``` Gegen Tang (Kudzu Root Decoction) Representation, Signs & Symptoms ```

Taiyang Cold Taiyang opens with power Floating, tight yin and yang pulse Headache and whole body pain Stiff and stretched nape and back Aversion to cold without sweating

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Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction)
Ingredients

Guizhi		3 liang
Shaoyao	        3 liang
Shengjiang	3 liang
Dazao		12 pieces
(Zhi)Gancao	2 liang

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Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction)
Representation, Signs &amp; Symptoms

Taiyang Archetype Image
Taiyang opens with integrity

Floating pulse; weak yin and strong yang pulse
Headache
Stiff and painful neck (Guizhi: Jieji – releases the muscles)
Aversion to wind with sweating

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Gegen Tang (Kudzu Root Decoction)
Ingredients

Gegen		4 liang	
Mahuang	        3 liang		
Guizhi		2 liang		
Gancao	        2 liang		
Dazao		12 pieces	
Shengjiang	3 liang	
Shaoyao	        2 liang

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Gegen Tang (Kudzu Root Decoction)
Representation, Signs &amp; Symptoms

Taiyang Cold
Taiyang opens with power

Floating, tight yin and yang pulse
Headache and whole body pain
Stiff and stretched nape and back
Aversion to cold without sweating

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Xiao Qinglong Tang (Small Blue-green Dragon Decoction)

Ingredients

Mahuang  	3 liang				
Guizhi		3 liang
Shaoyao	        3 liang
(Zhi)Gancao	3 liang
Wuweizi	       ½ sheng
Ganjiang	        3 liang
Xixin		3 liang
Banxia		½ sheng

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Xiao Qinglong Tang (Small Blue-green Dragon Decoction)

Representation, Signs and Symptoms

Taiyang Water
Taiyang breathes fluidly

a) Exterior Cold Water
• Floating pulse on left; wiry, tight; sunken wiry
• Water qi below the heart
• Fever (chills)
• Coughing
b) Interior Water Qi: Overflowing-rheum/Poking-rheum
4 Types of Rheum (yin)
• Phlegm-rheum (tan yin): Borborygmus, emaciation (Abdomen)
• Suspended-rheum (xuan yin): Pain on ribs with cough, spitting; pain at Quque - St 12 (Ribs)
• Overflowing-rheum (yi yin): Heavy limbs, swelling, pain, no sweat (Limbs)
• Poking-rheum (zhi yin): Shortness of breath, cough; joint pain, thirst; inability to lie down (Chest)

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Wuling San (5 “Ling” Powder)
Ingredients

Zexie		1.25 liang
Baizhu	        .75 liang
Zhuling	        .75 liang
Fuling		.75 liang
Guizhi		.5 liang

in xizhou (thin rice gruel)

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Wuling San (5 “Ling” Powder)
Representation, Signs &amp; Symptoms

Taiyang Bladder
Taiyang water lifts and opens

a)  Taiyang Vessel → Taiyang Fu (Mistreatment Pattern)
•	Floating Tight or Wiry pulse (on left)
•	Inhibited urination
•	Slight fever
•	Dispersion thirst
1) Cold Contraction:  Tight pulse with sweating; or, 						Floating, rapid pulse, thirst, vexation, inhibited urination
2)  Wind Spasm / (Shui ni):  Floating, flooding pulse or wiry pulse; unresolved fever, thirst, vexation; vomiting upon drinking
b)  Internal Water qi (tan yin)
•	Emaciation, Dark complexion
•	Palpitations below the umbilicus; borborygmus
•	Foaming drool, dizziness
•	Sunken pulse 
•	Inhibited urination
c)  Water Glomus (pi)
•	Hardness below the heart
•	Thirst, dry mouth
•	Vexation
•	Inhibited urination
d)  Water Counterflow (shui ni)
•	Floating or Flooding pulse
•	Inhibited urination
•	Slight heat/fever, dispersion thirst
•	Vomiting upon drinking
e)  Sudden Turmoil (huo luan)
•	Headache, Fever, Pain; Thirst, alternating vomiting, diarrhea

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Zhizi Chi Tang (Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction)

Ingredients

Zhizi 14 pieces

Dan Douchi 4 spoons (ge)

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Zhizi Chi Tang (Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction)

Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Taiyang Small Intestine
Taiyang separates pure from impure

•	Red complexion
•	Yellow fur on tongue
•	Soggy epigastrium
•	Diarrhea followed by vexation
a)  Mistreatment
•	Vacuity Vexation (xu fan)
•	Insomnia with tossing and turning
•	Anguish in the heart
b)  Taxation Relapse (lao fu)
•	Stuffiness in chest
•	Binding heart pain
•	After 5-6 days of illness, residual heat returns

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Zhenwu Tang

Ingredients

Fuling		3 liang
Shaoyao	        3 liang
Baizhu	        2 liang
Shengjiang	3 liang
Fuzi		        1 piece

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Zhenwu Tang

Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Taiyang/ Shaoyin Ki
Taiyang warmth suctions and opens

a)  Unresolved Taiyang illness
•	Fever
•	Palpitations below the heart
•	Dizzy head, Shaking and wavering, about to fall
•	General body twitching
b)  Shaoyin Water Qi
•	Abdominal pain
•	Inhibited urination
•	Heaviness, limb pain; cold between scapula
•	Spontaneous diarrhea

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Ling Gui Cao Zao Tang (Poria, Cinnamon, Licorice, Dates Decoction)
Ingredients

Fuling 8 liang
Guizhi 4 liang
Zhigancao 2 liang
Dazao 15 pieces

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Ling Gui Cao Zao Tang (Poria, Cinnamon, Licorice, Dates Decoction)
Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Taiyang/ Shaoyin Ht
Taiyang radiates outward like the sun

Fright
Palpitations below the umbilicus that are about to surge up (ben tun)
Soggy, rolling pulse on both cun
Symptoms present following a loss of sweat
Hands crossed over the heart

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Tiaowei Chengqi Tang (Attune the Stomach and Receive the Qi Decoction)
Ingredients

Dahuang 4 liang
Zhigancao 2 liang
Mangxiao ½ sheng

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Tiaowei Chengqi Tang (Attune the Stomach and Receive the Qi Decoction)
Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Yangming Archetype Image
Yangming closure is balanced

a)  Post-sweating (day 3)
•	Steaming fever
•	No aversion to cold
•	Delirious speech (in severe cases)
b)  Post-vomiting (for shanghan – a mis-treatment)
•	Abdominal distention and fullness
c)  Yangming disease without treatment
•	Heart Vexation
•	Fullness
•	Deep, slippery pulse; sunken and full

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Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction)
Ingredients

Shigao 1 jin
Zhimu 6 liang
Zhigancao 2 liang
Gengmi 6 ge

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Baihu Tang (White Tiger Decoction)
Representation, Signs &amp; Symptoms

Yangming Dryness
Yangming sunset, reflected in the moon

Floating, slippery (rapid) pulse
Abdominal fullness
Delirious speech
Heaviness and difficulty turning sides
Numb mouth and grimy face

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Maimendong Tang (Ophiopogon Decoction)
Ingredients

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Maimendong		7 sheng
Banxia			1 sheng
Renshen		        2 liang
Gancao		        2 liang
Jingmi			3 ge
Dazao			12 pieces

Maimendong Tang (Ophiopogon Decoction)
Representation, Signs &amp; Symptoms

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Yangming Metal
Yangming metal breaths compliantly

a)  Lung Wilting
•	Emaciation
•	Thick, sticky difficult to expectorate sputum
•	Foamy drool
b)  Great Counterflow Qi Ascent
•	Dry cough
•	Panting, difficulty breathing
c)  Throat Block
•	Dry throat
•	Sensation of stuckness and dryness in throat with cough

Dahuang Mudanpi Tang (Rubarb and Tree-peony Decoction)

Ingredients

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Dahuang	       4 liang
Mudanpi	       1 liang	
Taoren	       50 pieces
Mangxiao	3 ge
Dongguaren	½ sheng

Dahuang Mudanpi Tang (Rubarb and Tree-peony Decoction)

Representation, Signs & Symptoms

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Yangming Large Intestine
Yangming passage internalizes

• Swelling and blockage in the lesser abdomen
(rt sided)
• Rebound tenderness in bladder with normal urination
• Fever, sweating, with occasional aversion to cold
• Slow tight (deep) pulse; surging, rapid if severe

Huanglian Tang (Coptis Decoction)
Ingredients

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Huanglian	3 liang
Guizhi		3 liang
Banxia		½ sheng
Renshen	        2 liang
Ganjiang	        3 liang
Dazao		12 pieces
(Zhi)gancao	3 liang

Huanglian Tang (Coptis Decoction)
Representation, Signs &amp; Symptoms

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Yangming Stomach
Yangming re-unifies, consuming all

Abdominal pain
Desire to vomit
Heat in the chest; Xie in the Stomach
Slippery stomach pulse

``` Weijing Tang (Phragmites Reed Decoction) Ingredients ```

Lugen 2 sheng Yiyiren ½ sheng Taoren 50 pieces Dongguaren ½ sheng

``` Weijing Tang (Phragmites Reed Decoction) Representation, Signs & Symptoms ```

Yangming/Taiyin Lung Yangming /Taiyin is cleansed * Productive cough (yellow or green sputum), with a fever * Vexation with cough * Chest fullness; dry, rough skin * Foamy, turbid sputum, possibly with pus and blood * Lung Abscess

Banxia Xiexin Tang (Pinellia Purge the Heart Decoction) | Ingredients

``` Huangqin 3 liang Huanglian 1 liang Banxia ½ sheng = 4 liang Ganjiang 3 liang Renshen 3 liang Dazao 12 pieces (Zhi)Gancao 3 liang ```

Banxia Xiexin Tang (Pinellia Purge the Heart Decoction) | Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Yangming/Taiyin Stomach-Spleen Yangming – Taiyin harmonize * Retching, Nausea, Reflux, Burping * Pi: epigastric soft, weak, fullness pain, discomfort, or sensitivity at Ren 14 * Borborygmus; alternating diarrhea, constipation, or mixed stool pattern

(Extra Formula): Xiao Xianxiong Tang (Minor Falling into the Chest Decoction) Ingredients

Huanglian 1 liang Banxia ½ sheng = 4 liang Gualou 1 large piece

(Extra Formula): Xiao Xianxiong Tang (Minor Falling into the Chest Decoction) Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Yangming Chest Yangming metal breathes * Jiexiong: Knot in chest * Directly below heart (just around xyphoid process) * Painful to the touch * Stifling sensation in chest; cough; phlegm; yellow-green sputum; bronchitis (preventative)

(Extra Formula): Banxia Houpo Tang (Pinellia, Magnolia Decoction) Ingredients

``` Zisuye 2 liang Houpo 3 liang Banxia 1 sheng = 8 liang Shengjiang 5 liang Fuling 4 liang ```

(Extra Formula): Banxia Houpo Tang (Pinellia, Magnolia Decoction) Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Yangming Throat Yangming metal resounds * Throat block – closure; “glomus hystericus” * Stuck sensation, sensitivity; strange, subjective discomfort and sense of overwhelm; feeling of blockage * Gagging; coughing; Nausea; no appetite * Aphonia; dysphonia; chronic fatigue; flaccidity

Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Buplerum Decoction) | Ingredients

``` Chaihu 8 liang Huangqin 3 liang Banxia ½ sheng Shengjiang 3 liang Renshen 3 liang Dazao 12 pieces (Zhi)gancao 3 liang ```

Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Buplerum Decoction) | Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Shaoyang Archetype Image Shaoyang harmonizes wind and fire ``` a) Shaoyang disease • Bitter taste of the mouth • Dryness of the throat • Dizziness of the eyes • Cold and heat coming and going • Thin, weak, wiry pulse on left guan, mid-depth ```

``` Huangqin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction) Ingredients ```

Huangqin 3 liang Shaoyao 2 liang Zhigancao 2 liang Dazao 12 pieces

``` Huangqin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction) Representation, Signs & Symptoms ```

Shaoyang Summer-Heat Shaoyang contains its ministerial fire * Spontaneous diarrhea * Fever * Abdominal Pain * Blood or mucous in stool * Sore throat with diarrhea

``` Sini San (Counter Flow of the Four [Extremities] Powder) Ingredients ```

Chaihu 10 fen Zhishi 10 fen Shaoyao 10 fen Zhigancao 10 fen

``` Sini San (Counter Flow of the Four [Extremities] Powder) Representation, Signs & Symptoms ```

Shaoyang/Shaoyin Fire Shaoyang Qi pivots with wind a) Core picture • Counter flow cold hands and feet; cold, clammy fingers • Thin, weak wiry pulse, mid-depth on both sides • Dong pulse behind guan on left side • Anger, irritability, nervousness, rib-side discomfort • Headache

Da Chaihu Tang (Major Buplerum Decoction) | Ingredients

``` Chaihu 8 liang Huangqin 3 liang Dahuang 2 liang Zhishi 4 pieces Baishao 3 liang Dazao 12 pieces Banxia ½ sheng Shengjiang 5 liang ```

Da Chaihu Tang (Major Buplerum Decoction) | Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Shaoyang Gall Bladder Shaoyang firmly resolves to be upright * Incessant retching; nausea; vomiting; diarrhea * Epigastric pain or discomfort; distress; hard pi * Depression, anxiety, vexation * Headache; Migraine * Sweating; Fever

Chaihu Guizhi Ganjiang Tang (Buplerum, Cinnamon, Dry Ginger Decoction) Ingredients

``` Chaihu 8 liang Huangqin 3 liang Guizhi 3 liang Ganjiang 2 liang Tianhuafen 4 liang Muli 2 liang (Zhi)Gancao 2 liang ```

Chaihu Guizhi Ganjiang Tang (Buplerum, Cinnamon, Dry Ginger Decoction) Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Shaoyang Sanjiao Shaoyang steams the way of water * Fullness in the chest and ribs; vexation; mild chest bind * Cold and heat come and go * Inhibited urination; sweating only from the head * Thirst without retching

Gualou Muli San (Trichosanthes Root and Oyster Shell Powder) Ingredients

Tianhuafen (Gualougen) | Muli -- equal parts

Gualou Muli San (Trichosanthes Root and Oyster Shell Powder) Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Shaoyang/Jueyin Pericardium Shaoyang /Jueyin fire flows freely ``` a) Baihe Bing (Lily Disease) • Vexation; discontent; confusion; taciturnity • Thirst • Dark or inhibited urination b) Within a Shaoyang condition • Baihe bing with thirst • Bind or glomus under the ribs • Back pain ```

Zhishi Shaoyao San (Bitter Orange and Peony Poweder) | Ingredients

Zhishi | Shaoyao - equal parts

Zhishi Shaoyao San (Bitter Orange and Peony Poweder) | Representation, Signs & Symptoms

Shaoyang/Jueyin Liver Shaoyang /Jueyin pivots freely * Abdominal pain * Post-partum pain * Cramping, interrupted menses * Dong pulse behind guan on left side

Herbs IV Midterm Flashcards

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