| Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
| Wine-fried Cx. Phellodendri |
Jiu Chao Huang Bai |
9-21g |
Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Kidney Fire and treats Blood Stagnation with Heat.
With Cang Zhu, eliminates Dampness and clears Heat for Lower Jiao Damp-Heat with pain, swelling and weakness in the lower limbs.
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| Rz. Atractylodis |
Cang Zhu |
9-21g |
Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen and clears Dampness from the Lower Jiao.
With Chuan Xiong, Bai Zhi and Qiang Huo, for Exterior Wind-Cold-Dampness. With Huang Bai, for pain, swelling, and weakness of the lower extremities or skin lesions due to Wind-Dampness.
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| Rz. Arisaematis Preparata |
Zhi Tian Nan Xing |
9-31g |
Dries Dampness and expels Phlegm.
With Cang Zhu, for Wind-Damp painful obstruction.
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| Dry-fried Massa Medicata Fermentata |
Chao Shen Qu |
9g |
Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion, moves Qi and harmonizes the Stomach.
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| Rz. Chuanxiong |
Chuan Xiong |
9g |
Activates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain.
With Gui Zhi, expels Wind-Dampness, warms the channels and collaterals, facilitates joint movement and relieves Bi pain for joint and limb pain due to an External Wind-Cold invasion.
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| Sm. Persicae |
Tao Ren |
9g |
Breaks up Blood Stasis and activates Blood circulation.
With Hong Hua, activates the Blood for all types of Blood Stagnation.
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| Rx. Gentianae |
Long Dan Cao |
3-9g |
Drains Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder channels.
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| Rx. Stephaniae |
Han Fang Ji |
9g |
Promotes urination, reduces edema especially in the lower body, expels Wind-Dampness, alleviates pain and purges Damp-Heat.
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| Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae |
Bai Zhi |
9g |
Expels Wind, expels Dampness, alleviates discharge and treats leukorrhea and diarrhea.
With Qiang Huo, Gui Zhi and Chuan Xiong, for muscle aches and pains due to Wind-Dampness.
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| Rz. seu Rx. Notopterygii |
Qiang Huo |
3-6g |
Releases the Exterior, disperses Cold, expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for headaches and generalized body aches and pains associated with the common cold or painful obstruction. With Cang Zhu, for a heavy-headed sensation.
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| Wine-fried Rx. Clematidis |
Jiu Chao Wei Ling Xian |
3-9g |
Disperses Cold and unblocks the collaterals and is used for both mobile painful obstruction due to Wind and intensely painful obstruction due to Cold.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Damp Bi causing joint pain.
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| Ram. Cinnamomi |
Gui Zhi |
3-9g |
Releases the Exterior, assists Yang, adjusts the Ying and Wei, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, unblocks Yang and transforms Qi and thin mucus.
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| Flos Carthami |
Hong Hua |
3-6g |
Activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels, unblocks menstruation and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for chest and abdominal pain due to Qi and Blood Stasis.
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