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Health Benefits
For: Cholecystitis • Pancreatitus • Gastritis • Gastric ulcer • Urinary calculi • Duodenal ulcer • Peptic ulcer
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Categories (Click on ⌕ for other formulas in the category)
Category: Warm Interior Cold ⌕ Subcategory: Warm the Middle and Dispel Cold ⌕ Family: Gan Jiang Lei Fang ⌕ Source: Shang Han Lun ⌕ Related Formula:
Actions
Tonifies middle burner • Send rebellious Qi downward • Relief pain
Indications and Contraindications
Appearance: Tongue -White and greasy coat Pulse -Thin, tight, slow, wiry Face/other -
Patterns:
Indications: Severe abdominal and epigastric pain • Unable to eat from severe vomiting • Strong feeling of cold in the epigastrium
Contraindications: Blood deficiency • Yin deficiency • Internal clumping • Damp heat
Properties
Data adapted from product found online. Categories 4% or less not shown.
Herbs
Cat/Dose
Actions
Properties
Chuan Jiao ♠
3g-9g
Gan Jiang • Ginger (Dried) • 干姜 ♥
Warm Interior Expel Cold
12gWarm interior • Expel cold • Stop bleeding • Transform phlegm • Rescue devastated yang • Warm Middle Jiao • Warm lungs • Warm meridians
Anticoagulant • Hypotensive • Antiplatelet • Stimulant • Analgesic • Anti-inflammatory • Antipyretic • Cholagogic • Antiemetic • Antimutagenic
Ren Shen • Ginseng • 人参 ♣
Tonify Qi
6gTonify yuan qi • Tonify lung qi • Tonify heart qi • Calms spirit • Stop thirst • Helps impotence • Treats qi collapse • Tonify Spleen • Generate fluid • Stop thirst • Strengthen anti-pathogenic qi
adaptogen • anti-aging • anticoagulant • antiplatelet • antioxidant • antiplatelet • immunity booster • anti-inflammatory • antidepressant • hepatoprotective • stimulant
Yi Tang • Malt Sugar • 饴糖 ♣
Tonify Qi
18g-30gMoisten lungs • Stop coughing • Tonify spleen Qi • Reduce spasms • Alleviate pain • Coat choking objectsAdd at very end of decoction
Atitussive
♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy
Directions: Decoct all ingredients except Yi Tang. Disolve Yi Tang in strained decoction. Do not use other sugar as substitute.
Modifications
For
+ Gui Zhi
Numb hands and feet
+ Dan Shen + Yan Hu Suo + Mu Xiang
Stronger pain reliever
– Maltose dosage + Bing Lang + Wu Mei +Shi Jun Zi
Round worms
+ Ban Xia + Sheng Jiang
Nausea
Caution
ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Gan Jiang: Pregnancy • Blood heat • Pregnancy • Bloody mucous • Night sweats • Unexplained sweating • Heat induced pain • Heat induce vomiting
Ren Shen: Autoimmune disorder • Blood thinner medication • Diabetes medication • Blood pressure medication • Caffeine • Yin deficiency • Stagnant fire • Hypertension • Bleeding disorders • Pain in chest • Excess heat
Yi Tang: Cloying • Excess damp heat • Phlegm heat cough• Heat • Pediatric food stagnation • Pediatric malnutrition • Fullness of middle jiao with vomiting
Notes
Bibliography: [3], [8], [9], [14]
Information in this post came from many sources, including class notes, practitioners, websites, webinars, books, magazines, and editor's personal experience. While the original source often came from historical Chinese texts, variations may result from the numerous English translations. Always consult a doctor prior to using these drugs. The information here is strictly for educational purposes.
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