Tonify Qi and Blood Formulas


Tonify Qi and Blood Formulas

Zhi Gan Cao Tang Remember: "When the little cinnamon boy and ginger found honey potion they tonified qi, nourished yin, dredged yang for so long that ginger passed out and had to recover her pulse!"
Syndrome: HT / LU deficiency, Qi/Blood deficiency
Action: tonify qi, nourish yin, dredge yang, recover pulse
Key Sx: Palpitations, shortness of breath, intermittent pulse, LU atrophy, non-productive cough, thin body type, insomnia, night sweating, (T: dry thin with less coating) (P: weak rapid)

Ba Zhen Tang

Remember: "The Baaaah Zen formula tonifies qi and blood for the 4 gentlemen who live in the Yes Woods!""
Action: Tonfy qi and blood
Indication: Qi and Blood deficiency
Ingredients: Si Wu Tang + Si Jun Zi Tang
Tai Shan Pan Shi San Remember: "Tie Shan's son (makes) excess sound!.... won't someone feed him now to tonify his SP and nourish blood and calm fetus?"
Action: Tonfy SP, nourish blood and fetus
Indications: miscarriage, pale complexion, fatigue, poor appetite, (T: pale with thin white coat, P: slippery weak)
Ingredients: Ren Shen, Huang Qi, Bai Zhu, Zhi Gan Cao, Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao, Shu Di Huang, Xu Duan, Nuo Mi, Huang Qi, Sha Ren


Tonify Yin AND Yang Formulas
- when both yin and yang are deficient
Gui Lu Er Xian Jiao Remember: "Guide Lu o'er yian hill, where he can tonify yin, yang, qi, and essence.
Action: Nourish yin, tonify qi and yang, enhance essence
Indication: soreness in lumbar / knees, dizziness, impotence, spermatorrhea
Ingredients: Lu Jiao Jiao, Gui Ban, Ren Shen, Gou Qi Zi
cc: not for loose stools due to SP qi deficiency
Qi Bao Mei Ran Dan Remember: On Halloween I sometimes dress up as an undead spirit with black hair, strong bones, and LV/KD and tell folks to "qi bao my ran dan".
Action: Tonfy LV / KD, blacken hair, strengthen bone
Indications: LV / KD deficiency, early grey hair, loose hair, loose teeth, weak lumbar and knees, spermatorrhea, infertility
Ingredients: Chi/Bai He Shou Wu, Bai Fu Ling, Niu Xi, Dang Gui, Gou Qi Zi, Tu Si Zi, Bu Gu Zhi
Di Huang Yin Zi Remember: "Old Yellow Yin Zi" was a yellow dog, like old yeller. But when he got older he deperately needed to tonify his KD yin and KD yang so he went out to the swamp and was abducted by aliens.
Action: Enriches KD Yin, tonifies KD Yang, opens orifices, transforms phlegm
Indication: inability to speak, disability or paralysis of the lower extremities, cold lower limbs, red facial complexion, deep weak pulse.
cc: Not suitable for hyperactive LV yang with severe heat type