Ling gui zhu gan tang fu ling 12 gui zhi 9 bai zhu 6 zhi gan cao 6 Warms the tai yang channel and organ, promote qi and water transformation, tonifies the spleen and drain dampness. It restores earth’s control over water. It warms a cold center with fluid accumulation, fullness in the chest, dizziness, …
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Zhen wu tang
fu zi 9 bai zhu 6 fu ling 9 bai shao 9 sheng jiang 9 The most complex and variable syndromes are those that pertain either to diseases of the pivot, and diseases in which water plays a key role. There are three pivots and two sources.Pivot one is the shao yang, pivot two is …
Gan jiang huang qin huang lian ren shen tang
Gan jiang huang qin huang lian ren shen tang gan jiang 9 huang qin 9 huang lian 9 ren shen 9 Line 359 In cold damage originally there was spontaneous cold diarrhea, yet the physician used vomiting and precipitation so there is repelling cold. After further adverse treatment through vomiting and precipitation, if there is …
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Bai hu tang
Line 176 When in cold damage the pulse is floating and slippery, this means there is heat in the exterior and cold in the interior, bai hu tang governs. Editors of the Song version believe this to be an error. According to Wiseman and the editors of the Song version it should read. There is …
Jiao ai tang
Jiao ai tang also known as Xiong gui jiao ai tang also known as Jiao ai si wu tang sheng di huang 18 dang gui 9 bai shao 12 chuan xiong 6 zhi gan cao 6 ejiao 9 ai ye 9 Women can have blood leakage, or continuous and incessant blood loss after premature birth, …
Ben tun tang
Ben tun tang ge gen 15 sang bai pi 24 bai shao 6 chuan xiong 6 dang gui 6 huang qin 6 ban xia 12 sheng jiang 12 zhi gan cao 6 In running piglet qi surges upwards to strike the chest, with abdominal pain, and alternating hot and cold, ben tun tang governs. This …
Ge gen tang
At first glance the formula ge gen tang seems strange. Why would anyone add ge gen and ma huang to gui zhi tang? Ge gen tang ge gen 12 ma huang 9 gui zhi 6 bai shao 6 sheng jiang 9 da zao 9 zhi gan cao 6 If the wind cold tai yang pattern …
Understanding shao yin
I have wrestled with understanding shao yin. My struggle with understanding shao yin and in simple terms just become clear. Let me share. All things can be defined by the theoretical knife of yin and yang. Shao yin contains two parts, a yang and a yin part. Shao yin contains two of the five elements …
Li zhong wan
Li zhong wan ren shen 9 bai zhu 9 gan jiang 9 zhi gan cao 9 When there is spontaneous diarrhea and thirst is absent, this belongs to tai yin disease, because there is cold in the store house, one should use a warming treatment. A counter flow cold decoction is appropriate. The formula Li …
Gui zhi gan cao tang
Gui zhi gan cao tang gui zhi 12 zhi gan cao 6 We can learn much about the balance between the yang and yin aspects in a formula, but also in treating pathology by understanding gui zhi gan cao tang. When too much (another version uses copious) sweating has been promoted, and the person crosses …