HERB FORMULAS

CONG BAI QI WEI YIN - 蔥白七味饮 - SCALLION DECOCTION WITH SEVEN INGREDIENTS

English: Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Bul. Allii Cong Bai 9-12g Releases the exterior, induces sweating, disperses Cold and unblocks Yang.
With Dan Dou Chi, treats elderly or weak patients, pregnant women and children during any season for either Hot or Cold pathogens
With Dan Dou Chi and Sheng Jiang, for the initial stages of External Wind-Cold invasion.
Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen 9-12g Discharges Exterior conditions, releases the muscles, especially of the neck and upper back and raises Spleen Yang.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 6-9g Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration, disperses Cold, warms the Lungs, stops coughing, normalizes the flow of Qi at the center and reduces the toxicity of other herbs.
Sm. Sojae Preparatum Dan Dou Chi 6-9g Releases the Exterior and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Cong Bai, for colds associated with Yin Deficiency.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 9-9g Nourishes Yin.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 6-9g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes Yin.
Aerated Water Lao Shui 8 cups  

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Releases the Exterior
  • Nourishes Yin and Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Exterior Wind-Cold with underlying Yin or Blood Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Headache
  • Fever
  • Mild aversion to Cold
  • Anhidrosis
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Administer very slowly and only after it has been determined that the patient is not sweating.
  • Avoid Fr. Ulmi Preparatus Wu Yi while taking this formula.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This syndrome usually appears following long-term illness or significant Blood loss.

MODIFICATIONS

For severe aversion to Cold: For prominent fever:
+ Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
For bleeding: + Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ Colla Corii Asini E Jiao For indigestion:
+ Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Ou Jie + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For Blood Deficiency with Wind-Cold during pregnancy or postpartum:
+ Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
For continuous bleeding: + 10g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen + 10g Colla Corii Asini E Jiao
+ Colla Corii Asini E Jiao For Blood Deficiency with more severe Wind-Cold during pregnancy or postpartum:
+ Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Ou Jie
+ 10g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
For Blood Deficiency with Wind-Cold during pregnancy or postpartum with signs of Heat:
+ 10g Colla Corii Asini E Jiao
+ 10g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + 9g Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
+ 9g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ 10g Colla Corii Asini E Jiao For Blood Deficiency with Wind-Cold during pregnancy or postpartum with continual bleeding:
+ 15g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 15g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
For Blood Deficiency with Wind-Cold during pregnancy or postpartum with poor digestion, anorexia and abdominal distention: + 10g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 10g Colla Corii Asini E Jiao
+ 10g Nodus Nelumbino Rhizomatis Ou Jie
+ 10g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 10g Colla Corii Asini E Jiao + 6g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
+ 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 3g powdered Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji Fen
+ 9g Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya    
   
+ 9g Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin