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Chinese Herb Patents
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| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| Formula that tonifies yin and blood and anchors shem for rising yang harassing the HT (and can cool the LR too) | An Shen Bu Xin Wan (Calm Shen Tonify Heart Pill) | s/s: insomnia, vivid or uncomfortable dreaming, palpitation, dizziness, restlessness with anxiety, chest pain or oppression, manic episodes, nightmares, hallucinations |
| Formula that combines Si Jun Zi Wan and Si Wu Wan to tonify qi and blood | Ba Zhen Wan (Eight Treasure Pills) | s/s: fatigue, dry hair and skin, pale complexion, cracked nails, dizziness, poor memory or concentration, amenorrhea or irregular periods, anemia, dizziness, heart palpitations, optic atrophy, slow wound healing |
| Formula for damp heat in the UB causing heat lin, blood lin or stone lin | Ba Zheng Wan (Eight Righteous Ingredients Pills) | s/s: acute UTI, dark, turbid, or bloody urine, painful urination, frequent urination, lower back pain, KD or UB infections |
| Formula for food stagnation, not tonifying but for chronic or acute food stagnation | Bao He Wan (Preserve Harmony Pills) | s/s: indigestion, epigastric or abdominal bloating or distension, belching, hiccups, nausea, poor appetite, poorly formed stools, morning or motion sickness, overeating, hangover |
| Formula for acute nasal congestion for exterior excess wind heat | Bi Yan Pian (Nasal Inflammation Pills) | s/s: watery or thick nasal discharge, sneezing, red, itchy eyes, seasonal hay fever, common cold, sinus infection |
| Formula that tonifies yin and yang for marrow, good for elderly, helps recover from stroke or trauma, improves mental function | Bu Nao Wan (Tonify Brain Pills) | s/s: poor memory, concentration and alertness, insomnia, restlessness, palpitation, anxiety or vivid uncomfortable dreaming |
| Formula that tonifies qi, lifts prolapse, clears qi deficient fever, treats general weakness | Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify Center, Increase Qi Pills) | s/s: prolapse, poor digestions, distension, fatigue, lethargy, loose stools, chronic diarrhea, flatulence, deficiency fever |
| Formula for cough with phlegm (slightly cooling, moistens LU, expectorate phlegm, stops cough) | Chuan Bei Pi Pa Lu (Fritillaria & Eriobotrya Syrup) | s/s: acute or chronic cough with profuse phlegm, bronchitis, smoker's cough, asthma, pertussis, emphysema, wind heat or accumulation of heat in the lung, thirst, dry mouth, sore throat or hoarse throat |
| Formula for upper jiao or lower jiao heat (damp heat or toxic heat) | Chuan Xin Lian Kang Yan Wan (Andrograpis Fight Inflammation Pills) | s/s: heat toxins, viral tonsillitis, viral hepatitis, herpes, common cold, influenza, measles, mumps, chicken pox, sore throat, bacterial dysentery, skin infections |
| Formula for KD yin deficiency with empty fire (clear deficient heat, anchors floating yang, branch and root) | Da Bu Yin Wan (Great Tonify the Yin Pill) | s/s: hot flashes, night sweats, feverish soles and palms, low grade fever, palpitations, insomnia, anxiety, spermatorrhea, lower back pain, coughing up of blood, deficiency heat bleeding |
| Formula for HT fire transferring to SI causing UTI, also ST fire | Dao Chi San Wan (Guide Out the Red Powder Pills) | s/s: high fever, dryness and thirst, irritability, sore throat, nightmares, poor sleep, difficult, dark, or painful urination, fever due to UTI or KD infection, mouth sores, nose bleed, bad breath |
| Formula for wind cold damp Bi syndrome with KD qi deficiency | Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Angelica and Loranthus Pill) | s/s: Bi syndrome affecting the lower body, aversion to cold, fatigue slow gait, stiff knees, weak lower back, numbness into the limbs, painful joints and tendons, sciatica, limb numbness, arthritis, rheumatism |
| Formula for chronic cough from SP deficiency (also indigestion) | Er Chen Wan (Two Aged Herbs Pills) | s/s: chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, mucus and food matter in stomach leading to nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, dizziness, vertigo, morning sickness, hangover, acid regurgitation, heartburn, goiter |
| Formula for tonifying yang plus clearing deficient heat | Er Xian Tang Wan (Two Immortal Decoction Pills) | s/s: hot flashes, high blood pressure, facial flush, sweating, anxiety, irritability, fatigue, insmonia, palpitation, hyperthyroid, hypertension, pituitary dysfunction |
| Formula for gentle nourishing for taxation causing insomnia, restlesness | Gan Mai Da Zao Wan (Glycerrhiza, Triticum, Jujube Pills) | s/s: depression, excessive worrying, unprovoked crying, restless sleep, insomnia, anxiety, clouded mind, vivid uncomfortable dreaming, uncomfortable emotional states |
| Formula for LR qi and blood stagnation | Ge Xia Zhu Yu Wan (Drive Out Stasis Below the Diaphragm Pill) | s/s: distending pain or pain with palpation in costal region or epigastrium, liver cirrhosis, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, uterine blood stagnation causing dysmenorrhea or fibroids |
| Formula for tonifying SP and HT, calms shen, good for insomnia with worrying, also good for stopping bleeding | Gui Pi Wan (Restore Spleen Pill) | s/s: insomnia, restless sleep, poor memory, excessive dreaming, dizziness, palpitations, anxiety, fatigue, poor appetite, bleeding d/t gastric ulcer, anemia, amenorrhea, light menses, prolonged menses, leukorrhea |
| Formula for clearing heat and moving blood and heals tissue to treat hemorrhoids, fissures | Hua Zhi Ling (Fargelin) | s/s: hemorrhoids, pain, bleeding, inflammation, swelling, itch |
| Formula for clearing heat in all three burners | Huang Lian Jie Du Wan (Coptis Relieve Toxin Pills) | s/s: fever, sore throat, delirium, insomnia, sinus infection, conjunctivitis, UTI, boils, infected wounds, spitting up of blood, staph or strep infection, dysentery, pneumonia |
| Formula for clearing heat but focused on head for throat, mouth, eyes (ST fire) | Huang Lian Shang Qing Pian (Coptis Upper Clearing Tablets) | s/s: fever, headaches, sore throat, strep throat, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis, eye stye, ear or sinus infection, tooth infection, mouth ulcers, swollen infected gum, nosebleed, constipation |
| Formula for clearing summerheat with wind damp cold | Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan (Agastache Correct the Qi Pills) | s/s: early stage summer damp heat invasion or wind cold invasion with interior damp, fever, headache, loose stools or diarrha, epigastric/abdominal bloating, costal pain, vomiting, nausea |
| Formula for LR qi stagnation with SP and blood deficiency with heat | Jia Wei Xiao Yao Wan (Added Ingredients Free and Relaxed Pills) | s/s: PMS, irregular menses, irritability, anxiety, depression, headache, breast distension, water retention, poor digestion, costal distension, poor appetite, loose stools, dizziness, fatigue |
| Formula for lowering hypertension from LR heat (excess or deficiency) for acute phase | Jiang Ya Pian (Lower Pressure Pills) | s/s: dizziness, vertigo, headache, elevated blood pressure, flushed face, pressure behind the eyes, tinnitus, irritability |
| Formula for calming fetus for threatened miscarriage from blood deficiency and cold in the uterus, helps control bleeding | Jiao Ai Wan (Gelatin and Artemesia Pills) | s/s: bleeding during pregnancy, abdominal cramping, threatened miscarriage, restless fetus, incomplete miscarriage, retention of placenta following childbirth, postpartum bleeding, heavy bleeding, prolonged spotting, abdominal cramps, bleeding hemorrhoid |
| Formula for improving immunity, protecting HT, general qi, yang, blood tonic | Jiao Gu Lan (Gynostemma Pills) | s/s: fatigue, poor concentration, anxiety, poor sleep, phlegm accumulation, weak cough, hypertension, lowering cholesterol, atherosclerosis |
| Formula for chronic prostate enlargement with SP/KD deficiency | Jie Jie Wan (Resolve Swelling Pills) | s/s: swollen prostate, urinary dribbling, urinary retention, difficulty urination, distended sensation in the lower abdomen and urethral pain |
| Formula for tonifying KD qi for urinary problems, low back weakness | Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan (Golden Cabinet Kidney Qi Pills) | s/s: low back pain or weakness, weak knees, cold legs, urinary dysfunction, male impotence, female infertility, edema, diabetes, fetal pressure during pregnancy |
| Formula for tonifying KD, astringes to stop spermatorrhea | Jin Suo Gu Jin Wan (Golden Lock Restrain Jing Pills) | s/s: male sexual dysfunction causing nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, urinary dribbling, leukorrhea, excessive sweating, diarrhea, swollen prostate, low back pain, fatigue, tinnitus, palpitation, enuresis |
| Formula for transforming damp and moving qi | Kang Ning Wan (Curing Pills) | s/s: acute food stagnation, epigastric or abdominal bloating, abdominal cramps, frontal headache, belching, hiccups, nausea, poor digestion or appetite, distension, pain or hyperacidity in epigastrium, nausea, loose stools |
| Formula for clearing damp heat, shrinks gallstones, helps move qi for pain and expelling stones | Li Dan Pian (Benefit the Gallbladder Pills) | s/s: gallstones, costal pain, jaundice, muscle tension, headache, gallbladder inflammation, hepatitis |
| Formula for tonifying qi and blood to treat the HT, SP, LR, and KD | Ling Zhi Pian (Ganoderma Tablets) | s/s: poor concentration, malaise, insomnia, asthma, overall tonic |
| Formula for tonifying SP with dampness stagnating in the MJ | Liu Jun Zi Wan (Six Gentlemen Pills) | s/s: poor digestion, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, epigastric or abdominal bloating, loose, pasty, or poorly formed stools, deficiency morning sickness, deficiency cough with phlegm |
| Formula for damp heat in the LR/GB in either organ or channel, excess conditions, promoting urination to drain fire and dampness | Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (Gentiana Drain Liver Pills) | s/s: headache, red eyes, ear ache, irritability, dizziness, costal pain or distension, jaundice, scanty urine, difficult urination, leukorrhea, urinary infection, HTN |
| Formula for draining dampness and clearing heat for hypertension, also lowering cholesterol | Luo Bu Ma Jiang Ya Wan (Apocynum Lower Pressure Pills) | s/s: hypertension, high blood fats, vertigo, headache, flushed face, pressure behind the eyes, irritability, retention of fluids |
| Formula for LU/KD yin deficiency; 3 to nourish 3 to drain with 2 for the LU, stabilizes and binds LU qi and yin | Mai Wei Di Huang Wan (Ophiopogon, Schisandra and Rehmannia Pills = Eight Immortals Long Life Pills) | s/s: dry cough, dry throat, dry nasal passages, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitation, TB, HIV, diabetes, smoking, dry asthma |
| Formula with a single herb to dissipate blood stasis, strongly opens blood vessels | Mao Dong Qing Jiao Nang (Ilex Mao Dong Qing Capsules) | s/s: chest pain from poor circulation of blood or accumulation of blood fats, angina, numbness or distending into arm, palpitation, tachycaria, restless sleep or insomnia, headache, dizziness, head trauma |
| Formula for nourishing yin and blood to benefit the eyes, contains Qi Ju Di Huang Wan | Ming Mu Di Huang Wan (Bright Eyes Rehmannia Pills) | s/s: eye conditions such as poor vision, night blindness, dry eyes, red and itchy eyes, photophobia, excessive tearing, dryness, internal pressure, glaucoma, cataract |
| Formula that nourished LR/KD yin that benefits the eyes | Qi Du Di Huang Wan (Lycium, Chrysanthemum, Rehmannia Pills) | s/s: dryness, blurry vision, pressure behind the eyes, poor night vision, glaucoma, photophobia, cataract, optic neuritis, retinal detachment, retinitis, dizziness, headaches, hypertension |
| Formula for joint pain, RA, trauma, also nerve pains (sciatica, neuralgia); analgesic | Qi Ye Lian Zhi Tong Pian (Schefflera Relieve Pain Pills) | s/s: acute or chronic pain due to injury, rheumatic pain in the joints and muscles, trigeminal neuralgia, headache, toothache, sciatic pain and lower back pain |
| Formula for phlegm fire in the LU, purge heat in the stools as well as urine | Qing Fei Yi Huo Pian (Clear Lungs and Restrain Fire Pills) | s/s: sharp, barking cough, sore lungs, cough with thick, difficult to expectorate yellow phlegm, dry mouth, sore throat, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pulmonary abscess, TB, mouth sores, bleeding gums, toothache, fever |
| Formula for phlegm heat in the LU, acute or chronic | Qing Qi Hua Tang Wan (Clear Qi and Transform Phlegm Pills) | s/s: acute or chronic cough with accumulation of yellow phlegm, with sign of barking or rattling cough, difficulty breathing, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, pertussis, chronic asthma, emphysema |
| Formula for wind heat with cough | Sang Ju Pian (Morus and Chrysanthemum Pills) | s/s: early stage common cold or flu with symptoms of dry cough, painful chest, fever, dry or sore throat, watery or red eyes, headache, tonsillitis, influenza, acute bronchitis, conjunctivitis, chicken pox, measles |
| Formula that astringes and tonifies for urinary incontinence with HT and KD qi deficiency | Sang Piao Xiao San (Mantidis Powder Pills) | s/s: frequent urination, urinary incontinence, cloudy urine, spermatorrhea, insomnia, poor memory, fatigue, palpitation, pediatric enuresis |
| Formula for Taiyang Fu syndrome with water retention, water accumulation with SP qi deficiency | Wu Ling San (Five With Poria Powder Pills) | s/s: ascites, watery diarrhea, heaviness of limbs, vomiting of fluids, headache, dizziness, SOB, difficulty urinating, CHF, nephritis, abdominal ascites |
| Formula that is diuretic to drain damp and edema | Wu Pi Yin Wan (Five Peel Teapills) | s/s: abdominal ascites, damp edema, heavy, swollen joints, labored breathing |
| Formula that warms KD yang to treat edema water retention, not as stronly diuretic | Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Teapills) | s/s: water retention, urinary difficulty, watery diarrhea, heavy limbs, swollen joints, heavy abdominal distension with pain, edema, CHF, nephritis, liver cirrhosis, ascites, hypothyroidism, arthritis, dizzinesz, vertigo |
| Formula that strongly moves blood and warms uterus for pain | Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Lower Abdomen Drive Out Stasis Teapills) | s/s: menstrual cramps, postpartum cramping, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, uterine blood stagnation causing amenorrhea, irregular menses, infertility, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly |
| Formula to move blood stasis and nourish blood | Tao Hong Si Wu Tang (Persica, Carthamus, Four Substance Teapills) | s/s: menstrual cramps with dark blood or clots, shortened period with heavy bleeding, amenorrhea, irregular menses, infertility, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, anemia |
| Formula that warms, nourishes, tonifies blood, qi and jing | Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan (Black Chicken, White Phoenix Pills) | s/s: amenorrhea, light or scanty periods, irregular menses, protracted spotting, postpartum fatigue, infertility, dizziness, poor memory, dry hair, dry skin, hair loss, cracked skin or fingernails, stiff tendons |
| Formula for LQ qi stagnation with SP and blood deficiency | Xiao Yao Wan (Free and Relaxed Pills) | s/s: PMS, irregular menses, irritability, anxiety, depression, headache, breast distension, water retentior, poor digestion, costal distension, poor appetite, loose stools |
| Formula that is a mild tonic, focuses on chronic loose stools or SP/LU deficient cough, mild enough for pediatric and pregnancy | Shen Ling Bai Zhu Wan (Ginseng, Poria, Atractylodes Pills) | s/s: loose stools, diarrhea, poor appetite, fatigue, weight loss, lassitude, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, borborygmus, swollen tongue with wet coat, weak and wide pulse |
| Formula for harmonizing and warming MJ | Xian Jian Zhong Wan (Minor Strengthen the Center Pills) | s/s: eepigastric or abdominal pain or spasm, acid regurgitation, poor appetite, chronic gastritis, IBS, ulcer, chronic hepatitis, rhinitis, epistaxis, emphysema, swollen prostate |
| Formula that moves qi and blood for painful joints and limbs, chronic deep pain, numbness. Stronger than Feng Shi Xiao Tong Wan for moving blood | Shen Tong Zhu Yu Wan (Body Pain Drive Out Stasis Decoction) | s/s: painful joints and limbs, chronic deep pain in the limbs, muscle aching, numbness and tingling, arthritis, rheumatism, trauma |
| Formula that tonifies qi and yin, especially in the LU, also yin collapse | Sheng Mai San (Generate the Pulse Pill) | s/s: fatigue, cough, difficulty breathing, spontaneous sweating, palpitation, weakened heart, chronic dry cough, arrhythmia, dry cough |
| Formula that tonifies qi and blood but also aids in healing stubborn sores | Shi Quan Da Bu Wan (Ten Inclusive Great Tonifying Pills) | s/s: fatigue, dry hair and skin, cracked nails, poor concentration/memory, dizziness, palpitation, spontaneous perspiration, weak limbs, amenorrhea, scanty periods, profuse menses |
| Formula for KD yang and Jing deficiency (also blood) | You Gui Wan (Right Return Pills) | s/s: low back pain or weakness, weak knees, urinary dysfunction, impotence, infertility, cold limbs, edema, poor digestion, loose stools |
| Formula that consolidates exterior and releases wind | Yu Ping Feng San (Jade Windscreen) | s/s: spontaneous sweating, sensitivity to wind, lowered immunity, recurrent colds, fatigue, pale or puffy complexion, low voice, poor appetite |
| Formula for tonifying LR/KD yin deficiency plus Zhi Mu and Huang Bai to clear more deficient heat | Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan (Anemarrhena and Phellodendron Eight Flavor Pills) | s/s: night sweats, low grade tidal fever, 5 palm heat, hot flashes, palpitations, insomnia, anxiety |
| Formula that tonifies HT qi and blood, warms HT yang to treat arrythmias | Zhi Gan Cao Tang (Honey Fried Licorice Pills) | s/s: heart palpitation, irregular heartbeat, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, numbness or tingling aggravated by fatigue |
| Formula for tonifying yin and jing | Zuo Gui Wan (Restore the Left Pill) | s/s: weak lumbar area or lower legs, dizziness, ear ringing, palpitations, insomnia, fatigue, night sweats, impotence, weakened eyesight, premature ejaculation |
| Formula for LR qi stagnation with LR/SP disharmony but stronger for moving qi and dampness | Shu Gan Wan (Dredge the Live Pills) | s/s: epigastric distension and pain, costal distension, indigestion, poor appetite, belching, nausea, hiccups |
| Formula that harmonizes GB for physical or psychological s/s | Wen Dan Tang (Warm the Gallbladder Pill) | s/s: dizziness, vertigo, headache, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite/digestion, anxiety, insomnia, irritability, depression, chest or costal oppression, palpitation |
| Formula for LR yin deficiency causing LR qi stagnation | Yi Guan Jian (Linking Decoction Pill) | s/s: costal distension, nausea, epigastric pain, acid regurgitation, belching, dry throat and mouth |
| Formula for tonifying LR and HT for sleep | Suan Zao Ren Tang Pian (Zizyphus Teapills) | s/s: disturbed sleep, insomnia, restlessness, palpitations, night sweats, anxiety, vivid uncomfortable dreaming, poor concentration, clouded mind, mental fatigue |
| Formula for tonifying HT and KD yin for insomnia, clears deficient heat | Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan (Emperor's Special Pill to Tonify the Heart) | s/s: disturbed sleep, insomnia, restlessness, palpitation, anxiety, vivid uncomfortable dreaming, poor memory, tongue and mouth ulcerations, nocturnal emission, constipation |
| Formula for blood stasis in chest and epigatrium | Xue Fu Zhu Yu Wan (Drive Stasis Out of the Mansion of Blood Pill) | s/s: oppression in the chest, epigatrium, hear, chest or costal pain, restless sleep, palpitation, dizziness, irritability, depression, stabbing headache, belching, prolonged hiccup, choking sensation |
| Formula for diarrhea with cramping | Xiang Lian Wan (Aucklandia and Coptis Pills) | s/s: acute dysentery or GI causing diarrhea with pus, pain and tenesmus |
| Formula to treat skin itching from wind damp heat | Xiao Feng San Wan (Disperse Wind Powder Pills) | s/s: skin itching, red raised wheals, weepy skin lesions, open sores, eczema, psoriasis, pruritus, dermatitis, allergic urticaria |
| Formula for cold type nasal congestion | Xin Yi Wan (Magnolia Pills) | s/s: clear watery discharge with headache, achy neck and shoulders, sneezing, loss of smell |
| Formula for wind heat with sore throat | Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian (Lonicera and Forsythia Resolve TOxin Pills) | s/s: sore throat, low fever, thirst, aching shoulders and neck, headache, swollen glands or dry cough |
| Formula that generates fluids and nourishes yin to treat diabetes | Yu Quan Wan (Jade Spring Pills) | s/s: diabetes, thirst, frequent urination, excessive hunger, weight loss, fatigue, turbid urine |
| Formula for acne, rashes, hives from blood heat, softens hardness | Zhen Zhu An Chuang Pian (Pearl Acne Pills) | s/s: acne, skin rash, allergic hives, boils, hardened furuncles, rosacea |
| Formula that tonifies LR and HT for sleep, aids in digestion and clears heat | An Mian Pian (Calm Sleep Pills) | s/s: insomnia, restlessness, palpitation, anxiety, vivid or uncomfortable dreaming, and mental fatigue, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, depression |