Ben tun tang, cools and nourishes blood, calms internal upward rushing wind. Ben tun tang ge gen 15 sang bai pi 24 huang qin 6 ban xia 12 bai shao 6 chuan xiong 6 dang gui 6 sheng jiang 12 zhi gan cao 6 Da huang zhe chong tang, drying out of blood, softens blood …
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Gui zhi tang
Gui zhi tang gui zhi 9 bai shao 9 sheng jiang 9 da zao 9 zhi gan cao 6 Line 12 In tai yang wind strike with floating yang and weak yin, floating yang is spontaneous heat effusion and weak yin is spontaneous issue of sweat. If there is huddled aversion to cold, wetted aversion …
The images of Trigrams
Yin and yang are symbolically represented by lines. A solid line represents a yang quality. A broken line represents a yin quality. Using one line to graphically illustrate the different qualities falls short when trying to describe different types of natural phenomena. That’s where the trigrams and hexagrams come in. By adding another line to …
Taxation
A taxation pattern indicates that yang and yin are both deficient. Yang fails to warm, move, and transform, while yin fails to nourish, anchor, contain, and moisten the yang. In chapter 6 there are three different patterns and formulas described. Each contains abdominal urgency or tightness as one of the key symptoms. Yet each pattern …
Why is it impossible to know the essential nature of Dao?
How does it move and what is the connection to the five agents. Hat tip to L. Jarret for a clear explanation. Humans are the Dao. So when humans talk to explain about the Dao, they are the Dao explaining itself. The process of humans speaking about the nature of existence is the Dao judging …
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Putting the Emperor back on his throne
Putting the Emperor back on his throne expresses the treatment strategy of connecting the person to the heavens, great void and spirit brilliance. In Chapter 66 of the Yellow Emperor’s Classic states, The ruler fire relies on being honored, the minister fire relies on its position. The ruler fire is referring to the Emperor. The …
Chapter 49 Explanation of the vessels
Chapter 49 Explanation of the vessels The channels are being described with the hexagrams and 12 branches. Fabulous! Using the Hexagrams from the I Ching gives us a visual image of the relationship between yang and yin. The six divisions used in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic each has its own unique image. Tai yang …
Bai hu tang
Bai hu tang shi gao 48 zhi mu 18 geng mi 18 zhi gan cao 6 When in cold damage the pulse is floating and slippery, this means there is heat in the exterior and cold in interior, bai hu tang governs. Bai hu jia ren shen tang shi gao 48 zhi mu 18 geng …
Harmonizing
In herbal medicine we often talk about herbs that harmonize. Harmonize what? The key herb that harmonizes is zhi gan cao. You know, stir fried with honey Glycyrrhizae radix. Zhi gan cao is often paired with other herbs like, da huang, gan jiang, gui zhi, or bai shao. Why is that? Zhi gan cao is …
Da huang, Rhei rhizoma
Cold bitter da huang belongs to the west, autumn, and dryness. It strongly cools and descends the yang qi in the stomach domain. Which is why it is used in the Cheng qi family of formulas. It is used when internal yang ming heat is so great that the normal cooling, drying, and descending function …