Regulate Qi Formulas


Regulate Qi Formulas

Yue Ju Wan Nickname: "Six Stagnations"
Syndrome: Six Yu syndrome: Qi, Blood, Fire, Damp-phlegm, Food
Action: move qi, resolve Yu
Key Sx: chest fullness and oppressed, abdominal stabbing pain, poor digestion
Notes: often used to treat depression
Chai Hu Shu Gan San Remember: "Chai Hu's Shoe Gone Sailin'"
Action: Soothe LV, move qi and blood, alleviate pain
Indication: LV qi stagnation, hypochondriac pain, oppressed chest, sigh, irritability, abdominal distenstion, P: wiry
Ingredients: Chai Hu had EMO-PMS and when chuan xiong started acting like a chimpanzee turned circus clown entered the room riding on a white pony 'Chai Hu's Shoe Gone Sailin', but his granny cow chided him for losing his temper..
Si Mo Tang Remember: When big drunkards go bad, give em Si Mo Tang to descend rebellious qi, move qi
Action: move qi, descend rebellious qi, widen chest and dissipate nodules
Indications: LV qi stagnation, chest oppression, wheezing, poor appetite
Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang Aka: "Jin Gui Yao Lue"
Remember: When Zhi Shi got chest yang deficiency she started spinning to eliminate phlegm and qi obstruction
Syndrome: Chest yang deficiency, phlegm and qi obstruction type of chest bi syndrome
Action: dredge yang and dissapate nodule, eliminate phlegm, and descend qi
Indication: fullness oppressed in chest, rebelling qi from hypochondria to chest, (T: white, greasy), (P: deep wiry or tight)
Ingredients: Gua Lou, Xie Bai, Zhi Shi, Hou Po, Gui Zhi
Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Remember: "Ban Xia became a Po Hou due to..."
Syndrome: Emotional problem->LV qi stag-> LU / ST fails to descend, body fluid accumulates into phlegm
Action: move qi, dissipates nodules, descend qi, resolve phlegm
Applications: Objects in throat, can't swollen down, nor vomit out, chest opppression and fullness. (T: white slippery coat) (P: wiry or slippery)
Hou Po Wen Zhong Tang Remember: "Po Ho Wind Song" was sung by all the po ho's as they....
Action: move qi and warm middle jiao, dry dampness to eliminate fullness
Indications: cold damp qi stagnation, fullness and bloating in epigastria and abdomen, poor appetite, (T: white greasy coat), (P: deep wiry)
Ingredients: Hou Po, Cao Dao Kou, Chen Pi, Mu Xiang, Gan Jiang, Sheng Jiang, Fu Ling, Gan Cao
Jin Ling Zi San Nickname: Jen Lingers Sleep Sand
Remember: Jen Lingers and sleeps in the sand to...
Action: sooth liver, clear heat, move blood, stop pain
Indications: LV qi stagnation tranform into fire. Chest rib pain, onset with heat, bitter taste, (T: red with yellow coat) (P: wiry)
Ingredients: Chuan Lian Zi, Yuan Hu Suo
Tian Tai Wu Yao San Aka: "Xi Fue Fa Ming"
Remember: Teeyon tied Wu Yao in the sand", but as the water approached Wu Yao escaped but developed....
Syndrome: hernia due to LV channel cold and qi stagnation
Action: dispel cold to arrest pain, sooth LV qi
Indications: lower abdominal pain radiate to testis, (T: pale with white coating) (P: deep wiry)
cc: not for damp type of hernia
Nuan Gan Jian Remember: "Non gone John" stayed home to warm/tonify SP KD but should have gotten out more to move qi to stop pain
Action: warm/tonify SP KD, move qi to stop pain
Indications: lower abdominal pain, afraid of cold, prefer warmth, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep slow)
Ju He Wan Remember: The "Jew Who Won" the lottery was able to afford top notch medicine to...
Action: soften and dissapate nodules... move qi to stop pain
Indications: Tui shan (swelling distension and dropping testis, as hard as stone)


Regulate Qi Formulas: Descend Qi

Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang Nickname: "Suzy Jumped Qi Tight Rope"... to fix her...
Syndrome: Upper Excess, Lower Deficiency.
Action: descend qi, calm wheezing, eliminate phlegm, stop cough
Key Sx: wheezing with thin white profuse phlegm, chest fullness and oppressed, breath out more than breathing in, T: white slippery coat, P: slippery
Ding Chuan Tang Remember: "Asthma Formula"
Syndrome: Wind Cold External Attack (slight aversion to wind cold), Interior Phlegm Heat, LU fail to descend qi, wheezing, cough with sticky yellow phlegm, (T: yellow greasy coat) (P: slippery rapid)
Action: disperse LU and descend Qi, clear phlegm heat
Key Sx: Wheezing, cough, with yellow phlegm, slightly aversion to wind cold, (T: yellow greasy coat) (P: slippery rapid)
Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang Remember: "Swan Kick Kills the Tang"
Syndrome: ST qi deficiency (retching, belching, vomiting)
Action: descend qi, resolve phlegm, regulate ST, tonify qi
Indications: frequent vomiting, retching, hardness in epigastria, (T: white greasy coat) (P: slow or slippery)
Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang Remember: "Jumping Zhur Rus" are full of qi, hot and ST rebelling!
Action: descend rebelling ST qi, tonify qi and clear heat
Indications: retching, nausea (T: fresh red) (P:weak rapid)
Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang Ingredients: Ding Xiang, Shi Di, Ren Shen, Sheng Jiang
Remember: "Ding Xiang, the witch is dead - shi di tang"... after the ST qi rebellion the midgets killed the witch by pouring water, which warmed her MJ and tonified qi so much she disintegrated!
Action: warm middle jiao, tonify qi, descend rebelling ST qi and stop retching
Indications: deficient cold type of retching, retching, distension in epigastria, (T: pale with white coat) (P: deep slow)