Formulas: Regulate Qi Flashcards
What is stagnation of qi?
the local accumulation of nonfunctional qi that manifests as constraint, clumping, or rebellion.
What causes qi stagnation?
emotional disturbances, irregular eating habits, trauma, and externally-contracted pathogenic influences. Long-term qi deficiency can also cause qi stagnation.
Qi stagnation over time leads to what?
disorders of other bodily functions and systems. Blood stasis, phlegm obstruction, food stagnation, and deficiency disorders are typical.
Qi stagnation causes what functions of the qi dynamic to break down?
ascending and descending
What are the primary clinical manifestations of qi stagnation?
pain and distention
What are the two major types of formulas for regulating the qi?
The first promotes the smooth movement of qi, unblocks stagnation, and is used for treating pain and distension. The second type directs rebellious or abnormal flow of qi downward and is used for treating such problems as vomiting, belching, hiccup, and some forms of coughing or wheezing.
The Liver governs?
spreading and movement of qi
The Lungs govern?
descension of qi
Stagnation is regarded as a form of?
excess
When herbs that regulate qi are improperly used they can?
readily injure the fluids and scatter the qi.
In Formulas that Promote the Movement of Qi, what are the primary symptoms?
pain and distention
In the chest, qi stagnation causes?
chest and back pain, coughing, and shortness of breath. (Chen Pi)
In the Spleen and Stomach, qi stagnation causes?
epigastric and abdominal pain and distention, belching, acid reflux, and irregular bowel movements. (Chen Pi, Mu Xiang)
Constraint of ascent of Liver qi manifests as?
pain and distention in the chest and hypochondria. (Xiang Fu, Qing Pi, Chuan Lian Zi)
In the lower burner, qi stagnation can cause?
painful urinary dysfunction, bulging disorders, irregular menstruation, or dysmenorrhea. (Xiang Fu, Chuan Lian Zi, Wu Yao, Chen Xiang)
Yue Ju Wan/Escape Restraint Pill
The representative formula for qi stagnation. Most important. 6 Stagnation Pill for treating six types of constraint: qi, fire, blood, phlegm, dampness, and food. 5 ingredients: Cang Zhu, Chuan Xiong, Xiang Fu, Zhi Zi, Shen Qu)
What are the signs and symptoms of Yue Ju Wan/Escape Restraint Pill?
Focal distention and a stifling sensation in the chest and abdomen, fixed pain in the hypochondria, belching, vomiting, acid reflux, mild coughing with copious sputum, reduced appetite, and indigestion.
What can give rise to the condition of constraint due to stagnant qi (Yue Ju Wan/Escape Restraint Pill)?
Irregular eating habits, exposure to excessive cold or heat, and inordinate joy, anger, or anxiety.
Pai Qi Yin/Discharge Gas Drink
In contrast to the principle formula (Yue Ju Wan/Escape Restraint Pill), this formula focuses more on bloating and gas by promoting the movement of qi and resolving food stagnation in the middle burner.
Bai Xia Hou Po Tang/Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction
1 Formula for Plum Pit Qi
Promotes movement of qi, dissipates clumps, directs rebellious qi downward, transforms phlegm.
Signs and symptoms of Bai Xia Hou Po Tang/Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction?
Feeling of something caught in the throat, stifling sensation in chest and hypochondria. Tongue: moist or greasy, white coat. Pulse: wiry, slow or wiry, slippery.
Liang Fu Wan/Galangal and Cyperus Pill
Warms the middle burner, dispels cold, promotes the movement of qi, and alleviates pain.
Stagnation of Liver qi with cold congealing in Stomach.
Signs and Symptoms of Liang Fu Wan/Galangal and Cyperus Pill?
Epigastric pain responds well to warmth, stifling sensation in chest, hypochondriac pain, painful menstruation. Tongue: white coat.
What four formulas fall under the category of Formulas that Promote the Movement of Qi?
Yue Ju Wan (Escape Restraint Pill)
Pai Qi Yin (Discharge Gas Drink)
Ban Xia Hou Po Tang (Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction)
Liang Fu Wan (Galangal and Cyperus Pill)
In Formulas that Direct Rellious Qi Downward, what organs are treated?
The formulas in this section are used for treating rebellious Lung or Stomach qi. The normal flow of qi in these organs is downward.
What does rebellious Lung qi look like?
coughing and wheezing
What does rebellious Stomach qi look like?
vomiting or belching
Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang/Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward
Abundance above and deficiency below. Abundance above refers to excessive pathogenic qi obstructing the clarifying, downward-directing functions of the Lungs. Deficiency below refers primarily to deficiency of normal qi below, disabling the Kidneys’ function of grasping the qi.
Signs and symptoms of Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang/Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward?
Cough/wheezing w/watery, copious sputum, stifling sensation in chest/diaphragm, shortness of breath with labored inhalation and smooth exhalation. Also weakness of low back/legs, edema of extremities and fatigue. Tongue: white, with slippery or greasy coat.
Ding Chuan Tang/Arrest Wheezing Decoction
Important asthma formula. Wheezing caused by internal phlegm heat.
Disseminates and redirects the Lung qi, arrests wheezing, clears heat, and transforms phlegm.
Signs and Symptoms of Ding Chuan Tang/Arrest Wheezing Decoction?
Coughing and wheezing with copious, thick, and yellow sputum, labored breathing, a greasy, yellow tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse. There may also be simultaneous fever and chills.
Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang/Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction
Clears Heat (Zhu Ru clears heat). Good morning sickness formula.
Directs rebellious qi downward, stops hiccup, augments the qi, clears heat.
Signs and Symptoms of Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang/Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction?
Hiccup, nausea, dry heaves, or retching. Also for vomiting resulting from debility following a prolonged illness.
Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang/Clove and Persimmon Calyx Decoction
Hiccup formula. Shi Di (#1 Hiccup herb).
Augments the qi, warms the middle burner, directs rebellious qi downward, and stops hiccup.
Signs and Symptoms of Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang/Clove and Persimmon Calyx Decoction?
Hiccup, belching, or vomiting with a stifling sensation in the epigastrium, focal distention of the chest, a pale tongue with a white coating, and a submerged, slow pulse.
What four formulas fall under the category of Formulas that Direct Rebellious Qi Downward?
Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang (Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward
Ding Chuan Tang (Arrest Wheezing Decoction)
Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction)
Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang (Clove and Persimmon Calyx Decoction)
