Formulas to know by heart Flashcards

1
Q

What is in Si Ni San Frigid Extremities Powder?

Si=4

A

Chai hu Buplerum
Zhi shi aurantium
Bai Shao Peony
Zhi gan cao licorice

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What is Si Ni San Frigid Extremities Powder used for?

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To Harmonize LV/SP

Shao Yin (Ht/KI) syndrome with heat in interior and blocked Qi

It spreads LV qi and Regulates SP

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What does a patient look like who needs Si Ni San Frigid Extremities Powder?

San=powder

A

Cold fingers/toe TIPS, while body and head are warm, irritable, bitter taste, urinary difficulty

Tongue: red with yellow coat
(or pale with thin)
Pulse: Wiry

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What is in Si Wu Tang Four Substance Decoction?

Wu= substance

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Shu di huang rehmannia (nourish KI yin)
Bai shao peony (Tonify blood)
Dang Gui Angelica (move and Tonify blood)
Chuan Xiong Ligusticum (move blood)

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What does Si Wu Tang Four Substance Decoction do?

A

Tonify Blood

Tonify Blood and regulate LV

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What does a patient look like who needs Si Wu Tang Four Substances Decoction?

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Blurred vision, lusterless complex irregular menses, dizzy, brittle nails

classic blood deficiency

tongue- pale
pulse- choppy

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What does Si Ni Tang Frigid Extremities DECOCTION

Tang=decoction

A

Rescues devastated Yang

Si Ni Tang rescues the Yang

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What is in Si Ni Tang Frigid Extremities Decoction?

A

Fu Zi Aconite
Gan jiang ginger (dried)
Zhi Gan Cao licorice

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What does the Patient look like who needs Si Ni Tang Frigid Extremities Decoction?

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Extremely cold extremities, aversion to cold, curled up while laying down, lethargy with desire to sleep, vomit, diarrhea with undigested food, abdominal pain and cold, lack of thirst, don’t care

tongue: pale white, slippery coating

Pulse: submerged, thin or faint

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10
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What does Si Jun Zi Tang Four Gentlemen Decoction do?

A

Tonify Qi

Classic Spleen Qi Deficiency

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What is in Si Jun Zi Tang Four Gentlemen Decoction?

A

Ren Shen Ginseng
Bai Zhu atractylodes
Fu Ling Poria
Zhi Gan Cao Licorice

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What does a Patient look like who needs Si Jun Zi Tang Four Gentlemen Decoction?

A

Pallid complexion, loose stool, tired, short of breath

classic Qi Deficiency

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13
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What does Sheng Mai San Generate the Pulse Powder do?

A

Tonify Qi

Lung Qi/Yin deficiency

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14
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What is in Sheng Mai San Generate the Pulse Powder?

A

Ren Shen Ginseng
Mai Men Dong Ophiopogon (tonify Yin)
Wu Wei Zu Schizandra

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15
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What does a patient look like who needs Sheng Mai San Generate the Pulse Powder?

A

In shock, sweated profusely, thin pulse, pale, dry mouth, cough-difficult to expel

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16
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What does Yu Ping Feng San Jade Wind Screen Powder do?

A

Tonify Qi

Wei Qi Deficiency

17
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What is in Yu Ping Feng San Jade Wind Screen Powder?

A

Mi Zhi Huang Qi Honey-fried astragalus
Bai Zhu atractylodes
Fang Feng siler

18
Q

What does a patient look like who needs

Yu Ping Feng San Jade Wind Screen Powder?

A

Recurrent cold, spontaneous sweat, pale, shiny complex, aversion to drafts
Tongue: pale, white coat
Pulse: soft

19
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What does Yue Ju Wan Escape Restraint Pill do?

A

Regulate Qi- for ALL 6 Stagnations (Qi, blood, food, fire, damp)

20
Q

What is in Yue Ju Wan Escape Restraint Pill?

A
Cang Zhu grey atractylodes (c)
Chuan xiong ligusticum (c)
Xiang fu Cyprus 
Zhi Zi gardenia
Shen Qu Massa Fermenta
21
Q

What does a patient look like who needs

Yue Ju Wan Escape Restraint Pill?

A

Stiffling feeling in chest, bloating, indigestion, mild cough, overweight due to damp phlegm, depression

22
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What does Ba Zhen Tang Eight Treasure Decoction do?

A

Tonify Qi AND Blood

23
Q

What is in Ba Zhen Tang Eight Treasure Decoction?

A
Si Jun Zi Tang:
Ren Shen
Bai Zhu Atractylodes
Fu Ling Poria
Zhi Gan Cao licorice

and

Si Wu Tang:
Shu di huang rehmannia
Bai shao peony
dan gui angelica
chuan xiong ligusticum

+ sheng jiang
Da zao Jujuba dates

24
Q

What does a patient look like who needs Ba Zhen Tang Eight Treasure Decoction?

A

Reduced appetite, short of breath, easily fatigued, palpitations with anxiety, light headed, vertigo, pallid sallow complexion, -2/-3’s on pulse

tongue: pale with white coat
pulse: thin and frail

25
Q

What is in Er Chen Tang Two Cured Decoction?

These 2 chiefs in the decoction are better if aged

A
Zhi ban via Pinellia (c)
Ju hong (or Chen Pi) red tangerine peel (c)
Fu ling poria
Zhi gan cao licorice
Sheng jiang ginger
We Mei prune
26
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What does Er Chen Tang Two Cured Decoction do?

A

Dispel Phlegm

Dry damp, expel phlegm

Transform phlegm, regulate qi, harmonize middle

27
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What does a patient who needs Er Chen Tang Two Cured Decoction look like?

A

Coughing with copious white sputum easily expectorated, focal distention and stifling chest, palpitations, nausea

tongue: white, moist or greasy
pulse: slippery

28
Q

What does Liu Wei Di Huang Wan Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia do?

A

Tonify Yin

Classic Kidney Yin Tonic

Enriches the Yin, Nourishes KI, Tonify and drain heat

29
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What is in Liu Wei Di Huang Wan Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia?

A
Shu di huang rehmannia (c)
Shan zhu yu cornus (d)
Shao yao dioscorea (d)
Fu ling poria (a)
Mu dan pi Tree peony (a)
Ze pie Alissa (a)
30
Q

What does a patient look like who needs Liu Wei Di Huang Wan Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia?

A

Sore/weak in lower back, lightheaded, vertigo, tinnitus, diminished hearing, night sweats, nocturnal emissions

tongue: red, peeled
pulse: rapid, tight, thin

31
Q

What does Xiao Yao San Rambling powder do?

A

Harmonize the LV/SP

LV Qi Stagnations with Blood and Qi deficiency

strengthens SP and nourishes blood
Spreads LV qi

32
Q

What is in Xiao Yao San Rambling Powder?

A
Chai Hu Buplerum (C)
Dang gui angelica
bai shao peony
bai zhu atractylodes
fu ling poriazhi gan cao licorice
wei jiang ginger
bo he mint
33
Q

What does a patient look like who needs Xiao Yao San Rambling Powder?

A

Hypochondriac pain, headache, dry mouth, fatigue, reduced appetite

Tongue: pale-red
Pulse: wiry, deficient

34
Q

What does Er Xian Tang Two Immortal Decoction do?

A

Tonify the Yin and Yang

Warms KI Yang, Drains fire, regulates and penetrates the CV

35
Q

What is in Er Xian Tang Two Immortal Decoction?

A
Xian Mao curculigo
Yin yang hue epimedium
Ba ji tian morinda
Huang bai phelleodendra
Zhi mu anemarrhena
Dang gui angelica
36
Q

What does a patient look like who needs Er Xian Tang Two Immortal Decoction?

A

Menopause symptoms, low back pain, hot flashes, sweat, palpitations, irregular period