Extinguish Internal Wind - Rx Details Flashcards
Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang
details and ingredients
Chief: Huai Niu Xi - Achyranthus Bidentatae Radix - Invig Bld - guides down, back to yin, nourished KD/LV yin
deputy: Dai Zhe Shi - Haematitum - Ext wind, stop tremors
Long Gu - Fossila Ossis Mastodi - Calm spirit
Mu Li - Strea Concha - Calm Spirit
Assistant: Gui Ban - Plastrum Testudinis - Tonify Yin
above 4 push the LV qi back down - heavy minerals
Assistant: Xuan Shen - scrophulariae Radix - CH CB
Tian Men Dong - Asparigi Rx - Ton Yin - together nourish Lu/KD yin - upper and lower source of water
Bai Shao - calming LV, astringent pulling it back
Yin Chen - Artemisiae Scopariae Herba - Drain Dampness - clears heat and cools LV
Chuan Lian Zi - Toosendan Fructus - Reg Qi - creates healthy movt of Qi and won’t damage Yin.
Mai Ya - Hordei Fructus Germinatus - Relieve food stag - helps ST process heavy minerals
envoy: Gan Cao - harmonize
Dx: LV Yang Rising leading to LV wind
Sx: dizziness/vertigo - distention in eyes - tinnitus - feverish sensation in head - HA - irritability - flushed face
PULSE: wiry, long forceful
TONGUE: red, possible stiff or trembling
etiology - LU not directing Qi down and KD not containing Qi lead to LV Qi rising up -> congestion of blood in brain
PRE-STROKE FORMULA
Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
details and ingredients
Chief: Ling Yang Jiao - Saigae Tataricae Cornu - ext wind, stp tremors - quells Wind and anchors LV Yang
Gou Teng - Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncus - ext wind, stp tremors - quells LV wind, alleviates spasm, calm yang
Deputy: Sang Ye - Mori Folium - CARE & Ju Hua - Crysanthemi Flos - CARE - cool LU and LV to clear residual wei level heat
Assitant: Bai Shao - calm excess movement of LV, calms spasms, softens, relaxes and smooths LV, nourishes blood so wind can not enter
Sheng Di Huang - cools ying and xue to prevent transmission to deeper levels
Chuan Bei Mu - Fritillaria Cirrhosae Bulbus - transform phlegm &
Zhu Ru - Bambusae In Taneiis Caulis - transform phlegm &
Fu Shen - Poriae Sclerotum Paradicis - drain dampness - three herbs clear phlegm heat. ZR and FS also calm spirit
Envoy - Gan Cao - harmonizes, and w bai shao, alleviates spasm
Dx Excess Heat in the LV Channel stirring up Internal Wind
Sx: Persistent high fever, Irritability, restlessness, dizziness, vertigo, twitching and spasms of extremities
TONGUE: deep red, dry or burnt
PULSE: wiry, rapid
BioMed: Meningitis, HTN, encephalitis, eclampsia
etiology: WH -> wei/qi level -> enters sinews -> full heat -> generates LV Fire -> fire stirs up LV Qi - > generates wind.
LV Fire also -> congeals liquids to phlegm
Heat moves fast through layers - Gou Teng and Ling Yang Jiao enter Ying level to prevent advancement of heat.
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Details and ingredients
Chief: Tian Ma - Gastrodiae Rhizoma - ext wind, stp tremors -calms neurological system
Gou Teng - Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis - ext wind, stp tremors - cools LV and calms LV rising
Deputy: Shi Jue Ming - Haliotidis Concha - ext wind, stp tremors - pushes LV yang down, gives appropriate structure to LV yang
Assistant: Zhi Zi - eliminate irritability
Huang Qin - Scuttellariae Rx - CH DD - clears heat from LV - descends LV Yang
Yi Mu Cao - Leounuri Herba - Invig Bld - create healthy movement of LV Blood
Chan Niu Xi - Cyanthulae Rx - Invig Bld - guiding movement downward
Du Zhong - Eucommiae Cortex - Ton Yang - Ton KD Yang and Yin, provides physical root to sytem
Sang Ji Sheng - Taxilli Herba - Dispel WD - KD Bld tonic, enters pelvis and nourishes blood - gives ease to root
Ye Jiao Teng - Polygoni Multiflori Caulis - nourish HT calm spirit - nourishes LV Bld, kite string for Hun
Fu Shen - Poria Sclerotium Pararadicis - Drain Dampness - calm shen
Dx: Hyperactivity of LV yang leading to stirring of LV wind
Sx: HA dizziness/vertigo tinnitus blurred vision sensation of heat in the head insomnia w dream disturbed sleep TONGUE: red PULSE: wiry rapid
etiology: LV Bld and KD Yang def not rooting LV Yang -> LV Yang Rising -> wind
“weekend migraine Rx”
HTN Rx
“HA to Hard On Rx”
