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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang ingrediants that drain dampness?

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Long Dan Cao
Huang Qi
Zhi Zi
Mu Tong
Che Qian Zi
Ze Xie
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Which herbs drain dampness from lower burner in Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

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Mu Tong
Che Qian Zi
Ze Xie

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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang actions?

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Drain fire excess from LV & GB
Clears heat
Drains damp-heat from Lower Burner

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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang pattern/pathology?

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Excessive fire in the LV & GB

Also damp-heat in LV & GB channels (lower burner)

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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang indications (Fire)?

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Pain in hyperchondria
Headache, dizziness
Red & sore eyes, hearing loss, swelling in ears
Bitter taste in mouth, irritability, short temper
Pulse: wiry, rapid & forceful
Tongue: red w/ yellow TC

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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang indications (Dampness)?

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Difficult & painful urination (UTI)
Swollen & pruritic external genitalia
Foul smelling discharge
Shortened menstrual cycle, reddish-purple blood

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What does Dang Gui do in Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

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Nourishes/Invigorates the blood

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What does Sheng Di Huang do in Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

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Supplements the Yin (can be cloying)

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What condition does Long Dan Xie Gan Tang treat?

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Pure EXCESS condition

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What is the actions of Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang?

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Nourish the Yin & vent heat

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What are the indications for using Qing Hao Bie Jia?

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Night fever, morning coolness w/ absence of sweating

Emaciation w/ no loss of appitite

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What is the formula Qing Hao Bie Jia used for?

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Later stages of warm febrile disease (Heat lurking in the Yin regions)

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What is the pattern for Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang

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Raging fire from Yin & Blood deficiency

Yin deficiency created by empty heat

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What is the actions of Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang?

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Enrich the Yin, drain fire

Stabilize the exterior, & stop sweating

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What are the indications for using Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang?

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Fever, night sweats, irritability
Red face, dry mouth & parched lips
Dry stools & scanty urine

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What is the formula Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang used for?

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Night sweats due to raging fire from Yin deficiency

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Main pathology for using Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang?

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Yin deficiency creates empty heat

Fire which flares upward & outward & forces pores open & fluids to escape

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What do you use the formula Dang Gui Si Ni Tang for?

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Cold extremities due to cold in the channels w/ underlying blood deficiency

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What is the actions of Dang Gui Si Ni Tang?

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Warm the channels, disperse cold

Nourish the blood & unblock blood vessels

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What is the main pathology for using Dang Gui Si Ni Tang?

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Cold in the channels that disrupts Yang qi flow
Slows down the circulation of the blood & fails to warm the extremities.
Blood deficiency that is unable to nourish the body
(Interior Cold)

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What formula would you use for Raynaud disease or frostbite, pain in the joints?

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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang

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What are the indications for using Dang Gui Si Ni Tang?

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Long standing cold hands & feet (cold to the touch & to the patient)
Tongue: Pale w/ white TC
Pulse: Thin, submerged (or so thin it is almost imperceptible)

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What would you use the formula Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang for?

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Painful obstruction of the blood (Bi-syndrome)

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What might you use Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang for?

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Blood circulation problems, nerve damage, poor circulation (Qi weakness, NOT stagnant Qi)

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What is the actions for Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang?
Augments the Qi Warm & harmonizes the channels Unblocks painful obstruction
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What are the indications for using Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang?
Relatively superficial numbness w/out pain Parethesias (tingling) & numbness of skin & flesh Pulse: Faint, choppy & tight
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What is the main pathology for using Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang?
Wind-cold invades the superficial layers of the body & blood vessels It obstructs the movement of Qi & Blood
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What formula is Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang a variation of?
Gui Zhi Tang - -> Sheng Jiang has been doubled - -> Zhi Gan Cao has been omitted & Huang Qi added
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What formula do you use for neuropathy, complications from stroke, restless leg syndrome & body pain after child birth?
Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang
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Basic pattern for Li Zhong Wan?
Spleen & Stomach cold from deficiency | Bleeding due to Middle Burner Yang Deficiency
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Actions for Li Zhong Wan?
Warm the Middle Burner | Strengthen Spleen & Stomach
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Main pathology for Li Zhong Wan (1)?
Middle burner cold from Yang deficiency | Fails to govern the raising of the clear & descent of the turbid (Transform & transport food & fluids)
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Indications for Li Zhong Wan (1)?
``` Diarrhea w/ watery stool Nausea, vomiting, no particular thirst, loss of appetite Abdominal pain Tongue: Pale tongue w/ white TC Pulse: Submerged, thin ```
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Main pathology for Li Zhong Wan (2)?
Spleen Yang deficiency that fails to control blood
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Indications for Li Zhong Wan (2)?
Nose bleeds, vomiting blood, excessive menstrual bleeding, bleeding from rectum Blood in stools with other symptoms indicating middle burner yang deficiency
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Main pathology for Li Zhong Wan (3)?
Spleen yang deficiency that fails to transform & contain fluids
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Indications for Li Zhong Wan (3)?
Spitting of frothy saliva during the recovery stage of an illness
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What do you use Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan? (Fu Zi added to Li Zhong Wan)
Severe cold in the middle burner
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Actions for Fu Zi Li Zhong?
Warm the Yang, dispel cold, augment the Qi & strengthen the Spleen
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Indications for using Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan?
Abd. & epigastric pain Vomiting & diarrhea Inability to keep food down Cold body w/ very cold extremities, mild sweating
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Pattern for Wu Zhu Yu Tang?
Stomach deficiency cold (Rebellious Qi) Stomach & Liver deficiency cold Cold attacking the middle burner (fails to warm the extremities & disrupts normal ascending & descending functions)
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What is the formula Wu Zhu Yu Tang used for?
Cold in the Stomach | Cold in the Liver and Stomach pattern
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Indications for using Wu Zhu Yu Tang (Cold from deficiency of the Stomach)?
``` Vomiting after eating Indeterminate gnawing hunger Acid regurgitation w/ or w/o epigasteric pain Tongue: NOT red, white, slippery TC Pulse: Thin, slow or thin, wiry ```
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Indications for using Wu Zhu Yu Tang (Cold in the LV & ST)?
``` Upset stomach Dry heaves or spitting of clear fluids Vertex headache Tongue: NOT red, white, slippery TC Pulse: Thin, slow or thin, wiry ```
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Indications for using Wu Zhu Yu Tang (Cold attacking the Middle Burner)?
Vomiting & Diarrhea w/ cold hands & feet Agitation so severe that the patient wants to die Tongue: NOT red, white, slippery TC Pulse: Thin, slow or thin, wiry
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Actions of Wu Zhu Yu Tang?
Warm & tonify the Liver & Stomach Direct rebellious Qi down Stop vomiting
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What is the formula Xiao Jian Zhong Tang used for?
Consumptive deficiency disorder due to Middle Burner yang deficiency
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Actions for Xiao Jian Zhong Tang?
Warms and tonifies the Middle Burner | Moderates spasmodic abdominal pain
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Indications for using Xiao Jian Zhong Tang?
Intermittent, spasmodic abdominal pain that responds favorably to local application of warmth & pressure Lusterless complexion, reduced appetite Tongue: Pale w/ white TC Pulse: Thin, wiry & moderate
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Main pathology for Xiao Jian Zhong Tang?
Middle burner Yang deficiency which leads to disharmony between Qi & blood, yin & yang, & protective & nutritive Qi
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What is the formula Si Ni Tang for?
Kidney Yang deficiency (lesser yin disorder) with internal cold
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That actions of Si Ni Tang?
Rescue devastated Yang Warm the Middle Burner Stop diarrhea
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Indications for using Si Ni Tang?
Extremely cold extremities Aversion to cold Laying in fetal position, lethargy w/ constant desire to sleep Vomiting, diarrhea w/ undigested food, abdominal pain Cold, lack of thirst
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Main pathology for Si Ni Tang?
The Fire at the Gate of Vitality deficiency that fails to warm the Middle Burner (SP/ST) & Upper Burner (HT)
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What kind of pattern does Si Ni Tang treat?
Cold invasion pattern
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What is the formula Da Chai Hu Tang used for?
For concurrent Shao Yang (TW/GB) & Yang Ming (ST/LI) organ stage disorders
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What is the actions of Da Chai Hu Tang?
Harmonize & release the Lesser Yang | Drain internal clumping due to heat
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What are the indications for Da Chai Hu Tang?
Atl. fever & chills, slight irritability, melancholy Bitter taste in mouth, fullness in chest & hyperchondria Nausea, continuous vomiting Burning diarrhea or NO BM
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Main pathology for Da Chai Hu Tang?
Pathogen causing disharmony between GB & ST Excess heat accumulating in St & Intestines (injures fluids, dries stool & forms clumps that obstruct the downward flow of Qi)
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What is the formula Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang for?
Diarrhea due to heat or damp-heat in the interior with incompletely resolved exterior wind-heat condition
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Actions for Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang?
Release the exterior | Drain heat
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Indications for Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang?
Fever, sweating, thirst Heat in chest & epigastrium, irritability, possible wheezing Burning sensation of the anus, dysenteric diarrhea, foul smelling stool
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Main pathology for Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang?
Heat or heat-dampness accumulating in the interior yang ming organs (ST/LI)
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Ingredients in Si Jun Zi Tang?
``` Ren Shen (Tonifies the SP) Bai Zhu (Strengthen SP & dries dampness) Fu Ling (Leaches out dampness) Zhi Gan Cao (Warms & regulates the MB) ```
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Pattern for Si Jun Zi Tang?
Spleen Qi deficiency
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Actions of Si Jun Zi Tang?
Tonify Qi & strengthen Spleen
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If patient has a lot of dampness should they use Si Jun Zi Tang?
No, this formula is for Tonifying for deficiency & not for dampness
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Another name for Si Jun Zi Tang?
Four-gentleman decoction
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Indications for using Si Jun Zi Tang?
``` Pallid complexion, low & soft voice Reduced appetite, loose stools Weak limb Tongue: Pale Pulse: Deficiency or frail ```
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Main pathology for using Si Jun Zi Tang?
Deficient Qi is unable to control digestion & fails to produce & transform qi & blood from food essence
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What is the formula Shen Ling Bai Zhu San for?
Spleen Qi deficiency with dampness accumulation
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Actions for Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
Augment the Qi Strengthen the Spleen Leach out damp Stop diarrhea
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What are the indications for Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
Loose stools or diarrhea Reduced appetite, weight loss, weakness in extremities pallid & wan complexion Distention & stifling sensation in chest & epigastrium
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Main pathology for Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
Deficient Spleen is unable to govern the digestion & fails to control water metabolism that leads to internal dampness
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What is the formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang for?
SP & ST Qi deficiency
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What are the actions of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang?
Tonifies the Middle burner Augments the Qi Raises the Yang Lifts sunken Yang and prolapsed organs
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What are the 3 main pathologies for Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang?
1. ) Sinking of the middle burner qi with inability to hold the organs in their normal position 2. ) SP & ST deficiency with inability to raise the clear 3. ) Middle Burner Qi deficiency that fails to harmonize the protective & nutritive Qi
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What are the indications for the using Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang?
1.) Pale, shiny complexion, dizziness, unsteadiness Laconic speech, weak voice, tinnitus, unclear vision Reduce food intake, loose stool 2.) Intermittent fever, Spontaneous sweating, aversion to cold, thirst for warm beverages 3.) Hemorrhoids, rectal or uterine prolapse Prolapse of internal organs, chronic diarrhea, irregular uterine bleeding
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What are the 3 raising herbs in Bu Zhing Yi Qi Tang? | ~Raise the Yang Qi
Sheng Ma Chai Hu Huang Qi
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What is the formula Yu Ping Feng San for?
Spontaneous sweating or recurrent colds due to Lung Qi and protective qi deficiency
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What is another name for Yu Ping Feng San?
Jade Windscreen Powder

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