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Pinellia, White Atractylodes, Gastrodia Decoction/Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang

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Wind phlegm disturbing the head: vertigo (excess), menniers disease, migraines aggravated by damp

  • heavy and clouded head, nausea and vomiting
  • tonify SP, dispel damp, transform phlegm, extinguish wind
  • newer formula
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Signs and symptoms of external wind phlegm

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chills and fever indicating constraint of qi in the exterior and coughing with sputum that may not be easily expectorated, indicating qi constraint from phlegm

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Signs of internal wind phlegm. Organs most affected?

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dizziness, vertigo, headache and in more severe cases: seizures or loss of consciousness

Liver and Spleen

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True Jade Powder/Yu Zhen San

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wind and toxin invading through a wound or ulceration, tetanus, botulism or posttraumatic pain; stiffness and tension of the neck and jaw spasming of the extremities and opisthostones

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Leading the Upright Back Powder/Qian Zheng San

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bells-palsy formula

  • dispels wind, transforms phlegm, stops spasm
  • sequella of channel-stroek with acute wind phlegm obstructing channels and collaterals of the head and face
  • relative deficiency of Wei qi in the channels that allows EPF in
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Guiding the Phlegm Decoction/Dao Tan Tang

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  • extreme vertigo, migrane/headache, fainting, focal distention
  • collapse due to phlegm
  • opens obstructed qi dynamics
  • version of Er Chen Tang