HERB FORMULAS

ZHENG QI TIAN XIANG SAN - 正气天香散 - CORRECT QI HEAVEN FRAGRANT POWDER

English: Correct Qi Heaven Fragrant Powder
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 10g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi, regulates menstruation and alleviates pain.
With Zi Su Ye, for nasal congestion, epigastric and abdominal distention and discomfort associated with externally contracted disorders.
With Wu Yao, unblocks Qi in both the Qi and Blood levels, releases constraint from the Liver and Gallbladder, descends Qi in the chest and abdomen and warms Qi which has been slowed by pathogenic Cold to treat painful, Cold Qi leading to abdominal distention, borborygmus and diarrhea and Qi and Blood Stagnation with menstrual irregularity, pain in the lower abdomen and generalized pain and distention throughout the body.
Rx. Linderae Wu Yao 10g Promotes movement of Qi, warms the Kidneys, disperses Cold and alleviates pain.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 10g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle and relieves the diaphragm.
Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye 6g Releases the exterior, disperses Cold and promotes the movement of Spleen and Stomach Qi.
With Xiang Fu, releases the exterior in a patient with pre-existing Qi Stagnation with chills, fever, headache, anhidrosis, a stuffy chest, belching and flatulence.
With Xiang Fu and Chen Pi, for Wind-Cold with Qi Stagnation and chest congestion.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 6g Warms the Middle and expels Cold.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Spreads and regulates Liver Qi
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Warms the Middle
  • Disperses Cold

SYNDROMES

  • Cold Invasion of the Stomach with Liver Qi Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Epigastric pain (better with warmth)
  • Stifling sensation in the chest
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Lack of thirst
  • Likes to drink warm fluids
  • Vomiting
  • Painful menstruation
  • T: Pink
  • C: White
  • P: Wiry and tight or Deep and slow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with abdominal pain due to Fire.in the Stomach or Liver.
  • Contraindicated for those with Body Fluid Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for those with bleeding.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For Invasion of the Stomach by Pathogenic Cold:
For Invasion of the Stomach by Pathogenic Cold with severe pain:
+ Galangal and Cyperus Pill
Liang Fu Wan
+ Galangal and Cyperus Pill
Liang Fu Wan
For Invasion of the Stomach by Pathogenic Cold with severe cramping:
+ 10g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
+ Galangal and Cyperus Pill
Liang Fu Wan
For Invasion of the Stomach by Pathogenic Cold with severe Cold:
+ 15g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Galangal and Cyperus Pill
Liang Fu Wan
+ 6g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For Invasion of the Stomach by Pathogenic Cold with abdominal pain:
+ 9g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ Galangal and Cyperus Pill
Liang Fu Wan
    
   
+ 6g Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang    
+ 9g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui