HERB FORMULAS

CORONARY HEART DISEASE #6

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 30g Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen and raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach.
With Mai Men Dong and Wu Wei Zi, for night sweats.
Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen 15g Strengthens the Spleen and tonifies Qi and generates Body Fluids.
With Wu Wei Zi, nourishes Fluids.
With Wu Wei Zi and Suan Zao Ren, for Qi Deficiency with increased sweat, insomnia, irritability and debility.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 24g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat and soothes irritability.
Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu 15g Nourishes Yin, clears Heat, generates fluids, enriches Kidney Yin and reduces Heat from Deficiency.
Stir-fried Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren 20g Nourishes Heart Yin, tonifies the Liver Blood and calms the Spirit.
Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha 15g Reduces and guides out Food Stagnation, transforms accumulations, transforms Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation, dissipates clumps and treats hypertension, elevated serum cholesterol, and coronary artery disease.
With Dan Shen, for painful obstruction of the chest due to Blood Stasis in the Heart channel.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 10g Tonifies Qi, astringes sweat, generates fluids, quiets the Spirit and calms and contains Heart Qi.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 15g Nourishes Stomach and Lung Yin, generates fluids, clears the Heart and eliminates irritability.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies Qi
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Calms the Shen

SYNDROMES

  • Qi and Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Insidious Heart pain
  • Long standing Heart illness
  • Chest oppression
  • Chronic cough or
  • Dry cough
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Chronic dyspnea
  • Dizziness
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst with a preference for hot drinks
  • Hungers easily with no desire for food
  • Night sweats
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Weakness
  • Generalized fatigue
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fever
  • Irritability
  • T: Red and dry or Red and swollen
  • C: Little or None or White and dry
  • P: Thready and weak or Thready and rapid or Bound or Regularly interrupted or Slow and Choppy

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe chest pain: For thirst with a desire to drink:
+ Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi + Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang
+ Sm. Persicae Tao Ren
For listlessness: + Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Panacis Quinquefolii Xi Yang Shen