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Internationa l Standard Library of Chinese Med ic ine

Deng Zhong-jia, Ph.D. TCM

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Chinese Medicinal Formulas,

Chengdu University of TCM,

Chengdu, China

Greg Zimmerman, M.S., L.Ac.

Acupuncturist, Chinese American Acupuncture Center,

Orlando, Florida, USA

Ye Qiao-bo, Ph.D. TCM

Lectuer, International Education College, Chengdu University of TCM,

Chengdu, China


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Contributors (Listed alphabetically by name)

Chen Jian-ping

, Ph.D. TCMAssistant Professor(Honorary Associate

Professor), School of Chinese Medicine,

The University of Hong Kong , China

Jia Bo

, M.S. TCMProfessor, Director of the Formula

Department, Chengdu University of

TCM, Chengdu, China

Li Ji, Ph.D. TCM

Professor, Vice president of Heilongjiang

University of Traditional Chinese

Medicine, Harbin China

Ruan Shi-bao,

Professor, Director of the formula

Department, Fujian University of Traditional

Chinese Medicine, Xiamen, China

Shen Tao, Ph.D. TCM

Professor, Vice President of Chengdu


Medicine, Chengdu, China

Wang Di,

Professor, Director of the Formula

Department, Changchun University of

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jilin, China

Yi Zi-gang,

Professor, Director of the Formula

Department, Guangxi College of Traditional

Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China

Zhou Ran,

Professor, President of Shanxi College of

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan,

China

Zhou Yong-xue,

Professor, President of Shaanxi College of

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xian, China

Translators (Listed alphabetically by name)

Azure (Duan Ying-zhe), Ph.D.,

L.Ac., TCM

Harmony Acupuncture & TCM, Atlanta,

GA, U. S. A.

Hu Peng, Ph.D. TCM

Lecturer, Clinical College, Chengdu

University of Tradit ional Chinese


Jin Zhao, Ph.D. TCM

A t t e n d i n g P h y s i c i a n , C h e n g d u

University of TCM, Chengdu, China

Li Yi-bei, Ph.D. Candidate TCM

Attending Physician, Department of

Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital ofChengdu University of TCM, Chengdu,

China


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Ma Xi-tao, M.S. TCM

Interpreter/Translator, Physician,A f f i l i a t e d H o s p i t a l o f C h e n g d u



Song Yao-ping, Ph.D. L.Ac., TCM

The Academy of Oriental Medicine atAustin, Austin, TX, U. S. A.

Wang Jing, Ph.D. TCM

Physician, Lecturer, Clinical College,

Chengdu University of Traditional

Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

Wu Shi-guo, Ph.D. TCM

Physician, Lecturer, Yunnan College of

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming,

China

English Editors

Greg Zimmerman, M.S., L.Ac.

Acupuncturist , Chinese American

Acupuncture Center, Orlando, Florida,

USA

Lara Deasy, Bsc (Hons) TCM, B.M.

(Beijing) TCM, MRCHM


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About t he Au thors

Deng Zhong-jia

Deng Zhong-jia, State Council Expert for Special Allowance, is a professor and

doctoral supervisor of Chengdu University of TCM. He is the principal academic

leader of the state-level formulas courses, teaching team and key disciplines of

the State Administration of TCM of China. Prof. Deng was the Deputy Committee

Director of the Branch Association of Formulas, China TCM Association (2002-06).

The two textbooks: Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine , he edited in 2001 and

2008, are widely used in China. He was awarded the Excellent Textbook Prize for his

contribution to textbook editing in 2009.


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Greg Zimmerman

Greg Zimmerman is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner

located in Southern California. He has been involved in the academics of Traditional

Chinese Medicine since 1996 serving as a lecturer, consultant and editor for

prominent Chinese herbal manufacturing companies, educational organizations, and

TCM colleges. Greg Zimmerman has maintained a private practice, the Yi An Chinese

Medicine Clinic, located in Irvine, CA since 1997.

For the past 12 years, he has taught a variety of classes on various subjects of

Traditional Chinese Medicine with an emphasis on Chinese herbal formulas and

medicinals. More recently, he has developed and teaches a certification course,

regarding ethical herbal compounding and dispensing, to professional practitioners


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Ye Qiao-bo ( )

Ye Qiao-bo is a graduate of the Chengdu University of TCM (Bachelor in

Chinese Herbal Medicine, 2001; Master in Formulas, 2004; Ph.D in Formulas, 2009).

She worked as an editorial member and translator for the Encyclopedia of Medicinal

Plants at the School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon

Tong (Research Assistant, 2004-06). Currently, she teaches formulas in the Chengdu

University of TCM and serves as a physician in the afliated clinic of the university.


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Executive Directors

Li Zhen-ji

Vice Chairman and Secretary-general, World

Federation of Chinese Medical Societies,

Beijing, China

Hu Guo-chen

President and Editor-in-Chief, Peoples Medical

Publishing House, Beijing, China

Directors

You Zhao-ling

Former President and Professor of Chinese

Medical Gynecology, Hunan University of

TCM, Changsha, China

Xie Jian-qun

President and Professor of Chinese Internal

Medicine, Shanghai Universi ty of TCM,

Shanghai, China

General Coordinator

Liu Shui

Director of International TCM Publications, Peoples Medical Publishing House, Beijing

Members (Listed alphabetically by last name)

Chang Zhang-fuProfessor of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing

University of CM, Beijing, China

Chen Hong-feng, Ph.D. TCMProfessor of Chinese External Medicine,

Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai, China

Chen Jia-xu, Ph.D. TCM

Professor of TCM Diagnost i cs , Be i j ing


Chen Ming

Professor of Shng Hn Ln, Beijing University

of CM, Beijing, China

Cui Hai, Ph.D. TCM

Associate Professor of TCM, Capital Medical

University, Beijing, China

Deng Zhong-jia

Professor of Chinese Medicinal Formulae,

Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China

Ding Xiao-hong

Associate Professor of Tui Na, International

Education College, Nanjing University of TCM,

Nanjing,China

Doug Eisenstark, L.Ac

Professor of Chinese Medicine, Emperors

College, Los Angeles, USA

Stephen X. Guo, M.A. International

Affairs

Director of Jande International, New York, USA

Han Chou-ping

Associate Professor, International Education

College, Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai,

China

Hu Jun, B.A. Medical English

Currently pursuing Masters of Science in

Social History of Medicine, Peking University,

Beijing, China

Hu Ke-xin, Ph.D. TCM

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Keelung City

Municipal Hospital, Taiwan, China

Editorial Board for International Standard Library of Chinese Medicine


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Hu Zhen

Professor and Head of Depar tment of

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wenzhou

Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Huang Fei-li

Professor of Cosmetology, Hong Kong Baptist

University, Hong Kong, China

Russell William James, M.S. TCM

IELTS Examiner & Marker, Beijing, China

Jia De-xian, Ph.D. TCM

Professor of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing


Jin Hong-zhu

Professor of Acupuncture & Tui Na, Nanjing

University of TCM, Nanjing, China

Lao Li-xing, Ph.D.

Professor of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,

University of Maryland School of Medicine,

Baltimore, USA

Past Co-President of the Society for Acupuncture

Research

Hon K. Lee, Dipl. OM, L.Ac.Director of the Jow Ga Shaolin Institute,

Herndon, Virginia, USA

Li Dao-fang, Ph.D. TCMPresident of Florida Acupuncture Association;

Executive Board Director, National Federation of

Chinese TCM Organizations, Kissimmee, USA

Mei Li, M.S. TOM, L.Ac.

Translator and Editor, Peoples Medical


Li Ming-dong, Ph.D. OMD, L.Ac.

Professor of Chinese Internal Medicine, Yo San

University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Los

Angeles, USA

Li Wan-ling

Qi Gong and TCM Translator, Beijing, China

Liang Li-na, Ph.D. TCM

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, EyeHospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical

Sciences, Beijing, China

Liu Zhan-wen

Professor of Chinese Medicine, Bei j ing

University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

L Ming

Professor of Tui Na, Changchun University of

Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China

Mark L. Mondot, B.A. Chinese Language,

L.Ac.

Translator and Editor, Peoples Medical


Jane Lyttleton,Hons, M Phil, Dip TCM, Cert

Ac.

Lecturer, University of Western Sydney, Sydney,

Australia

Julie Mulin Qiao-Wong

Professor of Chinese Medicine, Victoria

University, Melbourne, Australia

Andy Rosenfarb, M.S. TOM, L.Ac.

Acupuncture Health Associates, New Jersey,

USA

Paul F. Ryan, M.S. TCM, L.Ac.

Taihu Institute, Jiangsu, China

Martin Schweizer, Ph.D. Molecular Biology, L.Ac.

Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry,

University of Utah, USA

Secondo Scarsella, MD, DDS

Visiting Professor of Tui Na, Nanjing Universityof TCM, China Department of Maxillofacial

Surgery, San Salvatore Hospital, LAquila, Italy

Sun Guang-ren

Professor of TCM Fundamentals, ShandongUniversity of TCM, Jinan, China


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Tsai Chun-hui, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of

Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, USA

Tu Ya


Beijing University of CM, Beijing, China

Wang Shou-chuan

Professor of TCM Pedia tr i cs , Nanj ing


Wei Qi-ping

Professor of Ophthalmology, Beijing University

of CM, Beijing

Douglas Wile,Ph.D.Former professor of History & Philosophy of

Chinese Medicine and of Chinese Language

at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New

York; Professor of Chinese language at Alverno

College, Milwaukee, USA

Jane Frances Wilson, M.S., L.Ac.

Senior Lecturer of School of Life Sciences,

University of Westminster, London, UK

Xiao Ping

Associate Professor, Hunan University of TCM,Changsha, China

Xu Shi-zu, M.A. Chinese Martial Arts

Chinese Traditional Sports and Health CultivationInstructor, School of Physical Education in

Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Yan Dao-nan

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Nanjing


Ye Qiao-bo, Ph.D. TCM

Lecturer of Chinese Medicinal Formulae,

Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China

Zhang Ji


Beijing University of CM, Beijing, China

Zhang Ji, Ph.D. TCM

Professor of Chinese Materia Medica, Emperors

College of Oriental Medicine, Alhambra University,

Dongguk University, Los Angeles, USA

Helen Q. Zhang, Ph.D. TCM, L.Ac.

Director of Qi TCM Clinic, New York, USA

Zhang Qing-rong

Professor of TCM Fundamentals, Liaoning

University of TCM, Shenyang, China

Zhao Bai-xiao, Ph.D. TCM


Dean, School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,

Beijing University of TCM, China

Zhao Xia, Ph.D. TCM

Professor of TCM Pediatrics, Nanjing University

of TCM, Nanjing, China

Zhou Gang, Ph.D. TCM

Lecturer ofShng Hn Ln, Beijing University

of CM, Beijing, China

Gregory Donald Zimmerman, M.S., L.Ac.

Lecturer, Southern California University of

Health Sciences (formerly LACC), California,

USA

Sponsored by

World Federation of Chinese Medical Societies


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The science of formulas is a subject dealing with the treatment and theories of

formulas, as well as the clinical application. It is an important basic course in TCM

and should be studied after the Basic Theory of TCM, Diagnostics of TCM andChinese Materia Medica courses.

The textbook is divided into two parts. The rst part is General Discussion, focusing

on the brief history and development of the formulas science, Treatment Methods

and Formulas, Classification of Formulas, Composition of Formulas, Dosage, Form

and Preparation and Administration of Decoctions. The second part includes specic

discussions on formulas in nineteen categories. It contains 182 principal formulas and

185 associated formulas, which are divided into fundamental formulas, representative

formulas and commonly used formulas. One hundred kinds of commonly used

Chinese patent drugs are introduced in the Appendix in the form of a chart.

Each chapter contains four parts: Brief Introduction, Specific Formulas, Summary

and Questions. The Brief Introduction includes the denition of each type of formula,

treatment method, function, application, cautions, clinical features, compatibility

methods and the name of commonly used formulas. Specific Formulas includes

the Source Text, Formula Ingredients, Preparation and Administration, Formula

Indications, Analysis of Fundamental Pattern Pathogenesis, Formula Analysis,

Formula Actions, Unique Combination Features, Further Clarification, Formula

Applications, Associated Formulas, Case Studies, and Comments. The Summary is

a brief comparison between the formulas. The Questions try to develop the ability of

independent thinking and comprehensive analysis based on the important contents of

each chapter.

This textbook is characterized by following features:

1. Using clear and easily understood forms to elucidate Formula Analysis,Modications, Associated Formulas, and Comparisons & Contrasts.

Preface


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2. The item of Further Clarication is set to elucidate the difculties and doubts.

3. The fundamental combinations are concluded in the Formula Analysis

form. Also, the Unique Combination Features helps readers to learn more

compatibility skills.

4. One to four typical and practical cases by famous ancient or current TCM

practitioners are listed in most formulas. It can help readers master the core

pathomechanism and learn how to modify the formulas in different specific

cases.

Work Assignment:

The General Introduction was written by Deng Zhong-jia. Chapter 1 and Chapter

3 were written by Jia Bo. Chapter 2, Chapter 13 and Chapter 19 were written by Yi

Zi-gang. Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 were written by Zhou Rong-xue. Chapter 6 andChapter 7 were written by Shen Tao. Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 were written by Wang

Di. Chapter 12 and Chapter 14 were written by Ruan Shi-bao. Chapter 16 was written

by Li Ji. Chapter 10 and Chapter 17 were written by Zhou Ran. Chapter 8, Chapter 16

and Chapter 18 were written by Chen Jian-ping.

This book can be used as an authentic textbook for overseas students.

Moreover, it can serve as reference for TCM practitioners with its practical contents.

Deng Zhong-jia, Greg Zimmerman, Ye Qiao-bo

2011


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Par t I Genera l In t roduc t ion

Chapter 1 The History of Chinese Formulas......................................................

Chapter 2 Treatment Methods and Formulas ....................................................

Chapter 3 Classication of Formulas .................................................................

Chapter 4 Composition of Formulas ..................................................................

Chapter 5 Dosage Form .......................................................................................

Chapter 6 Preparation and Administration of Decoctions ...............................

Par t I I Form ula Monographs

Chapter 1 Exterior Releasing Formulas .............................................................

Section 1 Acrid-Warm Exterior Releasing Formulas .............................................................

Section 2 Acrid-Cold Exterior Releasing Formulas ...............................................................

Section 3 Supporting and Exterior Releasing Formulas .........................................................

Chapter 2 Downward Draining Formulas ...........................................................

Section 1 Cold Purgatives ......................................................................................................

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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Section 2 Warm Purgatives ....................................................................................................

Section 3 Moist Purgatives .....................................................................................................

Section 4 Harsh Expellants ....................................................................................................

Section 5 Purgative and Tonic Formulas ...............................................................................

Chapter 3 Harmonizing Formulas .......................................................................

Section 1 Shaoyang Harmonizing Formulas ..........................................................................

Section 2 Liver and Spleen Harmonizing Formulas ...............................................................

Section 3 Intestines and Stomach Harmonizing Formulas .....................................................

Chapter 4 Heat-Clearing Formulas .....................................................................

Section 1 Qi Level-Clearing Formulas ...................................................................................

Section 2 Ying Level-Clearing and Blood-Cooling Formulas .................................................

Section 3 Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Formulas ....................................................

Section 4 Zang-fu-Clearing Formulas ....................................................................................

Section 5 Deficiency-Heat-Clearing Formulas.......................................................................

Chapter 5 Summer-Heat-Dispelling Formulas ...................................................

Chapter 6 Interior-Warming Formulas ................................................................

Section 1 Center-Warming and Cold-Dispelling Formulas ....................................................

Section 2 Yang-Resuscitating Formulas ................................................................................

Section 3 Channel-Warming and Cold-Dispersing Formulas.................................................

Chapter 7 Tonic Formulas ...................................................................................

Section 1 Qi-Tonifying Formulas ...........................................................................................

Section 2 Blood-Tonifying Formulas ......................................................................................

Section 3 Qi and Blood Tonifying Formulas ..........................................................................

Section 4 Yin-Tonifying Formulas .........................................................................................

Section 5 Yang-Tonifying Formulas .......................................................................................

Section 6 Yin and Yang Tonifying Formulas .........................................................................

Chapter 8 Mind-Calming Formulas .....................................................................

Section 1 Mind-Calming Formulas Using Heavy Sedatives ...................................................

Section 2 Mind-Calming Formulas Using Supplementing Sedatives......................................


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Chapter 9 Orices-Opening Formulas................................................................

Section 1 Cool Orifices-Opening Formulas ............................................................................

Section 2 Warm Orifices-Opening Formulas .........................................................................

Chapter 10 Astringent formulas ..........................................................................

Section 1 Exterior-Consolidating Formulas to Arrest Sweating ..............................................

Section 2 Lung-Restraining Formulas to Relieve Cough .......................................................

Section 3 Intestine-Astringing Formulas to Stop Leakage .....................................................

Section 4 Essence-Securing Formulas to Arrest Enuresis and Seminal Emissions ................

Section 5 Womb-Stabilizing Formulas to Arrest Profuse Uterine Bleeding

and Vaginal Discharge .........................................................................................

Chapter 11 Qi-Rectifying Formulas.....................................................................

Section 1 Qi-Moving Formulas ..............................................................................................

Section 2 Qi-Descending Formulas........................................................................................

Chapter 12 Blood-Regulating Formulas .............................................................

Section 1 Blood-Invigorating and Stasis

-Removing Formulas ...............................................

Section 2 Bleeding-Stanching Formulas ................................................................................

Chapter13 Wind-Expelling Formulas ..................................................................

Section 1 External Wind Expelling and Dissipating Formulas ..............................................

Section 2 Internal Wind Calming and Extinguishing Formulas .............................................

Chapter 14 Dryness-Relieving Formulas ...........................................................

Section 1 External Dryness Relieving Formulas by Light Diffusion ......................................

Section 2 Yin-Enriching and Dryness-Moistening Formulas .................................................

Chapter 15 Dampness-Removing Formulas ......................................................

Section 1 Damp-Drying and Stomach-Harmonizing Formulas ...............................................

Section 2 Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Dispelling Formulas ...............................................

Section 3 Urination-Promoting and Dampness-Percolating Formulas ...................................

Section 4 Warm Formulas that Remove Cold-Damp ..............................................................

Section 5 Wind-Dispelling and Dampness-Overcoming Formulas ........................................


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Chapter 16 Phlegm-Dispelling Formulas ...........................................................

Section 1 Damp-Drying and Phlegm-Dissolving Formulas ....................................................

Section 2 Heat-Clearing and Phlegm-Dissolving Formulas ...................................................

Section 3 Dryness-Moistening and Phlegm-Dissolving Formulas ..........................................

Section 4 Warm Formulas that Dissolve Cold Phlegm ...........................................................

Section 5 Wind-Dispelling and Phlegm-Dissolving formulas ................................................

Chapter 17 Digestion-Promoting Formulas .......................................................

Section 1 Digestion-Promoting and Stagnation-Removing Formulas .....................................

Section 2 Spleen-Fortifying and Digestion-Promoting Formulas ...........................................

Chapter 18 Worm-Expelling Formulas ...............................................................

Chapter 19 Emetic Formulas ...............................................................................

Appendix ................................................................................................................

Appendix I List of Medicinals................................................................................................

Appendix II List of Formulas .................................................................................................

Appendix III List of Classical Texts ......................................................................................

Index .......................................................................................................................

Index by Chinese Medicinals and Formulas - Pin Yin Names ...............................................

Index by Chinese Medicinals and Formulas - Pharmaceutical Names ..................................


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Chapter 17Digestion-Promoting Formulas

Digestion-promoting formulas utilize digestion-promoting medicinals as key

components. They have the therapeutic actions to promote digestion, fortify the spleen,

remove accumulation, and remove stagnation. Digestion-promoting formulas areprescribed to treat food accumulation. The modern method promote digestion was

historically referred to as the dispersion method. It is one of the Eight Treatment Methods

recorded in ancient literature.

The dispersion method is extensively applied for conditions of accumulation,

stagnation andfullness that result from blockage of qi, blood, phlegm, dampness, food

and worms. This chapter discusses the therapeutic method and formulas used for

food accumulation. Related therapeutic methods and formulas are discussed in the qi-

regulating, blood-rectifying, dampness-dispelling, accumulation-removing and worm-

expelling chapters.

The etiologies of food accumulation are essentially classied in terms of deciency and

excess. Decient patterns of food accumulation are caused by spleen deciency and poor

digestion. Excessive patterns of food accumulation are due to an improper diet, bad dietary

habits, and overeating. Digestion-promoting formulas are therefore categorized into two

types:

a) Digestionpromoting and stagnation-removing formulas

b) Spleen-fortifying and digestion-promoting formulas

Formulas that promote digestion typically contain qi-regulating medicinals because

internal accumulation inhibits qi movement. The opposite is also true; constraint and

stagnation of the qi mechanism will induce obstruction. Therefore, removing accumulationis associated with moving the qi. Those who suffer chronic conditions with a deficiency

ofzheng qi, as well as spleen and stomach deficiencies, require medicinals that reinforce

zheng qi. They are used simultaneously along with those medicinals that disperse food

accumulation. As a result of their pathological development, food accumulations may have

either a hot or cold pathological character. Therefore these formulas may necessarily be heat

clearing or warming in nature.

It is not advised to take dispersing formulas for long periods of time. They are

aggressive and may consume zheng qi and are therefore contraindicated for patterns of

deciency without signs of excess.


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Section 1 DigeStion-PromotinganD

Stagnation-removing

FormulaS

Digestion-promoting and stagnation-removing formulas are used to treat food

accumulation. The signs and symptoms include fullness and oppression of the chest and

stomach cavity, belching, acid swallowing, aversion to food, nausea, vomiting, abdominal

distention, abdominal pain as well as diarrhea. Common medicinals used to promote

digestion are shn zh, shn q, li f z and mi y. Food accumulation may impede qimovement, produce dampness and constrain heat. Consequently, corresponding formulas

often contain medicinals that regulate qi, remove dampness, and clear heat. When food

accumulation and damp-heat obstruct the large intestine and block the qi of the bowels,medicinals that drain downward may be used. Common formulas in this category are BoH Wn and Zh Sh Do Zh Wn.

Harmony-PreServing PillBo HWn

Source Text

Teachings of [Zhu] Dan-xi (read more on upcoming release of this book)

Unique Combination Features

This formula primarily promotes digestion; however, it also moves qi, removes

dampness and clears heat.

Formula Applications

1. Essential Pattern Differentiation:

Bo H Wn is a commonly used formula applicable for a variety of food accumulationpatterns.

This clinical pattern is marked by:

fullness in the abdomen and stomach cavity

distension and pain in the abdomen and stomach cavity

belching

acid swallowing

thick and greasy tongue coating

slippery pulse


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2. Modications:

Concurrent Condition Concurrent TreatmentCommon Medicinal

Modifcations

An excessive amount of food

accumulation

Promote digestion and regulate

qi

zh sh, hu p, m xing and bng

lng

An excessive amount of heat

developed from food accumulation

marked by a yellow tongue

coating and rapid pulse

Promote digestion and clear heat hung qn and hung lin

Constipation Promote defecation and purge

the bowels

d hung

Spleen deciency Boost qi and fortify the spleen bi zh, dng shn and gn co

3. Modern Applications:

This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when

the patient shows signs of food accumulation: acute and chronic gastritis and enteritis,

dyspepsia, and infants with diarrhea.

4. Cautions and Contraindications:

This formula is an aggressive formula that attacks and dispels; therefore, it should notbe taken for long periods of time. Additionally, it should not be prescribed to treat food

accumulation patterns due to spleen deciency without proper modication.

Associated Formulas

Name Ingredients Actions Applicable Patterns

D n Wn

Source: Teachings

of [Zhu] Dan-xi

shn zh2 liang (12 g),

shn q 1 liang (6 g),

bn xi 1 liang (6 g),f lng 1 liang (6 g),

chn p0.5 liang (3 g ),

li f z0.5 liang (3 g ),

lin qio 0.5 liang (3 g ),

bi zh 2 liang (12 g)

Promotes digestion

and forties the

spleen

Food accumulation complicated by

spleen deciency

Symptoms include: indigestion

distending pain of the abdomen

and stomach cavity

diarrhea

infants with food stagnation

D n Wn is Bo H Wn plus bi zh. The doses of the medicinals that compose Bo HWn are all decreased and 2 liang ofbi zh is added.D n Wn is prescribed for cases of

food accumulation with spleen deciency. It has the action to promote digestion and fortifythe spleen and is suitable for pediatric food accumulation.

(read more on upcoming release of this book)

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