Week One (Part One) Flashcards
(33 cards)
Ma Huang Tang
Category:
Release the Exterior Wind-Cold
Ma Huang Tang
Ingredients:
Ma Huang
Gui Zhi
Xing Ren
Zhi Gan Cao
Ma Huang Tang
King Herb:
Ma Huang
Promotes sweating, vents the lung, calms asthma
Ma Huang Tang
Clinical Application:
Promotes sweating to release exterior cold. Opens the Lung qi and calms wheezing.
Common formula for exterior wind cold attack excess syndrome.
Key symptoms are chills and fever without sweating, wheezing, superficial and tight pulse.
Currently used for common cold, flu, acute bronchitis, bronchial asthma, etc. due to wind cold exterior excess syndrome
Ma Huang Tang
Tongue:
Pulse:
Ma Huang Tang
Tongue: thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial) and tight (indicative of cold)
Ma Huang Tang
Common Name:
Ma Huang Tang
Common Name: Ephedra Decoction
3 Candies
Ingredients:
Sheng Jiang
Da Zao
Zhi Gan Cao
Gui Zhi Tang
Category:
Release the Exterior Wind-Cold
Gui Zhi Tang
Ingredients:
Gui Zhi Bai Shao Sheng Jiang Da Zao Zhi Gan Cao
Gui Zhi Tang
King Herb:
Gui Zhi
Releases the exterior; disperses wind-cold. More for the wei qi (bai shao is more for the ying)
Gui Zhi Tang
Clinical Application:
Releases exterior wind cold from the muscle layer and regulates ying and wei qi.
This is a common formula used for exterior wind cold or wind attack deficiency syndrome and ying wei disharmony.
Currently used for common cold, flu, upper respiratory tract infection, postpartum fever, allergic rhinitis, cerebrovascular spasm, eczema, and uticaria.
Gui Zhi Tang
Tongue:
Pulse:
Gui Zhi Tang
Tongue: thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial), either moderate or frail (indicative of deficiency)
Gui Zhi Tang
Common Name:
Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Category:
Release the Exterior Wind-Cold
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Ingredients:
Ma Huang Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Xi Xin Wu Wei Zi Bai Shao Zhi Ban Xia Zhi Gan Cao
Xiao Qing Long Tang
King Herb:
Ma Huang
Gui Zhi
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Clinical Application:
Releases exterior wind cold, warms the lungs, stops cough, calms asthma, and transforms congested fluids.
This is a common formula used for releasing wind-cold from the exterior and transform congested fluids from the interior.
Currently used for acute or chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, senile emphysema, or flu due to exterior cold with interior congested fluids.
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Tongue:
Pulse:
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Tongue: moist coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial), tight
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Common Name:
Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction
Xiang Su San
Category:
Release the Exterior Wind-Cold
Xiang Su San
Ingredients:
Xiang Fu
Zi Su Ye
Chen Pi
Zhi Gan Cao
Xiang Su San
King Herb:
Xiang Fu
Regulates all three jiaos
Xiang Su San
Clinical Application:
Regulates the qi and releases the exterior.
This formula is used for exterior wind cold with qi constrained in the interior.
Currently used for upper respiratory tract infection and stomach flu
Xiang Su San
Tongue:
Pulse:
Xiang Su San
Tongue: thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial)
