HERB FORMULAS

WU HAI WAN

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
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Hb. Sargasso Hai Zao 9g Reduces Phlegm and softens areas of hardness, promotes urination and reduces edema.
Thallus Eckloniae Kun Bu 9g Resolves Phlegm, softens Phlegm nodules promotes urination and reduces swelling.
With Hai Zao, for goiter and scrofula.
Concha Meretricis Ge Qiao 9g Clears Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm, descends Lung Qi, softens hardness, dissipates nodules, promotes urination and expels Dampness.
With Kun Bu and Hai Zao, for goiter and scrofula.
Thallus Laminariae Hai Dai 9g Resolves Phlegm, softens Phlegm nodules promotes urination and reduces swelling.
Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao 9g Secures Jing, stops discharge, resolves Dampness and promotes healing.
Pumex Fu Shi 9g Clears Heat from the Lungs, transforms Phlegm,softens hardness, dissipates Phlegm nodules, promotes urination and unblocks the Lungs.
Rz. Sparganii San Leng 6g Forcefully breaks up Blood Stasis, regulates Qi and dissolves accumulations.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 6g Opens the Lungs, spreads Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, benefits the throat, expels pus and opens and raises Lung Qi, directing the effects of other herbs to the upper body.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for cough due to Wind-Cold Invasion or long-standing Phlegm-Dampness.
Hb. Asari Xi Xin 3g Warms the Lungs and transforms Phlegm and Thin Mucus.
Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 9g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 6g Promotes the movement of Qi, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, strengthens the Spleen, prevents Stagnation, dispels Damp-Heat and harmonizes the Liver and Spleen.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 9g Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm, dissipates nodules and reduces Stagnation.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li 15g Calms the Liver, benefits the Yin, anchors Floating Yang, prevents leakage of fluids softens hardness and dissipates nodules.
Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin 6g Invigorates Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, regulates Qi flow, clears Heat and cools the Blood.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 6g Unblocks Yang, transforms the Qi and thin mucus, warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels,,warms the Middle and directs Turbid Yin downward.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 9g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Liver Fire, drains pus and reduces swelling.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Dredges the Liver
  • Regulates Qi
  • Relieves Stagnation
  • Resolves Phlegm
  • Activates the Blood
  • Breaks up Blood Stasis

SYNDROMES

  • Phlegm and Qi Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Feeling of a lump in the throat
  • The lump is soft and becomes larger or smaller according to the emotional situation
  • The edges are indistinct
  • Possible nodulations on the thyroid gland
  • One or both sides may be involved
  • Possible exophthalmia
  • Sensation of distention in the eyes
  • Oppressive feeling in the chest and hypochondrium
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Depression
  • Frequent suspicion
  • Perspiration
  • Irritability
  • Easily angered
  • A tendency to taciturnity
  • Chest oppression
  • Chest pain and fullness
  • Palpitations
  • Frequent sighing
  • Loose stools
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Pre-menstrual tension
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Loose stools
  • Weakness
  • Tremors
  • T: Pale or dusky
  • C: White or Greasy white
  • P: Wiry or Smooth and soft or wiry and slippery or Wiry and thready

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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