HERB FORMULAS

English: Liquid Styrax Pill
Also Known As: Styrax Formula
Styrax Pill
Su He Xiang Pills
Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Styrax Su He Xiang 2-15g Opens the Orifices, penetrates turbidity, breaks up Stagnation, clears filth and relieves pain.
With An Xi Xiang, penetrates turbidity around the Orifices, opens closed disorders and restores consciousness.
With Bing Pian, Ru Xiang and Tan Xiang, for angina pectoris.
With She Xiang, Bing Pian and Zhu Sha, for sudden unconsciousness or Cold-type Closed disorders.
With Chen Xiang, Ding Xiang, Tan Xiang and Xiang Fu, for chest and abdominal pain.
Moschus She Xiang .2-.60g Strongly opens the Orifices and Luo vessels, revives the Shen and unblocks closed disorders.
With Bing Pian, for convulsions, loss of consciousness and coma due to extreme Heat or Phlegm Blocking the Orifices.
With Su He Xiang, revives closed patterns of Wind-Stroke or Phlegm Collapse
With Su He Xiang and An Xi Xiang, for Cold closed disorders usually due to Cold-Dampness or Phlegm-Turbidity.
With Su He Xiang and Xie Xiang, for Impaired consciousness due to Cold and Phlegm.
Borneolum Bing Pian .5-30g Aromatically opens Orifices, revives the Spirit and unblocks closed disorders.
With Su He Xiang, She Xiang and An Xi Xiang, for Cold closed disorders.
With Su He Xiang and She Xiang, for convulsions due to Cold.
Benzoinum An Xi Xiang 3-60g Opens the Orifices, resolves Phlegm, moves Qi, activates Blood and alleviates pain.
With She Xiang, Ding Xiang and Su He Xiang, for sudden coma, chest pain, or seizures in cases with Phlegm and Qi Obstruction.
With Su He Xiang, for Wind-Stroke from Damp-Cold and turbid Phlegm.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 4-60g Regulates Qi and alleviates pain.
With Tan Xiang, Chen Xiang, Ru Xiang, Ding Xiang and Xiang Fu, promotes Qi circulation, descends Qi, removes Qi Stagnation, dispels Cold and transforms turbidity.
With Bai Zhu, for anorexia with epigastric and abdominal pain and distention.
Lignum Santali Albi Tan Xiang 3-60g Moves Qi, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, dispels Cold and alleviates pain.
With Mu Xiang and Ding Xiang, for chest, epigastric, and abdominal pain due to stagnant Qi due to Cold.
With Xiang Fu, regulates Qi and harmonizes the Liver and Spleen to treat Liver QI Stagnation causing Spleen and Stomach disharmony with a stifling sensation in the chest and flanks, belching, sighing, loss of appetite and epigastric pain.
Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum Chen Xiang 1-60g Moves and descends Qi, regulates the Middle, warms the Spleen, Stomach and Kidneys, stops vomiting and alleviates pain.
With Mu Xiang, relieves pain and treats Rebellious Middle Jiao Qi with belching, hiccup, nausea and vomiting, epigastric and abdominal distention stifling sensation in the epigastrium and diarrhea.
Olibanum Ru Xiang 2-30g Moves Qi and invigorates the Blood.
Flos Caryophylli Ding Xiang 1-60g Warms the Middle Jiao, descends Qi and relieves pain.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency.
Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 4-60g Regulates Liver Qi.
Fr. Piperis Longi Bi Ba 3-60g Warms the Middle Jiao, descends Qi, disperses Stomach and Intestinal Cold and stops pain.
With Su He Xiang and An Xi Xiang, for severe attacks of Cold-Dampness and turbid Phlegm.
Cornu Rhinoceri Xi Jiao .5-60g Relieves toxicity and calms the Shen - Endangered species, no longer used.
(Cornu Bubali) (Shui Niu Jiao) 4-200g (Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity and cools the Blood - Substitutes for Xi Jiao.)
Cinnabaris Zhu Sha .5-60g Sedates the Heart, calms the Shen, expels Phlegm and stops convulsions.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 4-60g Tonifies Qi, strengthens the Spleen, dries Dampness and transforms turbidity.
With He Zi, protects Qi.
Fr. Chebulae He Zi 4-60g Restrains Qi leakage.
  • Warms and Aromatically Opens the Orifices
  • Moves Qi
  • Expels dirt
  • Transforms turbidity
  • Clears Phlegm
  • Wind-Stroke due to Phlegm Obstructing the Heart Orifices-Tense Type (Yin Obstruction)
  • Qi Stroke or Cold Stroke
  • Dry Sudden Turmoil Disorder
  • Painful Obstruction of the chest due to Qi Stagnation
  • Congealing due to Cold
  • Turbid Phlegm Obstructing the channels and collaterals
  • Sudden collapse
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Clenched jaws
  • Fullness, extreme pain, and a cold sensation in the chest and abdomen
  • Purple or blue lips
  • Sudden loss of consciousness
  • Coma
  • An urge to vomit and defecate without doing either
  • Abdominal pain with chest distention
  • Mental upset
  • Paraphasia
  • Diarrhea
  • Vomiting
  • Excessive mucus and saliva
  • Breath cold
  • Pale complexion
  • Cold extremities
  • Staring eyes
  • T Pale
  • C: White and slippery or greasy
  • P: Deep and slippery or Deep, excess and slow or Wiry, tight and Excess
CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • Contraindicated for those with Hot closed disorders.
  • Contraindicated for those with Abandoned Syndrome.
  • Do not take Zhu Sha in large doses or for a long time.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS
  • When treating partial or total loss of consciousness due to diseases such as encephalitis, take the formula when the fever has receded but the patient is still stuperous.
For angina pectoris due to Qi Stagnation, Blood Stagnation, or Cold Stagnation: For those who are weak and debilitated:
- or reduce Cornu Rhinoceri Xi Jiao + Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- or reduce Secretio Moschus She Xiang
For pronounced signs of Phlegm:
- or reduce Cinnabaris Zhu Sha + Succus Zingiberis Rhizomatis Jiang Zhi
+ .03 g. Secretio Bufonis Chan Su + Succus Bambusae Zhu Li
+ More Fr. Piperis Longi Bi Ba
For changes in the sensory orifices due to epilepsy:
For chest pain:
+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ Warm the Gallbladder Decoction
Wen Dan Tang
+ Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
For chest pain with Deficiency of Yang in the chest :
+ 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Warm the Gallbladder Decoction
Wen Dan Tang
+ 6g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 6g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
For chest pain with Spleen Yang Deficiency:
+ Warm the Gallbladder Decoction
Wen Dan Tang
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
+ 9g Bul. Allii Xie Bai
+ 6g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi
For chest pain with edema:
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ Warm the Gallbladder Decoction
Wen Dan Tang
+ 21g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + 6g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi
    + 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
   
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
   
    + 9g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
    + 9g Rx. Linderae Wu Yao
    + 9g Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi