This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 143

Article part 97 first published on 18th March 2025 posted here due to software technical fault.

Hey, I'm back to write on the topic for the monarch's herb, Da Huang for the new formula called Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan.

You may like to jot down this herb as a special herb as it is rare to come across herb that can penetrate 5 Meridian channels at one go.

Association to a Specific Meridian Channel

Da Huang is better known as Rheum Officinale Baill in Latin and only the root and rhizome are used. It is associated with:  

1) Spleen 
2) Stomach 
3) Large Intestine 
4) Liver
5) Heart  -  meridian channels respectively 

Why and This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 97, now open in this blog for Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan. 

The reasons for the selection of Dao Huang as the monarch's herbs are:

A) It's a natural powerful remedy to ease and smoothen all indigestion and constipation by purging out the  Stagnation through defecation in the TCM perspective.  

B) It has the capability to enter blood level to remove any stasis,thus is combined with other herbs to treat:

any heated-up blood disordered flow causing:
1) epitaxis
2) dry eyes
3) sore eyes
4) sore throat 

in the TCM perspective by its peculiar way to purge out through defecation.

C) Since it is a blood stasis remover and therefore is a effective natural remedy for:

    1) Amenorrhea 
    2) Postpartum lochia retention

D) It uses its cooling property as the monarch's herb to purge the heat and wetness out of the body thus eliminating swollen carbuncles and subdue pain

Specific Taste

The specific taste of Da Huang is bitter.

Specific Properties

The Specific Property of Da Huang is cold.

As a the rule of thumb:

Apply (Ku Han Xiè Xià Gōng Jī Qīng Rè Xiè Huǒ Jiě Dú Huó Xuè Qū Yū) whenever Da Huang is used.

I would like to leave you now so that you can digest this blog with more time. So until then, stay safe.

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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)

This is How to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions Part 142

Article part 65 sited on oct 2nd 2023 published here due to software technical fault.

Hey, I'm back and before we go on to the next stage, just let me refresh where is our position?   We are now entering: 

Ying Xue Level 

where the heaty infection further worsens and penetrates to this level,with the expected observation would be seizure with rashes.  

The treatment formulas are:

1) Qing Ying Tang and 
2) Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang

And I'll begin with the former formula which is:

Qing Ying Tang

All that this formula takes care of, is when heat (causing feverish temperature) encounters extreme Yin especially in the cold morning or late night to be worsen further.  The treatments encircled are:

1) The Ability to wake the Delirium caused by heat and can stabilise emotion
2) Calming the Shen which appears to be anxious 
3) Overcome Sleep deprivation 
4) Subdue and clear dark purple-red rashes 

The next thing is Jing Yin Hua, Huang Lian, Ying Qiao and Zhu Ye would not be analysed in this blog. Please refer to my blog: Yin Qiao San published in February 2023 as a quick revision. 

Just to refresh memories again, sometimes back in 2021, I'd introduced these TCM terminologies which are very important in deciding on treatment methods and they are:

A) Using sweet flavour and cooling property herbs to clear heaty virus infections 
B) Using bitter flavour and cooling property herbs to clear heaty virus infections
C) Using bitter flavour and cooling property herbs to dissipate heaty virus infections
D) Using salty flavour and cooling property herbs to clear heaty virus infections

They are of particular importance in the discrimination of what to apply in clinical observations.

Without delay, the obvious Monarch's herb are:

Xi Jiao and Sheng Di

I'll discuss Xi Jiao first in this blog followed by Sheng Di in the next. 

 

Monarch Herb

This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 65.  

The reasons for selecting Xi Jiao as the monarch's herb are:

A) Xi Jiao is an effective remedy for clearing accumulated heat causing blood to flow out of its normal path resulting in 
1) vomitting blood
2) epistaxis and 
3) any other blood disordered flow in the TCM perspective
B) Subsiding high feverish temperature and even waking the delirium due to accumulated Combined heat and wetness  

Let's start with the threshold established so far:

Association to a Specific Meridian Channel

Xi Jiao is better known as Rhinoceros unicornis or the horn  of the rhinoceros.  It is the fact that rhino species are listed as national protected animals from 1993,so the horn of buffalo (better known as Bubalus bubalis) has replaced it ever since then. By and large, buffalo's horn has very close properties similar to the Xi Jiao.  

Xi Jiao is associated with the: 

Heart 
Liver  
Stomach - meridian channels respectively

Specific Taste

Xi Jiao possesses a bitter - salty taste.  

Specific Properties

Next, I'll touch  the specific property of  (Xi Jiao) which is cold.

As a rule of thumb, it is very appropriate to apply:

(Ku Xian Han Liang Xue Zhe Xue Xie Huo Jie Du An Shen Ding Jing) 

whenever Xi Jiao is used.

I'll leave you now so that you can link up this blog with the previous ones to digest it effectively.

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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.

Best of all, 

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)

This is how to analyse the therapeutic functions of the various decoctions part 141

Hey, I'm back to continue on the analysis of the remaining 5 herbs in Su He Xiang Wan, of which the first 4 herbs would form the 4th division officers' group with Wei He Zi regulating the whole pill as the messenger herb.

The 4th division officers' herbs are as follows:

1) Bi Ba 

2) Xi Jiao 

3) Zhu Shā 

4) Bai Zhu

Give yourself a pat because we had completed walking through the important part of the formula, that's using ten aromatic herbs to wake up the unconsciousness in our topic.

So without delay, I'll commence on today's topic - the analysis of Bi Ba heading the divisional 4th officer's group 

Relief Shock and Resuscitation

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

It is here to enhance the combined power of the ten monarch-minister herbs by virtue of its escalated hot property not just warm.

Primarily. it should carry out it's duty as the 4th divisional officer's herb to assist with the therapeutic functions of the monarch's herbs to awake the unconsciousness by dispersing coldness.

And this is how to analyze the therapeutic functions of the various Decoctions part 141.

Let's start with the threshold established so far:

Bi Ba is the immature fruit spikes of a vine better known as *Piper longum*, it belongs to the Piperaceae family.

The reasons for selecting Bi Ba as the 4th divisional officer's herb are:

1) it enhances with all monarch and minister's herbs effectively and is also powerful in overcoming vomit and hiccup especially.

2) is a natural remedy for pain especially in relieving toothache.

3) and by virtue of its direct association with the stomach and large intestine, is able to provide a clearer air passage way pertaining to point one above by dispersing coldness there.

Association to a Specific Meridian Channel

Bi Ba is associated with the

1) Stomach 

2) Large Intestine - meridian channels respectively

Specific Taste

Bi Ba possesses a pungent smells.

Specific Properties

Next, I'll touch on the specific property of Bi Ba which is hot, one level up from warm.

As a rule of thumb, it is very appropriate to apply:

(Wen Zhong Zhǐ Tong) whenever Bi Ba is used.

If you are reading my blog for the first time, please remember to subscribe by email address correctly and click 'submit' below so that you wouldn't miss anything I teach here.

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.

Best of all,

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)