HERB FORMULAS

CUSHING'S #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen 15g Tonifies the Middle Jiao, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood and promotes the generation of Body Fluids.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with fatigue, a sensation of fullness in the abdomen, dizziness, lethargy, shortness of breath, anorexia and loose stools or diarrhea.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency with anorexia, loose stools and vomiting.
Poria Fu Ling 15g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
With Zhi Ban Xia and Chen Pi, for nausea, vomiting, chest fullness and distention and anorexia due to congested fluids.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 15g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for Turbid Dampness in the Middle Jiao causing epigastric and abdominal distention.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency leading to accumulation of Dampness with urinary difficulty, loose stools, diarrhea, Milky Lin or vaginal discharge.
With Fu Ling, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu 9g Spreads Liver Qi and relieves Stagnation.
Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing 9g Tonifies Spleen Qi and nurtures Stomach Yin.
Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi 9g Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi, unblocks the bowels, transforms Phlegm, reduces distention and removes Stagnant Food.
With Hou Po, for distention, swelling and pain due to Food Stagnation and Qi Stagnation.
With Bai Zhu, for distention in the epigastrium and abdomen due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with Food Stagnation.
With Hou Po, Zhi Ban Xia and Bai Zhu, for epigastric distention and fullness, anorexia and fatigue due to a Cold-Heat complex obstructing the Qi and leading to Damp Accumulation.
Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po 9g Promotes the movement of Qi in the Middle Jiao, resolves Stagnation, promotes the movement of Qi downward, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Zhi Shi and Bai Zhu, for epigastric and abdominal distention due to Qi and Food Stagnation.
With Zhi Ban Xia
and Fu Ling, for Phlegm Obstructing the Qi, leading to coughing, vomiting or a sense of something stuck in the throat.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 9g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 9g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and reduces Stagnation.
With Chen Pi, for epigastric and abdominal distention or pain due to disharmony of the Stomach Qi.
With Fu Ling, for Phlegm, thin mucus and turbid Dampness.
With Hou Po, for Phlegm-Dampness with Qi Stagnation.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 9g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Bai Zhu, for anorexia and other symptoms of Damp Obstruction due to Spleen Deficiency.
With Zhi Shi, strengthens the Middle Jiao.
With Zhi Ban Xia, Fu Ling and Hou Po, enhances the Phlegm transforming, Spleen strengthening properties.
Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha 9g Reduces and guides out Food Stagnation and transforms accumulations.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 9g Activates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Soothes the Liver
  • Invigorates the Spleen
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Eliminates Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Qi Stagnation Invades the Spleen with Phlegm-Dampness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Obesity
  • Edema or
  • Pitting edema
  • Bright, shiny skin
  • Chest oppression
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dizziness
  • Head distention
  • Fatigue
  • Hypersomnia or
  • Somnolence
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Gas
  • Borborygmus
  • Dry stools
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Scanty menstruation or
  • Amenorrhea
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • Scanty urination
  • T: Swollen
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery and wiry

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