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Composing a Formula : Key Points ?
Strict Composition Structure
Proficient understanding(skill) of herbal compatabiliy (ie. What works good together)
Composing Formula : How to control direction of herb's function ?
Compatibility environment
Dosage
Processing
Cooking and Ingestion
(ie. different ways to influence the desire action from an herb)
Composing Formula : Aims of Compatibility ?
Strengthen Effects of an herb
Mutual Reinforcement
Control Functional Direction of Multi function her
Expand Treatment range
Control Side Effects
Composing Formula : King ?
The chief herb(s) treating chief syndrome and main disease
Composing Formula : Minister ?
Acompany the King herb(s) to strenthen tx of chief disease
Treat Secondary Syndrom
Composing Formula : Helpful Assistant ?
Strengthen effects of King and Minister herbs and treat combination symptoms
Composing Formula : Corrective Assistant ?
Reduce toxicity of King and Minister herbs. Control harshness of King and Minister herbs
Composing Formula Opposing Assistant ?
Under severe situation, when body reject herbs, this kind of herbs can be added into the prescription to prevent the rejection.
Composing Formula : Envoy ?
Guide or Messenger
Guide Herbs to disease location
Harmonizer: Regulates. Harmonizes member of formula
Composing Formula : Taiyang Guide Herbs ?
Qiang Huo
Gao Ben
Composing Formula : YangMing Guide Herbs ?
Bai Zhi
Ge Gen
Composing Formula : Taiyin Guide Herbs ?
Cang Zhu
Composing Formula : Shaoyang Guide Herbs ?
Chai Hu
Huang Qin
Composing Formula : Shaoyin Guide Herbs ?
Xi Xin
Composing Formula : Jueuin Guide Herbs ?
Chuan Xiong, Qing Pi
Composing Formula : Upward Guide Herbs ?
Jie Geng
Composing Formula : Downward Guide Herb ?
Niu Xi
Intro : Formula : First Four(4) Theraputic Methods ?
Diaphoresis (Promotes Sweating)
Emesis (Vomiting)
Pugation
Mediation (Harmonization)
Intro : Formula : Last Four (4) therapeutic Methods ?
Warming
Heat Reducing (clearing)
Elimination
Tonification
Intro : Diaphoresis Function (4)?
Open Cou Li (pores)
Regulate Ying and Wei
Disperse LU Qi
Expel Pathogenic Factors
Intro : Diaphoresis Indication ?
Exterior Syndrome Caused by external pathogen attacking
Intro : Vomiting Function (3) ?
Eliminate Phlegm, food stagnation, Toxicity through Mouth
Intro : Vomiting Indications (4) ?
Upper Location, Severe/Acute, Strong Body Constitution, Internal Excessive Pathogen
Intro : Vomiting Cautions ?
Regulate SP/ST after vomiting
Stop Vomiting with conld congee, cold water, ginger juice, she xiang
Intro : Purgation Function ?
Purge, drive out food stagnation, dry stools, cold coagulation, blood stasis, phlegm, water retention in ST and intestines (purge through lower orifices)
Intro : Purgation Indications ?
Excess corporeal(body) syndrome
Constipation, dry stools/stagnation, Yellow watery fluid in defication with internal excess heat, phlegm stagnation, blood stagnation
Intro : Purgation Types (classes) ?
Purge with cold herbs, purge with warm herbs, laative, drive out excess water, purge with tonfying
Intro : Harmonization Function ?
Harmonize and regulate to treat various syndromes
Half int. / Half Ext.
Disharmony btwn ZangFu organs
Disharmony btwn Yin and Yang
Disharmony btwn ext. and int.
Intro : Harmonization Classes (3) ?
Harmonize Shaoyang
Regulate LV and Spleen
Regulate Intestines and Stomach
Inro : Warming Function ?
Warm interior to expel cold
Intro : Warming Indication ?
Internal Cold
External cold directly attacking interior
Intro : Warming Treatment Principle External Cold ?
Warm and disperse
Intro : Warming Treatment Principle Internal Cold ?
Warm and Tonify
Intro Warming Classes ?
Warm Interior to expel cold
Revive yang for resusicitation
Warm channel to disperse cold
Intro : Warming Cautions ?
Strong Fire consumes qi while slightly warming generates qi
Differentiate True Heat False Cold
Intro : Clearing Function (4) ?
Clear Heat,
Purge Fire,
Eliminate Toxin,
Cool Blood (clear interior Heat)
Intro : Clearing Indications ?
Interior Excess Heat : Channel Heat, Accumulated(depressed) heat, Heat Toxin, Heat with excess pathogen, Blood stasis, phlegm, water. Deficient Heat
Intro : Clearing Classes ?
Clear Qi Stage, Clear Ying stage and cool blood, Clear Heat Toxin, Clear Heat in Zang Fu, Clear Deficient Heat
Intro : Clearing Cautions ?
Do not abuse, Protect Vital Qi. Carfule with True Cold and False Heat
Intro : Elimination Function ?
Promote digestion, quickens qi and blood, resolve phlegm, drain water eliminate parasites. Slowly eliminate accululations of qi, blood, phlegm, food, water, parasites.
Into : Elimination Cautions ?
Slow, do not hurry. Often combines with tonifying
Intro : Tonifying Function ?
Tonify deficiency of qi, blood, yin, yang
Intro : Tonifying Classes ?
Tonify qi/blood
Tonify yin/yang
Intro : Tonifying Cautions ?
For deficency only. Do Not Abuse.
Intro : Formula Classifications (5) ? (How are formulas organized?
Seven Formula Doctrine
Disease Pattern
Structure
Action
Synthetic
Ma Huang Tang: Syndrome ?
Exterior Wind-cold excessive Pattern (Taiyang Cold-attack)
Ma Huang Tang: Ingredients ?
Ma Huang
Gui Zhi
Xing Ren
Gan Cao
Ma Huang Tang : Actions ?
Release exterior cold and arrests wheezing
Ma Huang Tang : Symptoms ?
Aversion to cold,
Fever
No sweating
Floating tight pulse
Ma Huang Tang : Modify for Severe Wheezing, large phlegm, slight Exterior syndrome ?
(-)GuiZhi, (+) Su Zi, Ban Xia
Ma Huang Tang: Modify for stuffy, runny nose ?
(+) Cang Er Zi and Xin Yi Hua
Ma Huang Tang : Modify for dampness, soreness pain in joints ?
Add Cang Zhu and Yi Yi Ren
Ma Huang Tang : Modify for interior heat, restlessness, thirst ?
Shi Gao, Huang Qin
Ma Huang Tang : Cautions ?
Not for exterior deficient syndrome, blood deficiency, yang deficiency
Stop when syndrome controlled, do not overuse
Gui Zhi Tang : Category ?
Release Exterior Wind Cold
Gui Zhi Tang : Syndrome ?
Exterior Wind Cold Deficient Pattern (taiyang Wind attack)
Gui Zhi Tang : Actions ?
Releaase patogenic influences for the muscle layer and regulates the nutritive and defensive qi
Gui Zhi Tang : Ingredients ?
Gui Zhi
Bai Shao
Sheng Jiang
Da Zao
Gan Cao
Gui Zhi Tang : Key Symptoms ?
Aversion to cold, fever, Sweating, floating slow pulse
Gui Zhi Tang : Cautions ?
Exterior Excess pattern w/o sweatting (forbidden)
Avoid cold raw food, cloying food, liquor, sea food
Gui Zhi Tang : Modify for sever wind cold invasion ?
Fang Feng, Jing Jie, Dan Dou Chi
Gui Zhi Tang : Modify for Weak Body Constitution ?
Huang Qi
Gui Zhi Tang : Modify for cough, wheezing ?
Xing Ren, Su Zi, Ji Geng
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Category ?
Release Exterior Wind Cold
Jiu We Qiang Huo Tang : Common Name ?
Nine Herb decoction with Notopterygium
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Syndrome ?
External Wind Cold attacking with Interior Heat
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Actions ?
Release Exterior dampness and clears interior Heat
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Ingredients ?
Qiang Huo, Fang Feng, Cang Zhu, Xi Xin, Bai Zhi, Chuan Xiong, Sheng Di Huang, Huang Qin, Gan Cao
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Key Symptoms ?
Aversion to cold, fever, headache without sweating, soreness pain in body, bitter tast, slight thirst
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Cautions ?
Not Suitable for exterior wind heat petter or yin deficiency interior heat
Jiu We Qiang Huo Tang : Modify for Dampness not severe, pain in body not severe ?
(-) Cang Zhu and Xi Xin
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang : Modify for Severe Pain ?
Add (+) Du Huo, Wei Ling Zhi, Jiang Huang
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang : modify for severe damp with fullness in chest ?
(-) Sheng Jiang, (+) Zi Ke, Huo Po
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang : Modidy for Severe interior Heat ?
(+) Shi Gao, Zhi Mu
Xiao Qing Long Tang: Category ?
Release Exterior Wind Cold
Xaio Qing Long Tang: Syndrome ?
Exterior pathogen triggers Interior response
Interior Water is Attracted to the exterior
Xiao Qing Long Tang: Actions ?
Release the exterior, transforms congested fluids, warms the LU, and directs rebellious Qi downward
Xiao Qing Long Tang: Ingredients ?
Ma Huang, Gui Zhi, Bai Shao, Gan Cao, Gan Jiang, Xi Xin, Wu Wei Zi, Ban Xia, Gan Cao
Xiao Qing Long Tang: Key Symptoms ?
Aversion to cold, fever, w/o sweating, cough, wheezing, profuse watery phlegm, white slippery tongue coating, floating pulse
Xiao Qing Long Tang: Cautions ?
Not suitable for non-productive cough with yin deficiency, phlegm heat
Zhi Sou San: Category ?
Release Exterior Wind Cold or Relieve Cough and Wheeze (in some texts)
Zhi Sou San : English Name ?
Stop Cough Powder
Zhi Sou San: Syndrome ?
Wind pathogen attachs LU, Lu faild to disperse
Residual Cough after Wind invasion
Zhi Sou San: Actions ?
Stops coughing, transforms phlegm, disperses the exterior, and disseminated the LU qi
Zhi Sou San: Ingredients ?
Bai Bu
Zi Wan
Jie Geng
Bai Qian
Jing Jie
Gan Cao
Zhi Sou San: Key Symptoms ?
cough, itchy throat, slight aversion to wind, fever, thin white coating (for cough after wind cold invasion)
Zhi Sou San: Cautions ?
Not suitable for cough due to yin Deficiency or LU excessive heat
Zhi Sou San : Modify for Sever exterior syndrome ?
(+) Fang Feng, Su Ye, Sheng Jiang
Zhi Sou San : Modify for sticky phlegm ?
Ban Xia, Fu Ling, Sang Bai Pi
Zhi Sou San : Modify for non-productive cough ?
(+) Gua Lou
Bai mu
Zhi Mu