Week 13- Formulas that Harmonize_Regulate and Harmonize the LV and the SP

Question 1

PinYin

Frigid Extremities Powder

Answer 1

Si Ni San

Question 2

Ingredients
Chai Hu [Bupleuri Rx]
Chao Zhi Shi [dry-fried Aurantii Fructus immaturus]
Bai Shao [Paeoniae Rx alba]
Zhi Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Rx preparata]

Answer 2

Si Ni San

Question 3

Ax

Vents pathogenic Qi, releases constraint, spreads the LV Qi and regulates the SP

Answer 3

Si Ni San

Question 4

S/Sx
Cold fingers and toes w a warm head and body, a sensation of irritability and fullness in the chest and epigastrium, cough, urinary difficulty, abdominal pain and severe diarrhea
*various digestive problems due to LV-SP disharmony
TONGUE: red w yellow coating
PULSE: wiry

Answer 4

Si Ni San

Question 5

Dx

Yang-or hot type inversion due to internal constraint of yang Qi

Answer 5

Si Ni San

Question 6

PinYin

Rambling Powder

Answer 6

Xiao Yao San

Question 7

Ingredients
Bhai Hu [Bupleuri Rx]
Chao Dang Gui [dry-fried Angelicae sinensis Rx]
Bai Shao [Paeoniae R alba]
Bai Zhu [Atractylodis macrocephalae Rz]
Fu Ling [Poria]
Zhi Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Rx preparata]

Answer 7

Xiao Yao San

Question 8

Ax

Spreads the LV Qi, strengthens the SP, and nourishes the blood

Answer 8

Xiao Yao San

Question 9

S/Sx
Hypochondriac pain, headache, vertigo, a bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth and throat, fatigue, reduced appetite
*commonly used in internal medicine, tx of women’s disorders
TONGUE: pale-red
PULSE: wiry, deficient

Answer 9

Xiao Yao San

Question 10

Dx

LV contraint w blood deficiency and a frail SP

Answer 10

Xiao Yao San

Question 11

PinYin

Augmented Rambling Powder

Answer 11

Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

Question 12

Ingredients
Dang Gui [Angelicae sinensis Rx]
Shao Yao [Raeoniae Rx]
Fu Ling [Poria]
Chao Bai Zhu [dry-fried Atractylodis macrocephalae Rz]
Chai Hu [Bupleuri Rx]
Mu Dan Pi [Moutan Cx]
Chao Zhi Zi [dry-fried Gardeniae Fructus]
Zhi Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Rx prep]

Answer 12

Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

Question 13

Ax

Spread the LV Qi, strengthens the SP, nourishes the blood, and clears heat

Answer 13

Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

Question 14

S/Sx
Irritability, short temper w possible tidal fever and sweating, red eyes, dry mouth, palpitations, lower abdominal pressure, difficult, painful urination, increased menstrual flow or uterine bleeding

Answer 14

Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

Question 15

Dx

LV contraint w SP deficiency that transforms into heat

Answer 15

Jia Wei Xiao Yao San

Question 16

PinYin

Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea

Answer 16

Tong Xie Yao Fang

Question 17

Ingredients
Chao Bai Zhi [dry-fried Atractylodis macrocephalae Rz]
Chao Bai Shao [dry-fried Paeoniae Rx alba]
Chao Chen Pi [dry-fried Citri reticulatae Pericarpium]
Fang Feng [Saposhnikoviae Rx]

Answer 17

Tong Xie Yao Fang

Question 18

Ax

Tonifies the SP, softens the LV, expels dampness, and stops diarrhea

Answer 18

Tong Xie Yao Fang

Question 19

S/Sx
Recurrent problems of borborygmus, abdominal pain, diarrhea w pain [which starts w the urge to defecate and subsides after completion]
*esp useful treating chronic diarrhea, diarrhea in deficient patients or elderly
TONGUE: thin, white coating
PULSE: wiry, moderate or wiry, thin

Answer 19

Tong Xie Yao Fang

Question 20

Dx

Painful diarrhea due to SP deficiency w an over-controlling LV

Answer 20

Tong Xie Yao Fang