Dui Yao Exterior Invasion: Wind Cold Ma Huang + Gui Zhi Gui Zhi + Bai Shao Qiang Huo + Du Huo Xin Yin Hua + Cang Er Zi Severe chills and fever, headache aversion to cold, no sweating, body aches Chills and fever, slight sweating, headache due to W- C deficient type (Ying and Wei disharmony) Chills, fever, headache, neck and joint pain due to wind- cold- damp Headache, nasal congestion and runny nose Wind Heat/ Warm Febrile Disease Sang Ye + Ju Hua Fever aversion to wind, light sweating, cough headache and slight thirst Xi Xin + Shi Gao Headaches due to wind heat entering the clear orifice Zhi Zi + Dan Dou Chi Wind Heat or Febrile Disease Lu Gen + Ban Mao fever, thirst, irritability. Also for warm febrile disease Gen Jin Yin Hua + Lian Qiao headache, sinusitis, swollen throat, eye pain or toothache or internal heat due to warm febrile disease. Qing Hao + Bie Jia Late stage of warm febrile disease Gui Ban + Bie Jia Weakness of limbs, trembling due to Warm disease damaging fluids and stirring LV Wind Bai He + Zhi Mu Dry mouth, irritability and agitation after a Warm- febrile disease Wind Cold + Wind Heat Jing Jie + Fang Feng also for malaria Huang Qi + Fang Ji Wind edema with Wei Qi Deficiency Bi Pain: Mu Dan Pi + Dan Shen Huang Bai + Cang Zhu Qiang Huo + Du Huo Huang Qi + Fang Ji HEAT: red, hot, swollen painful joints due to heat DAMP HEAT: red, hot swollen, painful joints due to Wind Damp Heat Bi Wind: bi pain or wind bi effecting the channels and network vessels. Wind Damp: arthralgia and numb extremities due to Wind 2013 TCM Review Seminars 1
Ru Xiang + Mo Yao Chuan Xiong + Dang Gui Ma Huang + Gui Zhi Damp Wind Damp + Qi and Blood Stagnation: Bi syndrome in the network vessels Wind Damp + Blood Def: Rheumatic pain due to W- D and blood deficiency Wind Damp Cold: bi pain Cough and Asthma: Exterior Invasion Ma Huang + Gui Zhi Bai Qian + Bai Bu Wu Wei Zi + Xi Xin Zi Wan + Kuan Dong Hua Ma Huang + Xing Ren Lung Heat Lu Gen + Ban Mao Gen Jie Geng + Gan Cao cough and asthma due to lung qi obstruction from wind cold chronic cough from such issues as common cold, bronchitis or pulmonary TB acute cough and asthma due to wind or cold phlegm cough with phlegm due to excess or deficiency Cold Cough and Asthma. Also good for cough and asthma due to Lung Heat Cough or wheezing due to Lung Heat Cough, profuse phlegm, pulmonary abscess, and chest oppression due to Heat Tian Ma + Mai Men Coughing blood due to heat damaging the network vessels of Dong the LU Di Gu Pi + Sang Bai Pi cough and asthma with thick, yellow, sticky phlegm, fever and thirst Chuan Bei Mu + Zhi dry cough due to LU Heat leading to LU Dryness Mu Phlegm Wu Wei Zi + Gan cough and asthma with profuse, white, clear phlegm due to LU Jiang: cold Ban Xia + Chen Pi cough with copious sputum due to phlegm damp accumulation Ban Xia + Sheng Jiang chronic cough with white, watery and profuse phlegm (earth not supporting metal) Bai Zhu + Fu Ling Chronic cough due to Damp- Phlegm and SP Deficiency Lai Fu Zi + Bai Jie Zi cough with copious, clear, bubbly sputum and pair fullness in the chest due to cold phlegm or chronic cough with phlegm in elderly or deficiency cases Xuan Fu Hua + Dai Zhe Cough and wheezing with phlegm, nose bleed, hematemesis 2013 TCM Review Seminars 2
Shi Lung Yin Deficiency Zi Wan + Kuan Dong Hua Chuan Bei Mu + Zhi Mu Di Gu Pi + Sang Bai Pi Zi Wan + E Jiao Shu Di Huang + Dang Gui Tian Men Dong + Mai Men Dong Qi Sinking Chai Hu + Sheng Mai chronic cough and asthma due to Lu and KD deficiency dry cough with little sputum that is difficult to expectorate due to LU Yin Deficiency cough with evening fever and skin that is warm to the touch due to LU Yin Deficiency chronic cough with blood streaked sputum due to LU Yin Deficiency Chronic cough/asthma due to Yin deficiency of the KD associated with Blood deficiency Dry mouth, thirst dry cough with little phlegm, fever, and vexation due to Yin deficiency or or Whooping cough damaging LU Yin SOB and dyspnea with feeling of oppression and falling of the LU due to Qi sinking Nasal Congestion / Mouth Sores / Toothache: Xin Yin Hua + Cang Er Zi Niu Bang Zi + Lian Qiao Xi Xin + Shi Gao All types of acute or chronic sinusitis or rhinitis with deep seated nasal congestion with headache, turbid phlegm nasal congestion and loss of smell mouth and tongue ulcers, swollen gums or sore throat due to heat toothache, bleeding, swollen and painful gums, tongue and mouth ulcers and glossitis Fever: Lu Gen + Ban Mao Gen Chi Shao + Bai Shao Dang Gui + Huang Qi Mu Dan Pi + Dan Shen Qing Hao + Bie Jia Zhi Mu + Huang Bai Gui Ban + Bie Jia Hemorrhagic fever Chronic low grade fever due to blood heat Low grade fever due to Blood deficiency continuous low grade fever due to Yin deficiency Yin deficiency steaming bone fever with night sweats and cough yin deficiency steaming bone fever with night sweats and seminal emissions Tidal fever, steaming bones, and night sweats due to deficient heat caused by Yin deficiency 2013 TCM Review Seminars 3
Ren Shen + Huang Qi Low grade fever due to Qi deficiency Headache: Bai Shao + Gan Cao Chuan Xiong + Dang Gui Shi Jue Ming + Chi Shi Sang Ye + Ju Hua Shi Jue Ming + Chi Shi headaches due to blood deficiency Headaches due to Blood deficiency or Blood stasis Headache, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness,, and hypertension due to LV Yang rising Especially for headache with light sensitivity, vertigo and/or red, swollen painful eyes Chronic headache due to Wind- Phlegm obstructing the channels. Bell's palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, and hemiplegia due to lack of flow In the channels Vertigo: Zhu Ru + Ban Xia Bai Zhu + Fu Ling Sheng Jiang + Da Zao Vertigo, agitation and insomnia due to Phlegm turbidity Vertigo, blurred vision, heart palpitation due to Damp- Phlegm Vertigo, unclear vision, menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, breast distention, PMS due to LV o/a SP or Liver Qi Stagnation causing disharmony between the qi and blood. Throat: Ban Lan Gen + Xuan Shen Xuan Shen + Mu Li Zhe Bei Mu + Xia Ku Cao Voice Jie Geng + Gan Cao He Zi + Chen Pi Long Gu + Mu Li red, swollen, painful throat due marked damage to the yin fluid due to deficiency or excess heat Neck lumps or nodules such as in scrofula, lipoma, swollen glands, or goiter in patterns of phlegm fire. Can also be used nodules in any part of the lymphatic system such as inguinal canal. hoarse voice or loss of voice due to heat or painful, swollen and red throat due to Interiro or exterior, excess or deficiency heat Hoarse voice, loss of voice, and chronic cough with loss of voice and Phlegm in the throat 2013 TCM Review Seminars 4
Skin Issues: Jing Jie + Fang Feng Early stage of measles and skin eruption and itching Ge Gen + Sheng Ma Lu Gen + Ban Mao Gen Jing Jie + Fang Feng Niu Bang Zi + Lian Qiao Jin Yin Hua + Lian Qiao Ru Xiang + Mo Yao Chuan Xiong + Dang Gui Dang Gui + Huang Qi Early stage of measles, incomplete eruption of measles with fever and headache Early stage of measles due to Toxic- Heat Early stage of carbuncles and boils, accompanied by chills and fever red, swelling, carbuncle, erythema, mumps and acute febrile maculopapular rashes itchy skin eruptions due to wind heat or skin inflammation due to toxic heat Wounds, scars, and skin inflammations with Blood stasis and necrotic tissue Wounds, ulcers, or cutaneous inflammations due to Qi/Blood deficiency with Qi/Blood Stagnation Sores and welling abscesses which do not heal due to Qi and Blood deficiency Bleeding Disorders: Mu Dan Pi + Dan Shen Jing Jie + Fang Feng Dang Gui + Huang Qi: hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, purpura, rubella and pruritis due to blood heat Blood in the stool/urine, excessive menstruation, diarrhea, dysentery Various hemorrhages due to Qi not containing' the Blood within the vessels. Numbness of the limbs due to blood deficiency not nourishing the sinews. 2013 TCM Review Seminars 5
UTI: Mu Tong + Dan Zhu Ye Lu Gen + Ban Mao Gen Qu Mai + Bian Xu Huang Bai + Cang Zhu Hua Shi + Gan Cao Zhi Mu + Huang Bai Yi Zhi Ren + Bi Xie Lian Zi + Qian Shi Long Gu + Mu Li Stones: Ji Nei Jin + Hai Jin Sha dark scanty urine (lower jiao) with mouth and tongue sores, palpitations (upper jiao) and irritability due to HT Heat transferred to the SI dysuria with fever, or edema or acute nephritis dysuria (Heat) or turbid urine and acute nephritis (damp heat) cloudy, scanty urination due to damp heat in the lower jiao difficult, painful, dark urination or UB stones due to Dampheat in the UB or with fever, restlessness, thirst, diarrhea and difficult urination due to summer heat with damp. dysuria from Yin deficiency and Yang loss of function frequent, turbid, or milky urinary difficulty or urethritis or leukorrhea due to KD deficiency Frequent urination, urinary incontinence due to KD deficiency Urinary incontinence, spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge, and sweating due to deficiency UB and GB stones due to Damp Heat Nausea and Vomiting: Huo Xiang + Zi Su Ye Lu Gen + Ban Mao Gen Zhu Ru + Ban Xia Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea due to Wind Cold Invasion with Interior Damp. Also for nausea and diarrhea due to Summer Heat Invasion Due to ST Heat Nausea and vomiting + hiccups due to ST Qi Rebelling from Stomach Disharmony or nausea and vomiting due to pregnancy 2013 TCM Review Seminars 6
where the underlying cause is ST disharmony, ST heat or Phlegm Heat Zhu Ru + Chen Pi Epigastric or abdominal distension with nausea and vomiting due to SP/ST disharmony with Cold and Heat Complex or nausea and vomiting during pregnancy Ban Xia + Huang Qin Nausea and vomiting due to Shao Yang syndrome or Pi syndrome nausea, no appetite and sensation of fullness in the stomach due to mixed Heat/Cold Ban Xia + E Jiao nausea and vomiting with chest oppression due to ST Disharmony leading to Damp Phlegm Accumulation. Ban Xia + Sheng Jiang nausea and vomiting, no thirst and greasy tongue coat due to Damp- Phlegm stagnation in the middle jiao Xuan Fu Hua + Dai Nausea, vomiting and hiccup due to turbid phlegm stagnation in Zhe Shi diaphragm area Gui Zhi + Bai Shao Nausea/vomiting during pregnancy with aversion to cold, no appetite, weak pulse (SP/ST disharmony) Wu Zhu Yu + Huang Lian Acid regurgitation, nausea, belching, clamoring stomach, and bitter taste due to LV Fire attacking ST Pain: Chi Sao + Bai Shao chest, abdominal and hypochondriac pain Tao Ren + Xing Ren chest, epigastric and lower abdominal pain due to Blood Stasis with Qi Stagnation Gui Zhi + Bai Shao Chest and cardiac pain due to HT Yang deficiency (disharmony between the Qi and Blood). Also abdominal pain with spasms and cramps due to deficient Cold. Pain or numbness of the limb (disharmony between the Qi and blood) Gua Lou + Xie Bai Chest Bi, cardiac disease due to turbid Phlegm blocking the Qi and Yang of the chest Chuan Lian Zi + Yan Pain in HT, epigastrium, abdomen, and lateral coastal regions Hu Suo due to LV Qi stagnation or Blood stasis Tao Ren + Hong Hua Cardiac and chest pain due to HT Blood stasis or Fixed, stabbing, and severe pain aggravate by pressure to Blood stasis Pu Huang + Wu Ling Epigastric, cardiac, abdominal, and lateral costal pain due to Zhi Qi/Blood stagnation Long Gu + Mu Li Pain and distention in the lateral costal region Mu Xiang + Bing Lang No appetite, abdominal distention/pain, difficult defecation due to food retention in ST and intestine 2013 TCM Review Seminars 7
Xiang Fu + Wu Yao San leng + E Zhu Fu Zi + Gan Jiang: Sheng Jiang + Da Zao Ru Xiang + Mo Yao Gou Qi Zi + Ju Hua Bai Shao + Gan Cao Huang Bai + Cang Zhu Du Zhong + Xu Duan Abdominal distention and pain due to cold- constraint and Qi stagnation. Abdominal pain due to Food accumulation or Abdominal mass, lump glomus, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly due to Qi/Blood stagnation Pain and feeling of cold in the ST and abdomen, vomiting/diarrhea due to SP deficient cold Fatigue, lack of strength, abdominal pain, and no appetite due to disharmony between Ying and Wei Pain due to Qi and blood stagnation in the viscera and bowels or channels and network vessels or Traumatic injuries with pain, swelling, and redness due to Qi stagnation and blood stasis Pain in the Iow back and knees due to LV/KD deficiency pain and spasms in the limbs due to Qi and Blood disharmony. Abdominal pain due to LV over acting on SP pain in the lower limbs due to Damp Heat pouring downwards. Aches/pains, stiffness, lumbar pain, and weakness of lower limbs due to LV/KD(sinew/bone) deficiency or Knee- and lumbar pain due to Wind- Damp or Trauma Gynocology: Huang Bai + Cang Zhu Chai Hu + Sheng Ma Lian Zi + Qian Shi Chuan Lian Zi + Yan Hu Suo Chuan Xiong + Dang Gui Pu Huang + Wu Ling Zhi Xiang Fu + Yi Mu Cao Ai Ye + Xiang Fu Mu Dan Pi + Dan vaginal discharge, external vaginal itching due to Damp Heat in the lower jiao Metrorrhagia and abnormal vaginal discharge due to central Qi sinking Leucorrhea due to SP deficient Damp. Dysmenorrhea and menstrual irregularities due to Qi stagnation and/or Blood stasis or Inguinal hernia Menstrual irregularities, dysmen0rrhea, and postpartum abdominal pain due to Blood stasis Menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, postpartum pain due to retention of lochia or Blood stasis Irregular menstruation, PMS, postpartum abdominal pain due to LV Qi stagnation and blood stasis Irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, pain due to Deficient Cold in Lower Jiao and LV Qi stagnation. Infertility due to Deficient Cold in uterus. irregular menstruation or postpartum abdominal pain due to 2013 TCM Review Seminars 8
Shen Chi Shao + Bai Shao Tao Ren + Hong Hua Ru Xiang + Mo Yao San leng + E Zhu Dang Gui + Huang Qi Xian Mao + Yin Yang Huo Du Zhong + Xu Duan Huang Qin + Bai Zhu blood heat leading to blood stasis irregular menstruation or amenorrhea due to blood deficiency leading to blood stasis and heat Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menstrual irregularities, and dark blood clots due to Blood stasis Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, or postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, clots in the menstrual flow and infertility, due to Blood stasis Delayed menstruation, postpartum weakness, agalactia due to Qi and blood deficiency Menopausal syndrome due to KD Yin/Yang deficiency Metrorrhagia during pregnancy, threatened miscarriage and lumbago due to KD Deficiency. Uterine bleeding, threatened miscarriage, and nausea during pregnancy caused by Heat or Damp- Heat Male Reproductive Disorders: Zhi Mu + Huang Bai Chuan Lian Zi + Yan Hu Suo Lian Zi + Qian Shi Priapism or frequent erection with excessive sexual desire due to Hyperactivity of Ming Men Fire diseases of the scrotum/testicles clue to Qi stagnating in the LV channel Spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission due to KD deficiency Bowel Issues: Constipation Da Huang + Mang Xiao Dang Gui + Rou Cong Rong Tao Ren + Xing Ren Gua Lou + Xie Bai Mu Xiang + Bing chronic or severe constipation with or without abdominal pain with dry, hard and impacted stools or constipation with high or tidal fever and mental confusion due to YangMing organ heat constipation after warm febrile disease with damage to the body fluids or elderly or deficiency constipation due to blood deficiency constipation due to LI dryness (deficiency) or Qi stagnation (excess) Constipation due to fluid dryness of the LI or to Qi stagnation Constipation or difficult defecation clue to Qi stagnation or 2013 TCM Review Seminars 9
Lang Shu Di Huang + Dang Gui Bai Zi Ren + Suan Zao Ren Diarrhea Chai Hu + Sheng Ma Lian Zi + Qian Shi Rou Dou Kou + Bu Gu Zhi Bai Zhu + Fu Ling Long Gu + Mu Li Wu Zhu Yu + Huang Lian Xiang Fu + Wu Yao Huang Lian + Mu Xiang Huang Lian + E Jiao Rectal Issues Di Yu + Huai Hua Ren Shen + Huang Qi Dysentery or diarrhea with tenesmus and abdominal pain due to Qi stagnation Constipation due to blood deficiency Constipation with dry: Stools due to blood deficiency or intestinal fluid insufficiency Chronic diarrhea or chronic dysentery due. to central Qi sinking Chronic diarrhea due to SP deficiency Chronic diarrhea due to SP and KD Yang deficiency. Daybreak diarrhea with abdominal pain.and rumbling noises due to SP/KD Yang deficiency. Fatigue, weakness in limbus, loose stool caused by SP deficiency with Damp accumulation Continuous diarrhea or dysentery Diarrhea and dysentery due to Damp- Heat Acute/ chronic dysentery, tenesmus dysentric disorders with abdominal pain and tenesmus due to damp heat and qi stagnation in the lower jiao Dysentery which damages Yin with pus and blood in the stools due to Li Damp- Heat Hot bleeding, hemorrhoids Rectal and uterine prolapse' and gastric ptosis due to SP Qi sinking Sweat: Sheng Jiang + Da Zao Gui Zhi + Bai Shao Huang Qi + Fang Feng Huang Qi + Mu Li Huang Qi + Fu Zi Sweating, Aversion to wind, and fever due to disharmony between Ying (constructive) and Wei (defensive) Weakness in elderly: postpartum, post- surgery, aversion to wind, sweating (Ying and Wei disharmony). Spontaneous or night sweats accompanied by aversion to Wind (Ying and Wei disharmony) Spontaneous sweating due to Wei CU (Defensive Qi) deficiency Spontaneous sweating due to Qi/Yang deficiency. Night sweating due to Yin deficiency. Spontaneous and night sweating due to Qi and Yin deficiency Cold spontaneous sweating accompanied by aversion to cold, cold limbs due to Yang deficiency 2013 TCM Review Seminars 10
Ren Shen + Fu Zi Chronic disease, loss of blood, HT disease with cold limbs, cold spontaneous sweating Ren Shen + Huang Lack of appetite, loose stool, fatigue, and spontaneous sweating Qi due to Qi deficiency Fu Xiao Mai + Huang Spontaneous perspiration due to exterior deficiency Qi Wu Mei + Wu Wei Zi Sweating spontaneous sweating, night sweats Shao Yang Syndrome: Chai Hu + Huang Qin Cao Guo + Chang Shan Alternating fever and chills, a bitter taste, dry throat, dizziness nausea due to Shao Yang syndrome. Malaria due to a Shao yang syndrome. LV Qi stagnation transforming into Fire Disharmony between exterior and interior, Alternating chills and fever Malaria: Chai Hu + Huang Qin Cao Guo + Chang Shan Malaria due to a Shao yang syndrome. Malarial disorder, Cold- Damp, no appetite, fatigue, Parasites Hepatitis: Chuan Lian Zi + Yan Hu Suo Hepatitis cholecystitis, and angiocholitis due to Damp Heat in LV/GB Yang Collapse: Ren Shen + Fu Zi Fu Zi + Gan Jiang Collapse of Qi, minute pulse Loss of consciousness, cold perspiration, cold limbs, and a minute pulse due to Yang collapse 2013 TCM Review Seminars 11
Jue Yin Syndrome: Bai Zhu + Fu Ling Jue Yin syndrome in Shang Han Lun, cold limbs Edema: Bai Zhu + Fu Ling Edema, accumulation of Damp caused by SP deficiency Prolapse: Chai Hu + Sheng Ma Uterine prolapse, rectal prolapse, gastric ptosis due to central Qi sinking Diabetes: Huang Qi + Shan Yao Wu Mei + Wu Wei Zi Tian Men Dong + Mai Men Dong Shi Gao + Zhi Mu Mai Men Dong + Xuan Shen Xiao- Ke syndrome (Diabetes) Xiao Ke (diabetes) Upper Xiao Ke with excessive drinking, thirst, and dry throat due to LU Heat damaging the fluids Primarily upper jiao Xiao Ke with polydipsia, a dry mouth and tongue and great thrist due to excess lung heat Xiao Ke (diabetes) accompanied by dry mouth and throat, red tongue, scanty tongue coating Gastritis: Huang Qi + Shan Yao Chronic gastritis, SP and ST Qi deficiency 2013 TCM Review Seminars 12
Hypertension: Xian Mao + Yin Yang Huo Gui Ban + Bie Jia He Zi + Chen Pi Xuan Fu Hua + Dai Zhe Shi Hypertension accompanied by cold limbs, aversion to cold, weakness of back and knee Hypertension, headaches, vertigo, head distention, and tinnitus due to LV yang rising Hypertension due to Yin Deficiency causing LV Yang rising Hypertension Eye: Gou Qi Zi + Ju Hua Eye disorders: Blurred vision, diminished visual acuity, photophobia, dry eyes with possible headache Insomnia: Suan Zao Ren + Zhi Zi Long Gu + Mu Li Shi Chang Pu + Yuan Zi Bai Zhi Ren + Suan Zao Ren Huang Lian + E Jiao Bai He + Zhi Mu Insomnia, excessive dreams with nervous prostration and enervation due to HT Fire Vexation, agitation, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, and tinnitus due to LV Yang rising disturbing Shen Mental confusion, decrease of intellectual acuity, and insomnia due to Phlegm misting HT orifice Palpitations, profuse' dreams; and insomnia due to HT Qi/Blood deficiency Vexation, agitation and insomnia due to febrile disease, deficient fire, or HT and KD not communicating Vexation, agitation, insomnia, vertigo, thirst due to Yin Deficiency with Heat 2013 TCM Review Seminars 13