HERB FORMULAS

THROMBOPHLEBITIS #2

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 15-30g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood and disperses Cold.
With Tao Ren and Hong Hua, for amenorrhea, pain, swelling and other symptoms associated with Blood Stasis.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 12-24g Nourishes the Blood and nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency marked by dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and menstrual dysfunction.
With Ma Huang, warms and unblocks the channels and collaterals, for Yin furuncles caused by Cold-Damp Obstructing the Channels.
Colla Cornu Cervi Lu Jiao Jiao 12-30g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, tonifies and nourishes Qi and Blood and heals chronic Yin sores and boils.
With Shu Di Huang, for Kidney Deficiency Cold.
Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi 15-30g Promotes Qi movement, dissipates nodules, unblocks the collaterals and alleviates pain.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 10-15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels and alleviates pain.
Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang 3-10g Induces sweating and releases the Exterior, and warms and disperses Cold pathogens.
With Gui Zhi, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
With Zhi Fu Zi, for Wind-Cold Bi and colds and edema associated with Yang Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Bai Jie Zi and Lu Jiao Jiao, for Yin sores.
With Shu Di Huang, Bai Jie Zi, Gui Zhi, Gan Cao and Lu Jiao Jiao, for arteritis obliterans, obliterating phlebitis or Raynaud's disease.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 10-15g Releases the Exterior, assists Yang, adjusts the Ying and Wei, releases the muscle layer, assists Heart Yang, warms and facilitates the flow of Yang Qi in the chest and warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels.
Sm. Persicae Tao Ren 15-30g Breaks up Blood Stasis and invigorates Blood circulation.
With Hong Hua, invigorates the Blood for all types of Blood Stagnation such as dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea with abdominal pain, clotting and scanty flow, swollen painful sores rheumatoid arthritis and chest pain due to Blood Stasis.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 15-30g Warms the Middle, expels Cold, rescues Devastated Yang, expels Interior Cold, warms the channels and stops bleeding.
With Gan Cao, for epigastric pain and vomiting due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
Pheretima Di Long 10-18g Clears Heat and unblocks and promotes movement in the channels and collaterals.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 10-15g Tonifies the Spleen and augments Qi.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms the Yang
  • Tonifies the Blood
  • Disperses Cold
  • Eliminates Stagnation

SYNDROMES

  • Yang Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Localized painful swellings without a head that bleed into the surrounding tissues and do not affect the color or texture of the skin
  • The swellings are not hot to the touch
  • No thirst
  • Swollen and painful joints
  • Wasting of the muscles of the thigh and calf
  • T: Very pale or Pale-pink
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and forceless or Deep and slow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For frigid extremities: For Qi Deficiency:
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen