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To know the basics

1
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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Gentiana Decoction to Drain the Liver

Is in what Category? What does it do?

A

Clear Heat- in organs (LV/GB)

Drain fire excess from LV/GB

It drains Damp Heat with Long Dan Cao Gentiana as the Chief

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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Gentiana Decoction to Drain the Liver

What does a patient look like?

A

Swollen genitals, herpes, bitter taste in mouth, irritable

Pulse- wiry, rapid, forceful
Tongue- red with yellow

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Huang lian Jie Du tang
Coptis Decoc to relieve toxicity

Is in what Category? What does it do?

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Clear Heat-Relieve Toxicity
For Heat toxins in T.H. and disturbs spirit

It drains Fire

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Huang lian Jie Du tang
Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity

What does a patient look like?

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Nosebleeds, incoherent speech, irritability
Tongue-red with yellow
Pulse- rapid and forceful

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Qing Ying Tang
Clear the Nutritive level

Is in what category? What does it do?

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Clear Heat-Nutritive Level
For when Heat scorches the Heart

This formula:
Relieves Fire Toxins
Drains Heat
Nourishes Yin

With Shui neu jiao antelope horn as the chief

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Qing Ying Tang
Clear the Nutritive level

What does a patient look like?

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High fever, purple dots on tongue

Tongue: Scarlet, dry
Pulse: thin, rapid

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Ba Hu Tang
White Tiger Decoction

Is in what Category? What does it do?

A

Clear Heat- Qi Level
For Blazing heat in Yang Bring (Lg Int/ST)

This formula:
Drain ST fire
Generate Fluids

With Shi gan gypsum as the chief

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Ba Hu Tang
White Tiger Decoction

What does a patient look like?

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High Fever WITH profuse sweating, 4 Bigs (sweat, thirst, fever..) Toothache

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Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor Buplerum Decoction

Is in what category? What does it do?

A

Harmonize Shao Yang (TH/GB)

This formula:
Vents pathogens in Lesser Yang
Spreads LV Qi

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Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor Buplerum Decoction

What does a patient look like?

A

Alternating fever and chills, bitter taste in mouth, heartburn, nausea

Tongue: 1/2 coat or 1/2 yellow
Pulse: wiry

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Ban xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinellia to drain Epigastrum Decoction

Is in what category? What does it do?

A

Harmonize- ST and Intestines

This formula:
Directs rebellious Qi downward
Disperse clumping
Eliminate Focal Distention

With Ban xia Pinellia as the chief to stop vomiting and eliminate distention, Huang lian coptis as a Deputy/Chief for draining heat

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Ban xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinellia to drain Epigastrum Decoction

What does a patient look like?

A

Borborygmous, diarrhea, focal distention, no appetite

Tongue: thin, yellow, greasy
Pulse: wiry, rapid

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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
Dang Gui for Frigid Extremities Decoction

Is in what category? What does it do?

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Warm Interior Cold

For Cold pathogens congealed IN CHANNELS obstructing Qi flow

Warms Channels
Disperses Cold
nourishes Blood

With Dang Gui Angelica (C)
..
and Gui Zhi Cinnamon (C)

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Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
Dang Gui for Frigid Extremeties Decoction

What does the patient look like?

A

Long standing colds HANDS AND FEET

Tongue: pale w/white coat
Pulse: submerged, thin

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Li Zhong Wan
Regulate the Middle Pill

What category and what does it do?

A

Warm Interior Cold- Warm Channels and Disperse Middle Cold.

This formula is for:
Warm middle burner
Strengthen SP and ST

With Gan jiang ginger (c) W.A.R.E
and a lot of Tonify qi herbs

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Li Zhong Wan
Regulate the Middle Pill

What does the patient look like?

A

Diarrhea with watery stools, cold extremities

Tongue: Pale with white coat
Pulse: submerged, thin

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Liu Jun Zi Tang
Six Gentlemen Decoction

What category does this belong in? What does it do?

A

Tonify Qi- Spleen Qi Deficiency AND DAMP PHLEGM

This formula:
Strengthen SP
Harmonize ST
Regulate Qi

With Si Jun Zi Tan (Ren Shen, Bai zhu atractylodes, fu ling poria, zhi gan cao licorice)
+ Chen pi tangerine AND Zhi ban Xian pinellia

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Liu Jun Zi Tang
Six Gentlemen Decoction

What does the patient look like?

A

Tired, short of breath, pallid face, (Qi deficiency symptoms), AND ACTUAL PHELGM

Tongue: pale, thicker
Pulse: slippery

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Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction

What category does it belong in? What does it do?

A

Tonify the Qi

This formula:
Tonify the Middle
Augment Qi
Raise Yang, Lift what sunk

With Huang Qi Astragalus (C) with 4/6 Gents.. and Sheng ma cimicifuga (A)

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Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi decoction

What does the patient look like?

A

Organ prolapse, dizziness, hemorrhoids

Tongue: Pale
Pulse: frail

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Sheng Mai San
Generate Pulse Powder

Mai= artery (also for Mai men Dong that is in it as the deputy)

What category is it in? What does it do?

A

Tonify Qi- Lung Qi/ Yin Deficiency

This formula: 
perserve Yin,
Augment Qi,
Generate Fluid,
Stop Sweating

With Ren Shen as the Chief and Mai Men Dong as the deputy (Tonify yin)
Wu Wei zi schizandra

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Sheng Mai San
Generate Pulse Powder

What does a patient look like?

A

Shock, Chronic cough with sparse sputum, short of breath, dry mouth

Tongue: pale-red
Pulse: thin

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Gui Pi Tang
Restore the Spleen Decoction

What category is it in? What does it do?

A

Tonify Qi and Blood- Tonify Spleen Qi deficiency and Heart Blood deficiency

This formula:
Augments Qi
Tonify Blood
Strengthen Spleen
Nourish Heart
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Qui Pi Tang
Restore the Spleen Decoction

What does a patient look like?

A

Fatigue, Overthinking, Insomnia, Anxious

Pulse: fraile
Tongue: ?l

With Si Jun Zi Tang in it (Ren Shen (c), Bai zhu atractylodes (c), Fu ling poria and zhi gan cao licorice) and Huang Qi Astragalus (c) to raise Yang

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Which formula regulates Qi and Blood?

A

Gui Pi Tang

Restore the Spleen Decoction

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Which formulas Tonify qi?

A

Liu Jun Zi Tang
Six Gentlemen Decoction

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Tonify the Middle and Augments the Qi

Sheng Mai San
Generate Pulse Powder

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Which Tonify Qi formula focuses on Lung Qi and Yin Deficiency?

A

Sheng Mai San
Generate Pulse Powder

Preserves the Yin, Augments Qi, Generates fluid, Stop sweating

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Which Tonify Qi formula focuses on the inability of the Spleen to hold?

A

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi

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Which Tonify Qi formula is the classic for Spleen Qi deficiency with damp and phlegm?

A

Liu Jun Zi Tang

Six Gentlemen Decoction

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30
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Which 2 formulas Warm Interior Cold?

A

Dang Gui Si Ni Tang
Dang Gui for Frigid Extremities Decoction

Li Zhong Wan
Regulate the Middle Pill

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Which Warm Interior Cold formula focuses on warming the middle burner and strengthening the Spleen and Stomach?

A

Li Zhong Wan

Regulate the Middle Pill

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32
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Which 2 formulas Harmonize?

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Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinellia to drain Epigastrum Decoction

Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Minor Buplerum Decoction

33
Q

Which Formula Harmonize the ST and Intestines?

Direct rebellious qi down
Disperse clumping
Eliminate distention

A

Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Pinellia to drain Epigastrum Decoction

Xin= core

34
Q

Which formula harmonizes Shao Yang (TH/GB)

Vent pathogens in lesser yang
Spread LV Qi

A

Xiao Chai Hu Tang

Minor Buplerum Decoction

35
Q

What formulas Clear Heat?

A

Ba Hu Tang
White Tiger Decoction

Huang lian Jie Du Tang
Coptis to relieve decoction

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Gentiana to drain the LV Decoction
Gan=LV

Qing Ying Tang
Clear the Nutritive Level

36
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Which formula Clears Heat from the Qi Level?

hint: 4 Big’s level

A

Ba Hu Tang

White Tiger Decoction

37
Q

Which formula Clears Heat from the Organs (LV/GB)

A

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

Gentiana to Drain the Liver Decoction

38
Q

Which formula is good for Nosebleeds?

A

Huang lian Jie Du Tang

Coptis to Relieve Toxicity Decoction

39
Q

Which formula Invigorates Blood and dispels Blood Stasis?

A

Xue Fu Zhu Hu Tang

Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Mansion Decoction

40
Q

Xue Fu Zhu Hu Tang
Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Mansion Decoction

What category and what does it do?

A

Invigorate Blood- Dispel Blood stasis

This formula:
Invigorates Blood
Spreads LV Qi
Unblocks Channels

With Tao Ren Persica as the Chief

41
Q

Xue Fu Zhu Hu Tang
Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Mansion Decoction

What does the patient look like?

A

Pain in chest, constant hiccup, headache, palpitations, mood swings

Tongue: dark red, dark spots on side
Pulse: choppy, wiry, tight

42
Q

Which two formulas Regulate Qi?

A

Yue Ju Wan
Escape Restraint Pill

Ban xia Hou po Tang
Pinellia and Magnolia Decoction

43
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Which Regulate Qi Formula treats all 6 Stagnations (Qi, blood, food, phlegm, fire, damp)?

A

Yue Ju Wan

Escape Restraint Pill

44
Q

Yue Ju Wan
Escape Restraint Pill

What category and what does it do?

A

Regulate Qi

Does everything..

Cang zhu Grey Atractylodes
Chuan xiang ligusticum (C/D) Regulate blood
Xiang fu Cyprus (d) Regulate Qi
Zhi Zi gardenia (phlegm/damp)
Shen qu massa fermenta (food stag)
45
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Yue Ju Wan
Escape Restraint Pill

What does a patient look like?

A

Stifling sensation in chest and abdomen, focal distention, hate everything, overweight due to damp/phlegm, digestive problems, get over your up bringing

Tongue: moist or greasy, white coat
Pulse: Wiry, slow and wiry, slippery

46
Q

What formula is for Plum Pit Qi?

A

Ban xia Hou po Tang

Pinellia and Magnolia Decoction

47
Q

What is the ‘vanilla’ formula for Tonify the Yang?

A

Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
(golden cabinet Kidney Qi Pill)
Kidney Qi pill from the Golden Cabinet

48
Q

Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
(golden cabinet Kidney Qi Pill)
Kidney Qi pill from the Golden Cabinet

What Category and what does it do?

A

Tonify the Yang

This formula:
Nourishes Yin
Tonify Yang
Warms

Contains: Six Ingredient Decoction ingredients (Yin Tonic) + Fu zi aconite (c) dispel cold and Gui Zhi Cinnamon (c) dispel cold

49
Q

Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
(golden cabinet Kidney Qi Pill)
Kidney Qi pill from the Golden Cabinet

What does the patient look like?

A

Low back pain, cold, weak lower extremities

Tongue: pale, swollen, thin, white
Pulse: empty or frail

50
Q

Which formulas Stabilize and Bind?

A

Sang piao Xiao San
Mantis Egg Powder

Si Shen Wan
4 Miracle Pill

Mu li San
Oyster Shell Powder

51
Q

Which Stabilize and Bind formula is good for Spontaneous Sweating worse at night?

A

Mu li San
Oyster Shell Powder

Inhibits Sweat and Stabilizes Exterior

52
Q

Which Stabilize and Bind formula is good for Dawn Break Diarrhea?

A

Si Shen Wan
4 Miriacle Pill

Insufficient fire at gate of Vitality with SP and KI Yang Deficiency

This formula:
Warms and tonifies SP and KI
Binds Intestines
Stop Diarrhea

53
Q

What Stabilize and Bind that stop frequent urination, gray and cloudy urine?

A

Sang piao Xiao San
Mantis Egg Powder

HT/KI Qi deficiency

Regulate and Tonify HT/KI
Stabilize Essence
Stop Leakage

54
Q

Which formulas Calm Spirit?

A

Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
(Heaven Emperor to spread Heart Cinnabar Pill)
Emperor of Heaven’s Special Pill to Tonify the heart

Chai hu Jia Long gu Mu li Tang
Buplerum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction

55
Q

Which Calm Spirit formula also nourishes the Heart?

Yin and Blood deficiency leading to restless state.

With Sheng di huang rehmannia as the chief

A

Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
(Heaven Emperor to spread Heart Cinnabar Pill)
Emperor of Heaven’s Special Pill to Tonify the heart

56
Q

Which Calm Spirit formula also Sedates the Spirit?

Shen disturbance from Qi Constraint

Unblocks 3 Yang
Sedate and Calms Spirit

A

Chai hu Jia Long gu Mu li Tang

Buplerum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction

57
Q

What formula is good for A.D.D, repressed anxiety, overwork and insomnia?

Tongue Red with little coat
Pulse thin and rapid

A

Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
(Heaven Emperor to spread Heart Cinnabar Pill)
Emperor of Heaven’s Special Pill to Tonify the heart

58
Q

What formula is the ‘vanilla’ formula for Tonifying Yin?

Kidney Yin Tonic

A

Liu Wei Di huang Wan

Six Ingredient with Rehmannia Pill

59
Q

What does a patient look like with classic Yin deficiency ?

A

Sore low back, night sweat, tooth pain

Tongue: peeled, cracked, little coat
Pulse: rapid, tight, thin

60
Q

Which 3 formulas Expel Damp?

A

Ping Wei San
Calm the Stomach Powder

Ba Zhen San
8 Herb Powder
(Zhen= to struggle to get free, bowel obstruction)

Qiang huo Sheng Shi Tang
Notopterygium to overcome Damp Decoction
(Shi=moist/damp)

61
Q

What formula is for Wind Damp (hot or cold in the Muscle Layer)

A

Qiang huo Sheng Shi Tang
Notopterygium to overcome Damp Decoction
(Shi=moist/damp)

62
Q

Which formula would you use for a patient with: heavy painful head, back pain, Bi Syndrome(arthritis, stiff joints), Stiff Neck

Tongue- Normal
Pulse-Float or Slippery

A

Qiang huo Sheng Shi Tang
Notopterygium to overcome Damp Decoction
(Shi=moist/damp)

63
Q

Which formula is for dark, turbid, cloudy, difficult and painful urination, dry mouth, and U.T.I’s?

It Clears Heat, Drains Fire, Promotes Urination,and Unblocks painful urinary dribbling

Mu Tang akebia (D) to drain damp
Qu mai dianthus (C) to drain fire

A

Ba Zhen San
8 Herb Powder
(Zhen= to struggle to get free, bowel obstruction)

64
Q

Which formula transforms dampness and harmonizes ST and SP?

A

Ping Wei San

Calm the Stomach Powder

65
Q

Which formula is for:
Distention and fullness, lost of taste and appetite, acid reflux, nausea, heavy limbs, diarrhea, and increase desire to sleep.

Tongue- swollen, thick, white greasy coat
Pulse-Moderately slippery

A

Ping Wei San
Calm the Stomach Powder

Has:
Tang hu grey atractylodes (c) dispel damp
Hou Po magnolia (d) damp

66
Q

What 2 formulas Release Exterior?

A

Gui Zhi Tang
Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Ma Huang Tang
Ephedra Decoction

67
Q

Which formula is for fever and chills WITHOUT sweat?

Need to Release Exterior

This formula Arrests Wheezing, promotes sweating

A

Ma Huang Tang

Ephedra Decoction

68
Q

Which formula is for Fever and chills unrelieved by sweat?

Need to Release Exterior

Release pathogen from Muscle layer, regulate nutritive/protective Qi, Stop pathogenic sweating

A

Gui Zhi Tang

Cinnamon Twig Decoction

69
Q

Which 2 formulas Expel Wind?

A

Xiao Feng San
Eliminate Wind Powder

Tian ma Gou teng Yin
Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction

70
Q

Which formula is for INTERNAL wind?

Hyperactive LV Yang leading to internal stirring of wind

Calms LV, Extinguish Wind, Clear Heat, Invigorate Blood, Tonify LV/KI

Patient: headache, blurred vision, tinnitus, vertigo, insomnia, sensation of heat to head

A

Tian ma Gou teng Yin

Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction

71
Q

Which formula used to Release wind from skin and Channels?

For Wind heat or Wind damp invading body and contending with pre-existing damp heat

A

Xiao Feng San
Eliminate Wind Powder

Has:
Jing je schizonepeta(c)
Fang Feng ledebouriella (c)
Liu bang zi aractium (c)

72
Q

Which formula is for Wet (weepy), itchy, red skin legions?
Tongue would be yellow or white.
Pulse would be forceful, floating and rapid

A

Xiao Feng San

Eliminate Wind Powder

73
Q

What formula is good for swollen genitals or herpes?

A

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Gentiana Decoction to Drain the Liver

74
Q

What formula is for alternating fever and chills? (Tongue 1/2 coated)

A

Xiao Chai Hu Tang

Minor Buplerum Decoction

75
Q

What is the formula for Borborygmus, diarrhea and no appetite?

A

Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang

Pinellia to drain Epigastrum Decoction

76
Q

What formula is for Long standing colds HANDS AND FEET

Tongue: pale w/white coat
Pulse: submerged, thin

A

Dang Gui Si Ni Tang

Dang Gui for Frigid Extremeties Decoction

77
Q

What formula is for the classic Spleen Qi Deficiency AND DAMP PHLEGM

A

Liu Jun Zi Tang

Six Gentlemen Decoction

78
Q

What formula is for Organ prolapse and hemorrhoids?

A

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi decoction

79
Q

What formula is for tonifying Qi and Blood?

A

Gui Pi Tang

Restore the Spleen Decoction

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