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| Health Benefits |
| For: facial paralysis • eye and mouth deviation • facial muscle twitch |
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| Category: Expel External Wind ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Source: Yang Shi Jia Cang Fang |
| Actions: Expel wind, transform phlegm, stop spasms |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: Pale tongue body with white coating Pulse: Other: |
| Patterns: Wind phlegm |
| Indications: Wind invading Tai Yang causing phlegm to accumulate in Yang Ming channel and obstructing the channels of the HEAD and FACE causing facial paralysis and deviation of eyes and mouth. Facial muscle twitch |
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| Description |
| Name Variations: Qian Zheng San , 牵正散, Lead to Symmetry Powder, |
| Herb List: Zhi Bai Fu Zi(K) • Quan Xie(M) • Jiang Can(M) • Warm Liquor(E) |
| Commentary: Quan Xie is scorpion and Jiang Can is silkworms |
| Related Formulas: |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
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| Chuan Xiong • Szechuan Lovage • 川芎 ♠ |
Invigorate Blood |
Relieve pain • Expel Wind • Invigorate blood • Moves qi • Guide herbs to Jue Yin JingDao Di: Si Chuan • Available as injections |
Anticoagulant • Antiplatelet • Analgesic • Antitussive • Anti-inflammatory • Hypotensive • Sedative |
| Bo He • Field Mint • 薄荷♥ |
Release Exterior Wind Heat |
Clear eyes, dispel wind heat, ease sore throat, expel turbid filth, resolve toxicity, reduce rashes, clear liver Qi stagnation, drain stomach damp heat, release exterior, calm liver yang, nourish lung yin [18] • Dry up breast milkIntroduced to TCM from Greek medicine |
Anti-inflammatory • Antipyretic • Diaphoretic • Carminative • Antiandrogenic • Antiemetic • Antidiarrheal • Analgesic • Anticholesterol • Antidiabetic • Antimicrobial • Gastrointestinal • Emmenagogue • Increase local blood circulation • Decongestant |
| Jing Jie • Nepeta • 荆芥♥ |
Release Exterior Wind Cold |
Expel wind cold and wind heat • Mature rash • Stop bleeding • Clear blood heat Light and harmonious • Not drying • Charred form is used to stop bleeding. Powdered form is used for eczema, abscesses, measles, carbuncles, furuncles |
Analgesic • Hemostatic • Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Diaphoretic |
| Qiang Huo • Notopterygium Root • 羌活♣ |
Release Exterior Wind Cold |
relieve occipital headaches • ease bi zheng in upper body • dispel cold • release exterior • dry superficial dampness • guide herbs to Tai Yang jingBest for occipital headaches |
antipyretic, analgesic, vasodilator |
| Bai Zhi • Dahurian Angelica • 白芷♣ |
Release Exterior Wind Cold |
release exterior, expel wind cold, dissolve pus, relieve nasal/sinus congestion and frontal headaches, reduce swelling, reduce vaginal discharge, guide herbs to yang ming jingThis herb is drying. |
antimicrobial • analgesic • anti-inflammatory • antibaterial • laxative • sedative |
| Xi Xin • Asarum • 细辛♣ |
Release Exterior Wind Cold |
Relieve Wind Cold - especially deep headaches and body aches anywhere in the body • Dry Dampness • Warm lungs to transform copious watery phlegm • Unblock orifices • Guide herbs to Shao Yin JingBest for deep headaches |
antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, respiratory stimulant |
| Fang Feng • Siler Root • 防风♣ |
Release Exterior Wind Cold |
Expel all wind disorders • Relief intestinal wind • Release exterior • Reduce muscle spasms • Expel wind-cold • Expel Wind Dampness • Treat diarrhea • Relief Liver wind • Benefits 12 channelsCharred Fang Feng is used to stop bleeding; particularly with overly heavy menstrual bleeding |
Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Hemostatic |
| Gan Cao • Licorice Root • 甘草 ♦ |
Tonify Qi |
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 |
| Cha Qing • Tea |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Chuan Xiong: Pregnancy • Blood thinners • Fire from yin deficiency • Dry tongue • Dry mouth • Fever • Profuse menstrual bleeding • Spleen deficiency • caution: LV yang xu since this herb tends to move Qi upward.
Bo He: Mint or menthol allergies • Yin Deficiency heat • Breast feeding • Exterior deficiency • Pregnancy • Ascending liver yang
Jing Jie: Exterior deficiency • Fully erupted measles • Open sores • Lack of pathogenic wind • Consumption of fish, crab, goose, or duck
Qiang Huo: Yin deficiency • Blood deficiency, Bi Zheng with red tongue and light/no coat
Bai Zhi: Yin deficiency • Blood heat • Blood deficiency • Anticoagulant drugs • Blood pressure medication • Anti-depressant drugs • Terfenadine (antihistamine)
Xi Xin: Profuse sweating from Qi deficiency • Headaches or cough from yin deficiency
Fang Feng: Yin deficiency fire • Blood deficiency spasms • Lack dampness • Lack pathogenic wind
Gan Cao: High blood pressure • Low potassium • Seaweed • Medications: Gan Cao can interact with various medication. See Pharma Interaction section. |
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