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Xiao Yao San

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LV overacting on SP

LV stagnation that is worse with STRESS
“when i get stressed, i get loose stool, i get tired…etc”
irregular menses, PMS formula
IBS formula with stress
emotional depression due to trying to be nice

chai hu, bo he move LV qi
Bai Shao, Dang Gui - nourish LV blood
Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Sheng Jiang, Zhi Gan Cao- SP

T: pale red with gooey coat
P: wiry at LV, weak at SP

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Si Ni San

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Yang Jue- Yang collapse

Shaoyin syndrome with Frigid extremities due to
LV Qi stagnation ; hypochondriacal distention

c. Chai Hu - open and move up out
d. Zhi Shi - open and move down and out
a. Bai Shao - dui yao with Chai Hu ; chill out LV Qi
e. ZGC -

vs. Si Ni Tang- KD Yang xu ; C. Fu Zi
vs. Dang Gui Si Ni Tang- cold w the blood xu

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Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

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Dan Zi Xiao Yao San

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LV Qi constraint Transforming into Fire

everybody is aware of your stress and irritability
brighter menses, red

Xiao Yao San + Zhi Zi + Mu Dan Pi

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Tong Xie Yao Fang

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Painful diarrhea due to SP xu and LV excess

IBS formula!
recurrent bouts of PAINFUL diarrhea and pain alleviated by bowel movement

Bai Zhu and Bai Shao - dui yao ; harmonizes LV, SP
Chen Pi, Fang Feng

T: thin, white coating
P: wiry LV and weak SP ; wiry SP and weak LV

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Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang

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ST Qi disharmony w mixed hot and cold in the intestines

feeling full, focal distention, diarrhea, reduced appetite, mixed hot and cold sx., one mind formula with two presentations

Ban Xia- fullness
Gan Jiang- ST
Huang Qin-
T: thin, yellow, greasy coating P: wiry, rapid

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Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang

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Late stage febrile disease w extensive Yin and Jin Ye xu

steaming bone formula ; HEAT is deep inside
so at night, there’s fever
without sweating

Bie Jia - guide to the bone ; strengthen the bone
Qing Hao - bring heat up and out
Sheng Di Huang - 
Zhi Mu - 
Mu Dan Pi -

T: red with little coating P: fine, rapid

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Qing Gu San

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Chronic Heat disorder leading to Yin Xu and Deficient Heat

sim to Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang but with sweating
Heat in the interior, heat at the surface so there’s sweating
Afternoon fever, night sweats

T: red with little coating P: thin, rapid

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Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang

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Yin Xu Heat and Fire

both yin xu heat and excess heat
nourishing yin herbs, clearing pathogenic heat
hot all day long and night sweats

T: red, dry P: rapid

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Liu Yi San

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Summerheat and Dampness

Dampness predominant
nausea, fever and diarrhea, sweating but incomplete
6 Hua Shi - taiyang ; dry up the damp
and 1 Gan Cao

T:

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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang

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Cold in the channels w underlying blood xu

“hands feel cold”

T: pale with white coating P: deep, thin

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Li Zhong Wan

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MJ cold from xu (SP Yang xu)

Diarrhea and abdominal pain that is better with warmth
Primary formula for Tai Yin stage

C. Gan Jiang - SP yang xu
Ren Shen
Bai Zhu
Zhi Gan Cao

T: pale with white coating P: deep, thin

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Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan

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Li Zhong Wan + Fu Zi

more severe internal cold, vomiting food, cold body with veery cold extremities
Shao Yin Yang xu and Tai Yin Yang xu

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Wu Zhu Yu Tang

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Cold attacking the LV and ST

ST Yang xu with vomiting after eating
LV
ice pick on the top of head type of headache on vertex

Wu Zhu Yu- warm

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Xiao Jian Zhong Tang

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Spasmodic abdominal pain due to consumptive xu

tummy ache formula

Yi Tang - to warm the SP
+ Gui Zhi Tang

T: pale with thin white coating P: thin, wiry

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Da Jian Zhong Tang

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Weakness and xu of the MJ yang, and yin or cold which is ascendant in the interior

Warm the interior; ABDOMINAL pain better with warmth, but worse with pressure (because of excess cold)

Chuan Jiao- sichuan pepper- warm the ab
Gan Jiang-

T: white, slippery coating
P: thin and tight or slow and wiry

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Si Ni Tang

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KD Yang xu accompanied by an increase of internal cold

Cold has gone into Shao Yin
Most dangerous stage according to Shang Han Lun

Sheng Fu Zi - devastated Yang

T: pale with white slippery coating
P: deep, thin or deep, faint

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Si Jun Zi Tang

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SP Qi xu ; Zong Qi of SP

SP’s fx of T/T is affected ;
soft voice, reduced appetite ;
loose stools, weakness in the limbs (due to damp from SP)

Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Zhi Gan Cao

T: pale P: weak

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Liu Jun Zi Tang

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SP Qi xu with Damp Phlegm

Si Jun Zi Tang + Ban Xia and Chen Pi to regulate Qi and Phlegm

Nausea, vomiting, focal distention and a stifling sensation in the chest and epi ; coughing with white sputum

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Shen Ling Bai Zhu San

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SP Qi xu leading to internally-generated dampness

Si Jun Zi Tang + Shan Yao and Lian Zi to hold on to build strength back
Chronic long term diarrhea, loose stools
emaciation from SP Qi xu, SP atrophy

T: pale with white coating
P: thin, moderate or deficient, moderate

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Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

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Def of SP and ST Qi leading to sinking of the Yang

more than prolapse formula ;
long term life style lead to this…
SP Qi xu - LU Qi xu - Wei Qi xu ; falls into interior - feels warm, feverish
“intermittent fever worsen with exertion with pale tongue”- yin xu fire
c. Huang Qi
dui yao- Chai Hu, Sheng Ma to raise Yang Qi

T: pale with thin, white coating
P: flooding, deficient pulse or deficient, rootless pulse at SP

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Yu Ping Feng San

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Wei Qi xu

Wei qi- Huang Qi,
Stabilize the pores- Bai Zhu,
Fang Feng

T: pale with white coat
P: floating, deficient, soft

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Sheng Mai San

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Concurrent def or Qi and Yin, primarily of the LUs
Dry Cough formula

Ren Shen Mai Men Dong Wu Wei Zi

T: dry, pale red tongue w dry thin coating
P: deficient, rapid deficint thin

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Bu Fei Tang

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LU Qi xu

Ren Shen- sweating
Huang Qi- wei qi, coughing
Wu Wei Zi, Zi Wan, San Bai Pi, Shu Di

low lying coughing and wheezing, SOB, spontaneous sweating

T: pale
P: frail or deficient and large

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Si Wu Tang

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LV Blood Deficiency

Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao- volume of blood
Dang Gui, Chuang Xiong- moving

dizziness (postural), blurred vision, floaters, ashen complexion, brittle nails,

T: pale
P: thin and wiry or thin and choppy

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Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
LV Blood xu and Blood stasis Si Wu Tang + Tao Ren and Hong Hua
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Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang
consumptive fatigue (Blood xu cuased by injury to Yuan Qi) Hot sensation in the muscles, red face, irritability, thirst w a preference for warm beverages, 30g Huang Qi to 6g Dang Gui T: pale P: deficient, forceless
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Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang
LV Blood def spasming and cramping in calf muscles Bai Shao and Zhi Gan Cao
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Ba Zhen Tang
SP Qi and LV Blood xu Si Jun Zi Tang + Si Wu Tang + Sheng Jiang and Da Zao
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Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
Qi and Blood def w internal cold Ba Zhen Tang + Huang Qi and Rou Gui Ba Zhen Tang with cold feet
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Gui Pi Tang
SP Qi and HT blood xu Si Jun Zi Tang + others + Suan Zao Ren + Long Yan Rou- Blood tonic forgetfulness, palpitations, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, anxiety and phobia, reduced appetite, prolonged menses T: pale with thin, white coating P: thin, frail
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Zhi Gan Cao Tang
Consumptive condition w qi and blood deficiency skipped HT beat not due to Excess Heat ; intermittent pulse or knotted pulse (slow and irregularly i c. Zhi Gan Cao- 12-15g palps w anxiety, irritability, insomnia, emaciation, SOB, constipation, dry
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Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
Yin and K Yin xu Yin nourishing- Shu Di, Shan Zhu Yu, Shan Yao Astringing- Shan Zhu yu and Shan Yao drain excess fluids and heat- Ze Xie, Mu Dan Pi, Fu Ling P: thin
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Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
LV Blood, LV and KD Yin xu Liu Wei Di Huang Wan + Gou Qi Zi and Ju Hua vision- blurry vision, floaters mild LV yang rising, dizziness due to LV- Ju Hua anchors
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Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
LV, KD Yin xu w vigorous fire, consumptive heat or steaming bone disorder Liu Wei Di Huang Wan with Pathogenic, intense heat + Zhi Mu, Huang Bai to drain fire P: full
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Zuo Gui Yin
KD Yin and Jing Xu Nourish KD's ; no nourishing herbs ; c. Shu Di
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Zuo Gui Wan
KD xu (Essecne deficiency) fertility or person looking older than his age
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Da Bu Yin Wan
Upward-rising of fire due to LV and KD def
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Yi Guan Jian
LV Qi stag- heat- LV KD Yin xu with concurrent qi stagnation P: thin wiry
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Er Zhi Wan
LV KD Yin xu + Nu Zhen Zi, Han Lian Cao - more repairing ; premature greying, emaciation menopausal, P: red, dry
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Bai He Gu Jing Tang
LU KD Yin xu ; interanl dryness of the LU due to LU and KD Yin xu TB type of formula, low level heat pathogen with scanty, difficult to expectorate yellow sputum c. Bai He- LU c. Sheng DI, Shu Di- K
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Shen Qi Wan
KD Yang def w insufficient fire at the gate of vitality heat above, cold below urinary difficulty with edema, excess urination to the point of incontinence, KD yang sx. T: pale, swollen with thin, white hoisting coating P: frail, deep
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You Gui Yin
KD Yang xu exhaustion, sore lower back, true cold and false heat
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You Gui Wan
KD Yang xu with essence depleted Du zhong is in it infertility- male and female
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Er Xian Tang
KD Yang def hot flash formula Xian Mao, Yin Yang Huo- libido for anything, Ba Ji Tian- monogamous libido, Huang Bai, Zhi Mu, Dang Gui KD Fire sx. - menopausal sx. with underlying Yang def. or Yin/Yang imbalance sx.
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Mu Li San
sweating due to Yin and Qi xu stop sweating specialist insufficiency of qi to keep pores closed Mu Li Huang Qi Ma Huang Gen- autistic for closing pores Fu Xiao Mai- stabilize HT ; hysteria T: pale, red P: thin, frail
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Si Shen Wan
Day Break Diarrhea formula Wei Gen Xie due to SP/KD xu Cold Shut the Back Sluice! c. Bu Gu Zi- warming, strengthening KD yang ; milder than Fu Zi 5am diarrhea ; T: pale with thin, white coating P: deep, slow and forceless
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Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan
seminal leakage and/or spermatorrhea due to KD xu Sha Yuan Zhi- astringing, binding semen and KDs
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Suo Quan Wan
Def. Cold in the Lower Jiao Shut the Front Sluice! c. Yi Zhi Ren- hold urine + Wu Yao, Shan Yao T: pale with white coating P: deep, frail
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Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
Def of Yin and Yang w Yin and Wei disharmony in the lower jiao Sexual anxiety loss of semen, dreaming of sexual intercourse with Casper, hahahaha P: hollow, slow
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Gu Jing Wan
Beng Luo due to Heat (LV Qi stagnation and Def. Heat) Flooding menses or trickling menses Enrich the yin, clear heat (from LV stagnation), stop bleeding, stabilize the menses with Gui Ban, Bai Shao, Huang Qin, Huang Bai, Chun Pi, Xiang Fu T: red P: rapid, wiry
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Wen Dai Tang
Leukorrhea due to LV overacting on SP
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Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
HT and KD Yin Def ring HT at night, irritability w yin xu sx. with Blood and Yin Def.
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Suan Zao Ren Tang
Waking up at 3 am due to LV constraint ; fully awake
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Huang Lian E Jiao Tang
HT KD disconnect with HT fire and KD Yin xu sx of Yin def. / sx. of HT- mania and insomnia Huang Lian and Hunag Qin in the formula sim. to Dang Gui Di Huang Wan Clear Excess heat and nourish T: even with yin deficiency, dry yellow tongue coat
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Ding Zhi Wan
gitty young girls trauma- phlegm misting the mind and orifices fright, unsteady HT with phlegm misting the mind
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Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
Zang Zao- restless organ disorder ; organ dryness Gan Cao, Da Zao, Fu Xiao Mai Histeria formula ; HT cannot hold experiences T: red tongue with sparse coating P: thin, rapid
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An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Closed and Hot Febrile disorders with heat attacking the PC and HOT phlegm obstructing the orifices Heat
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Su He Xiang Wan
Closed and Cold opposite of An Gong Niu Huang Wan
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Bao He Wan
Pure food stagnation and indigestion Shan Zha- meat, Shen Qu- alcohol, Lai Fu Zi- grains + Er Chen Tang and Lian Qiao for heat
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Jian Pi Wan
Chronic food stagnation with accumulation with SP Qi xu sim. to Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang + Bao He Wan + Shan Yao, Huang Lian, Rou Dou Kou
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Wu Mei Wan
Parasite accumulation cold below, heat above- jue yin mixture of pattern round worm formula- heat in the ST and cold in the intestines

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