Harmonizing Formulas Flashcards
Formulas that harmonize Shao-Yang/ Lesser-Yang Stage
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
What Syndrome/ Disorder show these symptoms: Alternating fever and chills
Secondary symptoms: Hypochondriac distension, reduced appetite, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth
Tongue: Normal or slightly pale
Pulse: Wiry
Biomedical: Acute and chronic gastroenteritis, prolapsed stomach, dilatation of the stomach, peptic and duodenal ulcers, stress-related vomiting, irritable bowel syndrome, food allergies and intolerances, and the side effects of some medicines.
Shao Yang Disorder
Formulas that harmonize ST and intestine
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Formula Functions: Harmonizes Shao-yang/Lesser-yang
Diagnosis: Shao-yang/Lesser-yang disorder (Pathogenic Qi is in the half exterior half interior)
Symptoms: alternate attacks of chills and fever, fullness in the chest, hypochondriac discomfort, poor appetite, irritability, vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, dizziness, thin and white coating, wiry pulse
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor BupleurumDecoction:
Shao-yang/Lesser-yang disorder (Pathogenic Qi is in the half exterior half interior)
Ingredients
1.Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
2.Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)
3.BanXia(RhizomaPinelliaeTernatae)
4.Sheng Jiang (RhizomaZingiberisOfficinalisRecens)
5.Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng)
6.Da Zao(FructusZizyphusJujubae)
7.ZhiGanCao (Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae)
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor BupleurumDecoction:
Shao-yang/Lesser-yang disorder
(Pathogenic Qi is in the half exterior half interior)
Contraindication & Cautions
- Excess in the upper and deficiency in the lower
- Excessive liver fire
- Bleeding due to yin deficiency
- Use with caution in hyperactivity liver yang
Formula Functions
1.Dispersing pathogens and relieving stagnation
2. Soothing liver qi and regulating the spleen
Diagnosis: Cold limbs due to liver qi stagnation and the internal depressed yang qi
Symptoms: Cold hands and feet, fullness and oppression in the epigastrium and abdomen, or with cough, or palpitations, or dysuria, or abdominal pain and diarrhea with tenesmus, white coating, wiry pulse
Applications: Chronic hepatitis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, pancreatitis, neuralgia intercostalis and gastroneurosis
Si Ni San
Frigid Extremities Powder:
Cold limbs due to liver qi stagnation and the internal depressed yang qi
Ingredients
1.Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
2.ZhiShi (FructusImmanturusCitriAurantii)
3.Bai Shao (Radix PaeoniaeLactiflorae)
4.ZhiGanCao (Honey-fried Radix GlycyrrhizaeUralensis)
Si Ni San/ Frigid Extremities Powder: Cold limbs due to liver qi stagnation and the internal depressed yang qi
Contraindication
Cold limbs due to yang qi deficiency or heat
Functions
1. Soothing the liver and dispersing the depressed qi
2. Strengthening the spleen and nourishing ying
Diagnosis: Liver qi stagnation with blood and spleen qi deficiency
Symptoms: Hypochondriac pain, headache, dizziness, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, lassitude, poor appetite; or alternation of chills and fever; or irregular menstruation, distention and pain in the breasts, wiry and deficient pulse
Applications: Chronic hepatitis, chronic gastritis, irregular menstruation, pleuritis
Xiao Yao San/ Rambling Powder:
Liver qi stagnation with blood and spleen qi deficiency
Ingredients
1.Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
2.Dang Gui(Radix AngelicaeSinensis)
3.Bai Shao (Radix PaeoniaeLactiflorae)
4.Bai Zhu (Radix AtractylodisMacrocephalae)
5.Fu Ling (SclerotiumPoriaeCocos)
6.ZhiGanCao (Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae)
Preparation
1.Powder, take as a draft in 6-9 g doses with Wei Jiang(Roasted RhizomaZingiberisRecens) 6g and Bo He (Herbamenthae)3g
2. Decoction, cook with Wei Jiang and Bo He
Formula Functions
1. Regulating the stomach and lowering the adverse flow of qi
2. Relieving stagnation and distention
Diagnosis: Disorder of stomach qi with cold and heat complex
Symptoms: Fullness and distention in the epigastrium without pain, nausea, vomiting or dry heaves, borborygmus, diarrhea, thin, yellow and greasy coating, wiry and rapid pulse
Applications: Acute gastroenteritis, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer, indigestion, morning sick
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinelliae Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium:
Disorder of stomach qi with cold and heat complex
Ingredients
1.BanXia(RhizomaPinelliaeTematae)
2.GanJiang (Dry RhizomaZingiberisOfficinalis)
3.Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)
4.Huang Lian(Radix Coptidis)
5.Ren Shen ( Radix Ginseng)
6.Da Zao(FructusZizyphiJujubae)
7.ZhiGanCao (Honey-fried Radix GlychrrhizaeUralensis)
Contraindication: Stomach yin deficiency
Formula that Clears internal heat
S/S: cold extremities with warm trunk, Cold fingers + toes, epigastric & abd. fullness & oppression, (interior constraint) cough, palpitations, dysuria, abd pain: diarrhea + tenesmus= LV (diarrhea w/o tenesmus = SP)
Due to LV QI STAGNATION & INTERNAL DEPRESSED YANG QI
CAUTION: COLD LIMBS DT YANG QI DEFICIENCY / HEAT
T: Red w/ yellow coat
P: Wiry
Si Ni San
*Chai Hu + Bai Shao
*Bai Shao + ZhiGanCao
Formula that Nourish Blood
Due to LV QI STAGNATION W/ BLOOD & SPLEEN QI DEFICIENCY
S/S: fatigue, poor appetite, dizziness, irregular menses, PMS, breast distension,
T: thin white coating, P: weak
Xiao Yao San
*Chai Hu + Bai Shao
*Dang Gui + Bai Shao
*Bai Zhu + Fu Ling
Formula for LV QI STAGNATION W/ BLOOD & SPLEEN QI DEFICIENCY
headache, vertigo, a bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth and throat, fatigue, reduced appetite: irregular menstruation
T: pale-red P: string-taut, deficient
Xiao Yao San
*Chai Hu + Bai Shao
*Dang Gui + Bai Shao
*Bai Zhu + Fu Ling
PATHOGENIC QI IS HALF IN, HALF OUT IN LESSER YANG (GB) / SHAO YANG
Dry throat, bitter/sour taste in the mouth, dizziness, irritability, fullness in the chest, heartburn, nausea and vomiting, reduced appetite
T: thin white coating P: string-taut
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Chai Hu + Huang Qin
Formula for Pi Syndrome
DISORDER OF ST QI W/ COLD & HEAT CLUMPING
Epigastric focal distention, fullness and tightness with very slight or no pain, dry heaves, borborygmus with diarrhea, reduced appetite
T: thin yellow greasy coating P: Rapid
Ban Xia XIe Xin Tang
C: Huang Lian:
D: Gan Jiang: warm MJ
A: Ren Shen + Da Zao= tonify Qi, MJ
Zhi Gan Cao: tonify MJ qi
