Expel Damp Formulas


Dry Damp and Regulate Stomach
Ping Wei San Syndrome: SP dysfunction, Middle Jiao qi disorder, Dampness blocks qi, Dampness covers yang
key Sx: poor appetite, tastelessness in mouth, vomiting, acid regurgitation, belching, loose stools, diarrhea, fullness and distension in abdomen, lassitude, heaviness in limbs (T: thick white greasy coat, P: slow)
Action: Dries damp, improves SP transporting function, promotes movement of qi, harmonizes the ST
... Bu Huan Ji Zheng Qi San Ping Wei San +Huo Xiang +Ban Xia
"Sedate the Liver and extinguish wind decoction"
Syndrome: Middle Jiao Damp with Exterior Syndrome
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San Syndrome: External Wind Cold, Dampness blocks qi movement
Key Symptoms: Aversion to cold, fever, headache, fullness and distension in epigastria, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea (T: white greasy coat) Action: Releases the exterior, transforms dampness, regulates the qi, harmonizes the middle jiao


Clear and Eliminate Damp Heat
Yin Chen Hao Tang
Syndrome: Damp heat jaundice with damp obstructing middle jiao
key Sx: jaundice, fever, thirst, no sweat, or sweating only on head. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness, constipation, concentrated urine (T: red with yellow coat, P: deep rapid or slippery)
Action: Clear heat, eliminate damp, reduce jaundice
Ba Zheng San Syndrome: damp heat in the bladder obstructs qi movement and injures fluids
Action: Clears heat, promotes urination, and unblocks PUD
Key Sx: Urgent urination, frequent urine, urinary pain dysuria, lower abdominal pain, dry throat, dry mouth, (T: yellow greasy, P: slippery rapid)
San Ren Tang Syndrome: Damp is greater than Heat, treats dampness in all 3 jiaos (Damp obstructs defensive yang and blocks qi movement. DH steaming)
Key Symptoms: Headache, aversion to cold, body heaviness pain, lassitude, chest oppressed, afternoon fever, yellow complexion (T: white coat, P: wiry thin)
Action: Dissemenates the qi, facilitates the qi mechanisms, and clears damp-heat
... Huo Po Xia Ling Tang Syndrome: Release exterior and resolve damp
Ingredients: Huo Xiang, Ban Xia, Chi Fu Ling, Xing Ren, Yi Yi Ren, Bai Dou Kou, Tong Cao, Zhu Ling, Dan Dou Chi, Ze Xie, Hou Po
Er Miao San Syndrome: Damp-Heat lower jiao (damp heat bi, damp-heat atrophy, damp-heat leucorrhea, damp-heat eczema)
Key Sx: bone sinew pain, red painful knees and feet, disability of lower limbs, leucorrhea, eczema in lower body, (T: yellow greasy coat) Ingredients: Huang Bo (aka: Huang Bai), Cang Zhu, Jiang Zhi (ginger juice)
... Si Miao Wan Er Miao San +Chuan Niu Xi +Yi Yi Ren Syndrome: Clear heat, eliminate dampness, sooth sinew, strengthen bones
Ingredients: Er Miao San +Chuan Niu Xi, +Yi Yi Ren


Dry Damp and Regulate Stomach
Wu Ling San Syndrome: Water retention due to bladder lost function of qi transforming
key Sx: Leftover exterior pathogen (headache, slight fever), Water retention in bladder (dysfunction of urination), Dysfunction of qi transforming (thirst), Water qi flows upward (vomiting after just drinking water), Water retention (edema, diarrhea, throbbing pulsation just below umbilicus, dizzy, SOB, cough, large amount of saliva)
Action: Promotes urination, drains dampness, strengthens the SP, warms the yang, and promotes the transforming of qi
... Wei Ling Tang Wu Ling San + Ping Wei San, Su Zi, Wu Mei
Syndrome: Eliminate dampness, regulate stomach, move qi
Zhu Ling Tang

Syndrome: Water retention + Heat in lower jiao
key Sx:
-Water retention and heat blocks qi transforming (urinary difficulty)
-heat burns yin fluid (fever, thirst)
-heat disturbs heart shen (restlessness, insomnia)
-(T: red with white or slightly yellow coat, P: thin rapid)

Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang

Syndrome: Wind water or wind damp syndrome due to deficient exxterior
Action: Strengthens SP, promotes urination, and reduces edema
key Sx: wind damp invades, heavy muscles, edema, pain, sweating, aversion to wind (T: pale white coat) (P: floating) cc: Not suitable for severe water retention and edema

Wu Pi San

Syndrome: Pi Shui (skin water retention due to SP deficiency)
Action: Regulates damp, reduces edema, regulates qi, and strengthens Splees


Warm to Transform Cold Damp
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang Syndrome: Phlegm and water retention with Middle Jiao yang deficiency.
key Sx: fullness in chest and hypochondria, dizzy, palpitations (T: white greasy coat)
Action: Warms and tranforms phlegm and congested fluids, strengthens the Spleen, and resolves dampness
cc: Not suitable for cough with sticky phlegm due to water retention transformed into heat
Zhen Wu Tang Syndrome: Water flooding due to yang deficiency
Key Symptoms: Difficult urination, heavy limbs, edema, (T: swollen with white coat) (P: deep)
Action: Warms the yang and promotes urination
Shi Pi San "Bolster the Spleen Decoction"
Syndrome: SP and KD Yang deficiency
Key Symptoms: Edema, especially in lower body, fullness of chest and abdomen, (T: pale with greasy coat) (P: deep, slow)
Action: Warms the yang, strengthens the Spleen, promotes movement of qi, and promotes urination
cc: not suitable for yang type of edema
Bei Xie Fen Qing Yin Syndrome: Lower jiao deficient cold, untransformed damp
Key Symptoms: frequent urination, turbid or cloudy urine, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep)
Action: Warms the kidney, drains dampness, and transforms and seperates the turbid from the clear


Expel Wind and Dry Damp
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang "Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness"
Syndrome: Wind-Damp Bi
Action: Expels wind and dries damp
Symptoms: channel / muscle pain all over the body (T: white) (P: floating)
Du Huo Ji Shi Tang Du Huo Ji Shi Tang - "Angelica Pubescens and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction"
Syndrome: Chronic W-D-Bi Syndrome with LV / KD yin deficiency and Qi / Blood deficiency
Key Symptoms: chronic bi syndrome, cold pain in lumbar region and knees, inflexibility of limbs, palpitation, shortness of breath, (P: thin, weak)
Action: Expels wind-dampness, disperses painful obstruction, and tonifies deficiency
Juan Bi Tang Juan Bi Tang - "Remove painful obstruction decoction"
Syndrome: Wind-Damp Bi with mild qi and blood deficiency
Symptoms: Joint pain with cold, pain / stiffness / swelling in joints (T: thick white coat) (P: slow)
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang -"Cinnamon Twig, Peony, and Anemarrhena Decoction"
Syndrome: Wind-Damp Bi with SOB and swollen extremities
Symptoms: painful joints, worse at night (P: slippery / wiry) (T: white greasy)