Formulas that Regulate QI

Question 1

Long Term Qi deficiency can also lead to..

Answer 1

Qi Stagnation

Question 2

What is strategy of treatment for regulating the Qi?

Answer 2

1. Faciliate the opening up or proper flow of Qi

2. Guide Qi in the right direction

Question 3

What organs are affected by Qi?

Answer 3

Liver
Spleen
Stomach
Lungs

Question 4

What are the two major type of formulas for regulating the Qi?

Answer 4

1. Promote movement of Qi, or Unblock the stagnation of qi - used in treating PAIN
2. Direct rebellious or abnormal flow of qi Downward - vomiting, belching, hiccough, & some forms of coughing, wheezing

Question 5

Is Qi Stagnation Excess or Deficiency?

Answer 5

Excess

Question 6

What are taste and properties of Regulate the Qi formulas?

Answer 6

Bitter or Pungent. Warming or drying

Easily injure the fluids and scatter the Qi when improperly used.

Question 7

Indication: Stagnation of Qi, Blood, Food,
Damp Phlegm
Action: Promote Movement of Qi & Relieve Constraint

Answer 7

**Escape Restraint Pill - Yue ju wan

Question 8

Indication:  Plum Pit Qi
Action:  Promote movement of Qi
            Dissipate Clumps
            Move Rebellious Qi down
            Transform Phlegm

Answer 8

**Pinellia & Magnolia Bark - Ban xia Hou po tang

Question 9

Indication: Painful Obstruction in CHEST

Answer 9

Trichosanthes fruit, Chinese Chive, & Wine - Gua lou xie bai Bai jiu tang

Question 10

Indication: DAMP COLD Injuring SP/ST

Answer 10

Magnolia bark decoction for Warming the Middle - Hou po wen zhong tang

Question 11

Indication: Liver Qi Constraint with HEAT

Answer 11

Melia Toosendan powder - Jin ling zi san

Question 12

Indication: HERNIAL Disorders due to Qi stagnation or Qi stagnation with COLD

Answer 12

Top Quality Lindera powder - Tian tai Wu yao san

Question 13

Fixed Pain in Hypochondria, Belching, Vomiting, Cough with Copious Sputum, Reduced Appetite, Indigestion

Answer 13

**Escape Restraint Pill - Yue ju wan

Stagnation of QI , Blood, Food, Damp, Phlegm

Question 14

Feeling of something caught in Throat. Stifling sensation in chest & hypochondria

Answer 14

**Pinellia & Magnolia Bark - Ban xia Hou po tang

Plum Pit QI

Question 15

Pain in CHEST radiating to upper Back

. Wheezing, Couth with Copious Sputum, SOB

Answer 15

Trichosanthes fruit, Chines Chive, & Wine - Gua lou Xie bai Bai jiu tang
Painful Obstruction of Chest

Question 16

Epigastric & Abdominal Distention & Fullness (Pain), Loss of Appetite, Weak Extremities, Loose Diarrhea

Answer 16

Magnolia bark decoction for Warming the Middle - Hou po wen zhong tang
Damp Cold injuring SP/ST

Question 17

Intermittent epigastric & hypochondriac pain. Hernial/Menstral pain aggravated by HOT FOOD

Answer 17

Melia Toosendan - Jin ling zi san

Liver QI Constraint with Heat

Question 18

Lower Abdominal Pain Radiating to TESTICLES

Answer 18

Top-Quality Lindera powder - Tain tai Wu yao san

Hernial Disorders d/t QI stagnation or QI stagnation with Cold

Question 19

Chief Herb in Escape Restraint Pill - Yue ju wan

Answer 19

Xiang Fu - regulates LV/Qi, Decreases pain

Question 20

Herbs in **Escape Restraint Pill - Yue ju wan

Answer 20

Chief:  Xiang Fu
Chuan Xiong   moves/invig. blood
Cang Zhu   Sputum, cough (Damp phlegm)
Shan Zhi Zi   Clears Heat in all 3 Jiaos
Shen Qu   Digestion, decreases food stag.

Question 21

Chief Herb in **Pinellia & Magnolia Bark - Ban xia Hou po tang

Answer 21

Ban Xia - phlegm, damp, moves qi down

Question 22

Herbs in **Pinellia & Magnolia Bark- Ban xia Hou po tang

Answer 22

Ban Xia - Chief
Hou Pou  - Damp, Phlegm, Moves Qi down
Fu Ling - Phlegm, Damp, SP, Qi down
Sheng Jiang - Qi down, vomiting down
Zi Su Ye - Increases movement of Qi,   
               Expands Chest