Dāng Guī Bŭ Xuè Tāng

Question 1

Actions

Answer 1

Tonifies the qi and generates blood

Question 2

Indications

Answer 2

hot sensation in the muscles
red face
irritability
thirst with a desire to drink warm beverages

fever and headache due to loss of blood

T: pale
P: flooding, large, deficient that is forceless when pressed hard

Question 3

Diagnostic Pattern

Answer 3

Qi and blood deficiencies due to overexertion; heat from deficiency characterized by blood deficiency and floating yang.

Question 4

Herbs

Answer 4

huáng qí
jiŭ xĭ dāng guī

Question 5

huáng qí

Answer 5

strongly tonifies the original qi of the Spleen
secures the exterior

turning qi inward: facilitate the production of blood, which is produced by the qi transformations of the middle burner

augmenting qi supports movement and transformation: reinforces the generation of blood on a second level

Question 6

dāng guī

Answer 6

tonifies and invigorates the blood: works better in generating new blood than do other, more cloying substances
replenishes the “qi of the blood”: works particularly well with huáng qí (indirectly tonifies the blood by tonifying the qi)

Question 7

Cautions and Contraindications

Answer 7

Cautions in cases with tidal fever from yin deficiency.