HERB FORMULAS

ZI SHEN TONG QI TANG - 滋肾通气汤 - MOISTEN THE KIDNEYS AND MOVE QI DECOCTION

English: Moisten the Kidneys and Move Qi Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
With Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency Heat.
with Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
With Chuan Xiong harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 3-10g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 5-30g Nourishes the Blood, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain.
With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for dizziness, blurred vision, and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Stasis.
With Chai Hu, for flank pain due to Liver Qi Stagnation.
Wine-Fried Rx. Scutellariae Jiu Chao Huang Qin 3-18g Drains Fire, detoxifies, cools the Blood and calms ascending Liver Yang.
With Chai Hu, for Heat in the Shao Yang with alternating chills and fever and nausea.
Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu 3-12g Resolves Shao Yang disorders, reduces fever, spreads Liver Qi, relieves Stagnation, disperses Wind-Heat and resolves Phlegm and congestion.
With Bai Sha, Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong, harmonizes the Blood.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 3-10g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, unblocks the nasal passages, dispels Cold, alleviates pain, reduces swelling, eliminates toxins and expels pus.
With Chuan Xiong, for headache.
With Huang Qin, for Wind-Heat headache.
Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 6-14g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi and alleviates pain.
With Chai Hu and Bai Shao, for pain and distention in the chest and flanks.
With Dang Gui, tonifies the Blood and moves Qi.
With Chuan Xiong, for Qi Stagnation combined with Blood Stasis.
Wine-Fried Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Jiu Chao Shu Di Huang 9-30g Nourishes the Blood and nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin.
With Huang Bai and Zhi Mu, for Yin Deficiency Heat.
Wine-Fried Cx. Phellodendri Jiu Chao Huang Bai 3-12g Drains Kidney Fire, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
With Zhi Mu, for Yin Deficiency fever.
Win-Fried Rz. Anemarrhenae Jiu Chao Zhi Mu 6-12g Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Moistens the Yin
  • Restrains the Fire
  • Detoxifies poison
  • Eliminates pus
  • Moves Qi

SYNDROMES

  • Deficiency Fire Flaring Up

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • A discharge of thick, foul smelling, sticky pus is exuded from the ear
  • Diminished hearing
  • Tinnitus
  • The ear drum is loose or perforated at the rim
  • Anxiety
  • Decreased mental clarity
  • Vexation
  • Sore, weak knees and lumbar region
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For chronic purulent otitis media:  
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen    
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi    
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua    
+ Rz. Paridis Chong Lou    
+ Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo