HERB FORMULAS

CORONARY HEART DISEASE #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 1-9g Powerfully tonifies Yuan Qi, tonifies Heart Qi and calms the Spirit.
With Zhi Fu Zi, for Collapsed Qi and Devastated Yang with spontaneous sweat, ice cold extremities and shortness of breath.
With Shu Di Huang, for severe Qi and Blood Deficiencies due to loss of Blood and Qi and Yin Deficiencies.
With Bai Zhu, tonifies the transformation and transportation functions of the Spleen.
With Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiencies with Dampness with anorexia, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal distention and fatigue.
With Huang Qi, for Lung Qi Deficiency with general debility, anorexia, and spontaneous sweat.
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi 1.5-15g Restores Devastated Yang, warms Ming Men Fire and assists Heart, Kidney and Spleen Yang.
With Gan Jiang, warms the Spleen and Kidneys, benefits Yang, and Disperses Cold.
With Ren Shen, for severe Deficiency of the Source Qi and Collapse of Yang with Cold extremities, sweating, weak breathing, dizziness, and an extremely pale complexion.
With Rou Gui and Shu Di Huang, for Kidney Yang Deficiency with waning of Ming Men Fire with aversion to Cold, weak and sore back and legs, impotence, and urinary frequency.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Yang Deficiency with a Cold, painful abdomen, vomiting and watery diarrhea.
With Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency with retention of pathogenic water with abdominal pain, which is worse with Cold, urinary difficulty, and deep aching and heaviness in the extremities.
With Bai Zhu and Gan Jiang, for Internal ascendance of Yin Cold leading to lack of arousal of Spleen Yang with abdominal pain and Cold with watery diarrhea.
With Rou Gui, powerfully tonifies Kidney Yang, for Kidney Yang Deficiency with lower back pain and weakness in the legs and knees and Deficiency of Ming Men fire with impotence or infertility.
With Ren Shen, Gan Jiang and Bai Zhu, for Spleen Yang Deficiency.
Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui 1.5-5g Warms the Kidneys, Spleen and Heart and strengthens the Yang and Ming Men Fire.
With Gan Jiang and Zhi Fu Zi, for Cold, painful abdomen, anorexia, and diarrhea due to Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency.
With Ren Shen and Shu Di Huang, for palpitations and shortness of breath due to Deficiencies of Heart and Kidneys.
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 9-30g Tonifies Qi and Blood.
With Zhi Fu Zi, for Yang Deficiency with spontaneous sweat.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency with weakness, lassitude and loose stools.
Fr. Psoraleae Bu Gu Zhi 3-9g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens the Yang and stabilizes Jing.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 9-30g Nourishes the Blood and nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 3-10g Warms the Middle and expels Cold.
With Bai Zhu and Ren Shen, for Spleen Yang Deficiency with a cold abdomen, vomiting, and diarrhea.
With Zhi Fu Zi and Bu Gu Zhi, for continuous diarrhea due to Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiencies.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 3-15g Tonifies the Spleen and augments Qi.
With Gan Jiang, eliminates Cold Dampness in the Spleen with loss of taste, a sticky sensation in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and a thick,white tongue coat.
Poria Fu Ling 9-18g Strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, quiets the Heart, calms the Spirit and soothes the nerves.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 9-30g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin, stops diarrhea, tonifies the Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
With Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency with loose watery stools.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for decreased appetite and lack of energy due to Spleen Deficiency.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 3-10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels and alleviates pain.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms the Kidney and Heart Yang
  • Activates the Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney and Heart Yang Deficiencies

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Cold limbs
  • Maybe chills
  • Cyanosis
  • Suffocating sensation in chest
  • Depression
  • Facial pallor
  • Lumbago: low back feels cold, weak and aching
  • Aversion to cold
  • Cold limbs
  • General debility
  • Pale face
  • Urinary frequency with abundant, clear urine or
  • Oliguria with edema
  • Maybe nocturia
  • Lassitude
  • Withdrawn, subdued behavior
  • Knees feel cold and aching
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation
  • Low libido
  • Female infertility ("uterus cold and infertile")
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe chronic diarrhea or "cock crow" diarrhea
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and weak or Deep and thready - maybe slow or Knotted or Intermittent

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For mild Qi Stagnation: For mild Blood Stagnation:
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Caulis Millettia Ji Xue Teng
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao + Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
For moderate Blood Stagnation:
For severe Blood Stagnation:
+ Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Pollen Typhae Pu Huang
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao + Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang + Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao
+ Rz. Sparganii San Leng + Olibanum Ru Xiang
+ Rz. Curcumae E Zhu + Myrrh Mo Yao
+ Sanguis Draconis Xue Jie + Lignum Sappan Su Mu
+ Sm. Persicae Tao Ren
For Qi Stagnation:
+ Hirudo Shui Zhi + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For Qi Deficiency:
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ Rx. Stellariae Tai Zi Shen + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing + Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
For Yang Deficiency:
+ Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
+ Hb. Asari Xi Xin + Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Fr. Piperi Longi Bi Ba + Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
For coronary Heart disease with sputum:
   
+ Arisaemae cum Bile Dan Nan Xing    
+ Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi    
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia    
   
+ Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou