Dosage should not be too large

Adjust for:
• Debilitated
• Spontaneous sweating from exterior def.
• night sweats from yin def.
• Wheezing assoc. with Kds not accepting Qi

Ma Huang

2 - 9 grams

CI'ed in:
• Warm-heat pathogen disease
• Yin deficiency with ehat signs
• heat in the blood with vomiting

Pregnancy or excessive menstruation:
• Use only in doses of 6 g or less

Use discouraged:
• Signs of pathogenic heat

Gui Zhi

3 - 9 grams

Like Lu 9 - influential pt of vessles

CI'ed:

• Blood deficient painful
obstruction

Qiang Huo

3 - 9 g

Do not use in a large dosage in patients with:

• Qi deficiency
• Stomach cold
• Diarrhea

(more than 9 g = large dosage?)

Ju Hua

4.5 - 15 g

9 - 21 g

cool

SP & ST

Should not be used when the true yin
has been severely damaged

Do not use with hyperactivity of Liver Yang

Chai Hu

3 - 9 g

L, G, P, SJ

(Shao yang & Jue Yin)

CI'ed:

• Cold from SP & S deficiency
• Fever from yin deficiency

Shi Gao

15 - 60 g

CI'ed:

• Significant dampness from
Spleen deficiency

• In those with loose stools and
abdominal fullness

Sheng Di Huang

9 - 15 g

Caution in those with:

• Patterns of cold

• Yang deficiency or Yin
deficiency

• Cold from deficiency of the
SP and S

Huang Lian

1.5 - 9 g

CI'ed in cases of:

• Cold from deficiency of the
Spleen or Stomach

Long Dan Cao

3 - 9 g

G, Liv, S

CI'ed:

• Spleen and Stomach
Deficiency cold

• Qi deficient sores with clear
pus

Jin Yin Hua

6 - 20 g

Within normal dosages: no side effects

One report of photodermitis w/
erythema and papular rashes that are
exposed to the light

Lian Qiao

6 - 15 g

CI'ed:

• Weak digestion

• Watery diarrhea

Qing Hao

6 - 12 g

Do not subject
to prolonged
cooking.

CI'ed:
• Not in those with a weak stomach
• Avoided by qi and blood deficient people who don't have stagnation

Caution:

• Menstruation
• Pregnancy
• Lactation

Da Huang
3 - 15 g

Strong purgative effect,

either add near the end or boil separately and then add the resulting liquid to the strained decoction

Caution:

• Yin deficiency
• Sunken Spleen Qi
• Cold from Deficiency w/
spermatorrhea

Fu Ling

9 - 15 g

Zhu Ling

6 - 12 g

Caution:

• Sunken middle burner qi

Ze Xie

4.5 - 9 g

Cautious:

• Pregnancy

Mu Tong

3 - 6 g

Caution:

• Yin or blood deficiency Should not be used in patients with internal wind

Du Huo (Think Arthritis!)

3 - 9 g

Unsuitable for problems:

• Associated with cold-phlegm
or damp-phlegm

Chuan Bei Mu

3 - 9 g

*Like UB 13 - for chronic lung conditions

4.5 - 9 g

*Like Lu 1 for more acute lung conditions

4.5 - 9 g

no Ci's noted

Caution:

• Dry cough from yin deficiency
• Sore throat from fire excess
• Bleeding

Ban Xia

3 - 9 g

(only prepared herb for internal use)

CI:

• Internal heat from Yin Deficiency

• Profuse sweating from deficiency in the exterior

Cang Zhu

3 - 9 g

Caution:

• SP or S weakness or deficiency

Large doses are Absolutely

contraindicated during pregnancy:
CAN LEAD to FETAL DEATH!

Shan Zha

9 - 12 g

Caution:

• Heat from excess

• Unsuitable for dry coughs due to qi or yin deficiency

Long term: Can injure the primal qi

Chen Pi

3 - 9 g

Xiang Fu

6 - 12 g

CI'ed:

• Blood deficiency
• During pregnancy

Tao Ren apricot kernel

4.5 - 9 g

Zhi Cao Wu

(aconiti preparatum - warm interior)

1.5 - 3 g

CI'ed:

• Internal heat from yin deficiency

• heat in the blood leads to bleeding

Caution:
• pregnancy

Also: don't combine with Coumadin, this is a bloodthinner!

Gan Jiang

3 - 9 g

Should not be consumed long term

CI'ed:
• Yin deficiency leads to heat signs

Wu Zhu Yu

1.5 - 4.5 g

Can contribute to retention of a pathogen
Makes sure the external pathogen is clear

Not to be used:
• Steaming bone disorder
• Bleeding d/t heat in the blood
• Ascendant Liver Yang
• Any condition d/t fire from constraint
Not to be taken with caffeine or other

stimulants (a la rockstar)

Ren Shen
3 - 9 g

.5 - 1 g: powder

ER: up to 30 g

Inappropriate (CI):

• Early stages of sores

• When there is significant heat toxin present after sores have ulcerated

Huang Qi

9 - 15 g

up to 30 g

(like ST 36)

Very cloying & readily leads to

stagnation of dampness
Impedes digestion

CI'ed:
• Qi stagnation
• Profuse phlegm
• Phlegm, fullness, and pain in the abdomen
• Reduced appetite
• Diarrhea

Shu Di Huang

9 - 30 g

6 - 15 g

(considered like SP 6)

CI'ed:

• Pregnancy
• In those with cold dampness of the Stomach

Gui Ban

15 - 45 g

CI'ed:

• Pregnancy
In those with cold from
deficiency of the Spleen and
Stomach

CI'ed:

• Sweating is caused by a
pathogenic factor

Fu Xiao Mai

15 - 30 g

CI'ed:

• Severe diarrhea Heat from excess

 (burning diarrhea)

Suan Zao Ren

9 - 15 g

Caution:

• Absence of wind-heat
• Heat from excess

(only for internal wind heat tremors like Parkinson's)

Gou Teng

6- 15 g

do not decoct
for longer than
20 minutes

3 - 9 g

Caution:

• Cold from deficiency of Sp and S w/:
◦ Reduced appetite
◦ Loose stools

Shi Jue Ming

15 - 30 g