weeks 3-4

Question 1

what formula would we use for chest pain due to blood stagnation?

Answer 1

xue fu zhu yu tang or dan shen yin

Question 2

what formula would we use for chest pain due to phlegm obstructing heart yang?

Answer 2

gua lou xie bai ban xia tang

Question 3

what are the ingredients and functions of the herbs within gua lou xie bai ban xia tang

Answer 3

gua lou - remove phlegm, open chest
xie bai - warming and descend qi
bai jiu - warming
zhi ban xia - transform phlegm, direct rebellious qi downward

Question 4

what herb can be added to gua lou xie bai ban xia tang to help unblock the chest and invigorate the blood?

Answer 4

dan shen (10g)

Question 5

instead of using bai jiu in the formula gua lou xie bai ban xia tang, what herbs can we substitute it with?

Answer 5

gui zhi, zhi shi, dan shen (10g ea.)

Question 6

what formula would we use for cold congealing the heart?

Answer 6

gua lou xie bai bai jiu tang

Question 7

if we see cold congealing the heart + phlegm pattern, which formula would we use?

Answer 7

gua lou xie bai ban xia tang

Question 8

what formula would we use for chest pain due to heart and kidney yin deficiency?

Answer 8

zuo gui wan

Question 9

what herbs can be added to zuo gui wan for chest pain if we see signs of heat?

Answer 9

ze xie, fu ling, mu dan pi

Question 10

what formula would we use for heart, lung & spleen qi & yin deficiency causing chest pain?

Answer 10

sheng mai san

Question 11

what formula can we add to sheng mai san to tonify qi and blood?

Answer 11

ba zhen tang

Question 12

what formula can we add to sheng mai san to replace dan shen if dan shen will not be enough to move the blood, or in the case of blood deficiency?

Answer 12

si wu tang

Question 13

what formula would we use for chest pain due to yang deficiency (HT&KD)

Answer 13

shen fu tang

Question 14

what is the special cooking instructions for shen fu tang?

Answer 14

cook ren shen at least 20 minutes; pre-cook fu zi at least 20 minutes longer than ren shen

Question 15

what formula would we use if the patient has chest pain + edema caused by heart and kidney yang deficiency?

Answer 15

Zhen Wu Tang

Question 16

what formula would we use for hypertension due to liver heat/fire (LV yang rising)

Answer 16

Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin

Question 17

what herbs can we add to tian ma gou teng yin if the patient has eye problems?

Answer 17

man jing zi, xia ku cao, che qian zi

Question 18

in tian ma gou teng yin, what herb can we substitute yi mu cao with in case we don’t want our patient to think we are trying to “benefit the mother/menstruation”

Answer 18

ze lan

Question 19

in tian ma gou teng yin, what herbs can we add to the formula if the patient has insomnia?

Answer 19

long gu & mu li to calm shen

Question 20

what herbs can we add to tian ma gou teng yin if the patient has severe sleeping problems with underlying kidney yin deficiency

Answer 20

nu zhen zi & han lian cao (er zhi wan)

Question 21

what herb can we add to tian ma gou teng yin if the patient has kidney yin deficiency and some blood heat

Answer 21

zhi he shou wu

Question 22

what herb can we add to tian ma gou teng yin if the patient has constipation with kidney yin deficiency and blood heat

Answer 22

sheng di huang

Question 23

what herb can we add to tian ma gou teng yin if there is a strong presence of excess heat with severe headache and red eyes

Answer 23

long dan cao

Question 24

what formula would we use for hypertension due to kidney deficiency

Answer 24

da bu yuan jian

Question 25

what formula would we use for hypertension due to phlegm turbidity

Answer 25

ban xia bai zhu tian ma tang

Question 26

what formula can be found within ban xia bai zhu tian ma tang?

Answer 26

er chen tang

Question 27

what herbs can we add to ban xia bai zhu tian ma tang to clear heat?

Answer 27

huang qin or zhi zi