Author: Zhang Zhong-Jing, 張仲景
Year: c. 220
Source: Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jin Gui Yao Lue, 金匱要略)
Category: Formulas that Clear Heat
Pattern: Damage to Spleen and Stomach Yin affecting the downward directing functions of the Lungs and Stomach
Key Symptoms: Irritability and restlessness, palpitations, a feeling as if one were about to die.
Pulse: Rapid
Ingredients
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Bai He
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Pinyin: Bai He
Chinese: 百合
Pharmaceutical: Bulbus Lilii
English: Lily Bulb |
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Tastes: Sweet, slightly cold
Meridians Entered: Lung and Heart |
Actions & Indications:
- Nourishes Yin, moistens the Lungs, clears Heat and stops coughing
Dry coughs or sore throat due to Lung Yin Deficiency, dry Lungs or Lung Heat
Especially useful for Lung Yin Deficiency
- Clears the Heart and calms the Spirit
Intractable low-grade fever, insomnia, restlessness and irritability in the aftermath of febrile disease
Heart Fire
Palpitations due to insufficiency of Qi and Yin
One of the chief spirit calming herbs for Gu Sydnrome with Qi and Yin deficiency (Fruehauf, 1998)
Chronic inflammatory disease (Fruehauf, 2015)
- Nourishes Stomach Yin and harmonizes the Middle Jiao
Pain associated with Stomach Yin Deficiency
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Standard Dosage: 10-30g in decoction.
Cautions: All lilies are acutely nephrotoxic to cats and some other animals due to the high level of insoluble calcium oxalate so should be not be used in vetinary formulas without absolute certainty that the animal in question is not vulnerable. Long term consumption of oxalates in humans can also lead to kidney stone formation. |
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Ji Zi Huang
| 15-30g | | |
Pinyin: Ji Zi Huang
Chinese: 鸡子黄
Pharmaceutical: Galli Gigeriae Vitellus
English: Egg Yolk |
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Tastes: Sweet, neutral
Meridians Entered: Heart and Kidney |
Actions & Indications:
- Nourishes Yin, tonifies the Blood and moistens Dryness
Restlessness, insomnia, indigestion, scalds, hemoptysis, vomiting, dysentery, hematochezia, vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, furuncle, indigestion in infants
- Extinguishes Wind
Eczema, convulsions
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Standard Dosage: Eaten or used as medium for external application.
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Preparation: Decoction.
Actions: Strongly nourishes Yin and Jing, tonifies the middle Jiao and Heart, clears Heat, cools the Blood
Notes:
Originally for when symptoms related to appetite have been mistaken for Phlegm and the patient was improperly induced to vomit.
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One liang is taken as 3g in modern sources but in Eastern Han times it was equivalent to 13.875g. This means that the dosages in classical formulae could have been more than 4x what is given today making them far higher than recommended safe dosages today but prompts consideration of what an effective dose may be (He, 2013).
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Reference Notes: (click to display)
Most formulas are found in Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet (2009): Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies and Chen & Chen (2015) Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications. Others are from translations of primary sources. It is recommended that the original material is cross-referenced for mistakes and additional information.
Substitutions have been taken from Ken Lloyd & Prof. Leung (2004): Mayway UK Substitution List or the above publications and are intended as suggestions to help navigate the tight restrictions in the UK quickly. More applicable substitutions may be appropriate in specific situations.
Individual herb information has initially been sourced from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted.
