Harmonize: Liver/Spleen

Question 1

Si Ni San (Frigid Extremities Powder)

Answer 1

Indication: Shao Yang frigid extremities; Yang Jue yang or hot type collapse)

• Cold hands/feet
• Slight body fever
• Cough
• Palpitation
• Urinary difficulty

P: Wiry
T: Red, yellow

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- Chai hu
- Bai shao
- Zhi shi
- Zhi gan cao

Question 2

Xiao Yao San (Rambling Powder)

Answer 2

Indication: Liver Qi stagnation, blood deficiency and Spleen T/T dysfunction

• Headache
• Dizzy
• Dry mouth/tongue
• Poor appetite
• Irregular menses
• Distended breasts

P: Wiry, deficient
T: Pale-red

• Chai hu
• Bai shao
• Dang gui
• Bai zhu
• Fu ling
• Zhi gan cao
• Wei jiang
• Bo he

Question 3

Tong Xie Yao Fang (Important formula for Painful diarrhea)

Answer 3

Indication: Painful diarrhea due to liver and spleen disharmony

• recurrent borborygmus
• diarrhea w/ pain

P: Wiry, moderate or wiry, thin
T: Thin, white

• Bai zhu
• Bai shao
• Chen pi
• Fang feng