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Formulas IV- Wks1&2
Cold Phlegm, Heat Phlegm, Damp Phlegm, 1 "Wind Phlegm"
Question | Answer |
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(Misclassified) "Wind Phlegm" formula for "cough d/t lingering pathogen" | Zhi Sou San (Stop Cough Powder) |
Contraindication for "Stop Coughing Powder" (Zhi Sou San) | Not for cough d/t Xu. Only for cough d/t (lingering) XS |
Chief herbs for Zhi Sou San (Stop Coughing Powder) | Zi Wan (Rx Asteris), Bai Qian (Rz Cynanchi Stauntonii), Bai Bu (Rx Stemonae) |
Deputy herbs for Zhi Sou San (Stop Coughing Powder) | Jie Geng (Rx Platycodonis), Chen Pi (Pc Citri Reticulatae) |
Assistant (and function) for Zhi Sou San (Stop Coughing Powder) | Jing Jie (Rx Schizonepetae). Release Exterior, Expel Wind |
THE formula for "Dry Phlegm" | Bei Mu Gua Lou San (Fritillaria and Trichosanthes Fruit Powder) |
The "Two Mu" variation of Bei Mu Gua Lou San that is for Lung Yin Xu with unproductive cough | Er Mu San (Fritillaria and Anemarrahena Powder) |
Two formulas Transform Phlegm and Dissipate Nodules. What are they? | Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang (Sargassum D. for the Jade Flask) and Xiao Luo Wan (Reduce Scrofula Pill) |
Weird ingredients of Xiao Luo Wan (Reduce Scrofula Pill). There are only 3: Chief, Deputy, Assistant | Xuan Shen (Rx Scrophulariae)-Clear Heat, Cool the Blood (Salty, Sweet, BC), Mu Li (Concha Ostra), Bei Mu (Fritillaria) |
Herbs to add to Reduce Scrofula Pill for extra Phlegm Transforming power | Ban Xia, Chen Pi |
Herbs to add to Reduce Scrofula Pill for Heat Phlegm | Tian Hua Fen (aka Gua Lou Gen), Dan Nan Xing, Zhu Ru (!!??), Huang Qin |
Herbs to add to Reduce Scrofula Pill for Yin Xu | GUA LOU (Fructus Tricosanthes) |
What are the 4 key herbs of Er Chen (Two Cured) Tang (Decoction)? Fresh ginger and Chinese date are the 2 Envoys. | Ban Xia + Ju Hong (aka Chen Pi) are Chief. Fu Ling is Deputy. Zhi Gan Cao is Assistant. |
Two formulas for "Damp Phlegm." Hint: one of them is Er Chen Tang | Er Chen Tang (Two Cured= Ban Xia, CP, FL, ZGC plus Sheng Jiang & Wu Mei) and Cyperus and Inula Decoction (Xiang Fu Xuan Fu Tang) |
Three formulas for Heat Phlegm | 'Warm' the Gallbladder (Wen Dan Tang), Clear the Qi, Transform Phlegm Decoction (Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang), Minor Sinking in the Chest Decoction (Xiao Xian Xiong Tang) |
Contraindications for Er Chen Tang | Do not use in cases of Yin Deficiency. Do not overuse. |
Associated formula to Er Chen Tang for "Phlegm with pre-existing Yin Xu") | Six Gentlemen of Metal & Water Decoction (Jin Shui Liu Jun Jian). Adds Dang Gui and Sheng Di Huang to cool and nourish Blood |
Associated formula to Er Chen Tang for "Damp Phlegm with pre-existing Cold") | Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction (Qing Shi Hua Tan Tang). Adds Gan Jiang (Rz Zingiberis) and Bai Jie Zi (Semen Sinapsis) to warm interior and warm/transform Cold Phlegm |
Herbs that "Go to Spleen and Strengthen Spleen" | Bai Zhu, Cang Zhu, (both are from Atractylodis family: both are Bitter and Warm, but Bai Zhu is Sweet whereas Cang Zhu is Acrid), Dang Shen (sweet & neutral, SP-LU), Mu Xiang (qi regulator that "Revives the Spleen!") |
What would you add to Wen Dan Tang for Shen Disorder? | Mild: Huang Lian Severe: Mu Li, Long Gu, Zhen Zhu Mu (=?) |
Wen Dan Tang is the 4 principal ingredients of Er Chen Tang as Assistant. (Has Da Zao as Envov instead of Sheng Jiang + Wu Mei). What is the Chief? What is the Deputy? | Chief herb is Zhu Ru!! Deputy herb is Zhi Shi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus) |
Cold Phlegm. There are 3 formulas. NONE is SBF :) What are they? | Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodis Macroencephalae and Licorice (PCTAML) Decoction), Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction (Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang), and "Three Seed Decoction to Nourish One's Parents" (San Zi Yang Win Tang) |
Formula for SP Yang Xu with "Tan Yin" | Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tan (Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atracytlodis Macrocephalae, and Licorice Decoction) |
Indx: Cold Phlegm in Lung with Food Stagnation | San Zi Yang Qing Tang (Three Seeds to Nourish One's Parents) |
Indx: Cold Yin d/t Lung Qi Xu | Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang |
Indx: Tan Yin d/t Spleen Yang Xu | Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang |
Indx: Shi Ying and Qi ying d/t Phlegm obstructing meridians and blood stagnation | Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang |
Indx: Luo Li (aka scrofula), Ying (aka goiter) or Tan He (any soft nodule) d/t Phlegm obstructing meridians | Xiao Luo Wan (Reduce Scrofula Pill) |
Indx: Dry Phlegm in the Lung | Bei Mu Gua Lou Tang |
Indx: Heat Phlegm in the chest & epigastrium with clumps (Jie Xiong) | Xiao Xian Xiong Tang |
Indx: Heat Phlegm in the Lung | Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan |
Indx: Heat Phlegm d/t disharmony between GB and ST (typically with Shen disturbance) | Wen Dan Tang |
Indx: Damp Phlegm affecting Liver, with "Liver insulting Lung" | Xiang Fu Xian Fu Hua Tang |
Indx: All kinds of damp syndromes | Er Chen Tang |