Chinese
Medicine Formulas that harmonize
Shaoyang
Xiao Chai Hu Tang harmonizes & releases Shaoyang stage disorders
(Liver Gallbladder)
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Chai Hu
(radix bupleuri)
12g
Huang
Qin (radix scutellariae)
9g
Ban Xia
(rhizome pinelliae ternatae)
12g
Sheng
Jiang (rhizome zingiberis officinalis recens)
9g
Ren
Shen (radix ginseng)
9g
Zhi Gan
Cao (honey fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis)
6g
Da Zao
(fructus zizyphi jujubae)
4 pieces
Indications:
alternating fever and chills, dry throat, bitter or sour taste in
mouth, dizziness, irritability, chest and hypochondriac fullness,
heartburn, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite,
P- wiry. Half interior-
alternating chills and fever, fullness.
Half exterior- heat rising upward, bitter or sour taste, dry throat,
dizziness. Gallbladder attacks
stomach causing rebel Qi.
Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang clear
Gallbladder Jing Damp/Heat & Phlegm, harmonizes Stomach, ear infections
Hao Qin Qing Dan
Tang
Qing
Hao (herba artemisiae annuae)
4.5-6g
Huang
Qin (radix scutellariae)
4.5-6g
Zhu Ru
(caulis bambusae in taeniis)
9g
Zhi Shi
(fructus citri aurantii)
4.5g
Chen Pi
(pericarpium citri reticulatae)
4.5g
Ban Xia
(rhizome pinelliae ternatae)
4.5g
Chi Fu
Ling (sclerotium poiae cocos rubrae)
9g
Bi Yu
San (jasper powder)
9g
Indications: mild chills alternating with
pronounced fever, bitter taste in mouth, fullness in the chest and
hypochondria, may vomit up bitter or sour fluids, thirst with no desire to
drink, T- red with a thick greasy coat that may be yellow or white, P- wiry
slippery (may be soft). Damp/Heat
and turbid Phlegm in the Shaoyang, alternating between the Wei and Ying
levels attempting to go deeper in the body.
This
formula is basically Wen Dan Tang with Qing Hao (to vent exterior), Huang
Qin (to clear interior), and Bi Yu San (relieve toxicity and Damp). This formula is slightly less dispersing
of the exterior than Xiao Chai Hu Tang, but is better at draining the
interior Shaoyang aspects of Heat and Damp.
Liver
Spleen
Si Ni San vents pathogenic factors, release Liver Qi,
regulate Spleen, (cold extremities/warm interior)
Si Ni San Shang
Han Lun
Chai Hu
(radix bupleuri)
9-12g
Zhi Shi
(fructus immaturus citri aurantii)
9-12g
Bai
Shao (radix paeoniae lactiflorae)
12-24g
Zhi Gan
Cao (honey fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis)
6-9g
Indications: this formula is used for a
Yang-hot type collapse, this means that only
the fingers and toes are cold (in a Yin-cold type collapse where the
Yang is exhausted, the area below the elbows and knees or maybe the whole
limb is cold), Heat has entered the interior which is stopping the
spreading of the Yang Qi to the extremities (hence the body is warm, and the
fingers and toes are cold). chest and abdominal
fullness show the constraint in the interior, T- red with yellow coat, P-
wiry.
This
formula is also used for Liver Qi stagnation overacting on the
Stomach. Some say that this formula
is designed for the patient with a weak Spleen that has been invaded by a
pathogenic influence. This causes a
disruption in the Spleens ability to control the limbs, causing coldness.
This
condition seems to relate very closely to Raynauds syndrome.
Xiao Yao San soothe Liver Qi, strengthen Spleen, nourish blood
Xiao Yao San tai
ping hui min he ji ju fang (powder dosages)
Chai Hu
(radix burpleuri)
30g [soothe Liver Qi]
Dang
Gui (radix angelicae sinensis)
30g
[nourish Blood, aromatically
affects the Qi of the Blood]
Bai
Shao (radix paeoniae lactiflorae)
30g
[nourish Blood]
Bai Zhu
(rhizome atractylodis macrocephalae)
30g
[strengthen
Spleen]
Fu Ling
(sclerotium poriae cocos)
30g [strengthen Spleen]
Zhi Gan
Cao (honey fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis)
15g [harmonizes mid Jiao]
*taken
in 6-9g doses in a draft made from 6g roasted ginger (wei jiang) and 3g of
peppermint (bo he). The ginger helps
stop the Stomach Qi from rebelling, and the Bo He helps Chai Hu to soothe
the Liver Qi.
Indications: Liver Qi stagnation with Blood
deficiency causing hypochondriac pain, headache, vertigo, PMS, painful
breasts, bitter taste in mouth, dry mouth and throat, T- pale purple, P-
wiry thin. When the Liver is
stagnated, it overacts on the Spleen causing a deficiency which in turn
worsens the Blood deficiency. This
shows as poor appetite, fatigue, bloating.
Commonly
used for gynecological disorders showing stagnation, Blood deficiency, and
Spleen deficiency.
To
strengthen the Blood nourishing action of this formula, substitute Sheng Di
Huang (15g) for Bai Zhu (Hei Xiao Yao San).
Tong Xie Yao Fang soothes
Liver Qi, tonifies Spleen, stops painful diarrhea
Tong Xie Yao Fang
Jing Yue Quan Shu (powder doses)
Chao
Bai Zhu (dry fried rhizome atractylodis macrocephalae)
90g
Chao
Bai Shao (dry fried radix paeoniae lactiflorae)
60g
Chao
Chen Pi (dry fried pericarpoim citri reticulatae)
45g
Fang
Feng (radix ledebouriellae divaricatae)
30-60g
Indications: Liver overacting on Spleen
causing deficiency, recurrent abdominal pain, borborygmus (seen as Wind in
the abdomen, hence the use of Fang Feng which also directs the other herbs
to the Liver and Spleen producing a direct affect on the diarrhea), painful
diarrhea (the pain comes with the urge to go to the bathroom and subsides
after the bowel movement), T- thin white coating (showing the diarrhea is
not because of excess Damp), P- wiry thin.
It is
believed by most that the condition of Spleen deficiency comes first,
although the problem recurs during times of Liver Qi stagnation (due to
stress or emotional/mental factors).
Spleen
Stomach
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
harmonizes Stomach, redirect rebel Qi, disperse clumping, eliminates
obstruction/distension
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
Shang Han Lun
Ban Xia
(rhizome pinelliae ternatae)
9g
Gan Jiang (rhizome zingiberis officinalis)
9g
Huang
Qin (radix scutellariae)
9g
Huang
Lian (rhizome coptidis)
3g
Ren
Shen (panax ginseng)
9g
Da Zao
(fructus Zizyphi jujubae)
12 pieces
Zhi Gan
Cao (honey fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis)
9g
Indications: this is said to come from an
external pathogenic factor aggravating an already deficient Stomach causing
focal distension (focused, localized fullness, discomfort, blockage in the
epigastrium, with little or no pain), palpation shows no masses and a very
soft epigastrium, may be dry heaves, poor appetite, borborygmus, diarrhea,
may be signs of Heat from the stagnation, T- thin yellow greasy coat, P-
wiry rapid. Simultaneous excess and
deficiency, Cold and Heat show in this pattern. May be caused by improper purging causing
deficiency, then leading to the excess.
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