HERB FORMULAS

BAO ZHEN TANG - 保真汤 - PRESERVE THE TRUE DECOCTION

English: Preserve the True Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 30g Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen, raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach, tonifies Wei Qi, stabilizes the Exterior, tonifies the Lungs, aids the circulation of moisture downward from the face and generates Body Fluids.
With Ren She, for Qi Deficiency with general debility, anorexia, fatigue, tired extremities and spontaneous sweating.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency with weakness, lassitude and loose stools.
With Mai Men Dong and Wu Wei Zi, for night sweats.
Bul. Lilii Bai He 30g Nourishes Yin, moistens the Lungs, clears Heat and stops coughing.
With Shu Di Huang, for palpitations, irritability, insomnia, and dark, scanty urine due to lingering Heat.
With Sheng Di Huang, cools the Heart and treats both Qi and Blood to restore harmony to the Ying and Wei after a warm febrile disease.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 18g Tonifies Lung Qi, generates Body Fluids and stops thirst.
With Shu Di Huang, for Qi and Yin Deficiency.
With Tian Men Dong, for Qi and Yin Deficiency.
With Bai Zhi, Fu Ling and Zhi Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
With Bai Zhu. tonifies the transformation and transportation functions of the Spleen.
with Huang Qi, for Lung Qi Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao, Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, for Qi and Blood Deficiency.
Poria Fu Ling 18g Strengthens the Spleen.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for a weak and deficient Spleen with fatigue, anorexia and loose stools.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 15g Moistens the Lungs, nourishes Yin and stops coughing.
With Tian Men dong, for Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency with consumptive coughing and occasional hemoptysis.
With Ren Shen and Wu Wei Zi, for Qi and Yin Deficiency with fatigue, shortness of breath thirst and dry mouth.
With Huang Qi, Wu Wei Zi and Dang Gui, for Irritability due to severe loss of fluids due to sweating.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
Rx. Asparagi Tian Men Dong 15g Moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Kidneys,
generates fluids and resolves Phlegm.
With Ren Shen and Shu Di Huang, for debility and low grade fever due to Yin Deficiency or after febrile disease.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, generates fluids and increases saliva.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 15g Nourishes the Blood, strongly enriches Yin and arrests coughing and wheezing.
With Ren Shen, for Qi and Yin Deficiency.
Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao 15g Nourishes Lung Yin, transforms Phlegm and
stops bleeding.
Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi 12g Cools the Blood, drains Yin Deficiency Fire, clears and drains Heat in the Lung and stops bleeding.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 10g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness, promotes water metabolism, stabilizes the Exterior and stops sweating.
With Fu Ling and Zhi Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 10g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and helps prevent Stagnation from tonic herbs.
With Bai Zhu, for anorexia and other symptoms of Damp Obstruction due to Spleen Deficiency.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 10g Tonifies, activates and harmonizes the Blood, stops coughing and treats dyspnea.
With Huang Qi, for Qi and Blood Deficiency.
With Bai Shao, regulates and harmonizes Qi and Blood.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 10g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei.
With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for dizziness, blurred vision and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Stasis.
With Dang Gui, Shu Di Huang and Mai Men Dong, for tinnitus, dizziness, blurred vision, numbness of the extremities and muscle spasms due to Liver Yin Deficiency.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
With Huang Qi and Ren Shen, restrains sweating from Deficiency.
Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu 10g Moistens the Lungs and stops coughing.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 6g Tonifies Qi, astringes the leakage of Lung Qi, stops coughing, astringes sweat and generates fluids.
With Ren Shen and Mai Men Dong, for exhaustion of Qi and Yin with shortness of breath, cough and thirst, and spontaneous night sweats with Qi Deficiency.
With Huang Qi, for spontaneous sweating.
Placenta Hominis Zi He Che 6g Tonifies Qi, nourishes the Blood, tonifies Lung Qi and augments Kidney Jing.
With Shu Di Huang, for chronic weakness and debility.
With Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao and Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency.
With Wu Wei Zi and Mai Men Dong, for coughing and wheezing due to Deficient Lungs.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 6g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops coughing, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies Qi
  • Tonifies and moistens the Lungs
  • Nourishes Yin

SYNDROMES

  • Lung Qi and Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • A weak, dry cough
  • Chronic coughing with sparse sputum
  • Sputum difficult to expectorate or
  • Hemoptysis with frothy, fresh Blood
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Shortness of breath
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Night sweats
  • Dry mouth and tongue
  • Chest pain
  • Palpitations with a stifling sensation in chest
  • Fatigue
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention
  • Loose stools
  • A soft voice
  • A waxy, pale complexion
  • Irritability
  • Thirst
  • Malar flush
  • Afternoon fever
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Insomnia
  • Listless speech
  • T: Red and dry or Pink and dry or Red and swollen with teethmarks and a cracked surface
  • C: Thin and dry or Peeled
  • P: Deficient and rapid or Irregular and slow or Thready and Deficient or Consistently irregular or Thready weak and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For tuberculosis due to Yin Deficiency with Heat and mild night sweats: For tuberculosis due to Yin Deficiency with Heat and severe spontaneous sweating:
+ one or two of the following
+ Oyster Shell Powder
Mu Li San
15g Fr. Tritici Levis Fu Xiao Mai
9g Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen
+ Jade Windscreen Powder
Yu Ping Feng San
6g Galla Rhois Chinensis Wu Bei Zi
12g Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu For targeting the tuberculosis pathogen:
15g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
+ choose two or three of the following:
Fol. Mahonioae Shi Da Gong Yao Ye
15g Concha Ostreae Mu Li Hb. Andrographitis Chuan Xin Lian
For tuberculosis due to Yin Deficiency with bone steaming fever: Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lain
+ two or three of the following:
 Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
9g Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
Bul. Allii Sativi Da Suan
15g Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao Sm. Ginkgo Bai Guo
Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
15g Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia Per. Granati Shi Liu Pi
9g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu Benzoinum An Xi Xiang
9g Rz. Picrorhizae Hu Huang Lian For tuberculosis with recurrent hemoptysis:
12g Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
+ Tuberculosis and Hemoptysis Formula
Zhi Fei Jie He Ke Tan Xue Fang
For tuberculosis with hemoptysis:
+ one or two of the following in mild cases:
 For tuberculosis with mild coughing:
18g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
+ choose two or three of the following:
12g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji 9g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
9g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Ou Jie
9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
12g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao 12g Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
12g Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye 6g Fr. Aristolochiae Ma Dou Ling
9g Hb Cirsii Xiao Ji 9g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
6g Crinis Carbonisatus Xue Yu Tan For tuberculosis with distressing chest pain:
or + 12g Fr. Luffae Si Gua Luo
+ Chinese Patent Medicine
Yunnan Bai Yao
 + 9g Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
For tuberculosis with mild nocturnal emission:
For tuberculosis with severe nocturnal emission:
+ choose two or three of the following:
+ Metal Lock Pill to Stabilize the Essence
Jin Suo Gu Jing wan
15g Concha Ostreae Mu Li
For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency: 15g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
- Bul. Lilii Bai He
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 12g Fr. Rosae Laevigatae Jin Ying Zi
- Poria Fu Ling
- Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao 9g Stamen Nelumbinis Lian Xu
- Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu 9g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
- Placenta Hominis Zi He Che For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency with severe Jing and Blood Deficiency:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Bul. Lilii Bai He
+ 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao - Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen - Poria Fu Ling
- Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
+ 6g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency with cold limbs and a deep, slow pulse:
+ 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
- Bul. Lilii Bai He + 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- Poria Fu Ling + 6g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu
- Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao + 3-9g Colla Cervi Cornus Lu Jiao Jiao
- Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
- Placenta Hominis Zi He Che + 3-9 Colla Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban Jiao
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency with "cockcrow diarrhea":
+ 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
+ 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen - Bul. Lilii Bai He
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ 6g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu - Poria Fu Ling
+ 1.5g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui - Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao
For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency with a severe cough with or without bleeding: - Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
- Placenta Hominis Zi He Che
- Bul. Lilii Bai He - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- Poria Fu Ling + 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
- Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao + 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
- Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
- Placenta Hominis Zi He Che + 6g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + 9g Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi
+ 9g Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu
+ 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao + 6g Sm. Myristicae Rou Dou Kou
+ 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency with tidal fever:
+ 6g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu - Bul. Lilii Bai He
+ 12g Rx. Asteris Zi Wan - Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ 12g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua - Poria Fu Ling
For tuberculosis due to Yin and Yang Deficiency with night sweats: - Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao
- Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu
- Bul. Lilii Bai He - Placenta Hominis Zi He Che
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Poria Fu Ling
- Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao + 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
- Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu + 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
- Placenta Hominis Zi He Che
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + 6g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu
+ 15g Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia
+ 15g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao    
+ 15g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen    
   
+ 30g Sm. Tritici Levis Fu Xiao Mai