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List ingredients for Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹

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Shēng Dì Huáng      生地黃
Rén Shēn  人參
Tiān Mén Dōng  天門冬
Mài Mén Dōng  麥門冬
Dān Shēn  丹參
Fú Líng    茯苓
Dāng Guī  當歸
Yuăn Zhì  遠志
Wu Wèi Zi  五味子
Băi Zĭ Rén  柏子仁
Suān Zăo Rén  酸棗仁
Zhū Shā  硃砂
Jié Gĕng     桔梗
Xuán Shēn     玄參
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List ingredients for Suān Zǎo Rén Tāng 酸棗仁湯

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Suān Zăo Rén  酸棗仁
Fú Líng    茯苓
Chuān Xiōng  川芎
Zhī Mǔ      知母
Gān Cǎo  甘草
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List ingredients for Dìng Zhì Wán 定志丸

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Rén Shēn 人參
Fú Líng 茯苓
Shí Chāng Pú 石菖蒲
Yuăn Zhì 遠志

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List ingredients for Huáng Lián Ē Jiāo Tāng 黃連阿膠湯

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Huáng Lián     黃連
Ē Jiāo  阿膠
Huáng Qín      黃芩
Bái Sháo  白芍
Jī Zi Huáng  鸡子黄
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List ingredients for Gān Mài Dà Zǎo Tāng 甘麥大棗湯

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Fú Xiăo Mài 浮小麥
Gān Cǎo 甘草
Dà Zǎo 大棗

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List ingredients for Zhū Shā Ān Shén Wán 硃砂安神丸

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Zhū Shā  硃砂
Huáng Lián     黃連
Dāng Guī  當歸
Shēng Dì Huáng      生地黃
Zhi Gān Cǎo  甘草
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List ingredients for Cí Zhū Wán 磁硃丸

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Cí Shí 磁石
Zhū Shā 硃砂
Shén Qŭ 神曲

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According to Bensky, Dx for Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹 is _____________

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Dx: HT Blood and KD/LV Yin Deficiency; HT and KD not Communicating

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According to Bensky, Dx for Suān Zǎo Rén Tāng 酸棗仁湯 is _______________

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Dx: HT and LV Blood Deficiency w/ Deficiency Heat

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According to Bensky, Dx for Dìng Zhì Wán 定志丸 is ____________

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Dx: HT Qi Deficiency

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According to Bensky, Dx for Huáng Lián Ē Jiāo Tāng

黃連阿膠湯 is ___________

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Dx: Fire due to Yin Deficiency

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According to Bensky, Dx for Gān Mài Dà Zǎo Tāng

甘麥大棗湯 is ___________

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Dx: Restless Organ Disorder; LV Qi Stagnation and HT Blood Deficiency

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According to Bensky, Dx for Zhū Shā Ān Shén Wán

硃砂安神丸 is ___________

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Dx: Excess HT Fire Injuring the Yin and Blood

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According to Bensky, Dx for Cí Zhū Wán 磁硃丸 is __________

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Dx: Ascendant HT Yang w/ Lack of Communication b/n HT and KD

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Formulas that nourish the HT and calm the spirit primarily address what pathology?

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KD-HT disharmony

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天王 (Heavenly Emperor) in Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹 refers to what organ?

What formula is contained within Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹?

A

HT

Sheng Mai San

17
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Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹 addresses excessive ________ and functions to _______. This formula should be used with caution in ________ because ___________

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mental activity

nourish yin, calm shen

stagnation, qi deficiency

contains cloying herbs

18
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According to TCM, the mind is calm when there is harmony between heaven and earth. What ingredients in Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹 indicate this?

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Tiān Mén Dōng 天門冬 (天)
Rén Shēn 人參 (人)
Shēng Dì Huáng 生地黃 (地)

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What is the dosage of Shēng Dì Huáng 生地黃 in Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹? Why?

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120g

address yang rising, weigh down

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__________ is the progenitor of Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹. Which is the stronger of the two?

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Suān Zǎo Rén Tāng 酸棗仁湯

Tiān Wáng Bǔ Xīn Dān 天王補心丹

21
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Suān Zǎo Rén Tāng 酸棗仁湯 targets what organ systems?

Suān Zǎo Rén Tāng 酸棗仁湯 functions to ______

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HT, SP/ST, LV/GB, LU, KD

nourish yin, move the blood, clear heat

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Dìng Zhì Wán 定志丸 primarily targets what organs? The formula name indicates ____ pathology but it actually addresses ___________

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HT, LU

KD

KD disturbed by HT fire

23
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Huáng Lián Ē Jiāo Tāng 黃連阿膠湯 is found in what chapter of the Shang Han Lun?

24
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The Shao Yin chapter of the Shang Han Lun primarily addresses Yang deficiency conditions but Huáng Lián Ē Jiāo Tāng 黃連阿膠湯 addresses ____ because _______

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Yin deficiency

a comparatively small population during Zhang Zhong Jing’s time had relatively strong constitutions that developed Yin deficiency

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Gān Mài Dà Zǎo Tāng 甘麥大棗湯 functions to calm the shen by ___________

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providing a touch of sweetness to soothe enduring bitterness

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According to Bensky, Gān Mài Dà Zǎo Tāng 甘麥大棗湯 treats restless organ disorder (臟躁). This disorder is most likely a __________

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a transient condition resulting from deficiency due to long term repression/bitterness

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Zhū Shā Ān Shén Wán 硃砂安神丸 primarily targets what organ? The nature of its ingredients indicates it addresses _____ patterns.

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What is are the dosages of ingredients in Cí Zhū Wán

磁硃丸? Why?

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Cí Shí 磁石 60g
Zhū Shā 硃砂 30g
Shén Qŭ 神曲 120g

Cí Shí 磁石 and Zhū Shā 硃砂 are heavy ingredients that can damage digestion. A very large dosage of Shén Qŭ 神曲 is used to protect digestion, prevent stagnation, help absorption of minerals

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Cí Zhū Wán磁硃丸 addresses diminished hearing and vision due to __________

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exhaustion leading to yang rising

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