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AboutHerbsCaution/Notes
| Health Benefits |
| For: Constipation • Dysentery • Colitis • Hernia |
| Attributes: |
| Categories (Click on ⌕ for other formulas in the category) |
| Category: Drain Downward ⌕ Subcategory: Warm Yang and Purge Accumulation ⌕ Family: ⌕ Source: Jin Gui Yao Lue ⌕ Related Formula: |
| Actions |
| Relief Pain • Warm Interior • Disperse Cold • Unblock Bowels |
| Indications and Contraindications |
| Appearance: Tongue -White, greasy Pulse -Deep, wiry, tight Face/other - |
| Patterns: |
| Indications: |
| Contraindications: Interior heat excess • Cold deficiency |
| Properties |
| Data adapted from product found online. Categories 4% or less not shown. |
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| Herbs |
Cat/Dose |
Actions |
Properties |
| Fu Zi • Process Aconite Daughter Root • 附子 ♠ |
Warm Interior Expel Cold
6g-12g |
Restore devastated yang • Warm channels • Warms interior cold • Relief pain • Strengthen Ming Men fire |
Anodyne • Analgesic • Anti-inflammatory • Antipyretic • Mild sedative |
| Da Huang • Rhubarb • 大黄 ♥ |
Downward Draining
9g |
Strongly purges heat accumulations (yangming organ heat, treats “shi” aka hardness) • Drain damp heat • Invigorate and cool blood • Promote menstruation • Promote urination • Stop bleeding • Clear heat, reduce toxicity (used topically for fire toxin sores, hot skin lesions, carbuncles, boils and burns)
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Anti-inflammatory • Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Choleretic • Cholagogic • Hemostatic • Immunity booster • Laxative • Nephroprotective |
| Xi Xin ♣ |
6g |
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| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: |
| Modifications |
| + Rou Gui + Xiao Hui Xiang |
Cold hernia disorders with back and groin pain |
| + Gui Zhi + Bai Shao |
Severe stomach ache |
| + Zhi Shi + Shen Qu |
Severe distention |
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| Caution |
| Do not use if the following conditions are present:
ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Fu Zi: Soy sauce • Millet • Pregnancy • False cold, true heat • Incompatible with: Bai Ji, Bai Lian, Ban Xia, Chuan Bei Mu, Gua Lou Pi, Gua Lou Ren, Gua Lou Shi, Tian Hua Fen, Zhe Bei Mu • Cao Wu is antagonized by Xi Jiao
Da Huang: Qi deficiency • Blood deficiency • Stomach deficiency cold • Spleen deficiency cold • Normal or loose stool • Normal blood flow • Postpartum • Caution with pregnancy, lactation, menstruation [21]
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