Si Jun Zi Tang

(4 Gentlemen Decoction)

Ren Shen 10g-tonify Qi, generate fluid

Bai Zhu 9g-dry damp, quiet fetus

Fu Ling 9g-drain damp, tonify Sp, calm Ht spirit

Zhi Gan Cao 6g-harmonize

Sp/St Qi xu, benefit Qi, strengthen Sp, nourish St, 

T: Pale P: thin and frail

relatively harmonious and moderate nature

overworking, improper eating, 

Caution: high fever, heat from xu, combo of irritibility, thirst, constipation

Yi Gong San

(Mod Si Jun Si Tang)

Si Jun Zi Tang +

Chen Pi

Sheng Jiang

Da Zao

Sp Qi xu leading to irregular appetite w stifling sensation in chest

Liu Jun Zi Tang

(Mod Si Jun Zi Tang)

Si Jun Zi Tang +

Chen Pi

Ban Xia

Sheng Jiang

Da Zao

Sp and St xu w damp phlegm, coughing of copious thin and white sputum

Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

(Mod of Si Jun Zi Tang)

Si Jun Zi Tang +

Chen Pi 

Ban Xia

Sheng Jiang

Da Zao

Mu Xiang (Xiang Fu)

Sha Ren

Sp and St xu w damp cold stagnating in MJ

Si Jun Zi Tang +

Shan Yao 1000g

Bai Bian Dou 1000g

Yi Yi Ren 750g

Lian Zi Ren 500g

Sha Ren 500g

Jie Geng 500g

Sp/St Qi xu w dampness syndrome

Benefits Qi, strengthen Sp, leach out damp, stop diarrhea, protect Lu

T: Pale, white coat

P: thin moderate, xu 

ascending and descending fxns for Sp T&T 

caution: yin xu heat

Huang Qi 15-20g

Ren Shen 10g

Bai Zhu 10g

Zhi Gan Cao 5g

Chen Pi 6g- move Qi

Dang Gui 10g-blood

Sheng Ma 3g

Chai Hu 3g

tonifies Mj, raises sunken Qi

Sp/St QI xu, yang qi xu and sinking qi syndrome

T: Pale, thin, white coating

P: flooding, xu, rootless at middle position on rt

used for organ prolapse, chronic low fever d/t MJ yang qi sinking

caution: yin xu heat, fever d/t excess

Sheng Mai San

(Generate Pulse powder)

Ren Shen 10g

Mai Men Dong 15g-yin

Wu Wei Zi 6g- stops sweating

benefits Qi, generate fluid, preserves yin, stops excessive sweating

1. summer heat causing profuse sweating, exhaustive Qi, injury of fluids

2. Chronic Lu xu cough, qi, and yin injured

T: pale, red, dry, thin coating

P: xu, rapid, or xu thin

caution: high fever w/out qi and yin xu, external pathogen

Si Wu Tang

(Four substance decoction)

Shu Di Huang 12g- nourish blood

Bai Shao 12g- sour, soften Lv

Dang Gui 10g- guiding herb, blood tonic

Chuan Xiong 8g- move blood, tx any HA

nourish blood and regulate blood

chong and ren channels xu

irregular menses w little or no flow, lower ab pain, dizziness, blurred vision

T: pale tongue

P: thin and wiry or thin and choppy 

Tao Hong Si Wu Tang

(Mod of Si Wu Tang)

Si Wu Tang w/out bai shao +

Chi Shao

Tao Ren

Hong Hua

for cases w more blood stagnation

Ba Zheng Tang

(Mod of Si Wu Tang)

Si Wu Tang + Si jun Zi Tang

For Blood xu w Qi Xu

Sheng Yu Tang

(Mod of Si Wu Tang)

Si Wu Tang +

Ren Shen

Huang Qi

Qi xu causing early period w early period w copious and pale bleeding, weakness of limbs, fatigue

Jiao Ai Tang

(mod of Si Wu Tang)

Si Wu Tang +

Ai Ye

E Jiao

restless fetus disorder w continuous bleeding from vagina

Bai Shao 12-30g 

Gan Cao 9-20g

soften Lv, moderate painful spasm, alleviate pain

muscles spasmodic pain d/t yin and blood xu

Gui Pi Tang

(Restore Sp decoction)

Huang Qi 12g

Long Yan Rou 12g- tonify Sp, tonify blood

Ren Shen 6g

Bai Zhu 9g

Dang Gui 9g

Suan Zao Ren 12g

Fu Shen 9g

Yuan Zhi 6g

Mu Xiang 6g

Zhi Gan Cao 3g

augments Qi, nourish blood, strengthen Sp, nourish Ht

1. Sp & Ht are both Qi and blood xu syndromes: forgetfulness, palpitations, insomnia, night sweating, fever, withdrawl

2. Sp fails to control blood syndromes: blood in stool, purpura, uterine bleeding (Beng Lou Syndrome)

T: Pale, thin white coating

P: thin, frail

Caution: tidal fever from yin xu

Huang Qi 30g-generate flesh, moves Qi out to surface

Dang Gui 6g

Tonify Qi, generate blood

Blood xu heat syndrome (yin type ulcers)

hot sensations in muscles, red face, irritability, desire for warm beverage

T: Pale

P: flooding, large, xu

caution: tidal fever from yin xu

Zhi Gan Cao Tang

(Fu Mai Tong)

Zhi Gan Cao 12g-restore pulse

Ren Shen 6g- tonify Qi, strengthen Sp/St, fluid

Da Zao 5-10 pieces-tonify Qi and blood, gen fluid

Sheng di Huang 30g

Mai Men dong 10g

E jiao 6g

Huo Ma Ren 10g

Gui Zhi 9g

Sheng Jiang 9g

Qing Jiu-rice wine

augments Qi, nourish yin, tonify blood, restore pulse

1. Qi and blood xu- knotted pulse or intermittent, palpitation, anxiety

2. Consumptive condition and Lu atrophy syndromes: dry cough, no sputum, sparse sputum

T: pale, shiny tongue

P: irregular, slow irregular or thin, faint and forceless

Ba Zhen Tang

(8 treasure decoction)

Ren Shen 9g

Shu Di 9g

Bai Zhu 9g

Fu Ling 9g

Dang Gui 9g

Bai Shao 9g

Chuan Xiong 9g

Zhi Gan Cao 9g

augments qi, tonifies blood

Qi and blood xu syndromes

pallid or shallow complexion, palpitation w anxiety, reduced appetite, SOB, light headed and/or vertigo

T: pale, white coating

P: either thin and frail or large xu, w out strength

Shi Quan Da Bu Tang

(Great Tonifying Decoction)

Si Jun Zi Tang +

Si Wu Tang

Rou Gui

Huang Qi

warms and tonifies the Qi and blood

Qi and blood xu w cold syndromes

augments Qi, strengthens Sp, nourishes blood, calms fetus

for pregnant women w qi and blood xu syndromes

T: pale, thin white tongue coating

P: slippery and forceless, submerged and frail

Tonify

Shu Di Huang 24g

Shan Zhu Yu 12g

Shan Yao 12g

Sedate

Ze Xie 9g

Mu Dan Pi 9g

Fu Ling 9g

Kd and Lv yin xu

soreness and weak low back, dizzy, vertigo, hearing loss, night sweats, nocturnal emission

T: red, little coating

P: rapid, thin pulse

Mod: Sp qi xu and qi xu, add chao bai zhu, chen pi, sha ren

Caution: indigestion, diarrhea d/t Sp xu, or white greasy tongue coat

Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

(mod of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan)

Liu Wei +

Zhi Mu and Huang Bai

yin xu w vigorous fire, night sweats, steaming bone, irritibility, tidal fever, chronic UTI

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

(mod of Liu Wei Di Wan)

Liu Wei +

Gou Qi Zi, Ju Hua

Lv and Kd yin xu, blurry, dry, rough and painful eyes

Ming Mu Di Huang Wan

(mod of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan)

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan + Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Bai Ji Li, Shi Jue Ming

various eye disorders d/t Lv and Kd yin and blood xu

Du Qi Wan

(mod of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan)

Liu Wei + Wu Wei Zi

For Kd qi xu & SOB, wheezing, hiccoughing

Mai Wi Di Huang Wan

(mod of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan)

Liu Wei + Mai Men Dong, Wu Wei Zi

Lu and Kd yin xu and chronic cough and wheezing, coughing of blood

Er Long Zuo Ci Wan

(Mod of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan)

Liu Wei +

Ci Shi, Wu Wei Zi, Chai Hu

Kd Yin xu and tinnitus, loss of hearing

Huang Bai, Zhi Mu, Shu Di, Gui Ban, Bai Shao, Hu Gu, Suo Yang, Chen Pi, Gan Jiang

enrich yin, cause fire to descend, strengthen sinew and bones

treats Kd and Lv yin xu w internal heat syndromes

T: red, little coating

P: rapid, frail pulse

Caution: Sp/St xu, damp heat

Shu Di 24g

Shan Zhu Yu 12g

Shan Yao 12g

Gou Qi Zi 12g

Gui Ban Jiao 12g

Lu Jiao Jiao 12g

Tu Si Zi 12g

Chuan Niu Xi 9g

enriches yin, tonify Kd, supplements essence, benefits marrow

true yin xu w essence and marrow depletion syndromes

T: red, shiny tongue

P: rapid, thin pulse

caution: Sp Qi xu, diarrhea

Zuo Gui Yin

(mod of Zuo Gui Wan)

Shu Di

Shan Yao

Gou Qi Zi

Zhi Gan Cao

Fu Ling

Shan Zhu Yu

mild yin xu

tidal fever: add Di Gu Pi

constipation: take out tu si zi, add rou cong

Nu Zhen Zi- winter solstice

Han Lian Cao- summer solstice 

tonifies Kd, benefit Lv

Kd and Lv yin xu syndromes

superior in treating premature graying of hair

bitter taste and dry mouth, insomnia w vivid dreams, soreness and weakness in knees and low back

T: red, dry tongue

P: thready pulse