HERB FORMULAS

JIA WEI GE GEN TANG - 加味葛根汤 - AUGMENTED PUERARIA ROOT POWDER

English: Augmented Pueraria Root Powder
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen 12g Releases Exterior conditions and releases the muscles, especially of the neck and upper back by bringing fluids to the area, relieves Heat and generates fluids.
With Ma Huang, Gui Zhi and Bai Shao, for Wind-Cold with stiffness and tension in the upper back and neck.
Hb. Ephedrae Ma Huang 10g Strongly releases the exterior, disperses Cold, moves Lung Qi and stops wheezing.
With Gui Zhi for Wind-Cold excess conditions with fever and chills but no sweat and Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 10g Releases the exterior, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, warms and facilitates the flow of Yang Qi in the chest, warms and facilitates the flow of Blood through the vessels, adjusts the Ying and Wei and releases the muscle layer.
With Ge Gen, releases the exterior and relieves the muscle layer.
With Bai Shao, for External Wind-Cold with disharmony between the Ying and Wei (Tai Yang Zhong Feng), with spontaneous sweating, fever and chills.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 10g Adjusts the Ying and Wei and preserves Yin by preventing excessive diaphoresis.
With Gan Cao, relieves muscle spasms and therefore helps relieve neck and back stiffness.
With Gui Zhi, Sheng Jiang and Da Zao, for Wind-Cold with Deficiency and perspiration.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 10g Releases the exterior, disperses Cold, warms the middle, stops vomiting, stops cough and reduces the toxicity of other herbs.
With Da Zao, protects the Ying and harmonizes and protects the Stomach.
With Gui Zhi, strongly induces sweating for treatment of External Wind-Cold with chills, fever, body aches and Anhidrosis.
With Gui Zhi and Da Zao, harmonizes the Ying and Wei to drive out pathogens.
with Ma Huang, strongly creates sweating to treat all externally contracted Wind-Cold disorders, especially those in which Wind-Cold has constrained Lung Qi with cough and wheezing and the failure of Lung Qi to descend causing nausea and vomiting.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 6g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 6g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs
With Sheng Jiang, protects the Ying and harmonizes and protects the Stomach.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 10g Releases the exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Dampness.
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 10g Releases the exterior, disperses Cold, expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction, alleviates pain and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du channels.
With Du Huo, for Wind-Dampness.
With Jiang Huang and Fang Feng, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
With Jiang Huang and Gui Zhi, for arthritis of the upper body or upper limbs.
Rz. Curcumae Longae Jiang Huang 9g Expels Wind, invigorates the Blood, eliminates Blood Stasis, promotes the movement of Qi and opens the channels and collaterals to alleviate pain.
With Gui Zhi, for pain due to Wind-Cold-Bi with Blood Stasis, especially shoulder pain and congealed painful obstruction in either the upper or lower limbs.
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo 9g Disperses Wind-Cold-Dampness, releases the Exterior Dispels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Fang Feng, for numbness in the legs.
With Qiang Huo, for joint pain and numbness.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Dispels Wind-Cold-Damp
  • Relieves muscular spasm
  • Relieves Bi syndromes
  • Releases Exterior symptoms
  • Sedates pain
  • Relieves neck pain

SYNDROMES

  • Common cold due to Invasion by Wind-Cold or Wind Damp
  • Headache due to Invasion by Wind-Cold or Wind Damp
  • Bi syndromes due to Invasion by Wind-Cold-Damp

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Aversion to Cold
  • Stuffy nose
  • Neck and back spasms
  • Joint pain
  • Headache
  • Anhidrosis
  • Muscular pain
  • Joint swelling and pain
  • Slight fever
  • Slight expectoration of white Phlegm
  • Heaviness of the body and joints
  • Cold feeling in the joints
  • Cough
  • Heaviness of the head
  • Preference of the joints for warmth
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white or Thin, white and greasy
  • P: Superficial and tight

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Invasion by Wind-Damp-Heat.
  • Contraindicated for those with Accumulation of Damp-Heat.
  • Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe sneezing: For cough with expectoration of profuse white Phlegm:
+ 10g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi + 10g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ 10g Flos Magnoliae Hou Po + 10g Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang + 10g Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi
For headache due to Wind-Cold:
For a sore throat:
- Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo + 10g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
- Rz. Curcumae Longae Jiang Huang + 10g Rz. Belamcandae She Gan
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
For pain and swelling of the joints:
+ 10g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong + Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
For spontaneous sweating with cold, clammy hands due to Cold Bi:
 + Fr. Chaenomelis Mu Gua
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + Caul. Piperis Kadsurae Hai Feng Teng