Hey, I'm back to commence on the analysis of the Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang. Although Xi Jiao, Sheng Di and Dan Shen would not be analysed in this blog, nevertheless they constitute the key ingredients for the whole decoction and so I'll list up the important points for them here:
- Xi Jiao(monarch) - clear and removes cardinal heat in the TCM perspective. Very importantly, once this is effectively done so and all other accumulated heat from the remaining various Meridian Channels would automatically exit the body as well.
- Sheng Di(minister) - besides performing its primary role to aid the Monarch's herb in cooling the blood stream in the TCM perspective, it also tonifies the scorched Yin.
- Dan Shen(messenger) - cools the blood stream as well as remove blood stasis effectively in the TCM perspective.
Without delay, the division 4th officers' herb which is:
Bai Shao(Shao Yao)
This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 71. Please refer to my blog on Xiao Qing Long Tang for the difference between Chi Shao(red peony root) and Bai Shao(white peony root). The reasons for selection of Bai Shao as the 4th Division officers' herb is:
- 1) Bai Shao is an effective remedy for converging the Yin instead of diverging which is detrimental and tonifies blood in the TCM perspective.
- 2) Is a regulative remedy for
- Irregular menstruation
- Post-partum stasis abdominal pain similar to Dan Shen
- 3) It uses its cooling property to assist the monarch's herb to purge the heat and wetness out of the body in the TCM perspective.
Let's start with the threshold established so far:
Association to a Specific Meridian Channel
- Spleen
- Liver - meridian channels respectively
Specific Taste
Specific Properties
- Bai Shao
- (Ku Han Suan Yang Xue Lian Yin Rou Gan Zhi Tong Ping Yi Gan Yang)