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Drain Downward Formu
Formula | T | P | Ind | Chief herb |
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Ma Zi Ren Wan | Dry, yellow coat | Submerged rapid or floating choppy | Constipation w/ hard stool that's difficult to expel, frequent urination. | Huo Ma Ren |
Wu Ren Wan | Dry | Thin, rough | Constipation with dry stools that are difficult to pass. Most frequently in old age or after childbirth. May occur where yin or blood are damaged. | Tao Ren, Xing Ren, Bai Zi Ren, Song Zi Ren, Yu Li Ren |
Ji Chuan Jian | Not spec | Not Spec | Constipation, clear and copious urine, lower back & knee pain, and a cold sensation in the back. Dizziness | Rou Cong Rong |
Da Huang Fu Zi Tang | White, greasy | Submerged, tight, or wiry, tight, slow | Ab pain, constipation, hypochondriac pain, chills, low-grade fever, cold hands and feet. | Fu Zi |
Wen Pi Tang | White coat | Submerged, wiry | Constipation or chronic red/white dysentery disorders w/ ab pain. Cold extremities. | Fu Zi Gan Jiang |
Da Cheng Qi Tang | Dry, Yellow or Dry Black with Prickles | Submerged, excessive | Severe (dry) constipation & flatulence, focal distention & ab fullness, ab pain (increases on pressure), a tense, firm abdomen, Severe tidal fevers, delirious speech, and profuse sweating from the palms and soles | Da Huang |
Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang | not spec | Slippery, rapid | Constipation w/ no focal distention & lower ab fullness, but w/ irritability. Thirsty, delirious speech, vomiting (blood) ///Nosebleed, swollen gums/throat, & petechiae d/t heat in the St & Int | Da Huang |
Xiao Cheng Qi Tang | Old looking (dirty dry) yellow coat | Slippery rapid | Tidal fever, constipation (not dry), focal distention, upper ab fullness, ab pain that doesn't increase with pressure. ///early stage dysentery | Da Huang |
Da Xian Xiong Tang | Very dry | Submerged, tight, & forceful | Full/ hardness of epigastrium or entire ab w/ severe pain that's unbearable on even sl. pressure, tidal fever at dusk, severe constip, thirst. ///short of breath and irritability | Gan Sui |
Zeng Ye Cheng Qi Tang | Dry; Thin yellow or burnt yellow coat | Rapid, Thin | Dry stool that can't be expelled even w/ purging formula, distention/full epig/ab, dry mouth & lips. | Xuan Shen |