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How
to remember the TCM prescriptions(1)?
Most of the TCM prescriptions used clinically are consist of two or more
herbs, for the application of one single herb is limited. When several herbs
are combined together, which every herb can play its advantages and
inhibiting disadvantages fully. The following seriates of articles will
illustrate how to remember these prescriptions more easily, we hope they
will be helpful to Medboo students.
Prescriptions pungent in flavor and warm in property for relieving exterior
syndromes
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Name |
Ingredients |
Actions |
Application |
Characteristics |
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Mahuang Tang(Ephedra Decoction)
麻黄汤 |
Ma Huang(Ephedra)9g, GuiZhi(Cinnamom Twig)6g, Ku Xing Ren(Bitter
Apricot Kernet9g Zhigancao(Liquorice stir-baked with liquid)3g.
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Inducing
perspiration to relieve exterior pathogenic factors, Dispersing the
lung to relieve asthma |
Exterior
excess syndrome due to exogenous wind-cold |
The
syndrome due to attack of exterior wind cold, stagnation of
defensive qi and nutrient yin, inducing stagnation of interstitial
space, failure of pulmonary qi to disperse |
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Jiuwei Qianghuo
Tang(Notopterygium Decoction of Nine Ingredients)
九味羌活汤
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QiangHuo(Notopterygium Root)6g, Fang Feng(Ledebouriella Root)6g,
Cang Zhu(Atractylodes Rhizome)6g, Xi Xin(Asarum Herb)3g,
Chuan Xiong(Chuanxiong Rhizome)3g,
Bai Zhi(Dahurian Angelica Root)3g, Di Huang(Fresh Rehmannia Root)3g,
Huang Qin(Scutellaria Root)3g, Gan Cao(Liquorice)3g |
Inducing diaphoresis and eliminating dampness, Clearing away
interior heat |
Syndrome due to the attack of exogenous wind, cold and dampness,
with interior heat. |
The syndrome is due to exogenous wind cold and dampness, with
interior heat |
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Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction)
桂枝汤 |
Gui Zhi(Cinnamom Twig)9g, Bai Shao(White Peony Root)9g,
Zhigancao(Liquorice stir-baked with liquid)6g, Shengjiang(Fresh
Ginger)9g, Dazao(Chinese Date)3pcs |
Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, Regulating
yingqi to relieve exterior syndrome |
The syndrome is due to exogenous wind cold,disharmony between yingqi and weiqi, yin and
yang. |
1.The
herbs regulating
yingqi and weiqi:
Gui
Zhi(Cinnamom Twig),
Bai Shao(White Peony
Root), Shengjiang
(Fresh Ginger), Dazao
(Chinese
Date)3pcs.
2. The patient need
take one bowl of hot
gruel after
decoction, and put
on more clothes or
quilts to help induce
sweat. |
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Xiao Qinglong Tang(Decoction of Green Dragon)
小青龙汤 |
Ma Huang(Ephedra)9g, Bai Shao(White Peony Root)9g, Xi Xin(Asarum
Herb)6g,Gan Jiang(Dried Ginger)6g, Zhigancao(Liquorice stir-baked
with liquid)6g, Gui Zhi(Cinnamom Twig)9g, Ban Xia(Pinellia Tuber)9g,
Wu Wei Zi(Schisandra Fruit)6g |
Relieving the pathogenic factors from the exterior and expelling
cold, warming the lung to resolve retained fluid |
The syndrome is due to
external cold and interior fluid retention.
Closing in opening, astringing in dispersing, eliminating the
pathogenic factors without impairment of healthy qi
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Dispersing
herbs: Ma Huang(Ephedra), Gui Zhi(Cinnamom Twig), Xi Xin(Asarum
Herb), Gan Jiang(Dried Ginger).
Astringing herbs:
Bai Shao(White Peony Root), Wu Wei Zi(Schisandra Fruit).
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Comparing
Mahuang Tang(Ephedra Decoction)
with Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction):
Both of them can treat exterior syndrome due to exogenous wind cold.
Mahuang Tang(Ephedra Decoction):
Ma Huang(Ephedra), Gui Zhi(Cinnamom Twig) and Ku Xing Ren(Bitter Apricot
Kernet) in
Mahuang Tang(Ephedra Decoction)
are to enhance the effect of inducing sweating and dispelling cold, and to
disperse the lung and relieve asthema. It is a drastic prescription of
inducing sweating with pungent and warm herbs, it is suitable to treat the
exterior excess syndrome due to exogenous wind cold, marked by fever,
without perspiration, asthma and cough.
Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Twig Decoction):
Gui Zhi(Cinnamom Twig), Bai Shao(White Peony Root), plus Shengjiang(Fresh
Ginger) and Dazao(Chinese Date) can relieve the exterior syndrome by
inducing sweating is not so strong as
Mahuang Tang(Ephedra
Decoction), but stronger in regulating yingqi and weiqi. It can treat
exterior deficiency syndrome due to exogenous wind cold, marked by fever,
perspiration, aversion to cold.
Written by Hu Xiaohua
Medboo TCM training center
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