HERB FORMULAS

XIANG FU XUAN FU HUA TANG - 香附旋覆花汤 - CYPERUS AND INULA DECOCTION

English: Cyperus and Inula Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 9g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi.
With Xuan Fu Hua, for Thin Mucus in the hypochondria.
Flos Inulae Xuan Fu Hua 9g Expels Phlegm and removes pathogenic water.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for vomiting, coughing, wheezing and epigastric distention due to congested fluids.
Fr. Perillae Zi Su Zi 9g Stops coughing, calms wheezing, descends Qi and dissolves Phlegm.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 6g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, descends Qi, relieves the diaphragm, Dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Fu Ling and Zhi Ban Xia, for a stifling sensation in the chest and coughing with excessive white, viscous sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.
Poria Fu Ling 6g Promotes urination, strengthens the Spleen and leaches out Dampness.
With Zhi Ban Xia and Chen Pi, for nausea, vomiting, chest fullness and distention and anorexia due to congested fluids.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 15g Strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen Deficiency with Excess Dampness and edema.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 15g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and descends Rebellious Qi.
With Chen Pi, for a productive cough and a stifling sensation in the chest due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction or Spleen Qi Deficiency.
With Fu Ling, for Phlegm, thin mucus and turbid Dampness.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies the Spleen
  • Regulates Liver Qi
  • Dries Dampness
  • Expels Phlegm

SYNDROMES

  • Damp Stagnation in the Liver Channel
  • Fluid Stagnation in the chest
  • Zhi Yin

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Hypochondriac pain worse with coughing, breathing, spitting or turning from side to side
  • Maybe coughing
  • Afternoon fever or
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Shortness of breath
  • Panting
  • T: Swollen edges
  • C: Thick and white
  • P: Wiry or Deep and wiry or Slippery

TREATS

  • Hypochondriac pain

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For abdominal fullness: For severe pain:
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + Lignum Dalbergiae Jiang Xiang
For profuse Phlegm:
For severe chest, hypochondriac and flank distention and pain: + 9g stir-fried Sm. Descuraniae/Lepidii Ting Li Zi
+ 6g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu + 6g Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 6g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + 6g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
    + 9g Fr. Jujube Da Zao