Jiao ai tang also known as Xiong gui jiao ai tang also known as Jiao ai si wu tang sheng di huang 18 dang gui 9 bai shao 12 chuan xiong 6 zhi gan cao 6 ejiao 9 ai ye 9 Women can have blood leakage, or continuous and incessant blood loss after premature birth, …
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Ben tun tang
Ben tun tang ge gen 15 sang bai pi 24 bai shao 6 chuan xiong 6 dang gui 6 huang qin 6 ban xia 12 sheng jiang 12 zhi gan cao 6 In running piglet qi surges upwards to strike the chest, with abdominal pain, and alternating hot and cold, ben tun tang governs. This …
Ge gen tang
At first glance the formula ge gen tang seems strange. Why would anyone add ge gen and ma huang to gui zhi tang? Ge gen tang ge gen 12 ma huang 9 gui zhi 6 bai shao 6 sheng jiang 9 da zao 9 zhi gan cao 6 If the wind cold tai yang pattern …
Understanding shao yin
I have wrestled with understanding shao yin. My struggle with understanding shao yin and in simple terms just become clear. Let me share. All things can be defined by the theoretical knife of yin and yang. Shao yin contains two parts, a yang and a yin part. Shao yin contains two of the five elements …
Li zhong wan
Li zhong wan ren shen 9 bai zhu 9 gan jiang 9 zhi gan cao 9 When there is spontaneous diarrhea and thirst is absent, this belongs to tai yin disease, because there is cold in the store house, one should use a warming treatment. A counter flow cold decoction is appropriate. The formula Li …
Gui zhi gan cao tang
Gui zhi gan cao tang gui zhi 12 zhi gan cao 6 We can learn much about the balance between the yang and yin aspects in a formula, but also in treating pathology by understanding gui zhi gan cao tang. When too much (another version uses copious) sweating has been promoted, and the person crosses …
Xiao chai hu tang
Xiao chai hu tang chai hu 24 huang qin 9 ban xia 12 ren shen 9 sheng jiang 9 da zao 9 zhi gan cao 6 This has got to be the most popular formula in the modern clinic, it certainly is in mine. But why is it the representative formula for a shao yang …
Pneumonia Prevention #1肺炎预防1号
Really? Have we lost our past? Like most practitioners of TCM I looked forward to seeing how the symptoms of the latest influenza would translate into a known pattern. Naturally so I would know how to treat if it came my way. What I see is that it fits with my training and experience. Simple. …
Yu ping feng san
True qi and Yu ping feng san Yu ping feng san has a reputation of increasing protection from sickness that we call tai yang wind strike and tai yang wind cold. In what way does it work and is this the best solution? We may lose sight of what makes us unique as therapists in …
Si ni san
Si ni san chai hu 12 zhi shi 12 gan cao 12 bai shao 12 This is the representative formula for deficient pivoting of shao yang due to dryness in jue yin and yang ming. When in shao yin disease there is counter flow cold of the limbs, the person may cough, or have palpitations, …