This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions part 136

Article part 39 published on 12 November 2022 posted here due to technical fault.

Hey, I'm back to continue on today's topic which is the selection and reasons why they are the minister's herb namely;

1. Pao Fu Zi
2. Rou Gui
3. Yang Qi Shi 
4. Po Gu Zhi 
5. Hu Lu Ba 

found in Hei Xi Dan.

This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions part 39.

The scientific name for:

1. Pao Fu Zi is Aconitum Carmichaeli and only the young root is used.
2. Rou Gui is Cinnamomum Cassia and only the branch's bark is used.
3. Yang Qi Shi is a type of mineral ore and better known as Actinolite.
4. Po Gu Zhi is Psoralea Corylifolia and only the seed is used.
5. Hu Lu Ba is Trigonella Foenum Greacum and only the ripen seed is used.

Association to the Specific Meridian Channel

Pao Fu Zi is associated with the:

Heart

Spleen 

Kidney - meridian channel respectively

Rou Gui is associated with the:

Heart 

Liver 

Spleen 

Kidney - meridian channel respectively 

Yang Qi Shi is associated with the:

Kidney meridian channel only 

 

Po Gu Zhi is associated with the:

Spleen 

Kidney - meridian channel respectively

Hu Lu Ba is associated with the:

Liver

Kidney - meridian channel respectively 

Specific Taste 

The Specific Taste of: 

Pao Fu Zi - is bitter 

Rou Gui - is sweet and pungent

Yang Qi Shi - salty

Po Gu Zhi - bitter and pungent

Hu Lu Ba - bitter 

Specific Property

The specific property of :

Pao Fu Zi - warm 

Rou Gui - warm 

Yang Qi Shi - lukewarm

Po Gu Zhi - warm

Hu Lu Ba - warm

Suitable Application 

Pao Fu Zi is suitably used for these purposes:

• Observed sweating profusely, temperature keeps dropping and weak pulsation; needed to sustain Cardinal Yang by purging and clearing pulse blockage.
• Observed Yang deficiency through out. It travels downward to rekindle renal heat to fuel the spleen and cardinal Yang.
• Relieve Arthralgia especially with cold joint.

Rou Gui is suitably used for these purposes:

• Observed Yang deficiency throughout. It Travels downwards to rekindle renal heat to fuel the spleen and cardinal Yang.
• Warm up Abdominal cold pain leading to resultant Dysmenorrhea and Amenorrea
• Treat Gangrene from Yin due to Qi and Xue level subjected to severe cold 
• Treat swollen Carbuncle especially wrapping pus and already spread out in the body

Yang Qi Shi is suitably used for these purposes:

• Treat Impotent 
• Warm up Cold womb or cold Uterus when worsen can lead to LPD (luteal phase defect) in the TCM perspective.

Po Gu Zhi is suitably used for these purposes:

• Treat Impotent 
• Relieve nocturnal emission, Enuresis and Incontinence (frequent urination)
• Stop Diarrhoea due to Yang deficiency from the kidneys and spleen

Hu Lu Ba is suitably used for these purposes:

Treat kidney's Yang deficiency throughout coupled with wetness and coldness  

Rule of the Thumb:

Apply (Xin Re Hui Yang Jiu Ni Bu Huo Zhu Yang San Han Zi Tong) when Pao Fu Zi is used.

Apply (Xin Gan Re Bu Huo Zhu Yang San Han Zi Tong) when Rou Gui is used

Apply (Xian Wen Wen Shen Zhuang Yang)when Yang Qi Shi is used

Apply ( Ku Xin Wen Bu Shen Zhuang Yang Gu Jing Suo Niao Wen Pi Zhi Xie) when Po Gu Zhi is used

Apply (Ku Wen Wen Shen Yang Zhu Han Shi) when Hu Lu Ba is used.

I had put up a good deal of herbs in this blog and you should need more time to digest them. So I'll leave you now and be back soonest.

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This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions part 135

Hey, I'm back to analyze the next group of the 6 minister's herb namely; 

Qīng Mu Xiang 

heading the lead in our new formula, Su He Xiang Wan dedicated for:

Relief Shock and Resuscitation

And as usual it's necessary to list out the purposes and reasons why the other 5 minister's herbs are selected to complement each other;

• Bai Tan Xiang 
• Ding Xiang
• Ru Xiang 
• Xiang Fu Zi 
• Chen Xiang 

to perform these four functions:

• Unblock Qi stagnation
• Relieve cardinal anxiety 
• Disperse accumulated coldness 
• Eliminates internal impurity 

This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 136.

The reasons why Qing Mu Xiang is selected as the minister's herb which is further break into 3 parts as below:

1) it is a natural powerful regulative remedy for Air passage way blockage in other words, it could relieve pain because of it's capability to enable a better Qi flow in the body in the TCM perspective 

2) eliminates internal impurity obstruction such as wetness and blood stasis caused by the Qi stagnation in the TCM perspective 

3) treats the toxic effects of envenomation such as

neurotoxicity (paralysis) or 

vasculotoxicity, is also powerful in overcoming snake bit.

We are still within the perimeter of the above and not drift away. 

Association to a Specific Meridian Channel

Qing Mu Xiang is the entwined  herbaceous plant better known as Aristolochia and only the root is used.

It is associated with:  

1. Liver
2. Stomach - Meridian Channel respectively

Specific Taste

The specific taste of Qing Mu Xiang is bitter and pungent.

Specific Properties

The Specific Property of Qīng Mu Xiang is slightly cold.

Rule of the thumb: 

Apply Xing Qi zhǐ tòng jie du whenever Qing Mu Xiang is used 

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This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions part 134

Article part 30 published on 13 July 2022, posted here due to technical fault.

Hey, I'm back to discuss with you the effect of the herb: 

• Gan Cao

Just before I'll commence on today's topic, I would like to make a small differentiation between the real peony plant and Shao Yao as the 'peony-like' plant.  The real peony plant has one flower per stock and Shao Yao will have five or more flowers per stock.  Although there are many confusions about the name, they still belong to the same family ( Paeoniaceae) and so we would use the Shao Yao in all future explanations in the TCM perspective and not peony any longer.

• Shao Yao -  Paeonia Lactiflora
• Bai Shao -  Paeonia Anomala 
• Chi Shao -  Paeonia Veitchii 
• Mu Dan Pi - Paeonia Suffruticosa 

I'll discuss this herb - Mu Dan Pi when focusing on backache treatments in my later blogs.

• Messenger's herb - Gan Cao

This messenger's herb in the Xiao Qing Long Tang would not be explained here as you can refer to it in the earlier blogs.

This is how to analyse the  functions of the various decoctions. (part 30）

Difference:  2nd half Revelation

Ideally, both decoctions are suitable for all these treatments:

1. Acute upper respiratory infection
2. Chronic bronchitis 
3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

Our topic is removing cold phlegm with the important difference in hearing wheezing sounds in the throat when: 

1. Either there are a lot of phlegm -  should apply She Gan Ma Huang Tang 
2. Or there are much light and thin phlegm - should apply Xiao Qing Long Tang

Therefore, She Gan Ma Huang (with more herbs in the decoction known to dissolve phlegm) is more suitable to dissolve the thick phlegm as a result would be able to subdue cough.  On the contrary, Xiao Qing Long Tang is better than the two to dissolve light phlegm to improve the asthmatic condition.

So, in reality, when being approached by the child with a wheezing sound in the throat;

• Be fast to check for the aforesaid paragraph for symptoms and apply the correct decoction appropriately.

I'll leave you with more time to digest this blog and get ready for the next interesting formulas not to miss.

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This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions part 133

Article part 27 published on 15th june 2022 posted here due to technical fault 

Hey, I'm back to discuss today's new formula, which is: 

• Xiao Qing Long Tang   

We're still on the same topic:

• Cold phlegm trapped deeply 

The rest is to juggle on the individual herb to:

1. Relief Cough and
2. Ease Asthmatic Condition

This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions. (part 27)

These are the individual herbs constituting the decoction;

Xiao Qing Long Tang

1. Ma Huang  
2. Gui Zhi
3. Gan Jiang
4. Xi Xin
5. Wu Wei Zi
6. Shao Yao
7. Fa Ban Xia
8. Gan Cao

Today I'll be touching on the Monarch's herbs in this decoction and they are:

• Gui Zhi and Ma Huang

As it's already passed a certain reasonable time, it becomes very appropriate to revise with you now.

Association to the Specific Meridian Channel

Gui Zhi is associated with:

• Lung 
• Heart
• Bladder - Meridian Channels respectively

and Ma Huang is associated with:

1. Bladder 
2. Lung - Meridian Channels respectively 

Specific Taste

The specific taste of both herbs are as follow:

1. Gui Zhi - pungent and sweet
2. Ma Huang - pungent and slightly bitter

Specific Property 

The specific property of both Gui Zhi and Ma Huang is warm.

Apply (Xin Wen Jie Biao Ping Chuan San Jie) whenever Ma Huang is used.

Apply (Xin Wen Zhi Tong Zhi Ke Ping Chuan San Jie) whenever Gui Zhi is used.

Next development - Shadow of new decoction

At this junction, it has come to a point that you would discover some new formula, have you? And it becomes imperative that I should show you how. The new development is to sidetrack a little so that you would not feel the difficulties in learning Traditional Chinese Medicine.

What is the Shadow of New Decoction?  

Just before I explain that, let me relate the proactive thinking of the Shadow. Normally it needs some prerequisites; 

• a reasonable lapse of time to develop some understanding of certain herbs with the threshold established to discover this shadow.

Shadow means the image of another formula discovered and plays its role in the current formula. So there is a shadow of Gui Zhi Tang in the Larger decoction, Xiao Qing Long Tang. Although there is a slight variation in one herb of the Gui Zhi Tang, it does not affect the main monarch's herbs from performing their function for the whole decoction. Is so far ok and can comprehend?

The difference between Sheng Jiang and Gan Jiang lies in the process of drying up the Sheng Jiang or better known as raw ginger resulting in specific properties of:

the former as

• warm 

and the latter as 

• hot

In our topic today, Xiao Qing Long Tang uses 

• Gan Jiang 

and Gui Zhi Tang uses 

• Sheng Jiang

Therefore the adoption of Gan Jiang into Gui Zhi Tang becomes secondary importance and I'll discuss the function of Gui Zhi Tang in Xiao Qing Long later in my next blog.  This would clear all doubt and confusion caused.

Xiao Qing Long Tang is dedicated to treatments when:

• Observed that there is No perspiration
• Wheezing sound detected in the throat with much light and thin phlegm
• Asthmatic conditions worsen when reclined
• Body ache detected
• Light oedema observed

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There are so many other blogs out there but none teach you why, when and where to use the relevant herbs, only I give the reasons for 3 W; why, when and where.

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Xiong Sian 

***Reference:

( Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)