Formulas - Regulate Qi

Question 1

YUE JU

WAN/ESCAPE RESTRAINT PILL

Answer 1

Moves qi and releases constraint
6 Stagnation Pill for treating the 5 stagnations:
qi, food, damp, heat and blood.

Question 2

PAI QI YIN/DISCHARGE GAS DECOCTION

Answer 2

Regulates qi, dries dampness and resolves
food stasis.
Focus on bloating and gas from qi and food
stasis.

Question 3

LIANG FU
WAN/GALANGAL AND CUPERUS
PILL

Answer 3

Warms the middle, dispels cold, moves qi,
and alleviates pain
Cold stagnation in the Liver and Stomach.
Mostly used as a pair to modify formulas to
treat painful menses due to cold.

Question 4

JU PI ZHU RU
TANG/TANGERINE PEEL
AND BAMBOO SHAVINGS DECOCTION

Answer 4

Directs rebellious qi downward, stops
hiccough, augments the qi and clears heat
Good morning sickness formula

Question 5

DING XIANG SHI DI
TANG/CLOVE AND
PERSIMMON CALYX DECOCTION

Answer 5

Augments the qi, warms the middle, directs rebellious
qi downward, stops hiccough
Cold deficient middle jiao with hiccough, belching or
vomiting

Question 6

DING CHUAN
TANG/ARREST WHEEZING
DECOCTION

Answer 6

Disseminates Lung qi, arrests wheezing, clears heat
and
transforms
phlegm
External wind cold w/internal phlegm heat causing
wheezing. Imp’t asthma formula

Question 7

SU ZI JIANG QI
TANG/PERILLA FRUIT
DECOCTION FOR DIRECTING QI DOWNWARD

Answer 7

Directs rebellious qi downward, arrests wheezing,
stops coughing and warms and transforms cold
phlegm
Excess above ( Phlegm Cold in the Lungs ) with
deficiency
below (Kidneys unable to grasp lung qi.
Wheezing, SOB, watery sputum, difficult inhale

Question 8

BAN XIA HUO PO
TANG/PINELLIA AND
MAGNOLIA BARK DECOCTION

Answer 8

Moves qi, dissipates clumps, directs
rebellious qi downward, and transforms
phlegm
#1 formula for Plum Pit Qi