Week 4 - Warm Interior Cold

Question 1

List ingredients of Xiǎo Jiàn Zhōng Tāng

小建中湯

Answer 1

Yí Táng  飴糖
Guì Zhī     桂枝
Bái Sháo  白芍
Zhi Gān Cǎo  甘草
Shēng Jiāng     生薑
Dà Zǎo  大棗

Question 2

List ingredients of Huáng Qí Jiàn Zhōng Tāng

黃耆建中湯

Answer 2

Huáng Qí  黃蓍
Yí Táng  飴糖
Guì Zhī     桂枝
Bái Sháo  白芍
Zhi Gān Cǎo  甘草
Shēng Jiāng     生薑
Dà Zǎo  大棗

Question 3

List ingredients of Dà Jiàn Zhōng Tāng

大建中湯

Answer 3

Huā Jiāo 花椒
Gān Jiāng 乾薑
Rén Shēn 人參
Yí Táng 飴糖

Question 4

List ingredients of Gān Cǎo Gān Jiāng Tāng

甘草乾薑湯

Answer 4

Pào Jiāng 炮薑

Zhi Gān Cǎo 甘草

Question 5

List ingredients of Sì Nì Tāng

四逆湯

Answer 5

Fù Zǐ 附子
Gān Jiāng 乾薑
Zhi Gān Cǎo 甘草

Question 6

List ingredients of Sì Nì Jiā Rén Shēn Tāng

四逆加人參湯

Answer 6

Rén Shēn 人參
Fù Zǐ 附子
Gān Jiāng 乾薑
Zhi Gān Cǎo 甘草

Question 7

List ingredients of Tōng Mài Sì Nì Tāng

通脈四逆湯

Answer 7

Zhi Gān Cǎo 甘草
Sheng Fù Zǐ 附子
Gān Jiāng 乾薑

Question 8

List ingredients of Bái Tōng Tāng

白通湯

Answer 8

Sheng Fù Zǐ 附子
Gān Jiāng 乾薑
Cōng Bái 蔥白

Question 9

List ingredients of Shēn Fù Tāng / Rén Shēn Fù Zǐ Tāng

人參附子湯

Answer 9

Rén Shēn 人參

Fù Zǐ 附子

Question 10

List ingredients of Dú Shēn Tāng

獨參湯

Answer 10

Rén Shēn 人參

Question 11

According to Bensky, the Dx for Xiǎo Jiàn Zhōng Tāng
小建中湯 is _____________

It is classically indicated for _________

Answer 11

Dx: Cold in Middle Jiao Causing Spasmodic Abdominal Pain

oversweating causing palpitations

Question 12

Compared to Gui Zhi Tang, Xiǎo Jiàn Zhōng Tāng

小建中湯 is _______ because _________

Answer 12

slightly yin nourishing, slightly cooling

double dosage of Shao Yao

Question 13

According to Bensky, the Dx for Huáng Qí Jiàn Zhōng Tāng 黃耆建中湯 is _____________

Answer 13

Dx: Deficiency and Cold of the Middle Jiao w/ Severe Qi Deficiency

Question 14

Compared to Xiǎo Jiàn Zhōng Tāng

小建中湯, Huáng Qí Jiàn Zhōng Tāng 黃耆建中湯 is _____________ because __________

Answer 14

more intense

more balanced with addition of Huang Qi

Question 15

According to Bensky, the Dx for Dà Jiàn Zhōng Tāng
大建中湯 is _____________

Compared to Huáng Qí Jiàn Zhōng Tāng 黃耆建中湯, Dà Jiàn Zhōng Tāng 大建中湯 is _______

Answer 15

Dx: Cold from Deficiency w/ Internal Ascendance of Cold

more warming

Question 16

According to Bensky, the Dx for Gān Cǎo Gān Jiāng Tāng 甘草乾薑湯 is _____________

It is indicated for ____________

Answer 16

Dx: LU Atrophy due to Cold from Deficiency of LU and ST

mild yang deficiency leading to sweating

Question 17

According to Bensky, the Dx for Sì Nì Tāng 四逆湯 is _____________

This formula addresses _______ stage pathology and is contraindicated in ______

Answer 17

Dx: Extremely Cold Extremities Due to Yang Deficiency

Shao Yin

Yin Deficiency

Question 18

According to Bensky, the Dx for Sì Nì Jiā Rén Shēn Tāng 四逆加人參湯 is _____________

The role of Ren Shen in this formula is ________

Answer 18

Dx: KD Yang Deficiency w/ SP Qi and LU Deficiency

reduce the power of Si Ni Tang

Question 19

According to Bensky, the Dx for Tōng Mài Sì Nì Tāng
通脈四逆湯 is _____________

How do the ingredients differ from Si Ni Tang?

Answer 19

Dx: Yang Deficiency w/ Nearly Imperceptible Pulse

This formula uses Sheng Fu Zi instead of Zhi Fu Zi

Question 20

According to Bensky, the Dx for Bái Tōng Tāng

白通湯 is _____________

Answer 20

Dx: Yang Deficiency w/ Yin Accumulation, Shao Yin Syndrome, Yin & Yang Separating

Question 21

According to Bensky, the Dx for Shēn Fù Tāng / Rén Shēn Fù Zǐ Tāng 人參附子湯 is _____________

Compared to Sì Nì Jiā Rén Shēn Tāng 四逆加人參湯, it is _________

Answer 21

Dx: Cold Extremities due to Yang Collapse

weaker

Question 22

According to Bensky, the Dx for Dú Shēn Tāng
獨參湯 is _____________

It is indicated in _________ and is appropriate in what situations?

Answer 22

Dx: Qi Collapse following loss of blood

Qi and Yin Deficiency

childbirth, marathon

Question 23

Between Tōng Mài Sì Nì Tāng 通脈四逆湯 and Bái Tōng Tāng 白通湯 which is stronger? Why?

Answer 23

Bái Tōng Tāng 白通湯 replaces Gan Cao with Cong Bai which eliminates a buffer and enhances the warming function of the formula