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| Health Benefits |
| For: Fevers • Chills • Headache • Dry cough • Cold limbs • Thirst • Tuberculosis • Anxiety |
| Attributes: |
| Categories (Click on ⌕ for other formulas in the category) |
| Category: Harmonize ⌕ Subcategory: Harmonize Lesser Yang-Stage Disorders ⌕ Family: ⌕ Source: Shang Han Lun ⌕ Related Formula: |
| Actions |
| Dispel cold • Warm interior • Harmonize lesser yang |
| Indications and Contraindications |
| Appearance: Tongue -White • Slippery • Moist Pulse -Wiry, tight Face/other - |
| Patterns: |
| Indications: |
| Contraindications: Pure excess and deficiency |
| Properties |
| Characteristics: Data adapted from product found online. |
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| HERBS |
Cat/Dose |
Actions |
Properties |
| Chai Hu • Thorowax • 柴胡♠ |
Release Exterior Wind Heat
24 g |
Harmonize interior and exterior • Reduce fevers • Reduce chills • Soothe liver Qi • Clear muscle layer heat • Tonify stomach Qi • Guide herbs to Shao Yang Jing |
Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Anti-inflammatory • Antibaterial • Antiviral • Analgesic • Hepatoprotective • Immunemodulatory • Chemoprotective • Anti-tumor • Cholagogic • Sedative • Immunostimulate |
| Huang Qin • Baical Skullcap Root • 黄芩♠ |
Clear Heat Dry Dampness
9 g |
Clear heat • Dry dampness • Stop bleeding • Calm fetus • Calm liver yang rising • Clear damp heat • Guide herbs to Shao Yang Jing |
Antibiotic • Anti-inflammatory • Antioxidative • Antipyretic • Cholagogic • Hepatoprotective • Hypoglycemic • Hypotensive • Neuroprotective • Sedative |
| Gui Zhi • Cinnamon Twig • 桂枝♣ |
Release Exterior Wind Cold
9g |
Activate yang qi, warm yang, open channels, expel Wind Cold from muscle layer • warm Middle Jiao • regulate Wei Qi • improve circulation • relieve pain • thin mucus • treat chest BiPAIRS with Shao Yao and Fu Ling |
diuretic, anticoagulant, vasodilation, diaphoretic, antipyretic, emmenagogue, antiparasitic, cardiotonic, antibiotic, hypoglycemic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, sedative |
| Mu Li♣ |
6 g |
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| Tian Hua Fen♦ |
12 g |
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| Zhi Gan Cao • Licorice Root • 甘草♣ |
Tonify Qi
9 g |
Tonify Spleen Qi • Tonify Heart qi • Clear heat • Resolve toxicity • Stop cough • Dispel phlegm • Lubricate lungs • Stop wheezing • Reduce spasm • Relieve pain • Harmonize other herb effects • enters 12 channelsEnters all 12 channels, often serve as envoy in a formula. |
Hypoglycemic • Antiarrhythmic • Hypertensive • Expectorant • Antidiarrheal • Antiulcer • Hepatoprotective • Immunostimulant • Antitussive • Antiviral • Detox • Demulcent • Anti-inflammatory • Laxative • Emmenagogue • Antimicrobial • Spasmolytic • Corticosteroidal |
| Gan Jiang • Ginger (Dried) • 干姜♦ |
Warm Interior Expel Cold
6 g |
Warm 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 |
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| Caution |
ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Chai Hu: Dries Yin and can exacerbate the Yin deficiency • Do not use as intramuscular injections • Liver fire • Hyperactive liver yang • Cytochrome P450, 2C9, 2E1, 2D6, and 3A4 • Greater than 19g may lead to liver injury
Huang Qin: Pregnancy • Children • Breast feeding • Deficiency heat in lungs • Middle burner cold • Restless fetus from cold • Edema • Blood deficiecy abdominal pain • Spleen deficiency • Kidney deficiency diarrhea • Poor appetite • Blood deficiency • High risk pregnancy • Fetal heat
Gui Zhi:
Mu Li:
Tian Hua Fen:
Zhi Gan Cao: High blood pressure • Low potassium • Seaweed • Medications: Gan Cao can interact with various medication. See Pharma Interaction section.
Gan Jiang: Pregnancy • Blood heat • Pregnancy • Bloody mucous • Night sweats • Unexplained sweating • Heat induced pain • Heat induce vomiting |
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