Harmonizing

Question 0

Xiao Chai Hu Tang ingrediants

Answer 0

Chai Hu
Huang Qin
Zhi Ban Xia
Sheng Jiang
Ren Shen
Zhi Gan Cao
Da Zao

Question 1

Formula for 1/2 exterior & 1/2 interior

Answer 1

Xiao Chai Hu Tang

Question 2

Shao Yang (Lesser Yang) Disorder?

• -> 1/2 exterior, 1/2 interior
• -> Treatment = Harmonizing

Answer 2

Related to SJ & GB channels
Red eyes, dizziness, visual distortion, headaches & hyperchondriac pain, alternating cold & hot, bowel symptoms, bitter taste, nausea or retching, irritability, anxiety
Tongue: Thin, thin coat Pulse: Wiry

Question 3

Xiao Chai Hu Tang-“heat entering the chamber of the blood”
actions:
Indications:
Main pathology:

Answer 3

• Harmonizes and releases shao yang disorders
• Alternating fever & chills, bitter taste in mouth, dry throat, dizziness, irritability, nausea & vomiting
• Evil qi enters the lesser yang warp, which impedes its ability to direct the clear upward & turbid downward, disturbed Gallbladder & Stomach function

Question 4

Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang indications?

Answer 4

Mild chills alternating with profuse fever, bitter taste, stifling sensation in the chest, spitting up bitter or sour fluids (vomiting yellow, blackish fluids or in severe cases dry heaves), thirst with or without desire to drink, distention & pain in the chest & hypochondria
Tongue: Red tongue with thick, greasy coating that can be yellow or white (or both) Pulse: soggy, wiry, rapid or slippery on right & wiry on left

Question 5

Diagnosis for using Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang

More dampness & phlegm

Answer 5

Damp-heat and turbid phlegm in the shao yang (lesser) channels (SJ & GB), constraining protective & nutritive Qi

Question 6

Actions of Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang?

Answer 6

Clear Gallbladder heat, dispels dampness, harmonizes the stomach & transforms phlegm

Question 8

Main pathology of Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang?

Answer 8

Heat in the Gall Bladder

Question 9

Da Cheng Qi Tang Ingrediants

Answer 9

Da Huang
Mang Xiao
Zhi Zhi Shi
Zhi Huo Po

Question 10

Actions of Da Cheng Qi Tang?

Answer 10

Vigorously purges heat & accumulation downward

Question 11

Main pathology of Da Cheng Qi Tang? (3 total)

Answer 11

1. Severe constipation: Heat accumulation in the Stomach & Intestines where it injures fluids, dries the stool, & forms clumps that obstructs the downward flow of Qi in the Yang Ming organs.
2. Dry constipation: Overabundance of heat drying out the fluids

Question 12

What is the actions of the 2 chief ingredients in Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang?

Answer 12

Qing Hao & Haung Qin: Drain damp-heat from the Liver & Gallbladder

Question 13

Treatment strategies to drain downward?

Answer 13

• Purge heat accumulation
• Warm the Yang and guide out accumulation
• Moistens the Intestines and unblock the bowels
• Drive out excess water

Question 14

Treatment strategies to harmonize?

Answer 14

• Harmonize the Lesser Yang
• Vent the membrane source
• Harmonize the Liver & Spleen
• Regulate the Stomach & Intestines

Question 15

Treatment strategies for clearing

Answer 15

• Clear heat from the Qi level
• Clear the nutritive level and cool the blood
• Clear heat and resolve toxicity
• Clear heat from the organs

Question 16

Which formulas would you use to treat problems in all 3 yang channels (Tai Yang, Yang Ming, Shao Yang)?

Answer 16

Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang

Question 17

What are the 2 different actions of Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang?

Answer 17

1. Unblock the 3 yang warps & sedate & calm the spirit

2. Clear heat, transform phlegm, regulates Qi & sedates & calms the spirit

Question 18

What 2 patterns does Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang treat?

Answer 18

1. Triple yang disorder

2. Interior phlegm-heat disturbing the “Shen”

Question 19

Indications for using Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang?

Answer 19

Fullness in the chest, irritability (w/ occ. palpitations), urinary difficulty, constipation, delirious speech, inability to rotate the trunk, sensation of extreme heaviness throughout the body.
Red tongue w/ slippery coating - Wiry, rapid pulse

Question 20

What formula is Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang a modification of?

Answer 20

Xiao Chai Hu Tang

Question 21

Actions of Si Ni San (Frigid Extremity Powder)?

Answer 21

Vent pathogenic Qi, release constraint, spread the Liver Qi, regulate the Spleen (disharmony between LV & SP)

Question 22

Indications for using Si Ni San?

Answer 22

Cold fingers and toes while body & head are warm. Sensation of irritability, fullness in chest & epigastrium, cough, urinary difficulty, abd. pain & severe diarrhea.
Tongue: red w/ yellow coating
Pulse: Wiry

Question 23

Main pathology fir using Si Ni San?

Answer 23

1. Internal constrain of Yang Qi fails to reach extremities & causes frigid extremities
2. Liver qi stagnation that attacks the Spleen & leads to disharmony btwn LV & SP

Question 24

Xiao Yao San (Rambling Powder) ingredients & dosages?

Dosage range depends on patient constitution, weight, severity of condition

Answer 24

Chai Hu - 6-12g
Dang Gui - 6-9g
Bai Shao - 9g
Bai Zhu - 9g
Fu Ling - 9-12g
Zhi Gan Cao - 3-6g
**Wei Jiang (3 pieces) & Bo He (3g)**

Question 25

Actions of Xiao Yao San?

Answer 25

Spread the Liver Qi, strengthen the Spleen, & nourish the blood

Question 26

Indications for using Xiao Yao San?

Answer 26

Hypochondriac pain, headache, bitter taste in mouth, dry mouth & throat, fatigue, reduced appetite Tongue: pale red tongue Pulse: Wiry, deficient pulse **alternating fever & chills, irregular menstruation**

Question 27

Main pathology for using Xiao Yao San?

Answer 27

Constrained Liver Qi attacking & weakening the Spleen, while the deficient Spleen is failing to transform food into blood.

Question 28

What modification do you do to Xiao Yao San when there is heat?

Answer 28

Jai Wei Xiao Yao San - add Mu Dan Pi & Zhi Zi

Question 29

What formula is often used for regulating menstruation, treating PMS & relieving depression?

Answer 29

Xiao Yao San

Question 30

What is Tong Xie Yao Fang (important formula for painful diarrhea) used to treat?

Answer 30

Disharmony between Liver & Spleen

Question 31

Actions of Tong Xie Yao Fang?

Answer 31

Tonify the Spleen, soften the Liver, expels dampness & stops diarrhea

Question 32

What formula is good for a pattern with painful diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency w/ over controlling Liver?

Answer 32

Tong Xie Yao Fang

Question 33

What are some of the indications for using Tong Xie Yao Fang?

Answer 33

Reoccurring problem with borborygmus, abd pain, diarrhea with pain (starts w/ urge and then subsides after completion). Tongue: Thin, white TC Pulse: Wiry or moderate, thin pulse

Question 34

What formula is good for disharmony between stomach & intestines?

Answer 34

Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang

Question 35

What actions does Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang do?

Answer 35

1. Harmonize the stomach, direct rebellious Qi down 2. Disperse clumping (Intestines) 3. Eliminate focal distention (Spleen deficiency)

Question 36

What must be clear in the pattern in order to use Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang?

Answer 36

Heat & cold mixed

Question 37

What formula would you use for a heat & cold mixed pattern and a simultaneous excess & deficient pattern?

Answer 37

Ban Xia Xie Xin

Question 38

What ingredients are in Bai Hu Tang (White Tiger Decoction)?

Answer 38

Shi Gao Zhi Mu Zhi Gan Cao Jing Mi

Question 39

What are the actions of Bai Hu Tang?

Answer 39

Clears Qi level heat, drains stomach fire, generates fluids & alleviates thirst (treat qi level heat & tonify fluids)

Question 40

What formula is used to treat heat in the Yang Ming (yang brightness) channel of six warps disease or for the qi level of the 4 levels of disease?

Answer 40

Bai Hu Tang

Question 41

What are the indications for using Bai Hu Tang?

Answer 41

4 bigs (big fever, big thirst, big pulse, big sweat), aversion to heat, red face, irritability, flooding, forceful or slippery pulse.