Tonify Qi
| Si Jun Zi Tang |
"Four gentlemen Formula"
Action: Tonify qi and strengthen SP
Key Sx: pale complexion, low voice, fatigue, poor
appetite, loose stools, palpitations, spontaneous sweating, easily
catches cold, hypochondriac discomfort, (T: pale with white coat,
P: weak) |
| .... Yi Gong San |
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, move qi
Key Sx: poor appetite, loose stools, epigastria oppressed
Ingredients: Si Jun Zi Tang + Chen
Pi
Remember: When the four gentlemen added a chimpanzee
driver to their carriage they said "Git Yi Gong, lets move some
qi now and go eat!" |
| .... Liu jun Zi Tang |
Nickname: "Loogie Jun Zi tang" (as above, but for
phlegm)
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, resolve phlegm
Key Sx:SP/ST qi deficiency with phlegm (poor appetite, loose stools, epigastria oppressed, vomiting)
Ingredients: Si Jun Zi Tang + Chen
Pi, Ban Xia |
| .... Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang |
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, move qi, resolve
phlegm
Key Sx: vomiting, epigastria oppressed, poor appetite,
abdominal distension, fatigue
Ingredients: Liu Jun Zi Tang + Mu
Xiang, Sha Ren, Sheng
Jiang |
| Shen Ling Bai Zhu San |
"Shen Lingers Buy You Sand"
Action: tonify qi, strengthen SP, eliminate damp
and stop diarrhea
Key Sx: SP def. w/ excess damp (fatigue, pale complexion, thin body, borborygmus, loose stools, epigastria oppressed, poor digestion) |
| Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang |
"Buy you some yellow qi formula if your SP qi is sinking"
Syndrome: SP deficiency with qi sinking
Action: tonify middle jiao, lift yang qi sinking
Key Sx: SP def w/ qi sinking (poor appetite, loose
stools, SOB with no desire to speak, fatigue, pale complexion, rectocele,
prolapsed uterus, chronic diarrhea, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis)
(P: weak) |
| Sheng Mai San |
"Shen + Mai Sand makes you lazy"
Syndrome: Summer heat leads to heavy sweating
OR chronic cough with LU deficiency
Action: tonify qi and generate body fluid, astringe
yin to stop sweating
Key Sx 1) Summer Heat: fatigue, SOB, heavy sweating,
dry throat, thirst, (T: red with little coat) (P: weak, rapid)
Key Sx 2) LU deficiency: dry throat and mouth, fatigue,
SOB, non-productive cough or with little phlegm, cough with sweating
(P: thin weak) |
| .... Ren Shen Ge Jie San |
Action: tonify LU and KD to stop cough and wheeze
Ingredients: Ge Jie,
Gan Cao, Xing
Ren, Ren Shen, Fu
Ling, Bei Mu, Sang
Bai Pi, Zhi Mu |
| Yu Ping Feng San |
"Jade Screen"
Syndrome: Exterior deficiency syndrome
Action: tonify qi to strengthen defensive layer,
consolidate exterior to stop sweating
Key Sx: spontaneous sweating, aversion to wind, pale
complexion, (T: pale) (P: weak) |
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