HERB FORMULAS

GOU TENG XI FENG YIN - 钩藤熄風飲 - UNCARIA EXTINGUISH WIND DECOCTION

English: Uncaria Extinguish Wind Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng 6-16g Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat and pacifies Liver Yang.
With Tian Ma, calms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
With Quan Xie, for seizures, convulsions spasms, tics, hemiplegia due to Wind-Stroke, numbness and pain in the limbs, and stubborn migraines or trigeminal neuralgia from Liver Wind or Liver Yang Rising.
With Tian Ma and Quan Xie, for convulsions due to Liver Wind.
With Tian Ma and Ling Yang Jiao, for seizures associated with high fever.
With Tian Ma, Ling Yang Jiao and Quan Xie, for high fevers with convulsions or muscular tetany.
With Tian Ma, Ling Yang Jiao, Ren Shen and Quan Xie, for high fevers with convulsions or muscular tetany with concurrent Qi Deficiency
Cornu Saigae Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao 1-5g Drains Liver Heat, calms the Liver, extinguishes Wind, controls spasms and convulsions, calms the Liver, anchors Yang, drains Heat, clears Fire toxicity and improves vision.
Scorpio Quan Xie 2-5g Extinguishes Wind and stops tremors and convulsions.
With Tian Ma, Ling Yang Jiao and Gou Teng , for febrile convulsions in children.
Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma 3-10g Extinguishes Wind, calms the Liver, stops spasms and tremors, subdues Rising Liver Yang and alleviates pain.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 1-9g Tonifies Qi and calms the Spirit.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 1.5-14g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
With Ren Shen, relieves palpitations and anxiety.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Detoxifies
  • Pacifies the Liver
  • Subdues Wind

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Wind Stirring Internally: Liver Fire (Yang) Generates Wind

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Commonly seen in children
  • Both eyes affected
  • Deviation of the eyes and mouth
  • enlarged pupils
  • Anxiety
  • Rigidity
  • Dizziness and vertigo to the point of falling over
  • Headache with a drawing sensation
  • Numbness and tremor of limbs
  • Twitching and involuntary writhing of hands and feet
  • Dysphasia
  • Unsteady gait
  • With Wind-Stroke:
    Sudden loss of consciousness
    Tongue stiffness with aphasia
    Facial paralysis
    Hemiplegia
  • Maybe coma
  • Sometimes death
  • T: Red
  • C: Little
  • P: Strong and wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
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