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| 1 | Major Bupleurum Decoction |
Bupleuri Radix; Scutellariae Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Jujubae Fructus; Rhei Radix et Rhizoma |
Harmonizes shaoyang and drains interior heat bind. |
This formula treats a combined shaoyang-yangming pattern characterized by alternating chills and fever, fullness and discomfort in the chest and rib-side, frequent vomiting, constant vexation, epigastric pi and hardness or epigastric fullness and pain, constipation or diarrhea with fever, a yellow tongue coating, and a powerful wiry, rapid pulse. |
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| 2 | Minor Bupleurum Decoction |
Bupleuri Radix; Scutellariae Radix; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Pinelliae Rhizoma; Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens; Jujubae Fructus |
Harmonizes the shaoyang. |
1. Cold damage entering the shaoyang. The symptoms are alternating chills and fever, fullness and discomfort in the chest and rib-side, no desire to eat or drink, vexation and frequent vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, dizzy vision, a thin white tongue coating, and a wiry pulse. 2. Heat entering the blood chamber (uterus). The symptoms are feminine wind-invasion syndrome, inhibited menstrual flow, periodic alternating chills and fever, malaria, and jaundice when the patient shows signs of a shaoyang pattern. |
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| 3 | Pinellia Heart-Draining Decoction |
Pinelliae Rhizoma; Scutellariae Radix; Zingiberis Rhizoma; Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma; Coptidis Rhizoma; Jujubae Fructus; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma |
Disperses pi and dissipates masses through the combination of cold and warm medicinals. |
Pi is caused by the binding of cold and heat, marked by stuffiness below the heart, fullness without pain, vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea, and a slightly yellow, greasy coating. |
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| 4 | Frigid Extremities Powder | Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus; Bupleuri Radix; Paeoniae Radix Alba | Moves qi, resolves the constraint, soothes the liver, and rectifies the spleen. |
1. Pattern of yang constraint and reversal counterflow cold of the limbs, marked by a lack of warmth in the extremities, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery tenesmus, and a wiry pulse. 2. Pattern of disharmony of the liver and spleen, marked by distention and fullness in the rib-side, pain in the stomach cavity and abdomen, and a wiry pulse. |
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