Urination and leach Damp
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Therapeutic Principles |
-Aid transformation of Qi
-Enhance water metabolism |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Typical Symptoms |
-Signs of water stagnation (thirst accompanied by restlessness, inhibited urination, possibly diarrhea);
-Signs of water counterflow (vomiting water, dizziness); -Signs of water pathogens assailing the Lung (cough, foamy saliva); -Signs of water assailing the surface (gen feeling of heaviness, edema, esp lower body) |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Tongue |
with white coating
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Pulse |
Floating
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Western Indications |
-Common cold w/ surface sx (fever, h/a), accom by signs of internal water stagnation;
-Urine retention (incl post-patrum situations), acute & chronic nephritis, stones, UTIs; -Edema and water retention (incl Tb hydrothorax, ascites d/t liver cirrhosis, pericardial effusion, hydrocele, scrotal edema, hydrocephalus, cerebral edema, Meniere's syndrome); -Vomiting (sea/car sickness, alcohol poisoning, Meniere syndr, intracranial HTN, abx side effects); -Acute GI infxn, acute hepatitis, liver damage d/t alcohol, cholestasis in kids, medicine poisoning; -Cardiac failure, pulmonary heart dz; -Eye dzs (incl glaucoma, central chorio-retinitis, central disk-shaped retinopathy, inflamm of optic disk, chronic uveitis, scleritis, palpebral eczema, palpebral edema); -Neurologic d/os (h/a, migraines, sciatica); -Obesity, high blood fat levels; -Leukorrhea, toxemia in pregnancy, amenorrhea (linked to Cold-Damp); -Skin dzs (urticaria, blisters, herpes zoster); -Diabetes; -Epilepsy (if attacks with obvious production of foamy sputum); -Hair loss, premature graying of hair |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) FORMULA |
(4/9) Fu Ling/ Poria
(2.3/15) Ze Xie/ Alisma (2.3/9) Zhu Ling/ Polyporus (2.3/9) Bai Zhu/ White Atractylodes (1.5/6) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Actions of Fu Ling/ Poria |
(WLS) Actions:
-Fortify the Spleen -Dispel Damp |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Actions of Ze Xie/ Alisma |
(WLS) Actions:
-Disinhibit water -Clear local heat |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Actions of Zhu Ling/ Polyporus |
(WLS) Actions:
-Disinhibit water -Clear local heat |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Actions of Bai Zhu/ White Atractylodes |
(WLS) Actions:
-Fortify the Spleen -Dispel Damp |
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Wu Ling San
(Five Ingredient Powder with Poria) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon twig |
(WLS) Actions:
-Warm Yang -Aid the transformation of Bladder qi |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Category |
Formulas that Warm the Menses and Dispel Blood Stasis
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Therapeutic Principles |
-Vitalize Blood and Transform Stasis
-Gently break down abdominal tumors |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Typical Symptoms |
-Abdominal masses (painful when palpated);
-Abdominal bloating &/or pain (esp if sensitive to pressure and located on lower left side); -Painful menses (dark colored blood, clots); -Flushing up (dizziness, h/a, ruddish face) |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Tongue |
Pale, with white coating, and possibly purplish spots
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Pulse |
Tight &/or choppy, or sunken and slow
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Western Indications |
-Ovarian cysts, uterine myoma, uterine polyp, extra-uterine pregnancy, placental residues in post-partum pts;
-Chronic pelvic inflamm, annexitis, cervical erosion; -DUB, vaginal bleeding in pregnancy (if linked to blood stasis); lochiorrhea |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) FORMULA |
(9-12) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig
(9-12) Fu Ling/ Poria (9-12) Tao Ren/ Peach Kernel (9-12) Mu Dan Pi/ Moutan Root bark (9-12) Shao Yao/ Peony Root |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Gui Zhi/ Cinamon Twig Actions |
(GZFLW) Actions:
-Warm and open the channels |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Fu Ling/ Poria Actions |
(GZFLW) Actions:
-Leach out excess moisture -Draw the effects of the formula into the lower burner -Strengthen the Heart and Spleen qi (assisting the removal of stagnating blood on a constitutional level) |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Tao Ren/ Peach Kernel Actions |
(GZFLW) Actions:
-Dissolve masses and clear heat caused by local stagnation |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Mu Dan Pi/ Moutan Root bark Actions |
(GZFLW) Actions:
-Dissolve masses and clear heat caused by local stagnation |
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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
(Cinnamon twig and Poria pill) Shao Yao/ Peony Root Actions |
(GZFLW) Actions:
-Dissolve masses and clear heat caused by local stagnation |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Category |
Formulas that Expel Parasites
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Therapeutic Principles |
-Warm the organs
-Purge the Liver -Calm the Stomach |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Typical Symptoms |
-General signs of Jue Yin syndrome: intertwined upper/middle burner heat and lower burner cold sx (chronic diarrhea with abd pain; skinny constitution; body weakness; cold hands and feet; thirst; pain; discomfort or heat in the stomach area; little desire to eat when hungry; skin problems)
-General signs of Ascariasis (recurrent abd pain, nausea, vomiting after eating; cold hands and feet) |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Tongue |
Red on sides with white or yellow coating
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Pulse |
Sunken and wiry, or sunken and tight
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Western Indications |
-biliary or intestinal acariasis; intestinal obstruction by ascariasis; hookworm disease;schistosomiasis; cholecystic flagellosis
-Chromic diarrhea (dysentery, enteritis, UC, intestinal neurosis, obstinate diarrhea in kids, pre-dawn diarrhea) -Chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, obstinate pain after surgery for gastric perforation, intestinal colic, obstinate hiccups, vomiting, indigestion, epigastric/abd pain -Dysmenorrhea, pelvic inflammation, infertility, metrorrahgia, morning sickness, leukorrhea, other female d/o's accompanied by signs of heat/ cold intertwined (dry throat, irritability, yellow urine, dry stool, abd pain, hunger w/o desire to eat, cold hands/ feet) -Headache (neurasthenic, hypertensive, angioneurotic, Meniere's) -Neurosis, insomnia, functional disturbance of vegetative nerve system after miscarriage -Tetanus, post-toxic encephalopathy syndrome, post encephalitis B syndrome -Infectious toxic shock with signs of constitutional deficiency and strong pathogenic impact -Allergic purpura accompanied by stomach pain, chronic urticaria -Chronic keratitis, corneal ulcer -Prostatic hyperplasia |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) FORMULA |
(24-30) Wu Mei/ Mu Me
(1.5-3) Chuan Jiao/ Sichuan Peppercorn (1.5-3) Xi Xin/ Asarum (9-12) Huang Lian/ Coptis (6-9) Huang Bai/ Phellodendron (6-9) Gan Jiang/ Dried Ginger (3-6) Zhi Fu Zi/ Prepared Aconite (3-6) Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig (6-9) Ren Shen/ Ginseng (3-9) Dang Gui/ Angelica sinensis |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Wu Mei/ Mu Me |
WMW Actions:
-Astringe Liver qi and control pain -Harmonize the Stomach -Quiet Ascaris movement -Relieve irritability and thirst |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Chuan Jiao/ Sichuan Pepper |
WMW Actions:
-Warm the organs -Dispel cold -Eradicate GI parasites |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Xi Xin/ Asarum |
WMW Actions:
-Warm the organs -Dispel cold -Eradicate GI parasites |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Huang Lian/ Coptis |
WMW Actions:
-Dispel GI parasites -Clear Heat |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of HUang Bai/ Phellodendron Bark |
WMW Actions:
-Dispel GI parasites -Clear Heat |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Gan Jiang/ Dried Ginger |
WMW Actions:
-Warm the organs -Dispel internal cold |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Zhi Fu Zi/ Prepared Aconite |
WMW Actions:
-Warm the organs -Dispel internal cold |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Gui Zhi/ Cinnamon Twig |
WMW Actions:
-Warm the organs -Dispel internal cold |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Ren Shen/ Ginseng |
WMW Actions:
-Tonify Qi and Blood |
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Wu Mei Wan
(Mu Me Pill) Actions of Dang Gui/ Angelica |
WMW Actions:
-Tonify Qi and Blood |