Week 13- Formulas that Harmonize_Harmonize Lesser Yang-Stage Disorders Flashcards
PinYin
Minor Bupleurum Decoction
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Ingredients Chai Hu [Bupleuri Rx] Huang Qin [Scutellariae Rx] Zhi Ban Xia [Pinelliae Rz preparatum] Sheng Jiang [Zingiberis Rz recens] Ren Shen [Ginseng Rx] Zhi Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Rx prep] Da Zao [Jujubae Fructus]
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Ax
Harmonizes and releases lesser yang-warp disorders
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
S/Sx
Alternating fever and chills, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, dizziness, irritability, sensation of illness in the chest and hypochondria [often experienced as difficulty in taking deep breaths], heartburn, nausea and vomiting, being downcast w no desire to eat
*possible palpitation, coughing or urinary dysfunction
TONGUE: thin, white tongue coating
PULSE: wiry
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Dx
Lesser yang-warp disorder
Cold pathogen constraining the lesser yang warp and impending its ability to direct the clear upward and the turbid downward
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
PinYin
Bupleurum and Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
Ingredients Gui Zhi [Cinnamomi Ramulus] Huang Qing [Scutellariea Rx] Ren Shen [Ginseng Rx] Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Rx] Zhi Ban Xia [Pinelliae Rz preparatum] Shao Yao [Paeoniae Rx] Chai Hu [Bupleuri Rx] Sheng Jiang [Zingiberis Rz recens] Da Zao [Jujubae Fructus]
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
Ax
Release the muscle layer and exterior and harmonizes and releases lesser yang-warp disorders
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
S/Sx
Join-pain w ‘crackling’ sensation due to wind in the joints, chills and aversion to wind
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
Dx
Lesser yang disorder w joint pain
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang
PinYin
Bupleurum and Four-Substance Decoction
Chai Hu Si Wu Tang
Ingredients Chai Hu [Bupleuri Rx] Huang Qin [Scutellariae Rx] Zhi Ban Xia [Pinelliae Rz prep] Zhi Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Rx prep] Ren Shen [Ginseng Rx] Bai Shao [Paeoniae Rx alba] Shu Di Huang [Rehmanniae Rx prep] Dang Gui [Angelicae sinensis Rx] Chuan Xiong [Chuanxiong Rz]
Chai Hu Si Wu Tang
Ax
Harmonizes Terminal Yin and Lesser Yang channels
Moves / nourishes blood
Chai Hu Si Wu Tang
S/Sx
For externally-contracted pathogenic influences that penetrate to the terminal yin warp, characterized by pain extending from the chest to the back and alternating fever and chills, w symptoms often becoming worse at night
TONGUE: pale w dark-purple spots
PULSE: wiry, thin
Chai Hu Si Wu Tang
Dx
Externally-contracted pathogenic influences which penetrate to the terminal Yin-stage.
Chai Hu Si Wu Tang