HERB FORMULAS
English: | Minor Blue Green Dragon Decoction Plus Gypsum |
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Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
Hb. Ephedrae | Ma Huang | 6-10g | Induces sweating, releases the exterior, disseminates and facilitates Lung Qi, calms wheezing, stops coughing, warms Cold and circulates water. With Gui Zhi, for Wind-Cold Excess with fever, chills and anhidrosis. With Gan Jiang, for stagnant Fluids. With Gan Jian, Xi Xin and Zhi Ban Xia, for wheezing or cough due to an Exterior Wind-Cold Attack and Cold Stagnation in the Interior. |
Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | 3-12g | Releases the exterior, disperses Cold, and warms the channels. With Ma Huang, releases the exterior and Warms Cold. With Bai Shao, warms and tonifies the Middle Jiao. |
Rz. Zingiberis | Gan Jiang | 3-12g | Warms the Lungs, transforms thin mucus, warms the Middle and expels Cold. With Xi Xin, warms the interior and transforms Fluids. With Xi Xin, Ma Huang and Gui Zhi, releases the exterior. With Zhi Ban Xia, for vomiting of saliva or dry heaves due to Cold-induced congested fluids. |
Hb. cum Rx. Asari | Xi Xin | 3-9g | Releases Wind and Cold, warms the Lungs, disperses Internal Cold, circulates water, transforms Phlegm and opens the nose. With Ma Huang, stops cough and wheezing due to Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs. With Ma Huang and Gui Zhi, releases the Exterior. With Wu Wei Zi, for coughing and wheezing due to Cold Phlegm. |
Fr. Schisandrae | Wu Wei Zi | 3-12g | Prevents leakage of Lung Qi, stops cough, astringes sweat and generates fluids. With Xi Xin, regulates the opening and closing of the Lungs, alleviating cough and calming wheezing for patients with existing thin mucus who are exposed to Wind-Cold leading acute wheezing and coughing of clear thin sputum. With Gan Jiang and Xi Xin, for Cold in the Lung channel with non-stop coughing and wheezing. With Gan Jiang, Ma Huang and Xi Xin, for cough and wheezing from Cold Thin Mucus. |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba | Bai Shao | 3-12g | Nourishes Blood, astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei. With Gui Zhi, harmonizes the Ying and Wei in Tai Yang Zhong Feng. |
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum | Zhi Ban Xia | 6-12g | Transforms Phlegm, descends Qi, dries Dampness and harmonizes the Stomach. With Xi Xin and Gan Jiang, for vomiting due to Cold with copious, frothy sputum with Cold signs and thin mucus in the Lungs. |
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata | Zhi Gan Cao | 3-9g | Augments Qi and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs. With Gan Jiang, Xi Xin and Wu Wei Zi, for cough due to Wind-Cold with sputum. |
Gypsum Fibrosum | Shi Gao | 6-9g | Clears Heat in the Qi Stage,
drains Fire, relieves irritability, quenches thirst, clears
Excess Heat from the Lungs and clears
Blazing Stomach Fire. With Ma Huang, for cough from Heat Obstructing the Lungs with wheezing, flaring of the nostrils and fever and Wind-edema. With Ma Huang, Xing Ren and Zhi Gan Cao, for Lung Heat with cough and asthma. With Xi Xin, for toothache and gum swelling due to Blazing Stomach Fire. |
- Releases the Exterior
- Transforms congested Fluids (Thin Mucus)
- Transforms Phlegm
- Warms the Lungs
- Descends Qi
- Relieves wheezing and coughing
- Clears Heat
- Wind-Cold Attacks the Lungs (severe)
- Exogenous Wind-Cold Invasion with Water Retention due to Spleen Deficiency with Internal Heat
- Yi Yin
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