HERB FORMULAS

TOURETTE SYNDROME #2

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Paeoniae Alba` Bai Shao 5-30g Astringes Yin, adjusts the Ying and Wei, softens the Liver, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain.
With Long Gu and Mu Li, for spontaneous sweating and night sweats due to Yin Deficiency.
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng 6-16g Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat and pacifies Liver Yang.
With Tian Ma, calms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia 9-30g Nourishes Yin and anchors Yang.
Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui 3-10g Stops spasms and extinguishes Liver Wind
Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen 9-18g Nourishes the Heart and calms the Shen.
Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu 15-30g Calms the Liver and anchors and preserves Floating Yang.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li 9-30g Calms the Liver, benefits Yin and anchors Floating Yang.
With Long Gu and Bai Shao, for anxiety, palpitations, insomnia, and dream disturbed sleep and headache, dizziness and tinnitus and other symptoms associated with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising.
Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma 3-10g Extinguishes Wind, calms the Liver, stops spasms and tremors, subdues Rising Liver Yang and alleviates pain.
Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu 1.5-10g Opens the Orifices, vaporizes Phlegm, removes filth, calms the Spirit and disperses Wind.
With Fu Shen, for forgetfulness and dulled senses.
Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren 3-10g Warms the Kidneys and astringes Jing and urine.
Pheretima Di Long 4-15g Drains Heat, settles convulsions, extinguishes Wind and stops spasms
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao 3-12g Expels Wind-Dampness, opens the channels and soothes the sinews and collaterals.
With Bie Jia, vents the muscle layer and cools tidal fevers associated with consumption, especially Wind consumption with steaming bones.
Rx. Saposhnikovae Fang Feng 3-10g Expels Internal Wind and stops spasms.
With Qin Jiao, for Wind Dampness Bi with spasms of the tendons or numbness of the limbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Anchors Yang.
  • Calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind
  • Stops spasms

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Yin Deficiency Generating Liver Wind

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dizziness and vertigo to the point of falling over
  • Headache with a drawing sensation
  • Twitching and involuntary writhing of hands and feet
  • Numbness and tremor of limbs
  • Dysphasia
  • Unsteady gait
  • T: Red
  • P: Thready and wiry

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