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Wen Qing Yin

Clear Heat
Huang Lian • Huang Qin • Huang Bai • Zhi Zi • Shu Di Huang • Chuang Xiong • Dang Gui • Bai Shao
Drains Fire, resolves toxicity, tonifies the Blood, stops bleeding, warms the menses, cools the Blood[3]
dry with a red tip, thin white coat
Deep and rapid
Blood deficiency, heat, bleeding
Chronic, continuous uterine bleeding, pale complexion, stabbing pain in the abdomen, alternating chills and fever, irregular menstruation with profuse bleeding, abdominal pain, fever, thirst, itchy skin, heat in the upper body with Cold in the lower body.[3]
Wen Qing Yin = Huang Lian Jie Du Tang + Si Wu Tang

Jiu Pi Zhu Ru Tang

Clear Heat
Chen Pi(K) • Zhu Ru(K) • Ren Shen(M) • Sheng Jiang(M) • Da Zao(A) • Gan Cao(A)
Directs rebellious Qi downward, stops hiccup, augments qi, clears heat [42]
Rebellious Qi, Liver Qi invading Stomach
Hiccups, nausea, vomiting, morning sickness, incomplete pyloric obstruction, gastritis[42]
Safe for pregnancy use with morning sickness.

Gui Qi Shen Lu Tang

Tonify Essence
Ren Shen(50g) • Lu Rong(3g) • Gui Jia Jiao/Gui Ban (20g) • Huang Qi(20g) • Shu Di Huang(20g) • Niu Xi(20g) • Shan Yao(20g) • Dan Shen(30g) • Tu Si Zi(20g) • Sang Ji Sheng(20g) • Wu Wei Zi(6g)
Tonify essence, Kidney Yin, Kidney Yang, Liver Yin, and Heart Blood
Yin Deficiency, Heart Blood Deficiency, Essence Deficiency, Kidney Yang Deficiency, Kidney Yin Deficiency, Liver Yin Deficiency
Weak constitution, yin deficiency, yang deficiency, Heart blood deficiency, hypertension, diabetes, weak muscles and bones, insomnia, poor sleep, fatigue
This formula is designed to tonify essence and restore the body's foundational health. It is designed for those with weak constitution, yin deficiency, yang deficiency, blood deficiency, essence deficiency. It's often used in clinic for those who are older than 45 years old, experiencing hypertension, diabetes, weak muscles and bones, insomnia, fatigue.

Xin Yi San

Release Exterior
Xin Yi Hua • Sheng Ma • Gao Ben • Fang Feng • Bai Zhi • Chuan Xiong • Ze Xie • Qiang Huo • Gan Cao
Disperse Wind Cold, unblock nasal passages
floating
Exterior Wind Cold
Congestion, runny nose, Wind Cold, fever, chills, headaches, itchy throat, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, loss of smell, seasonal allergies, common cold [31]

Huang Long Tang

Clear Heat, Tonify Yuan Qi
Da Huang • Mang Xiao • Zhi Shi • Hou Po • Ren Shen • Dang Gui • Jie Geng • Sheng Jiang • Da Zao • Gan Cao
Clear heat, tonify Qi and Blood, relieve constipation[31]
Large Intestine dryness, Qi and Blood Deficiency
intestinal dry heat with Qi and Blood deficiency, Yang Ming Fu syndrome, constipation, intestinal obstruction, chronic bacterial dysentery, diarrhea

Shen Fu Tang

Warm Interior Cold
Ren Shen(9g) • Fu Zi(6g)
Treats Yang Qi collapse [31]
pale
faint, almost imperceptible
Yang Qi Collapse
Severe deficiency of the Source Qi with Sudden Collapse of the Yang Qi [35] • Yang collapse with profuse sweating, cold extremities, shortness of breath. Collapse of yang after severe illness with extreme deficiency, profuse bleeding in postpartum. Severe hemorrhage. For emergency use. [31] • Person going into shock or myocardial infarction. Cold extremities, sweating, weak breathing and shortness of breath, extremely pale complexion. [42]
In China, this formula is often given intravenously.

Sang Xing Tang

Moisten Dryness
Sang Ye(K, 3g) • Xing Ren(K, 4.5g) • Zhi Zi(M, 3g) • Dan Dou Chi(M, 3g) • Zhe Bei Mu(M, 3g) • Sha Shen(A, 6g) • Li Pi(A, 3g)
Clear and disperse warm dryness [25]
thin, dry, white coat
floating, rapid
Lung Dryness, Cough External Wind Dryness
Warm-Dryness [35] • Dry hacking cough with scanty thick sticky sputum, dry environment, low humidity, moderate fever, thirst, headache. External wind injuring Lung Qi. upper respiratory track infection, bronchitis. Floating, rapid pulse. Thin, dry, white coat[31]

Zuo Gui Yin

Tonify Yin
Shu Di Huang(6-60g) • Shan Yao(3-6g) • Gou Qi Zi(6g) • Fu Ling(4.5g) • Shan Zhu Yu(3-6g) • Zhi Gan Cao(3g)
Nourish Yin, tonify Kidney[31]
peeled, greasy coat
rapid, thin
Kidney Yin Deficiency
Nourish yin and tonifies Kidneys. Kidney Yin deficiency, lower back soreness, spontaneous emissions, night sweats, dry mouth, dry throat, desire to drink, peeled greasy tongue, rapid, thin pulse[25]
This is a milder version of Zuo Gui Wan which is why this is used as a drink.

Zeng Ye Tang

Moisten Dryness
Xuan Shen(K, 30g) • Sheng Di Huang(M, 24g) • Mai Men Dong(A, 24g)
Generates fluids, moistens dryness, and unblocks the bowels [31]
dry, red
thin, rapid, weak, deep
Large Intestine Dryness, Yin Deficiency
Constipation due to exhaustion of the Fluids. Xiao Ke with dry mouth and throat, red tongue scanty coating. [35] • Yang Ming warm disease (yin fluid dryness, thin, dry red tongue, rapid thin or weak deep pulse). Constipation with body fluid deficiency (Large Intestine dryness). [31]
Exhausted fluid constipation (usually after febrile disease) with thirst. No dry skin or cough symptoms. Xuan Shen, Mai Men Dong, Sheng Di Huang. Cool blood and tonify Yin. Can add this to a Cheng Qi Tang formula to be Zeng Ye Cheng Qi Tang. • Modification: Severe dryness heat: + Da Huang, Mang Xiao • Yin deficiency, toothache, bleeding gums, chronic pharyngolaryngitis due to yin deficiency: Chuan Niu Xi, Dan Pi

You Gui Yin

Tonify Yang
Zhi Fu Zi(3-9g) • Rou Gui(3-6g) • Shu Di Huang(6-60g) • Shan Zhu Yu(3g) • Shan Yao(6g) • Gou Qi Zi (6g) • Du Zhong(6g) • Zhi Gan Cao(3-6g)
Milder version of symptoms for You Gui Wan [31]
[31]

Yang He Tang

Treat Abscess and Sores
Shu Di Huang(30g) • Lu Jiao Jiao(9g) • Pao Jiang(1.5g) • Rou Gui(3g) • Ma Huang{1.5g) • Bai Jie Zi(6g) • Gan Cao(3g)
Warm Yang, tonify Blood, disperse cold, clear stagnation [22]
deep, fine
pale white coat
Late Stage Abscess and Sores, Qi and Blood Deficiency
Yin type sores from Yang deficiency and interior cold stagnation. Swelling, soreness, pain without local heat. No change to skin color, no thirst, pale white tongue, deep fine pulse. Cellulitis, gangrene, multiple abscesses, subcutaneous nodules. Mastitis, cystic hyperplasia, Raynaud's disease, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis [22]
Yin Type flat abscesses (cold or phlegm with underlying blood deficiency. Not enough Yang Qi to spread). Very pale tongue. Pulse: submerged, thin, forceless: localized painful swelling without head that blends into the surrounding skin. Does not affect the texture or color of the skin. No heat, no thirst. Using hot herbs like Rou Gui, and Pao Jiang to warm. Bai Jie Zi transforms cold phlegm and Yin Type flat abscesses. Ma Huang releases the cold. Shu Di Huang tonifies Blood and Lu Jiao Jiao tonifies Yang.

Xing Su San

Release Exterior - Dryness
Zi Su Ye(6-9g) • Qian Hu(6-9g) • Ku Xing Ren(6-9g) • Jie Geng(6g) • Ban Xia(6-9g) • Fu Ling(6-9g) • Zhi Qiao(6g) • Chen Pi(6g) • Sheng Jiang(6g) • Da Zao(6g) • Gan Cao(3-6g)
Dispel cool dryness, clear the Lung and dispel phlegm[22]
white coat
wiry
Exterior Cool Dryness
Cool-Dryness [35] • Influenza, bronchitis, exterior syndrome of cool dryness, mild headache, aversion to cold, no sweating, congestion, dry throat, cough with thin sputum. T: white coat; P: wiry[31] • Productive cough with clear sputum due to external Wind Cold.[42]

Xie Huang San

Clear Heat - Zang Fu Organs
Shi Gao(5g) • Zhi Zi(3g) • Fang Feng(12g) • Huo Xiang(21g) • Gan Cao(9g)
Purge latent fire in Spleen and Stomach [22]
red, dry
rapid
Spleen and Stomach Latent Fire
Smoldering Fire in the SP/ST. Tongue thrusting in infants and children.[35] • Mouth ulcers, foul breath, dry mouth, dry lips, thirst, frequent hunger, irritability, stomatitis, epistaxis, halitosis, fever, red tongue, rapid pulse [22]

Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin

Clear Heat
Jin Yin Hua • Ye Ju Hua • Zi Hua Di Ding • Pu Gong Ying • Zi Bei • Tian Kui Zi • Jiu
clear heat, detoxification, eliminate carbuncle [31]
red, yellow and greasy coat
rapid
Heat Toxins
For all types of toxic heat boils and carbuncles [35] • Beginning of carbuncles – Fever, aversion to cold, carbuncle has shape of grain, deep root [31]
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin is better for swellings before pus has formed. Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin is better for abscesses and swelling where pus has formed but has not yet been discharged.

Wei Jing Tang

Abscesses and Sores
Wei Jing • Dong Gua Zi • Yi Yi Ren • Tao Ren
Treat Lung abscess.[42] Clear Lung and dissolve phlegm. Dispel stagnation and drain pus [22]
red body, yellow greasy coat
slippery, rapid
Lung Heat Toxins
Lung abscess with stagnant heat, toxins, phlegm. Cough, chest pain, foul smelling yellow sputum with pus and blood. Dry skin. Pulmonary abscesses, pneumonia, bronchitis[22]
Wei Jing is the stalk of Lu Gen. Lu Gen is the root. Both are good for Lung abscess. [42]

Si Ni Tang

Warm Interior Cold
Sheng Fu Zi • Gan Jiang • Zhi Gan Cao
Rescue devastated yang • Warm middle burner • Stop diarrhea [31]
Pale with white slippery coating
Submerged, thin, faint
Abdominal Pain Cold Excess
KD Yang deficiency with Cold-Evil in Shaoyin stage (Yin Jue); Yang collapse [35] • Vomiting, diarrhea, extremely cold limbs, lethargic, abdominal pain, not thirsty, feels cold [31]

Qing Wen Bai Du Yin

Clear Heat - Qi and Xue Level
Shi Gao • Zhi Mu • Huang Lian • Huang Qin • Zhi Zi • Xi Jiao • Sheng Di Huang • Chi Shao • Mu Dan Pi • Lian Qiao • Xuan Shen • Dan Zhu Ye • Jie Geng • Gan Cao
Clear heat, resolve toxins, purge fire, cool blood [22]
dry or prickly coat
Deep and rapid, fine and rapid, or superficial, big and rapid
Blood Level Heat
Symptoms of Qi Level + Xue Level heat. Dry heaves, nosebleed, dark and scorched lips, delirious speech, rashes [42] • Severe Fire in the Qi/Blood levels [35] • Warm diseases, excess blood level heat and toxins, high fever, extreme thirst, blurred vision. Tongue: dry or prickly coat. Sharp headaches, dry heaves, epistaxis, hematemesis, scorched lips, Pulse: Deep and rapid, fine and rapid, or superficial, big and rapid[22]
Qing Wen Bai Du Yin (clear epidemics)= Bai Hu Tang(Qi level) + Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang (blood level) + Huang Lian Jie Du Tang (heat toxicity). Symptoms of Qi level + Xue level heat. There’s so much heat everywhere.

Li Zhong Wan

Warm Interior Cold
Gan Jiang(K, 9g) • Ren Shen(M, 9g) • Bai Zhu(A, 9g) • Gan Cao(E, 9g)
Warm Middle Jiao to expel cold, Tonify qi to strengthen SP [31]
pale body white coating
deep, thin
Middle Jiao Cold Accumulation, Infantile Convulsions Spleen Yang Deficiency
Deficiency-Cold of the SP/ST. Better with warmth and pressure. [35] • Cold extremities, dull abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, vomiting, loose stools, poor appetite, pale tongue with white coating, deep thin pulse [31]
MODIFICATIONS Palpitations: + Fu Ling. Severe vomiting: + Sheng Jiang. Wheezing/Edema: + Wu Ling San

Dang Gui Si Ni Tang

Warm Interior
Dang Gui(K) • Gui Zhi(K) • Xi Xin(M) • Bai Shao(M) • Tong Cao(A) • Da Zao(E) • Gan Cao(E)
Warms the channels, disperse cold, nourishes the blood, and unblocks the blood vessels [31]
pale, white coat
thin, weak pulse, submerged, almost imperceptible
Interior Cold
Cold in the channels with underlying Blood deficiency [35] • Cold extremities, pale tongue with white coating, thin imperceptible pulse, Raynaud's syndrome, worsens in Winter [31] • Chronic cold hands and feet that are both cold to the touch and cold to the patient[42]
Mu Tong - unblock the channels so Yang Qi can flow. Dang Gui, Bai Shao tonifies blood.

Da Huang Mu Dan Tang

Downward Draining, Abscess and Sores
Da Huang(K) • Mu Dan Pi(K) • Mang Xiao(M) • Tao Ren(M) • Dong Gua Ren(A)
Treat early stage intestinal abscess. [42] • Drains heat, breaks up blood stasis, disperses clumping, and reduces swelling [31]
yellow greasy coat
slippery, rapid
Damp Heat Accumulation
Acute intestinal abscess from clumping of Heat and Blood. [35] • Beginning of Intestinal carbuncle with damp-heat accumulation syndrome. Right lower abdominal pain, tenderness, yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery rapid pulse [31] • Lower abdominal distention and pain (usually on the right) that increases with rebound pressure. Possibly appendicitis [42]
Modifications • Severe heat toxin: Pu Gong Ying, Jin Yin Hua, Zi Hua Di Ding • Severe blood stagnation: Chi Shao, Ru Xiang, Mo Yao.

Da Jian Zhong Tang

Warm Interior Cold
Yi Tang(15g) • Hua Jiao(6g) • Gan Jiang(12g) • Ren Shen(6g)
Warm and tonify middle Jiao, direct rebellious Qi downard, stop pain [31]
white, slippery coat
thin, tight, slow, moderate
Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold
Middle Burner Yang deficiency (root) + Vigorous Yin-cold (manifestation) [35] • Chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, chronic cholecystitis, and duodenal ulcer.[3] • Middle Jiao deficiency with excess cold. Excruciating abdominal pain that cannot tolerate being touched, strong sensation of cold in the epigastrium, vomiting to the point of being unable to eat.[42]
Shu Jiao = Hua Jiao.

Xiao Jian Zhong Tang

Warm Interior Cold
Yi Tang(K, 30g) • Gui Zhi(M, 9g) • Bai Shao(M, 18g) • Sheng Jiang(A, 9g) • Da Zao(A, 12p) • Zhi Gan Cao(E, 6g)
Warm and tonify the middle Jiao, moderates spasmodic abdominal pain [31]
pale, white coat
thin, wiry
Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold, Liver and Spleen Disharmony, Abdominal Pain Deficiency Cold
Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold (SP Yang deficiency cold) causing spasmodic abdominal pain [35] • Abdominal pain preferring warmth and pressure, pale tongue with white coating, thin wiry pulse [31]
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang = Yi Tang + Gui Zhi Tang + 2X Bai Shao (9g Gui Zhi, 18g Bai Shao). Bai Shao is best for cramping, spasmodic abdominal pain and softening the Liver.

Mai Men Dong Tang

Release Exterior
Mai Men Dong (K, 60-70g) • Ren Shen(M, 6-9g) • Ban Xia (A, 10-18g) • Geng Mi(A,6g) • Da Zao(A, 3-4p) • Gan Cao(E, 6g)
Nourish Lung and Stomach Yin, harmonize Middle Jiao, Redirect Qi counterflow
red body, scanty coat
thin, rapid
Lung Yin Deficiency, Stomach Yin Deficiency
LU/ST Qi & Yin deficiency [35] • Lung Yin Deficiency: cough with difficult expectoration, dry mouth, dry throat. Five palms heat. Red tongue, scanty coating; rapid, thin pulse; Stomach Yin Deficiency: nausea, vomiting, thirst, dry throat[22]
Ban Xia is used to descend rebellious LU and ST Qi, transform phlegm, and moderate the moistening nature of Mai Men Dong.[42]

Ren Shen Bai Du San

Release Exterior, Dispel Dampness
Qiang Huo(K) • Du Huo(M) • Chuan Xiong(M) • Chai Hu(M) • Jie Geng(A) • Zhi Ke(A) • Qian Hu(A) • Fu Ling(A) • Ren Shen(A) • Gan Cao(E)
Releases the exterior, dispels wind and dampness and augments the qi [31]
greasy, white
weak, floating
Wind Cold Damp, Qi Deficiency
Exterior Wind-Cold-Damp with interior Qi deficiency [35] • QI DEFICIENCY with external wind-cold damp attack – NO SWEATING, External wind-cold-damp: aversion to cold, fever, headache, neck pain, soreness in body, stuffy nose, cough with phlegm, fullness in chest. – Qi deficiency: pale tongue with white coating, floating pulse without strength (children, old patient, after disease, after labor); aversion to cold, high fever and severe chills from the Qi deficiency unable to fight back, soreness pain in body, floating weak pulse [31]
Qiang Huo/Du Huo - best dui yao for Wind Damp Cold. Compare Ren Shen Bai Du San with Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San. RSBDS is for Wind+Cold+Damp in the exterior with deficiency (flu). HXZQS is for Wind+Cold but Dampness in the interior (Stomach flu)[42] • Ren Shen Bai Du San and Bai Du San are essentially the same formula with same indications. They are often used interchangeably. It replaces Zhi Ke with Zhi Qiao and removed Sheng Jiang and Bo He.[22]

Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang

Harmonize
Ge Gen(K) • Huang Qin(M) • Huang Lian(M) • Gan Cao(E)
Release exterior and interior heat[31] • Treat Interior heat caused by improper treatment of Tai Yang disorder through purging.[42]
red, yellow greasy thick coat
slippery, rapid
Interior and Exterior Heat, Diarrhea Acute Damp Heat, Large Intestine Damp Heat [42]
Incompletely resolved exterior with interior excess Heat [35] • Heat induced diarrhea[31] improper treatment of Tai Yang disorder through purging. Acute damp heat diarrhea or dysentery, burning anus, irritability, fever. Started with a cold, then travel inward to the intestines. [42]

Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang

Harmonize
Ban Xia(K) • Gan Jiang(M) • Huang Qin(M) • Huang Lian(M) • Ren Shen(A) • Da Zao(A) • Zhi Gan Cao(E)
Harmonize the ST, directs rebellious qi downward, disperses clumping, and eliminates focal distention [31]
yellow greasy coat
wiry, rapid
Stomach Heat and Cold Mix, ascending descending disorder
Pi syndrome (SP issues but no pain) due to Cold-Heat complex. Manifest with heat in tongue and pulse [35] • Fullness distention in epigastria, vomiting, diarrhea, yellow greasy coating [31] • Epigastric focal distention (fullness, discomfort, but not hardness on palpation). Poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea, or loose stools. A sensation of fullness in the chest and epigastrium Possibly slight thirst. T: yellow, greasy coating. P: wiry, rapid [42]
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang shares 5 herbs with Xiao Chai Hu Tang. One has Ban Xia as King Herb, the other has Chi Hu. BXXXT has Gan Jiang while XCHT has Sheng Jiang. [42] • Improper purging of a Shao Yang disorder in a patient with SP deficiency. Red tip; thin, yellow, greasy coat. Rapid, wiry pulse. No Da Huang. This is a harmonizing the Middle Jiao formula where as plain Xie Xin Tang is a purging of heat toxins through the large intestine.[42] • MODIFICATIONS: Severe fullness and oppression: reduce Da Zao, + Zhi Shi, Hou Po. Severe damp: Huo Xiang, Hua Shi, Fu Ling [31]

Tong Xie Yao Fang

Harmonize
Bai Zhu(K) • Bai Shao(M) • Chen Pi(A) • Fang Feng(E)
Tonify SP, soften Liver, eliminate damp, stop diarrhea [31]
left wiry, right slow
Liver and Spleen Disharmony, Diarrhea Liver Qi Stagnation
LV Qi stagnation overacting on the SP causing diarrhea with abdominal pain [35] • Borborygmus, abdominal pain with diarrhea, pain relieved after defecation. Left wiry, right slow [31]
Fang Feng treats all kinds of wind, including INTESTINAL wind (tenesmus or painful diarrhea).

Si Ni San

Harmonize
Chai Hu(K) • Bai Shao(M) • Zhi Shi(A) • Gan Cao(E)
disperse obstructed qi, soothe liver, regulate Spleen[31]
red, yellow coat
wiry
Liver and Spleen Qi Stagnation
LV Qi stagnation overacting on the SP causing cold extremities (Yang Jue) [35] • 1. Yang obstructed Jue Ni Syndrome 2. Liver Spleen Qi Stagnation. Cold extremities, hypochondria epigastria pain, wiry pulse [31] • Liver Qi stagnation not allowing Qi to flow to extremities, leading to cold limbs. True heat/false cold. Gallstones, muscle spasms.[42]
Cold stagnation due to LV Qi constraint. Yang Qi cannot spread to the whole body so you have cold fingers and toes while the head and body are still warm. Tongue shows heat with red tongue and yellow coat. Liver is Yin in form but Yang in function to spread the Qi. May have vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, poor appetite. Chai Hu/Bai Shao (Chai Hu moves the disperses, Bai Shao softens and relaxes the LV), Zhi Shi, Zhi Gan Cao(for moving Middle Jiao Qi). Ni means rebellion. So Si Ni San is four counterflow powder. LV Qi is supposed to spread, so this is counter flowing the Qi stagnation. NOTE: Si Ni San – LV Qi stagnation frigid extremities. Si Ni Tang – Yang collapse frigid extremities cold. Dang Gui Si Ni Tang – Blood deficiency frigid extremities. [42] The primary clinical value of Si Ni San lies in its powerful ability to alleviate spasms in smooth muscle tissue. The Nature of "Shaoyang Si Ni" is not Yang Deficiency: The "Si Ni" (cold limbs) treated by this formula is not caused by a lack of internal heat or Yang energy. The condition is rooted in the Shaoyang pattern, where the contraction of vascular smooth muscles reduces peripheral blood supply. This restricted circulation is what ultimately leads to cold hands and feet. Si Ni San does more than just address the surface symptom of cold extremities; it deeply regulates internal smooth muscle function. This regulatory action makes it a critical treatment for diseases such as gallstones. The formula aims to "Purge the Liver and Benefit the Gallbladder"[42]
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