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| Health Benefits |
| For: ulcerative colitis |
| Atributes: |
| Constituents: |
| Products |
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Powder |
Granules |
Powder |
Pills |
| Category: Tonify Blood ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Source: Nei Wai Shang Bian Huo Lun |
| Actions: generate blood, tonify Qi, consolidate exterior |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: pale Pulse: weak, large, forceless on hard press Other:red complexion |
| Patterns: blood deficiency, yin fails to hold yang leading to yang floating |
| Indications: Blood and Qi deficiency from overwork, mild fever, yang floating, thirst for warm water, dry mouth, large weak pulse, lack of strength with pressing, red complexion[Song] Blood deficiency with yang floating • Main symptom: fever, similar to Bai Hu Tang symptom • Blood deficiency: yin fails to hold yang and yang lack of attachment so floating to superior. [Song]
• fever and headache from blood loss, muscle hot sensation, irritability, exterior deficiency[Bensky] |
| Contraindications: tidal fever from Yin deficiency |
| Description |
| Name Variations: Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang, 当归补血汤, Tangkuei Decoction to Tonify the Blood, |
| Herb List: Huang Qi(K) • [Jiu Xi] Dang Gui(M) |
| Commentary: This formula's goal is to prevent loss of Qi and focusing Qi inward to generate Blood. Dang Gui is washed with wine. This treats Blood xu from massive blood loss (ie postpartum) which leads to the detachment of Qi and Blood. Blood is the car while Qi is the driver. Yin fails to hold the yang and therefore yang floats upwards leading to fever and sweating. The symptoms are similar for Bai Hu Tang except Bai Hu Tang is for excess heat. This is for deficiency heat. Use Huang Qi instead of Ren Shen because we are loosing Qi at the surface and Huang Qi goes to the surface. [Song]. |
| Related Formulas: |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
Attributes |
| Huang Qi • Astragalus • 黄芪 |
30g
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| Dang Gui • Chinese Angelica • 当归 |
6g
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| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: Basic formula for fever due to blood deficiency from mass blood loss or after menstruation-Huang Qi:Dang Gui=5:1 (must remember for Board Exam)• Basic formula for tonify blood Huang Qi:Dang Gui=3:1 (more mild symptoms - maintainance)
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| Modifications |
For |
| + Cong Bai + Dan Dou Chi + Sheng Jiang + Da Zao |
Menstruation, post-partum, exterior syndrome with fever, headache 31 |
| + Jin Yin Hua + Gan Cao |
Chronic sores, carbuncles, Qi Blood deficiency with raimaining toxin 31 |
| + Duan Long Gu + E Jiao + Shan Zhu Yu |
Bleeding with Blood Qi deficiency 31 |
| Caution |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Dang Gui: Autoimmune disorder • Pregnancy • Blood thinner drugs (Wafarin) • Diarrhea • Yin deficiency with heat • Dampness abdominal distention
Huang Qi: Autoimmune diseases • Exterior excess • Qi stagnation • Damp obstruction • Food stagnation • Yin deficiency |
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