Formulas 5 Flashcards
Xiao Yao San
LV overacting on SP
LV stagnation that is worse with STRESS
“when i get stressed, i get loose stool, i get tired…etc”
irregular menses, PMS formula
IBS formula with stress
emotional depression due to trying to be nice
chai hu, bo he move LV qi
Bai Shao, Dang Gui - nourish LV blood
Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Sheng Jiang, Zhi Gan Cao- SP
T: pale red with gooey coat
P: wiry at LV, weak at SP
Si Ni San
Yang Jue- Yang collapse
Shaoyin syndrome with Frigid extremities due to
LV Qi stagnation ; hypochondriacal distention
c. Chai Hu - open and move up out
d. Zhi Shi - open and move down and out
a. Bai Shao - dui yao with Chai Hu ; chill out LV Qi
e. ZGC -
vs. Si Ni Tang- KD Yang xu ; C. Fu Zi
vs. Dang Gui Si Ni Tang- cold w the blood xu
Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
or
Dan Zi Xiao Yao San
LV Qi constraint Transforming into Fire
everybody is aware of your stress and irritability
brighter menses, red
Xiao Yao San + Zhi Zi + Mu Dan Pi
Tong Xie Yao Fang
Painful diarrhea due to SP xu and LV excess
IBS formula!
recurrent bouts of PAINFUL diarrhea and pain alleviated by bowel movement
Bai Zhu and Bai Shao - dui yao ; harmonizes LV, SP
Chen Pi, Fang Feng
T: thin, white coating
P: wiry LV and weak SP ; wiry SP and weak LV
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
ST Qi disharmony w mixed hot and cold in the intestines
feeling full, focal distention, diarrhea, reduced appetite, mixed hot and cold sx., one mind formula with two presentations
Ban Xia- fullness
Gan Jiang- ST
Huang Qin-
T: thin, yellow, greasy coating P: wiry, rapid
Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang
Late stage febrile disease w extensive Yin and Jin Ye xu
steaming bone formula ; HEAT is deep inside
so at night, there’s fever
without sweating
Bie Jia - guide to the bone ; strengthen the bone Qing Hao - bring heat up and out Sheng Di Huang - Zhi Mu - Mu Dan Pi -
T: red with little coating P: fine, rapid
Qing Gu San
Chronic Heat disorder leading to Yin Xu and Deficient Heat
sim to Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang but with sweating
Heat in the interior, heat at the surface so there’s sweating
Afternoon fever, night sweats
T: red with little coating P: thin, rapid
Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
Yin Xu Heat and Fire
both yin xu heat and excess heat
nourishing yin herbs, clearing pathogenic heat
hot all day long and night sweats
T: red, dry P: rapid
Liu Yi San
Summerheat and Dampness
Dampness predominant
nausea, fever and diarrhea, sweating but incomplete
6 Hua Shi - taiyang ; dry up the damp
and 1 Gan Cao
T:
Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
Cold in the channels w underlying blood xu
“hands feel cold”
T: pale with white coating P: deep, thin
Li Zhong Wan
MJ cold from xu (SP Yang xu)
Diarrhea and abdominal pain that is better with warmth
Primary formula for Tai Yin stage
C. Gan Jiang - SP yang xu
Ren Shen
Bai Zhu
Zhi Gan Cao
T: pale with white coating P: deep, thin
Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
Li Zhong Wan + Fu Zi
more severe internal cold, vomiting food, cold body with veery cold extremities
Shao Yin Yang xu and Tai Yin Yang xu
Wu Zhu Yu Tang
Cold attacking the LV and ST
ST Yang xu with vomiting after eating
LV
ice pick on the top of head type of headache on vertex
Wu Zhu Yu- warm
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang
Spasmodic abdominal pain due to consumptive xu
tummy ache formula
Yi Tang - to warm the SP
+ Gui Zhi Tang
T: pale with thin white coating P: thin, wiry
Da Jian Zhong Tang
Weakness and xu of the MJ yang, and yin or cold which is ascendant in the interior
Warm the interior; ABDOMINAL pain better with warmth, but worse with pressure (because of excess cold)
Chuan Jiao- sichuan pepper- warm the ab
Gan Jiang-
T: white, slippery coating
P: thin and tight or slow and wiry
Si Ni Tang
KD Yang xu accompanied by an increase of internal cold
Cold has gone into Shao Yin
Most dangerous stage according to Shang Han Lun
Sheng Fu Zi - devastated Yang
T: pale with white slippery coating
P: deep, thin or deep, faint
Si Jun Zi Tang
SP Qi xu ; Zong Qi of SP
SP’s fx of T/T is affected ;
soft voice, reduced appetite ;
loose stools, weakness in the limbs (due to damp from SP)
Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Zhi Gan Cao
T: pale P: weak
Liu Jun Zi Tang
SP Qi xu with Damp Phlegm
Si Jun Zi Tang + Ban Xia and Chen Pi to regulate Qi and Phlegm
Nausea, vomiting, focal distention and a stifling sensation in the chest and epi ; coughing with white sputum
Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
SP Qi xu leading to internally-generated dampness
Si Jun Zi Tang + Shan Yao and Lian Zi to hold on to build strength back
Chronic long term diarrhea, loose stools
emaciation from SP Qi xu, SP atrophy
T: pale with white coating
P: thin, moderate or deficient, moderate
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Def of SP and ST Qi leading to sinking of the Yang
more than prolapse formula ;
long term life style lead to this…
SP Qi xu - LU Qi xu - Wei Qi xu ; falls into interior - feels warm, feverish
“intermittent fever worsen with exertion with pale tongue”- yin xu fire
c. Huang Qi
dui yao- Chai Hu, Sheng Ma to raise Yang Qi
T: pale with thin, white coating
P: flooding, deficient pulse or deficient, rootless pulse at SP
Yu Ping Feng San
Wei Qi xu
Wei qi- Huang Qi,
Stabilize the pores- Bai Zhu,
Fang Feng
T: pale with white coat
P: floating, deficient, soft
Sheng Mai San
Concurrent def or Qi and Yin, primarily of the LUs
Dry Cough formula
Ren Shen Mai Men Dong Wu Wei Zi
T: dry, pale red tongue w dry thin coating
P: deficient, rapid deficint thin
Bu Fei Tang
LU Qi xu
Ren Shen- sweating
Huang Qi- wei qi, coughing
Wu Wei Zi, Zi Wan, San Bai Pi, Shu Di
low lying coughing and wheezing, SOB, spontaneous sweating
T: pale
P: frail or deficient and large
Si Wu Tang
LV Blood Deficiency
Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao- volume of blood
Dang Gui, Chuang Xiong- moving
dizziness (postural), blurred vision, floaters, ashen complexion, brittle nails,
T: pale
P: thin and wiry or thin and choppy
Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
LV Blood xu and Blood stasis
Si Wu Tang + Tao Ren and Hong Hua
Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang
consumptive fatigue (Blood xu cuased by injury to Yuan Qi)
Hot sensation in the muscles, red face, irritability, thirst w a preference for warm beverages,
30g Huang Qi to 6g Dang Gui
T: pale P: deficient, forceless
Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang
LV Blood def
spasming and cramping in calf muscles
Bai Shao and Zhi Gan Cao
Ba Zhen Tang
SP Qi and LV Blood xu
Si Jun Zi Tang + Si Wu Tang + Sheng Jiang and Da Zao
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
Qi and Blood def w internal cold
Ba Zhen Tang + Huang Qi and Rou Gui
Ba Zhen Tang with cold feet
Gui Pi Tang
SP Qi and HT blood xu
Si Jun Zi Tang + others +
Suan Zao Ren + Long Yan Rou- Blood tonic
forgetfulness, palpitations, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, anxiety and phobia, reduced appetite, prolonged menses
T: pale with thin, white coating
P: thin, frail
Zhi Gan Cao Tang
Consumptive condition w qi and blood deficiency
skipped HT beat not due to Excess Heat ; intermittent pulse or knotted pulse (slow and irregularly i
c. Zhi Gan Cao- 12-15g
palps w anxiety, irritability, insomnia, emaciation, SOB, constipation, dry
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
Yin and K Yin xu
Yin nourishing- Shu Di, Shan Zhu Yu, Shan Yao
Astringing- Shan Zhu yu and Shan Yao
drain excess fluids and heat- Ze Xie, Mu Dan Pi, Fu Ling
P: thin
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
LV Blood, LV and KD Yin xu
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan + Gou Qi Zi and Ju Hua
vision- blurry vision, floaters
mild LV yang rising, dizziness due to LV- Ju Hua anchors
Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
LV, KD Yin xu w vigorous fire, consumptive heat or steaming bone disorder
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan with Pathogenic, intense heat
+ Zhi Mu, Huang Bai to drain fire
P: full
Zuo Gui Yin
KD Yin and Jing Xu
Nourish KD’s ; no nourishing herbs ;
c. Shu Di
Zuo Gui Wan
KD xu (Essecne deficiency)
fertility or person looking older than his age
Da Bu Yin Wan
Upward-rising of fire due to LV and KD def
Yi Guan Jian
LV Qi stag- heat- LV KD Yin xu with concurrent qi stagnation
P: thin wiry
Er Zhi Wan
LV KD Yin xu
+ Nu Zhen Zi, Han Lian Cao - more repairing ; premature greying, emaciation
menopausal,
P: red, dry
Bai He Gu Jing Tang
LU KD Yin xu ; interanl dryness of the LU due to LU and KD Yin xu
TB type of formula, low level heat pathogen with scanty, difficult to expectorate yellow sputum
c. Bai He- LU
c. Sheng DI, Shu Di- K
Shen Qi Wan
KD Yang def w insufficient fire at the gate of vitality
heat above, cold below
urinary difficulty with edema, excess urination to the point of incontinence, KD yang sx.
T: pale, swollen with thin, white hoisting coating
P: frail, deep
You Gui Yin
KD Yang xu
exhaustion, sore lower back, true cold and false heat
You Gui Wan
KD Yang xu with essence depleted
Du zhong is in it
infertility- male and female
Er Xian Tang
KD Yang def hot flash formula
Xian Mao,
Yin Yang Huo- libido for anything,
Ba Ji Tian- monogamous libido,
Huang Bai, Zhi Mu, Dang Gui
KD Fire sx. - menopausal sx. with underlying Yang def.
or Yin/Yang imbalance sx.
Mu Li San
sweating due to Yin and Qi xu
stop sweating specialist
insufficiency of qi to keep pores closed
Mu Li
Huang Qi
Ma Huang Gen- autistic for closing pores
Fu Xiao Mai- stabilize HT ; hysteria
T: pale, red P: thin, frail
Si Shen Wan
Day Break Diarrhea formula
Wei Gen Xie due to SP/KD xu Cold
Shut the Back Sluice!
c. Bu Gu Zi- warming, strengthening KD yang ; milder than Fu Zi
5am diarrhea ;
T: pale with thin, white coating
P: deep, slow and forceless
Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan
seminal leakage and/or spermatorrhea due to KD xu
Sha Yuan Zhi- astringing, binding semen and KDs
Suo Quan Wan
Def. Cold in the Lower Jiao
Shut the Front Sluice!
c. Yi Zhi Ren- hold urine
+ Wu Yao, Shan Yao
T: pale with white coating P: deep, frail
Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
Def of Yin and Yang w Yin and Wei disharmony
in the lower jiao
Sexual anxiety
loss of semen, dreaming of sexual intercourse with Casper,
hahahaha
P: hollow, slow
Gu Jing Wan
Beng Luo due to Heat (LV Qi stagnation and Def. Heat)
Flooding menses or trickling menses
Enrich the yin, clear heat (from LV stagnation), stop bleeding, stabilize the menses with
Gui Ban, Bai Shao, Huang Qin, Huang Bai, Chun Pi, Xiang Fu
T: red P: rapid, wiry
Wen Dai Tang
Leukorrhea due to LV overacting on SP
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
HT and KD Yin Def
ring HT at night, irritability w yin xu sx.
with Blood and Yin Def.
Suan Zao Ren Tang
Waking up at 3 am due to LV constraint ; fully awake
Huang Lian E Jiao Tang
HT KD disconnect with HT fire and KD Yin xu
sx of Yin def. / sx. of HT- mania and insomnia
Huang Lian and Hunag Qin in the formula
sim. to Dang Gui Di Huang Wan
Clear Excess heat and nourish
T: even with yin deficiency, dry yellow tongue coat
Ding Zhi Wan
gitty young girls
trauma- phlegm misting the mind and orifices
fright, unsteady HT with phlegm misting the mind
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
Zang Zao- restless organ disorder ; organ dryness
Gan Cao, Da Zao, Fu Xiao Mai
Histeria formula ; HT cannot hold experiences
T: red tongue with sparse coating
P: thin, rapid
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Closed and Hot
Febrile disorders with heat attacking the PC and HOT phlegm obstructing the orifices
Heat
Su He Xiang Wan
Closed and Cold
opposite of An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Bao He Wan
Pure food stagnation and indigestion
Shan Zha- meat,
Shen Qu- alcohol,
Lai Fu Zi- grains
+ Er Chen Tang and Lian Qiao for heat
Jian Pi Wan
Chronic food stagnation with accumulation with SP Qi xu
sim. to Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang + Bao He Wan
+ Shan Yao, Huang Lian, Rou Dou Kou
Wu Mei Wan
Parasite accumulation
cold below, heat above- jue yin mixture of pattern
round worm formula- heat in the ST and cold in the intestines
