Week 1- Formulas to Release Wind from Skin & Channels

Question 1

-disperses wind, nourishes the blood, clears heat, eliminates dampness

Answer 1

Xiao Feng San (eliminate wind powder)

Question 2

-wind/damp/heat rash with preexisting damp heat
-itch, weepy, skin lessions that ooze after scrathichng

Answer 2

Xiao Feng San (eliminate wind powder)

Question 3

Ingredients in Xiao Feng San (eliminate wind powder) (13)

Answer 3

—– Kings= unblocks pores, disperse external wind
1. Jing Jie
1. Fang Feng
3. Niu Bang Zi
4. Chan Tui
—– Deputy
5. Chang Zhu (damp)
6. Ku Shen (damp)
7. Mu Tong (drains damp heat through urine)
8. Shi Gao (clears heat, prevents heat from going deeper)
9. Zhi Mu (clears heat, prevents heat from going deeper)
—– Assistant
10. Sheng Di Huang (cool blood)
11. Dang Gui (nourish & invigorate blood)
12. Hei Zhi Ma (black sesame- nourish blood, moisten dryness)
—– Envoy
13. Gan Cao (clear heat, relieve toxicity, harmonize)

Question 4

with what formula should you avoid shellfish, fried food, peanuts, chicken, egg whites

Answer 4

Xiao Feng San

Question 5

What are the ingredients of Qian Zheng San (lead to symmetry pill)

Answer 5

——– King
1. Bai Fu Zi (treats wind heat and face)
———- Assistant
2. Jiang Can (silkworm) (expel wind, spasm, and phlegm)
3. Quan Xie (scorpion) (expel wind, spasm, and open collaterals)

Question 6

pathogenic wind and phlegm obstructing channels of head and face
-sudden facial paralysis with deviation of the eyes and mouth

Answer 6

Qian Zheng San (lead to symmetry pill)

Question 7

Condition happens after a CVA, used for bells palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, and peripheral neuritis

Answer 7

Qian Zheng San (lead to symmetry pill)

Question 8

-wind cold damp bi syndrome
-blood and phlegm stasis from wind stroke

Answer 8

Xiao Huo Luo Dan (minor invigorate the collaterals special pill)

Question 9

dispels wind damp, tranforms phlegm, unblocks collaterals, alleviates pain

Answer 9

Xiao Huo Luo Dan (minor invigorate the collaterals special pill)

Question 10

biomedical used for hemiplegia after a CVA, RA, osteoarthritis, sciatica etc

Answer 10

Xiao Huo Luo Dan (minor invigorate the collaterals special pill)

Question 11

Ingredients in Xiao Huo Luo Dan (minor invigorate the collaterals special pill) (7)

Answer 11

——— King
1. Chuan Wu (warm channels, eliminate wind, cold, pain)
2. Cao Wu (warm channels, eliminate wind, cold, pain)
———- Deputy
3. Tian Nan Zing (expel wind and PHLEGM)
———– Assistant
4. Ru Xiang (invigorate blood, increase flow in channels)
5. Mo Yao (invigorate blood, increase flow in channels)
6. Di Long (open collaterals, invigorate blood)
7. Old Wine

Question 12

formula for chronic skin itching due to blood deficiency

Answer 12

Dang Gui Yin Zi
=Si Wu Tang + stop itch herbs

Question 13

wind due to a wound
-tetanus presented with stiffness and spasm of jaw, closed mouth, entire body rigid, & chills + fever

Answer 13

Yu Zhen San (true jade powder)

Question 14

-early stage wind evil attacking the channels and collaterals
-wind stroke

Answer 14

Da Qin Jiao Tang (major large gentian decoction)

Question 15

wind stroke with a righteous qi xu
-warms the channels, unblocks yang, supports righteous qi, expels wind

Answer 15

Xiao Xu Ming Tang

Question 16

Indication: Wind rash OR damp rash caused by wind-heat OR wind-damp with pre-existing damp

Key Symptoms: Itchy, weepy, red skin lesions over a larger part of body, oozy after scratching

Answer 16

Xiao Feng San
(Eliminate wind decoction)

Question 17

Indication: Wind Cold Damp Bi & Wind Stroke

Key Symptoms: Chronic pain, weakness, and numbness of LOWER limbs, fixed or migrating pain in the bones/joints with reduced ROM

Answer 17

Xiao Huo Luo Dan

Question 18

Indication: Bells Palsy, CVA/ Stroke
Pathogenic wind and phlegm invade and obstruct the channels and collaterals of the head and face

Function: Dispel wind, transform phlegm, stop spasms

Key Symptoms: Sudden facial paralysis with deviation of the eyes and mouth and facial muscle twitch

Answer 18

Qian Zheng San
(Lead to Symmetry Powder)

Question 19

“Indication: Chronic itching skin due to Blood Xu

Function: Nourish Blood, moisten dryness, disperse wind, stop itch

Key Symptoms:** Itchy skin worse at night, may be accompanied by rash and flaking skin**
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Answer 19

Dang Gui Yin Zi