HERB FORMULAS

LUPUS #3

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.
With Sheng Di Huang and Mai Men Dong, for constipation due to Dryness and a sore, dry throat due to Deficiency Fire.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Excess or Deficiency Heat patterns.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Xuan Shen, for Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing with soreness and swelling in the throat, dry mouth and a parched tongue.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 15g Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin and generates Fluids.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi 15g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin and clears Deficiency Heat.
With Mo Han Lian, strengthens Yin to blacken the hair.
Rx. Lithospermi/Arnebiae Zi Cao 15g Clears Heat, cools and invigorates the Blood, relieves Fire toxins, encourages rashes, clears Damp-Heat from the skin and aids the healing of tissues.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 15g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian 15g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
With Niu Zhen Zi, for dizziness, blurred vision, and pre-mature graying of the hair due to severe Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with ascendant Yang.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis and hematuria due to Hot Blood.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Clears Heat
  • Cools the Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Red papular lesions
  • The lesions are few and scattered
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • Fatigue
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Poor memory
  • Blurred vision
  • Impaired vision
  • Dry eyes
  • Night blindness
  • Aching, soreness or weakness of the low back
  • Spermatorrhea or
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Aching in the bones
  • Aching in the leg and heel
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Night sweats
  • Five sole Heat
  • Malar flush
  • Low grade fever in the afternoon
  • Dry throat, maybe recurrent sore throat
  • Dry stools and/or
  • Constipation
  • Urine short and red
  • Heightened libido
  • Light menses or
  • Late menses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For abnormal menstruation: For albuminuria:
+ 15g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 30g Hb. Capsellae Ji Cai
For low back pain:
+ 15g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + 15g Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan
For night sweats and spontaneous sweating: + 15g Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong
+ 30g Concha Ostreae Mu Li    
+ 30g Fr. Tritici Levis Fu Xiao Mai