Question | Answer |
Dang Gui Si Ni Tang (tangkuei decoction for frigid extremities) chief herbs | dang gui & gui zhi |
Dang Gui Si Ni Tang (tangkuei decoction for frigid extremities) action | warm channel, disperse cold, nourish blood & unblock blood vessels |
Function of 'mu tong' in Dang Gui Si Ni Tang? | facilitate flow in channels & vessels |
Dang Gui Si Ni Tang - indication | Pain with blood deficiency. Cold limbs d/t blood deficiency. |
Yang He Tang (yang heartening decoction) ind & chief herbs | Yin Sores; rou gui & pao jiang = chiefs |
Li Zhong Wan (regulate the middle pill) - indications (2) | SP/ST deficiency cold AND Bleeding d/t Yang Xu |
Li Zhong Wan (regulate the middle pill) ingredients | gan jiang(c), ren shen, bai zhu, zhi gan cao |
Li Zhong Wan (regulate the middle pill) actions | warm MJ, tonify SP Qi |
Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang (prepared aconite pill to regualte the middle)AF of Li Zhong Wan -ind & ing | For more severe internal cold; Li Zhong Tang + fu zi |
Wu Zhu Yu Tang (evodia decoction) indications | Vomiting d/t LR/ST deficiency; stronger warming than Li Zhong Wan; mechanism = ST deficiency cold, turbid yin, rebellious Qi |
Wu Zhu Yu Tang (evodia decoction) ingredients | wu zhu yu(c), sheng jiang, ren shen, da zao |
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang (minor construct the middle decoction) - indication | spasmodic abdominal pain d/t 'xu lao' (consumptive disorders) |
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang (minor construct the middle decoction) - ingredients | yi tang= maltose(c), shao yao, gui zhi, sheng jiang, da zao, zgc; OR Gui Zhi Tang + yi tang |
Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang - ingredients & indication | bai shao yao & zhi gan cao > treats spasms if minimum 2:1 ratio |
Da Jian Zhong Tang (major construct the middle decoction)- indication | severe abdominal pain d/t MJ Yang Qi deficiency & internal cold - excruciating pain & cold sensation in epigastrium & abdomen. Use only short time. |
Da Jian Zhong Tang (major construct the middle decoction) chief herb | chuan jiao = hua jiao(used in cooking, from Sichuan Province); warms MJ & relieves pain |
Si Ni Tang (frigid extremities decoction) action | rescue devastated Yang |
Si Ni Tang (frigid extremities decoction) - indication | Shaoyin Disease - cold extremities, chills, lassitude, T-pale, P-slow minute thin |
Si Ni Tang (frigid extremities decoction) modern useage | myocardial infarctions, CHF, shock
(HT and KD Yang Xu) |
Si Ni Tang (frigid extremites decoction)- ing | fu zi(c), gan jiang, zhi gan cao |
Hui Yang Ji Tang (restore & revive the yang decoction) - indication | cold directly attacking all 3 Yin stages & exhausted true yang - for emergencies, stronger than Si Ni Tang |
Hui Yang Ji Tang (restore & revive the yang decoction) chief herbs | fu zi, gan jiang, rou gui |