Test #2 Actions & Indications

Question 0

Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction) ***

Answer 0

Actions: Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, spreads the qi of the Liver, and unblocks the channels

Indications: Chest and hypochondria pain, chronic, stubborn h/a with a fixed, piercing quality, chronic, incessant hiccough, a choking sensation when drinking, dry heaves, depression or low spirits, accompanied by a sensation of warmth in the chest, palpitations, insomnia, restless sleep, irritability, extreme mood swings, evening tidal fever, a dark-red tongue, dark on the sides of the tongue, dark or purplish lips, complexion, or sclera, and a chopping or wiry, tight pulse

Question 1

Tao He Chang Qi Tang (Peach Pit Decoction to Order the Qi) **

Answer 1

Actions: Breaks up blood stasis, drains it downward and clear heat

Indications: Acute lower abdominal pain, smooth urination, night fevers, delirious speech, irritability, restlessness and thirst, and a submerged, full, or choppy pulse. In more severe cases, there may be manic behavior.

Question 2

Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang (Tonify the Yang to Restore Five Tenth Decoction) ***

Answer 2

Actions: Tonifies the qi, invigorates the blood, and unblocks the channels

Indications: Sequelae of wind-stroke including hemiplegia, paralysis, and atrophy of the lower limbs, facial paralysis, slurred speech, drooling, dry stools, frequent urination or urinary incontinence, a white tongue coating, and a moderate pulse. Also for atrophy disorder w/same underlying mechanism

Question 3

Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang (Revive Health by Invigorating the Blood Decoction) ***

Answer 3

Actions: Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, spreads the LV qi, and unblocks the channels

Indications: excruciating pain associated w/traumatic injury, especially in the chest, hypochondria, or flanks

Question 4

Wen Jing Tang (Flow-Warming Decoction) ***

Answer 4

Actions: Warms vessels, dispels cold, nourishes the blood, and dispels blood stasis

Indications: Mild, persistent uterine bleeding, irregular menstruation, extended or continuous menstrual flow, bleeding btwn periods, pain, distention, and cold in the lower abdomen, infertifility, dry lips and mouth, low-grade fever at dusk, and warm palms and soles. The tongue may be purplish, and pulse may be fine and rough

Question 5

Sheng Hua Tang (Generating and Transforming Decoction) ***

Answer 5

Actions: Invigorates the blood, transforms and dispels blood stasis, warms the menses, and alleviates pain.

Indications: Retention of lochia accompanied by cold and pain in the lower abdomen, a pale purple tongue or a pale tongue w/purple sports, and a thin, submerged, and choppy pulse.

Question 6

Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan (Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill) ***

Answer 6

Actions: Invigorates the blood, transforms blood stasis, and reduces fixed abdominal masses.

Indications: Mild, persistent uterine bleeding or purple or dark blood during pregnancy accompanied by abdominal pain that increases w/pressure. Also for immobile masses in lower abdomen w/pain and tenderness, abdominal spasms and tension, amenorrhea w/abdominal distension and pain, dysmenorrhea, and retention of lochia, dark tongue w/purple stasis spots and submerged and choppy pulse.

Question 7

Dang Gui Shao Yao San (Tangkuei and Peony Powder) **

Answer 7

Actions: Nourishes the LV blood, spread the LV qi, strengthen SP, and resolves damnpness

Indications: continuous, cramping pain of the abdomen that is not severe, urinary difficulty, and slight edema (primarily of lower limbs). Such pain can occur during pregnancy or w/variety of gyn disorders.

Question 8

Shi Xiao San (Sudden Smile Powder) ***

Answer 8

Actions: Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, disperses accumulation, and alleviates pain.

Indications: Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, retention of lochia, post partum abdominal pain, acute, colicky pain in lower abdomen, severe pain the middle abdomen, or epigastric pain.

Question 9

Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (Fantastically Effective Pill to Invigorate the Collaterals) **

Answer 9

Actions: Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, unblocks collaterals, and alleviates pain.

Indications: Pain in various locations such as chest, epigastrium, abdomen, back, leg, arm, bruising, and swelling d/t traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, fixed abdominal masses, internal or external ulceration, dark tongue, or w/stasis spots and wiry or rough pulse.

Question 10

Shi Hui San (Ten Partially-Charred Substances Powder) **

Answer 10

Actions: Cools the blood and stops bleeding, clears heat, and drains fire.

Indications: Nosebleed or vomiting, spitting, or coughing up of bright-red blood, a red tongue, and a rapid pulse. Usually occurs as acute bleeding disorders w/sudden onset

Question 11

Xiao Ji Yin Zi (Cephalanoplos Decoction) **

Answer 11

Actions: Cools the blood, stops bleeding, promotes urination, and unblocks painful urinary dribbling

Indications: Painful bloody urinary dribbling (w/blood in urine & urinary freq., urgency, burning, and pain) or simple blood in urine, accompanied by thirst, irritability, a red tongue w/ thin, yellow coating, and a rapid, forceful pulse

Question 12

Huai Hua San (Sophora Japonica Flower Powder) **

Answer 12

Actions: Cools the intestines, stops bleeding, disperses wind, and promotes the mvmt of qi.

Indications: Bright-red bleeding from the rectum during defecation that typically precedes the passage of stool, blood in the stools, hemorrhoids w/either bright-red or dark-red bleeding, a red tongue body, and a wiry, rapid or soggy rapid pulse.

Question 13

Jiao Ai Tang (Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Decoction) ***

Answer 13

Actions: Nourishes the blood, stops bleeding, regulates menstruation, and calms the fetus

Indications: Abdominal pain w/uterine bleeding, excessive menstruation, menstruation w/ constant spotting, post partum bleeding, or bleeding during pregnancy. Blood is pale and thin, w/o clots. Is accompanied by sore & weak low back, dull complexion, a pale tongue w/TWC and thin, frail pulse.

Question 14

Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San (Chuangxiong Powder to be Taken w/green tea) ***

Answer 14

Actions: Disperses wind and alleviates h/a

Indications: h/a in any part of the head, which may be accompanied by fever and chills, dizziness, nasal congestion, tongue w/ TWC, and a floating pulse

Question 15

Cang Er Zi San (Xanthium Powder) ***

Answer 15

Actions: Disperse wind, alleviates pain, and unblocks the nose

Indications: Copious, purulent, and even foul-smelling nasal discharge, nasal obstruction, dizziness, frontal h/a, a normal or thin, white or greasy, white tongue coating

Question 16

Xiao Feng San (Eliminate Wind Powder from Orthodox Lineage) ***

Answer 16

Actions: Disperses wind, eliminates dampness, clears heat, and cools blood

Indications: Weepy, itchy, red skin lesions over a large part of the body, a yellow or white tongue coating, and a forceful floating and rapid pulse.

Question 17

Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang (Antelope Horn and Uncaria Decoction) ***

Answer 17

Actions: Cools the LV, extinguishes wind, increases fluids, and relaxes the sinews

Indications: Persistent high fever, irritability, restlessness, dizziness, vertigo, twitching and spasms of the extremities, a deep-red, dry, or burnt tongue w/prickles, and a wiry, rapid pulse. In severe cases, may be impaired or actual loss of consciousness

Question 18

Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang (Sedate the LV and Extinguish Wind Decoction) ***

Answer 18

Actions: Sedates the LV, extinguishes wind, nourishes the yin, and anchors the yang

Indication: Dizziness, vertigo, feeling of distention in the eyes, tinnitus, feverish sensation in the head, h/a, irritability, flushed face and a wiry, long and forceful pulse. There may also be freq. belching, progressive motor dysfunction of the body, or development of facial asymmetry that occurs over a period of a few hours to a few days, severe dizziness and vertigo, sudden loss of consciousness, mental confusion w/moments of clarity, and an inability to fully recover after loss of consciousness.

Question 19

Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin (Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction) ***

Answer 19

Actions: Calms the LV, extinguishes wind, clears heat, invigorates the blood, and tonifies LV and KD

Indications: h/a, dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, blurred vision, a sensation of heat rushing to the head, insomina w/dream-disturbed sleep, a red tongue, and a wiry pulse. In severe cases there may also be numbness, twitching and spasms in the extremities, or hemiplegia.

Question 20

Xing Su San (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder) ***

Answer 20

Actions: Gently disperses cool-dryness, disseminates the LU qi, and transforms thin mucus.

Indications: Slight h/a, chills w/o sweating, cough w/watery sputum, stuffy nose, dry throat, a dry, white tongue coating, and a wiry pulse.

Question 21

Sang Xing Tang (Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel) ***

Answer 21

Actions: Clears, disperses warm-dryness, and moisten the Lungs.

Indications: Moderate fever, h/a, thirst, a dry, hacking cough or cough w/scanty, thick, and sticky sputum, a red tongue w/thin, dry and white coating, and a floating, rapid pulse (esp right)

Question 22

Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang (Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoction) ***

Answer 22

Actions: Clears warm-dryness and moistens Lungs

Indications: h/a, fever, hacking cough, wheezing, dry and parched throat, dry nasal passages, a sensation of fullness in the chest, hypochondriac pain, irritability, thirst, a dry tongue w/o coating, and a deficient, big and rapid pulse

Question 23

Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang (Nourish the Yin Clear the Lungs Decoction) **

Answer 23

Actions: Nourishes the yin, clears the Lungs, improve the condition of the throat, and relieves toxicity

Indications: Development of a white, curd-like membrane in the throat that is difficult to scrape off, swollen and sore throat, fever, dry nasal passages, parched lips, raspy breathing that resembles wheezing, a red and dry tongue, and a rapid, usually thin pulse. There may also be coughing.