Does disease progress according to a set structure? In other words, does disease progress from tai yang, to yang ming, to shao yang, to tai yin, to shao yin, and finally jue yin? The quick and simple answer is no. The reason why this is taught is complicated and interesting. In my basic TCM acupuncture …
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Dang gui si ni tang and Dang gui si ni jia wu zhu yu sheng jiang tang
Dang gui si ni tang dang gui 9 gui zhi 9 bai shao 9 da zao 15 zhi gan cao 6 xi xin 9 tong cao 6 Line 351 When there is reversal cold of the limbs and the pulse is fine and verging on expiry, dang gui si ni tang governs. This formula is …
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Xiao ban xia tang
Xiao ban xia tang ban xia 24 sheng jiang 24 This formula restores the pivot of earth. Earth must pivot for normal function. The separation of pure and impure depends on it. The organs associated with earth are the stomach and spleen. The stomach belongs to yang ming and it functions with the large and …
Huang Lian Tang
Huang lian tang huang lian 9 ban xia 12 gui zhi 9 ren shen 6 gan jiang 9 da zao 9 zhi gan cao 9 Line 173 When in cold damage, there is heat in the chest, evil qi in the stomach, pain in the abdomen, and a desire to vomit, huang lian tang governs. …
Li zhong wan modifications
Li zhong wan ren shen 9 bai zhu 9 gan jiang 9 zhi gan cao 9 386 When in sudden turmoil, there is headache, heat effusion, and generalized pain, if there is more heat and the patient desires to drink water, wu ling san governs; but if there is more cold and the patient does …
Yang Dawn
The beauty of Chinese Herbal Medicine is illustrated in line 30 of the Shang Han Lun. Line 30 Question: In a pattern similar to yang dawn Using the concept of xiang, or images, we can refer to something in terms of the Dao. In doing so we can see its manifestation. Yang dawn is the …
Ling gui zhu gan tang
Ling gui zhu gan tang fu ling 12 gui zhi 9 bai zhu 6 zhi gan cao 6 Warms the tai yang channel and organ, promote qi and water transformation, tonifies the spleen and drain dampness. It restores earth’s control over water. It warms a cold center with fluid accumulation, fullness in the chest, dizziness, …
Zhen wu tang
fu zi 9 bai zhu 6 fu ling 9 bai shao 9 sheng jiang 9 The most complex and variable syndromes are those that pertain either to diseases of the pivot, and diseases in which water plays a key role. There are three pivots and two sources.Pivot one is the shao yang, pivot two is …
Gan jiang huang qin huang lian ren shen tang
Gan jiang huang qin huang lian ren shen tang gan jiang 9 huang qin 9 huang lian 9 ren shen 9 Line 359 In cold damage originally there was spontaneous cold diarrhea, yet the physician used vomiting and precipitation so there is repelling cold. After further adverse treatment through vomiting and precipitation, if there is …
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Bai hu tang
Line 176 When in cold damage the pulse is floating and slippery, this means there is heat in the exterior and cold in the interior, bai hu tang governs. Editors of the Song version believe this to be an error. According to Wiseman and the editors of the Song version it should read. There is …