HERB FORMULAS

CHAI PU HE JI - BUPLEURUM AND DANDELION HARMONIZING PRESCRIPTION

English: Bupleurum and Dandelion Harmonizing Prescription
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu 9g Spreads Liver Qi, relieves Stagnation, disperses Wind-Heat and resolves Phlegm and congestion.
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying 9-30g Clears the Liver, clears Heat, resolves Dampness, relieves Fire toxicity and promotes lactation.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels, unblocks menstruation and alleviates pain.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, cools the Blood, clears Liver Fire, reduces swelling from sores and abscesses and relieves pain.
With Xiang Fu, for flank pain, abdominal pain, and dysmenorrhea due to Qi and Blood Stagnation.
Processed Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 9g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi, regulates menstruation and alleviates pain.
With Chai Hu, for Qi Stagnation and menstrual irregularity.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Soothes the Liver
  • Promotes circulation of Qi
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Clears Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Qi Stagnation with Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • The milk secretion is not smooth
  • Emotional stress
  • Starts with a hard lump
  • Breast engorgement
  • Redness, swelling,distention and mass formation in the breast
  • Heat and pain of the breast
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Fever
  • Maybe chills and fever
  • Headache
  • Chest oppression
  • Nausea
  • Irritability
  • Thirst
  • T: Normal or Red edges
  • C: Yellow or Slimy yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Floating and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

Foe swelling with a lump: For distention and pain:
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha + Sm. Vaccariae Wang Bu Liu Xing
For pain in the chest and flanks:
For Qi and Blood Deficiency:
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
    + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
    + Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang