formulas to learn on this trip Flashcards
Wen Dan Tang (Warm the Gallbladder Decoction)
Clear Heat, Transform Phlegm: Phlegm-Heat accumulation in interior with disharmony between GB and ST, plus Qi stagnation. Regulates Qi, transforms Phlegm, CLEARS GB, harmonizes ST. FOR Phlegm-Heat - dizziness, vertigo, nausea/vomiting, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, palpitations, indeterminate gnawing hunger, seizes with copious sputum, focal distention in chest, bitter taste in mouth, slight thirst. T: greasy yellow t.c. P: slipper OR wiry.
Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan (Clear the Qi and Transform Phlegm Pill)
Clear Heat, Transform Phlegm: Phlegm-Heat clumping in LU and obstructing descent of LU Qi. Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm, directs rebellious Qi downward, stops cough. FOR coughing of yellow, viscous, sputum that is difficult to expectorate, focal distention and a feeling of fullness in the chest and diaphragm, nausea, or in severe cases difficulty breathing. T: red with greasy yellow t.c. P: slippery, rapid.
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang (Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness)
Dispel Wind-Dampness: Wind-Cold-Damp attacking superficial aspects of the exterior and muscle levels, obstructing qi and blood flow (Wind-Damp predominant). Expels Wind-Cold and overcomes Dampness. FOR heay, painful head, generalized sensation of heaviness, back pain or generalized pain, stiff neck, difficulty rotating or bending trunk, mild fever, chills. T: white t.c. P: floating.
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang (Cinnamon Twig, Peony, and Anemarrhena Decoction)
Dispel Wind-Dampness: Wind-Cold-Damp lodged in joints, constrains Qi dynamic and generates Heat. Unblocks flow of yang Qi, promotes movement, dispels Wind, eliminates Dampness, clears Heat. FOR Bi - swollen and painful joints epecially in lower extremities that are warm to touch and worse at night, reduced ROM in affected joints, chills, NO sweat, weight loss, HA, dizziness, SOB, feeling as though about to vomit. T: white greasy t.c. P: wiry, slippery.
Juan Bi Tang (Remove Painful Obstructions from Awakening of the Mind in Medical Studies)
Dispel Wind-Dampness: Wind-Cold-Damp obstructing channels and joints, leading to Blood and Qi stagnation. Removes Wind-Cold-Dampness, regulates Qi, invigorates Blood, alleviates pain. FOR joint pain that increases with cold and decreases with warmth, possibly accompanied by sensation of heaviness and numbness in limbs. T: thick white t.c. P: slow, maybe slippery.
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Angelica Pubescens and Sangjisheng Decoction)
Dispel Wind-Dampness: Wind-Cold-Dampness invading joints, sinews, bones, channels, disturbing blood flow, injuring KID and LIV, weakening Qi and Blood. Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, disperses Bi, tonifies LIV and KID, strengthens Qi and Blood. FOR heavy and painful sensations at fixed locations in the lower back and lower extremities, accompanied by weakness and stiffness, aversion to cold, preference for warmth, palpitations, SOB. T: pale, white t.c. P: thin, weak, slow. May be paresthesia or numbness.
Cang Er Zi San (Xanthium Powder)
Dredge and disperse external Wind: External Wind attacking nose, obstructing Lung Qi and Wei Qi flow, with constraint of nasal discharge turning to Heat. Disperses Wind, attacks pain, ublocks nose for copious, prurulent, and even foul-smelling nasal discharge, nasal obstruction, dizziness, frontal HA. T: normal/thing greasy white t.c.
Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Powder to be Taken with Green Tea)
Dredge and disperse external Wind: Wind invading the head and obstructing the clear yang qi flow. Disperses Wind and alleviates HA for externaly contacted Wind HA in any part of head with fever and chills, dizziness, nasal congestion. T: thin white t.c. P: floating.
Xiao Feng San (Eliminate Wind Powder from Orthodox Lineage)
Dredge and disperse external Wind: Wind-Heat, Wind-Damp, or Wind-Heat-Damp invading body and becoming trapped among flesh, skin, interstices, and pores, settling into blood bessels. Disperses Wind, eliminates Dampness, clears Heat, cools Blood for “Wind rash”/”Dampness rash”. T: yellow/white t.c. P: forceful, floating, rapid.
Er Chen Tang (Two-Cured Decoction)
Dry Damp, Expel Phlegm: Dampness-Phlegm accumulation in the interior due to SP and LU failing to transform and transport fluids. Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, regulates Qi, and harmonizes the MB. FOR Damp-Phlegm - coughing with copious white sputum easiy expectorated, focal distention and stifling sensation in the chest and diaphragm, palpitations, nausea/vomiting, dizziness. T: white and moist or greasy t.c. P: slippery.
Ba Zhen Tang (Eight-Treasure Decoction)
Expel Dampness, clear Damp-Heat: Damp-Heat accumulates in lower burner esp BL, disrupting Qi transformation. Clears Heat, drains Fire, promotes urination, unblocks Lin. FOR frequent, urgent, dark, scanty, difficult, painful urination usually with burning, dry mouth&throat. T: yellow greasy t.c. P: slippery, rapid. Maybe urine retention with lower abdominal distention, pain.
Er Miao San (Two-Marvel Powder)
Expel Dampness, clear Damp-Heat: Damp-Heat in lower burner or lower half of body. Clears Heat, dries Dampness. FOR soreness, pain in lower back/extremities (sinews/bones), weakness/atrophy lower extremities. Red, hot, swollen, painful feet/knees. Thick yellow foul-smelling vaginal discharge. All accompanied by scanty, yellow urine and yellow, greasy t.c.
Yin Chen Hao Tang (Artemisia Yinchenhao Decoction)
Expel Dampness, clear Damp-Heat: Dampness and Heat clumping and accumulating in the interior, disturbing dredging function of LIV, causes bile seep into exterior. Clear Heat, resolve Dampness, reduce jaundice. FOR whole-body bright yellow jaundice, slight abdominal distention, thirst but only able to take sips, little/no sweat, or sweating only from head. T: yellow greasy t.c. P: slippery, rapid.
Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria)
Expel Dampness, promote urination to leach out Dampness: Can be 1. Water build-up disorder (Wind-Cold penetrated BL, causing HA, fever, irritability, strong thirst but vomit after drinking, urinary difficulty, possible sudden turmoil disorder) 2. Internal accumulation of Water/Damp due to SP deficiency (edema, heavy body, diarrhea, urinary difficulty, possible suddent turmoil disorder) 3. Retention of thin mucus in lower burner (throbbing pulsations just below umbilicus, vomit frothy saliva, vertigo, S.O.B., cough). Promotes urination, drains Damp, strengthens SP, warms yang, promotes transforming functions of Qi.
Zhu Ling Tang (Polyporus Decoction)
Expel Dampness, promote urination to leach out Dampness: clumping of water and Heat, Heat injures yin and Water+Heat disturbs water pathways. Promotes urination, clears Heat, nourishes yin FOR urinary difficulty with fever, thirst with desire to drink, maybe diarrhea, cough, nausea, irritability, insomnia.
Wu Pi San (Five-Peel Powder)
Expel Dampness, promote urination to leach out Dampness: vigorous Dampness with Qi stagnation obstructing SP and LU. Resolves Dampness, reduces edema, regulates Qi, strengthens SP. FOR skin edema, generalized, with sensation of heaviness, distention, fullness in epigastrium and abdomen, labored and heavy breathing, urinary difficulty. T: white greasy t.c. P: submerged, moderate.
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang (Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Licorice Decoction)
Expel Dampness, warm & transform water & Dampness: SP yang deficiency that fails to transform thin fluids leading to thin mucus accumulation in epigastrium. Warms and transforms Phlegm and thin mucus, strengthens SP, resolves Dampness. FOR fullness in chest and hypochondria, palpitations, SOB, coughing up clearn and watery sputum, dizziness/vertigo. T: pale, swollen, white slippery/greasy t.c. P: slippery and wiry OR soggy.
Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)
Expel Dampness, warm & transform water & Dampness: yin edema. Warms yang and promotes urination FOR either 1. retention of fluid water due to KD/SP and KD yang deficiency not transforming water (abdominal pain aggravated by cold, urinary difficulty, deep aching heaviness in extremities, maybe also generalized edema, loose stools, dizziness, heavy head, palps, coughing, vomiting. T: pale/dark, swollen with tooth marks, white slippery t.c. P: submerged, thin, forceless) 2. Over-induced sweating on a yang warp disorder which injured yang qi and damaged fluids (external disorder with sweating that does not educe fever, pulsations in epigastrium, dizziness, twitching, feeling of being about to fall over. T: white slippery t.c. P: submerged, thin, forceless)
