Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chinese Herb Patents
SWAC - Dr. Broadbent
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| What formula is best used for wind cold invasion causing headache? | Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao Wan (Ligusticum and Green Tea Pills) - Qiang Huo with green tea for headaches | Chuan Xiong (inv blood, shaoyang h/a), Bai Zhi (yangming h/a), Qiang Huo (taiyang h/a), Jing Jie & Fang Feng (release ext), Bo He (clear head heat), Gan Cao (harmonize), Xi Xin (shaoyin h/a) |
| What formula is best used for wind cold invasion with copious cold type phlegm; a mix b/w Ma Huang Tang and Gui Zhi Tang? | Xiao Qing Long Wan (Minor Bluegreen Dragon Pills) - the little dragon with a tough shell is coughing | Ma Huang & Gui Zhi (rel ext, trans congested fluids), Bai Shao (harmonize ying/wei), Xi Xin (scatter damp), Gan Jiang (trans phlegm), Zhi Ban Xia (resolves rebellion), Wu Wei Zi (generate fluids), Gan Cao (harmonize) |
| What formula is best used for wind cold damp invasion with body aches of excess symptomology? | Jing Fang Bai Du Wan (Schizonepeta and Ledebouriella Defeat Toxin Pills) | Fang Feng (trans damp), Jing Jie (opens pores), Chai Hu (w-h shaoyang), Sheng Jiang (warm MJ), Qiang Huo (upper Bi), Du Huo (lower Bi), Qian Hu & Jie Geng (trans phlegm), Fu Ling (dr damp), Zhi Ke (reg MJ), Chuan Xiong (inv blood), Gan Cao (harmonize) |
| What formula is best used for wind cold damp invasion with body aches of deficiency symptomology? | Ren Shen Bai Du Wan (Ginseng Defeat Toxin Pills) | same herbs as previous but without Jing Jie & Fang Feng, and with Ren Shen and Bo He to tonify qi |
| What formula is best used for wind cold invasion with stiff neck and headache? | Ge Gen Wan (Kudzu Pills) | same herbs as Gui Zhi Tang plus Ge Gen (release ext from muscle layer, generate fluids, taiyang/yangming d/o with diarrhea) |
| What formula is best used for early wind heat invasion, can also treat both wind-cold and wind heat invasion? | Gan Mao Ling Wan (Common Cold Effective Pills) | Ge Gen (rel muscle layer), Bo He & Ju Hua (clear heat), Da Qing Ye & Lian Qiao (clear toxic wind heat), Xing Ren, Jie Geng & Qian Hu (transform phlegm, descend LU qi), Gan Cao (harmonize) |
| What formula is best used for early stage wind heat with shaoyang disorders involved? | Chai Ge Jie Jin Wan (Bupleurum and Pueraria Resolve Muscle Pills) | Ge Gen (rel muscle layer), Chai Hu (shaoyang), Bai Zhi (yangming), Qiang Huo (taiyang), Huang Qin (clear damp heat), Sheng Jiang (warm MJ), Jie Geng (tr phlegm), Bai Shao (nour blood), Da Zao & Gan Cao (harmonize) |
| What formula is best used for wind heat with cough? | Sang Ju Pian (Morus and Chrysanthemum Pills) | Sang Ye & Ju Hua (clear w-h), Bo He (clear heat), Lian Qaio (expel toxin), Lu Gen (generate fluid), Xing Ren (reg LU qi, stop cough), Jie Geng (tr phlegm), Gan Cao (harmonize) |
| What formula is best used for exterior wind heat with interior yangming heat; all three avenues of clearing used | Fang Feng Tong Sheng Wan (Ledebouriella that Sagely Unblocks) | Fang Feng & Jing Jie (clear w-d-h), Bo He (clear heat), Lian Qiao (exp toxin), Mang Xiao (soften), Da Huang (purge), Huang Qin (clr damp heat), Zhi Zi (pr urine), Chuan Xiong (inv blood), Dang Gui & Bai Zhu (nour blood), Jie Geng (tr phlegm), Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for wind heat with sore throat? | Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian (Lonicera and Forsythia Resolve Toxin Pills) | Jin Yin Hua & Lian Qaio (clear heat, exp toxin), Niu Bang Zi & Bo He (clear heat in throat), Dan Dou Chi, Dan Zhu Ye & jign Jie (rel ext), Lu Gen (moisten), Jie Geng (tr phlegm), Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for more toxic heat and sore throat? | Ling Qiao Jie Du Pian (Antelope Horn and Forsythia Resolve Toxin Pills) | Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian + Ling Yang Jiao (clear toxic heat, control liver yang and internal heat) |
| What formula is best used for epidemic wind heat, especially involving head and neck? | Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin Wan (Universal Benefit Disperse Toxin Decoction Pills) | Lian Qiao, Ban Lan Gen, Ma Bo, Bo He, Sheng Ma & Niu Bang Zi (clear toxic heat), Chai Hu (clear heat, resolve stag), Xuan Shen (nourish yin), Huang Qin & Huang Lian (clear damp heat), Jie Geng & Chen Pi (tr phlegm), Jiang Can (arrest tremors), Gan Cao |
| What formula is a sweetened form of Gan Mao Ling Pian to mix as a liquid, good for kids, but not much on releasing exterior, moderate strength for moderate s/s? | Gan Mao Tui Re Chong Ji (Common Cold Remove Heat Granules) | Da Qing Ye, Ban Lan Gen, Quan Shen, Lian Qiao (clear heat, reduce toxin, resolve abscess) |
| What formula is best used for exterior wind heat with high fever, because it contains Shi Gao? | Zhong Gan Ling (Heavy Cold Effective Remedy) | Mao Dong Qing & Ma Bian Cao (bitter/cold to clear heat), Ban Lan Gen (clear heat, clear throat), Qing Hao (cool blood, clear xu heat), Shi Gao (very cold, disperse fire), Ge Gen (clear heat, promote fluids), Qiang Huo (release exterior) |
| What formula is best used for nasal congestion, cold type? | Xin Yi Wan (Magnolia Pills) | Xin Yi Hua (disperse cold, unblock nose), Xi Xin (trans cold), Fang Feng, Qiang Huo & Gao Ben (rel exterior), Chuan Mu Tong (leach out damp), Sheng Ma (release exterior, clear heat), Chuan Xiong (move qi/xue, expel wind), Bai Zhu (trans damp), Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for nasal congestion, with some warm and some cool herbs; a basic building block formula? | Cang Er Zi Wan (Xanthium Pills) | Cang Er Zi (expel w/d, unblock nose), Bai Zhi (release exterior, dry damp), Xin Yi Hua (disperse cold, unblock nose), Bo He (release exterior, cold, dispersing) |
| What formula is for nasal congestion, some heat, discharge, herbs include focusing on LR? | Bi Tong Pian (Nasal Pain Pills) | E Bu Shi Cao (disperse c-d), Zhu Dan Zhi (clear LU, trans phlegm), Huo Xiang (tran damp), Bai Shao (nourish xue, LR), Jin Yin Hua & Ju Hua (clear heat), Bo He (rel ext), Jing Jie (rel ext) |
| What formula is best used for nasal congestion, with some heat, including from allergies? | Bi Min Gan Wan (Nasal Susceptibility Pills) | Xin Yi Hua & E Bu Shi Cao (disperse c-d), Cang Er Zi (unblock nose), Bo He, Fang Feng, & Zi Su Ye (rel ext), Huo Xiang (trans damp), Ye Jua Hua (clear heat), Ban Lan Gen (clear heat) |
| What formula is best used for acute nasal congestion, exterior excess wind heat condition? | Bi Yan Pian (Nasal Inflammation Pills) | Cang Er Zi (unblock nose), Xin Yi Hua (disperse c-d), Bai Zhi (dry damp), Fang Fang & Jing Jie (rel ext), Ju Hua & Lian Qiao (clear heat), Zhi Mu (clear heat), Jie Geng (trans phlegm), Wu Wei Zi (strengthen LU/KD), Gan Cao, Yi Tang (calms cough) |
| What formula is best used for chronic nasal congestion, less or no fever, no outstanding OPI? | Bi Yuan Wan (Nasal Deep Pool Pills) | Cang Er Zi (unblock nose), Hou Po (dry damp), Qian Cao Gen (cool blood), Jin Yin Hua & Ju Hua (clear heat) |
| What formula is best used for boils and toxic fire in the skin; also a general microbial? | Wu Wei Xiao Du Dan (Five Flavor Disperse Toxin Pill) | Jin Yin Hua, Ye Ju Hua, Zi Hua Di Ding, Pu Gong Ying, Tian Kui Zi (five flowers to clear heat and expel toxin) |
| What formula is best used for upper jiao or lower jiao toxic heat (d-h or toxic heat), mostly for viruses attacking LR or lymph system? | Chuan Xin Lian Kang Yan Wan (Andrographis Fight Inflammation Pill) | Chuan Xin Lian (clear heat, expel toxin, drain damp), Pu Gong Ying (clear heat, drain damp), Ban Lan Gen (clear heat, expel toxin, cool blood) |
| What formula is a Gan Mao Ling variation, yet clears toxic heat? | Gan Mao Qing Jiao Nang (Common Cold Clearing Capsules) | Chauan Xin Lian, Shan Zhi Ma (antiviral), Ban Lan Gen, Da Qing Ye |
| What formula is a formula that uses only a single ingredient but treats HT/ST heat, can be used either internal or topical, often combined with others, and often used for staph or strep virus? | Huang Lian Su Wan (Coptis Concentrated Extract Pill) | Huang Lian (clear heat, dry damp, expel toxin) |
| What formula is best used for heat in all three burners? | Huang Lian Jie Du Wan (Coptis Relieve Toxin Pill) | Huang Qin (clear heat in the UJ), Huang Lian (clear heat in the MJ), Huang Bai (clear heat in the LJ), Zhi Zi (disperse fire, drain damp, clear toxin) |
| What formula is best used for intestinal abscess including appendicitis? | Da Huang Mu Dan Pi Tang (Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction) | Da Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Mang Xiao, Dong Gua Ren, Tao Ren |
| What formula is best used for diarrhea with cramping due to damp heat? | Xiang Lian Wan (Aucklandia and Coptis Pills) | Wu Zhu Yu (disperse cold, dry damp, drain liver qi down), Mu Xiang (move qi, regulate MJ, calm pain), Huang Lian (clear heat, dry damp, expel toxin) |
| What formula is best used for clearing damp heat toxin but focuses on head for throat, mouth, eyes (St Fire) | Huang Lian Shang Qing Pian (Coptis Upper Clearing Pills) | Huang Lian, Huang Qin, Shi Gao, Da Huang, Jie Geng, Gan Cao, Fang Feng, Jing Jie, Bai Zhi, Gao Ben, Man Jing Zi, Ju Hua |
| What formula is best used for clearing damp heat toxin, like s/s of bleeding gums, acute toothaches, also focuses on the head but not purging, some nourishing? | Qing Wei San Wan (Clear the Stomach Powder Pills) | Sheng Ma (clear heat, rel ext) , Huang Lian (clear MJ damp heat), Mu Dan Pi (clear heat, cool blood), Sheng Di Huang (nourish yin/blood), Dang Gui (nourish/invigorate blood) |
| What formula is best used as a topical powder for mouth, throat, & sinus problems; also available as lozenges | Fu Fang Xi Gua Shuang (Medicinal Compound Watermelon Frost) | Xi Gua Shuang (disperse summerheat), Shan Dou Gen, She Gan, Qing Dai, Chuan Bei Mu (transform phlegm, clear heat, calm cough), Bing Pian (open orifice,clear heat), Bo He Nao (clear heat), Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for severe sore throat with exotic ingredients? | Liu Shen Wan (Six Spirits Pills) | Niu Huang (clear heat, expel toxin, open orifice), Chan Su (expel toxin, open orifice), She Xiang (open HT orifice), Zhang Nao, Zhen Zhu Mu (calm HT, clear LR) |
| What formula is best used for high fever - HT fire transferring to SI causing UTI, also ST fire? | Dao Chi San Wan (Guide Away the Red Powder Pills) | Sheng Di Huang (clear heat, cool blood, nourish yin), Mu Tong & Dan Zhu Ye (clear heat, calm urination pain), Gan Cao (clear heat, expel toxin, calm urination pain) |
| What formula is best used for hig fever due to Qi level heat, yangming jing stage heat, also ST heat causing mouth problems? | Bai Hu Tang Wan (White Tiger Decoction Pills) | Shi Gao (clear heat, disperse fire), Zhi Mu (clear heat, disperse fire, nourish yin), Jing Mi (tonify MJ, benefit qi), Zhi Gan Cao (regulate MJ) |
| What formula is best used for high fever, throat and head, also for constipation, skin rashes, Can combine with yin qiao jie du wan | Niu Huang Jie Du Wan (Ox Gallstones Resolve Toxin Pills) | Da Huang (purges, disperse fire, invigorate blood), Niu Huang (clear heat, expel toxin, transform phlegm), Shi Gao (clear heat, disperse fire), Huang Qin (clear damp heat), Jie Geng (transform disperse and descend, transform phlegm), Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for high fever but sometimes used for stroke sequelae with fever, treat blood for wind? | Niu Huang Qing Xin Wan (Ox Gallstone Clear Heart Pills) | Niu Huang (clear heat, expel toxin), Huang Lian & Huang Qin (both clear damp heat), Zhi Zi (clear damp heat, promote urination), Yu Jin (cool blood, moves qi and blood), Zhu Sha (clear heat) |
| What formula is best used for high fever in the HT/PC fire causing delirium, loss of consciousness, (more heat) etc? | An Gong Niu Huang Wan (Peaceful Palace Ox Gallstone Pills) | Niu Huang, Xi Jiao, Huang Lian, Jiang Huang, Zhen Zu, She Xiang, Honey |
| What formula is best used for high fever in the HT/PC fire causing convulsions (more wind)? | Zi Xue Dan (Purple Snow Pills) | Mang Xiao, Xiao Shi, Ci Shi, Hua Shi, Shi Gao, Han Shui Shi, Gan Cao, Sheng Ma, Xuan Shen, Shui Niu Jiao, Ling Yang Jiao, Chen Xiang, Ding Xiang, She Xiang, Mu Xiang |
| What formula is best used for infant fever / colic, for food stagnation and heat causing digestion problem in kids? | Xiao Er Qi Xing Cha (Children's Seven Star Tea) | Yi Yi Ren, Dan Zhu Ye, Chan Tui, Gou Teng, Gu Ya (promote digestion, harmonize MJ), Shan Zha, Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for deficiency fire causing steaming bone disorder, treating more of the branch rather than the root? | Qing Gu San Wan (Cool the Bones Powder Pills) | Yin Chai Hu (clear def heat), Di Gu Pi (cool blood, clear empty heat), Qing Hao (clear empty heat), Hu Huang Lian, Zhi Mu, Qin Jiao (expel wind damp, soothe sinews), Bie Jia (nourish yin), Gan Cao |
| What formula is best used for deficiency fire with KD yin deficiency, also anchors floating yang, branch and root? | Da Bu Yin Wan (Great Tonify Yin Pill) | Sheng Di Huang (nourish yin/blood), Gui Ban (soften sinew, nourish yin), Zhi Mu (clear def heat), Huang Bai (clear LJ heat) |
| What formula is best used for wind cold invasion with exterior deficiency (slight sweating, moderate pulse) | Gui Zhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) | Gui Zhi (rel ext wind cold muscle), Bai Shao (nourish ying/wei), Sheng Jiang (rel ext, regulate sp), Da Zao (harmonize ying/xue, tonify MJ), Zhi Gan Cao (wind cold spasms, tonify SP/HT) |
Created by:
dmgrace
Popular Acupuncture sets