HERB FORMULAS

LUPUS #5

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 30g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability and quenches thirst.
With Zhi Mu, for a high fever from Wind-Heat or Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng 15-30g Tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin, strengthens the sinews and bones and expels Wind-Dampness.
Cx. Erythrinae Hai Tong Pi 15g Dispels Wind-Dampness and unblocks the channels and collaterals.
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 9g Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain.
With Fang Feng, for pain due to External Wind-Dampness.
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao 9g Expels Wind-Dampness, opens the channels, soothes the sinews and collaterals, resolves Dampness and clears Deficiency Heat.
With Han Fang Ji and Zhi Mu, for Heat Bi syndrome with redness, swelling and pain.
Rx. Clematidis Wei Ling Xian 9g Dispels Wind-Dampness, unblocks the channels and alleviates pain.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Damp Bi causing joint pain.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 9g Expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Qin Jiao, for Wind-Damp Bi with spasms of the tendons or numbness of the limbs.
Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji 9g Expels Wind-Dampness, purges Damp-Heat and alleviates pain.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 9g Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Resolves Dampness
  • Clears Heat
  • Disperses Wind
  • Unblocks the channels
  • Stops pain

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Damp-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Early-stage disease with profuse, severe joint pain, especially in the fingers, toes, ankles and wrists
  • Generalized body aches and pains
  • Migrating pain of several joints
  • Irritability
  • Heavy sensation in the shoulder and back
  • Sore, aching muscles
  • Weak limbs
  • Discomfort or a constricted sensation in the area of the chest and diaphragm
  • Multiple sores, carbuncles furuncles or abscesses
  • Redness
  • Itching
  • Persistent swelling
  • Chest pain
  • Fever
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst
  • Aching and painful extremities
  • Aching and painful joints
  • Unbearable swelling and pain of the lower extremities
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • T: Normal or Red
  • C: Greasy and slightly yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Soft and moderate or Soft, superficial and slow or Slippery and rapid or Deep and tight or Wiry and slippery

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For joint pain with no fever: For joint pain with fatigue and no fever:
- Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao - Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
- Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu - Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu + Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 9g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ 9g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + 9g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
    + 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
    + 15g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen