HERB FORMULAS

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA #2

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma 12g Extinguishes Wind, calms the Liver, subdues Rising Liver Yang, stops spasms and tremors and alleviates pain.
Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis Gou Teng 24g Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat, pacifies Liver Yang and releases the Exterior.
With Tian Ma, calms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
With Tian Ma and Quan Xie, for convulsions due to Liver Wind.
With Tian Ma, Shi Jue Ming and Quan Xie, for eclampsia due to Liver Wind.
With Quan Xie, for trigeminal neuralgia from Liver Wind or Liver Yang Rising.
Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu 30g Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys and expels Wind from the skin by nourishing the Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
Concha Haliotidis Shi Jue Ming 30g Drains Liver Fire, pacifies the Liver, anchors sedates Liver Yang and calms Internal Wind.
With Ju Hua, for eye redness, swelling, and pain due to Liver Yang Rising.
Magnetitum Ci Shi 24g Anchors Liver Yang, calms the Spirit, benefits Yin, nourishes the Kidneys and augments the Liver.
Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua 12g Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms Liver Yang and extinguishes Wind.
With Chan Tui, for superficial visual obstruction and red, watery, swollen, painful eyes due to Liver Heat from either Wind-Heat or Liver Yang Rising.
Fr. Tribuli Bai Ji Li 12g Calms the Liver, anchors Yang, expels Wind-Heat and extinguishes Liver Wind.
Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui 12g Disperses Wind, clears Heat, stops spasms and extinguishes Liver Wind.
With Quan Xie, for Seizures, tetany and childhood convulsions.
Scorpio Quan Xie 12g Extinguishes Wind, stops tremors and convulsions, unblocks the collaterals and
stops pain.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Pacifies the Liver
  • Subdues Yang
  • Extinguishes Wind
  • Stops pain

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Yin Deficiency with Liver Yang Rising

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Paroxysmal distended solitary, limited attacks of unilateral headache that does not shift sides (Sjaastad syndrome)
  • Throbbing headache with distended feeling
  • Contracture of the cranial angle with referred pain to the teeth
  • Facial twitching
  • Dizziness
  • Dysphoria
  • Insomnia
  • Impaired vision
  • Night blindness
  • Tinnitus
  • Irascibility
  • Flushed face
  • Blurred vision
  • Red, dry eyes with feeling of grit in eye
  • Dry mouth and throat with bitter taste in mouth
  • Palpitations
  • Headache
  • Nervousness
  • Insomnia with much dreaming
  • Dry throat
  • Irritability
  • Thirst
  • Five sole Heat (palms, soles and center of chest)
  • Night sweats
  • Light or late menses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • Scanty, yellow urine
  • With Stomach Fire: Constipation
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None or Dry and yellow
  • P: Thready and wiry or Wiry and rapid (when Yang is Rising and Excess, pulse is forceful) or Thready and rapid when Yang is not prominent or Taut, thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For Liver Fire, with dysphoria and a quick temper: For insomnia:
+ Stir-fried Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao
+ Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi + Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
For severe twitching of the facial muscles:
+ Pheretima Di Long    
+ Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can