HERB FORMULAS
English: | Major Notopterygium Decoction |
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Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii | Qiang Huo | 9g | Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction, alleviates pain and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du channels. With Chuan Xiong, for headaches and generalized body aches and pains associated with the common cold or painful obstruction. With Du Huo, for Wind-Dampness. With Cang Zhu, for a heavy-headed sensation. |
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis | Du Huo | 9g | Disperses Wind-Cold-Dampness, releases the Exterior and alleviates pain. With Fang Feng , for numbness in the legs. With Qiang Huo, for joint pain and numbness. With Xi Xin, for joint pain due to Wind-Cold-Dampness. |
Rx. Saposhnikoviae | Fang Feng | 9g | Releases the Exterior, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain. With Cang Zhu, for pain due to Wind-Dampness Bi with aching joints, heavy limbs and generalized aching discomfort. With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Dampness. |
Hb. cum Rx. Asari | Xi Xin | 9g | Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain. With Chuan Xiong, for Wind-Cold headache, toothache and Bi pain. With Qiang Huo, Fang Feng and Chuan Xiong, for Wind-Cold. |
Rx. Aristolochiae Fangji | Guang Fang Ji | 9g | Expels Wind-Dampness and clears Heat. |
Rx. Scutellariae | Huang Qin | 9g | Clears Heat and dries Dampness. With Qiang Huo, for Cold-Dampness at the Exterior with Heat in the Interior. With Huang Lian, drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, a dry mouth, a parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes and irritability in warm-febrile disease. |
Rz. Coptidis | Huang Lian | 9g | Clears Heat and drains Dampness. |
Rz. Atractylodis | Cang Zhu | 9g | Induces sweating, expels Wind-Dampness, strongly dries Dampness and tonifies the Spleen. With Qiang Huo, Du Huo, Qiang Huo and Xi Xin, for Exterior Wind-Cold-Dampness. |
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata | Zhi Gan Cao | 9g | Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates spasms, alleviates pain, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels. |
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | 9g | Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism. With Cang Zhu, for Damp Cold Painful Obstruction. |
Rz. Anemarrhenae | Zhi Mu | 30g | Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire, quenches thirst and ameliorates the Dryness of warming herbs. |
Rz. Chuanxiong | Chuan Xiong | 30g | Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain. With Xi Xin and Fang Feng, for Wind-Cold headaches. |
Rx. Rehmanniae | Sheng Di Huang | 30g | Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, generates fluids and protects against the drying effects of other herbs. |
- Scatter Wind-Cold
- Expel Dampness
- Clear Heat
- Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with Interior Heat
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