Gan Mao - Cold and Flu Flashcards
What formulas for wind heat?
Yin Qiao San - early stage
Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang - wind heat with yin deficiency
What formulas for summer heat with dampness?
Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin - summer damp heat
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San - middle qiao stagnation with external wind cold
What formula for external wind cold and internal damp phlegm or weakness?
Shen Su Yin
What formula for wind dryness?
San Xing Tang - mild warm dryness injuring LU qi at a relatively superficial level
DDx for cold and flu
1) Wind cold 2) wind heat 3) summer heat with dampness 4) wind dryness 5) wind cold with qi xu 6) wind heat with yin xu
Etiology and pathogenesis of cold/flu?
- External pathogenic wind is leading pathogen, sudden weather change
- Internal qi xu, constitutional weakness, lung pathology, overexertion, improper lifestyle
- epidemic toxins like flu, SARS, effects many people at the same time, usually severe, acute, and changes patterns quickly
Do you need a deficiency for pathogen invasion?
Yes, can be temporary including overexertion, lack of sleep, temp change
Wind cold manifestation?
aversion to cold, chills>fever, sneezing, HA, body ache, no sweating, stuffy/ runny nose, itchy throat (irritation from drip 1st thing in AM), cough with thin watery sputum, tongue- thin white moist coat, floating tight pulse
Wind cold tx principle?
Release exterior (lu disperses and descends), expel cold, regulate lung qi
What formulas for wind cold?
Jing Fang Bai Du San
Modifications for Jing Fan Bai Du Yin
stiff neck or shoulder - ge gen or ge gen tang
HA - add chuan xiong cha tiao san
Wind heat manifestations?
fever, slight aversion to wind, sweating, HA, stuffy nose, yellow discharge, sore throat, cough w/ sticky yellow sputum, thirst, red tip or red tongue prickles if more severe, thin yellow or white coat, floating rapid pulse
Wind heat treatment principles?
release exterior, clear heat, regulate lung qi
Yin Qiao San modifications?
More cough - Qian Hu or Xing Ren
Red, sore, swollen throat - Shan Dou Gen, Xuan Shen, Da Qing Ye, Chuan Xin Lian (tab)
Wind heat patent
Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian
Sang Ju Yin (wind heat CC cough)
Gan Mao Ling
Summer heat with dampness symptoms
Heat (h):Damp (d) ratio is location and constitution dependent
fever, slight aversion to wind, mild sweating, heavy sore extremities (d), heaviness distension in head (d), fullness in chest (d), thirst, cough w/ sticky sputum - white or yellow (h), nausea, vom, irritability (h), fatigue (d), thin yellow sticky coat (h), or sticky white (d), soft floating rapid pulse (d)
Treatment principle for summer damp heat
Release exterior, clear summer heat, transform dampness
Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin indication
summer damp heat
Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin modifications
Internal/ constitutional damp - Fu Ling and ____ to leach damp and promote urination. No leaching damp with external damp only
Transform external damp with aromatics Huo Xiang, Pei Lang (lifts)
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San indication
Summer damp heat (more damp than heat)
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San ingredients
Huo Xiang, Huo Po (qi mover), Chen Pi (reg qi), Zi Su Ye (release ext), Bai Zhi (rel ext), Ban Xia (ton qi, leach, dry damp), Fu Ling (leach damp), Jie Geng (energy up), Zhi Gan Cao
Damp formulas usually include what formula?
Er Chen Tang - ban xia, chen pi, fu ling, zhi gan cao
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San modifications?
more summer heat - Qing Hao, Hua Shi (damp acc causing heat)
more exterior damp - Huo Xiang, Pei Lan
more internal damp - Cang Zhu, more Ban Xia
Summer heat patents
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San
Kang Ning Wan (Curing Pill)
Bao Ji Wan
