HERB FORMULAS

MIAN TONG FANG ER HAO - 面痛方二号 - FACIAL PAIN FORMULA #2

English: Facial Pain Formula #2
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 15g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain.
With Xi Xin, for Wind-Cold headaches.
With Xi Xin and Fang Feng, for Wind-Cold headaches.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 9g

Releases the Exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Qiang Huo, pain due to External Wind-Dampness. .

Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 9g Releases the Exterior, disperses Cold, expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for headaches and generalized body aches and pains associated with the common cold or painful obstruction.
With Fang Feng, Bai Zhi and Xi Xin, for Wind-Cold with aversion to Cold, fever, headaches and muscle aches.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 9g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, dispels Cold and alleviates pain.
With Xi Xin, for Wind-Cold induced headaches, sinus headaches, orbital headaches and toothaches aggravated by cold air.
With Chuan Xiong and Qiang Huo, for headaches.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Cold Dampness causing fever, chills and headaches.
With Fang Feng and Qiang Huo, for Wind-Cold with headaches.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 9g Invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rz. Typhonii Preparatum Zhi Bai Fu Zi 6g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, expels Wind and stops spasms and pain.
With Bai Zhi and Chuan Xiong, for headaches due to ascending Wind-Phlegm.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 6g Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
Pheretima Di Long 6g Clears Heat and unblocks and promotes movement in the channels and collaterals.
Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xin Xin 3g Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for Wind-Cold headache, toothache and Bi pain.
With Qiang Huo, Fang Feng and Chuan Xiong, for Wind-Cold.
With Chuan Xiong and Fang Feng, for Bi syndrome.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 3g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Disperses Wind
  • Scatters Cold
  • Dissolves Phlegm
  • Unblocks the channels

SYNDROMES

  • Wind, Cold and Phlegm Obstructing the channels

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Paroxysmal spasmodic, unbearable facial pain
  • Pain is worse with Cold and better with Warmth
  • Facial pallor during the pain
  • Possible facial swelling
  • Heavy-headedness or
  • Head distention
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white or thick and white
  • P: Floating and tight or Soft and slippery

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For uneasy opening and closing of the mouth: For severe swelling:
+ 12g Hb. Lycopodii Shen Jin Cao + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
With Qi Deficiency: + 9g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
+ 12g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu With Blood Deficiency:
+ 12g Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang
For facial pain:
+ 9g wine-fried Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Jiu Chao Dang Gui + 9g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao