Formulas That Expel Damp

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Transform damp: harmonize ST

Clear heat, expel dampness

Promote urination & leech out dampness

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Formulas That Expel Damp

Formulas that dry damp & harmonize ST general actions
Tx damp stagnation & turbidity w/ disharmony of SP/ST. Typical s/s include *epigastric & abdominal distention*, belching, N/V, acid reflux, (D), - appetite & fatigue. T: thick coat
Internal dampness obstructing Sp/St rising of clear and descending of turbid.
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Formulas that dry damp & harmonize ST general actions Tx damp stagnation & turbidity w/ disharmony of SP/ST. Typical s/s include *epigastric & abdominal distention*, belching, N/V, acid reflux, (D), - appetite & fatigue. T: thick coat
Internal dampness obstructing Sp/St rising of clear and descending of turbid.
Formulas that transform dampness/harmonize ST *Ping Wei San (calm the ST powder)
*Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San (Agstache Powder to Rectify the Qi)
Ping Wei San (calm the ST powder) actions Dries dampness, improves Spleens transporting fxn, promotes movement of qi & harmonizes ST
*pronounced distension & fullness w/ greasy white tongue coat* fatigue, heavy limbs, loose stool, P: slippery
(from too much cold, raw, greasy food)
Ping Wei San (Calm the ST Powder) Ingredients Cang Zhu: dispels damp & + transporting fxn of SP (rlvs the excess so the SP can recover)
Hou Po: dispels damp & disperses fullness
Chen Pi: reg. qi & thereby transforms damps.
Zhi Gan Cao: (T) SP & harmonizes actions of other herbs
Sheng Jiang & Da Zao: reg & harmonize SP & ST
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San (Agstache Powder to Rectify the Qi) Actions Release the exterior, transforms dampness, regulates the qi & harmonizes the MJ
(fever/chills, H/A, fullness & oppression in chest, pain in abd, N/V, (D)
T: greasy white coat P: moderate, soggy
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San (Agstache Powder to Rectify the Qi) Ingredients Huo Xiang: disperse W/C, transform damp, revive SP & stop vomit
Huo Po (moves qi, opens chest), Chen Pi (reg qi, transform damp), Zi Su Ye (rls ext), Bai Zhi (H/A)
Ban Xia (vomiting), Da Fu Pi (open LJ), Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Jie Geng
ZGC, Sheng Jiang, Da Zao
(includes Ping Wei San w/ substitution of Bai Zhu for Cang Zhu, Also contains Er Chen Tang and Ban Xia Huo Po Tang)
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San (Agstache Powder to Rectify the Qi) Pattern Externally contracted wind cold with internal dampness. (Dampness due to excess pathogen, not due to SP xu) (But don't need to have ext W/C to use this formula)
Formulas to clear heat/expel damp San Ren Tang
Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan
Yin Chen Hao Tang
Ba Zheng San
Er Miao San
3 main organs affected/involved w/ damp patterns Lu, Sp, Ki
Formulas that clear heat & dispel damp general description Tx either exterior D/H, interior D/H or D/H in LJ. Can include Summerheat, jaundice, re lin (hot lin) and wei bi (atrophic painful obstruction).
San Ren Tang (3 Nut Decoction) Actions Disseminates Qi, facilitates qi mechanism, clears D/H

(H/A, chills (from constraint of yang qi by dampness), afternoon fever (from damp heat), heavy sensation in body, generalized pain, pale-yellow complexion, stifling sensation in chest, -appetite/thirst
T: white coat P: thin, wiry or soggy)
San Ren Tang (3 Nut Decoction) Pattern Early stage damp warm disease (at wei aspect sinking into qi aspect- damp predominant)
San Ren Tang (3 Nut Decoction) Ingredients (know chief herbs and which Jiao they treat)
Xing Ren: facilitate flow of LU qi in UJ
Bai Dou Kou: transform turbid damp & revive SP (MJ)
Yi Yi Ren: Leaches out damp through urine (LJ)
Hou Po & Ban Xia: epigastric distension due to damp
Tong Cao, Dan Zhu Ye, Hua Shi: resolve damp by +urine & clear heat
Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan (Sweet Dew Pill to Eliminate Toxin) Actions Resolves dampness, transforms turbidity, clears heat & relieves toxicity
(fever, achy limbs,lethargy, swollen throat, stifling sensation in chest, abd. distension, dark scanty urine
+/-V, (D), jaundice or fever
T: greasy white or dry yellow P: soggy, rapid
Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan (Sweet Dew Pill to Eliminate Toxin) Pattern Damp Heat in MJ w/ Heat predominant. Perstilential Qi entering via LU & ST (nose & mouth)
Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan (Sweet Dew Pill to Eliminate Toxin) Ingredients Lian Qiao, Huang Qin & Bo He: clear heat from UJ & ext
She Gan & Chuan Bei Mu: drain heat from LU, improve fxn of throat & transform phlegm
Hua Shi, Mu Tong, Yin Chen Hao: drain D/H from LJ
Huo Xiang, Shi Chang Pu & Bai Dou Kou: eliminate turbidity & revive SP
Yin Chen Hao Tang (Artemesia YinChenHao Dect) Actions Clears heat, resolves dampness & reduces jaundice
(hepatitis, gallstones, etc)
Whole body jaundice w/ dark yellow color, abd distension, urinary difficulty, thirst
T: greasy yellow coat P: slippery/rapid.
Yin Chen Hao Tang (Artemesia YinChenHao Dect) Pattern Representative formula for Yang type Jaundice (damp heat jaundice)
(sweating & urination are inhibited causing body to hold damp heat)
Yin Chen Hao Tang (Artemesia YinChenHao Dect) Ingredients Yin Chen Hao: tx all types of jaundice, esp D/H
Zhi Zi: clears heat from all 3 jiao & drains D/H thru urine
Da Huang: Purges heat through bowels
Ba Zheng San (8 herb powder for rectification) Actions Clears heat, promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction
(UTI) P: slippery & rapid or wiry & rapid
T: red body w/ yellow greasy coat
Ba Zheng San (8 herb powder for rectification) Pattern D/H pouring down into UB (representative formula for this)
Ba Zheng San (8 herb powder for rectification) IngredientsMu Tong: clears heat, promotes urination & clears obstruction
Hua Shi, Che Qian Zi, Qu Mai, Bian Xu: clear D/H by promoting urine & aid in unblocking urine
Zhi Zi & Da Huang: drain heat from 3 Jiao & thru stool
Deng Xin Cao: guides heat downward
Gan Cao: harmonizes actions of other herbs & rlvs abd pain, protects from too much draining.
Er Miao San (2 marvel pill) actions Clears heat and drains damp.
(For a variety of patterns, (D/H leukorrhea, aching lower limbs, sores on lower body etc. accompanied by scanty yellow urine and a yellow greasy tongue coat)
Leq Qi: swelling & redness of lower leg (beriberi- vit B1 xu)
Er Miao San (2 marvel pill) pattern D/H in LJ
(a foundation for many other formulas)
Er Miao San (2 marvel pill) ingredients Huang Bai: treats D/H in LJ
Cang Zhu: dries damp
Ground into a powder and taken dry w/ fresh ginger juice
Er Miao San (2 marvel pill) modifications Si Miao Wan: Er Miao San + yi yi ren (drain damp) + Hua niu xi (lower body)
San Miao Wan: Er Miao San + Hua Niu Xi
Dao Chi San (guide out the red) vs. Ba Zheng San (8 herb powder) Dao Chi San: for D/H in LJ due to heart heat harassing SI; protects the yin and addresses heart fire while clearing D/H in LJ
Ba Zheng San: clears D/H, esp in LJ but doesn't protect yin.
Formulas that Promote Urination & Leach Out Dampness Wu Ling San
Zhu Ling Tang
Wu Pi San
Wu Ling San (5 ingredient powder w/ poria) ActionsPromotes urination, drains dampness, strengthens the SP, warms the yang and promotes the transforming fxn of qi
(S/S: (1) h/a fever, strong thirst but w/ vomiting immediately after drinking, urinary difficulty and a floating pulse (Tai Yang Fu) (2) edema, generalized sensation of heaviness, diarrhea, urinary difficulty +/- sudden turmoil disorder (3) Throbbing pulsations just below the umbilicus, vomiting frothy saliva, vertigo, SOB & coughing.
- cook only 10 min
Wu Ling San (5 ingredient powder w/ poria) IngredientsZe Xie: leaches out damp & promotes urine
Fu Ling: Leaches out damp in cases of xu by promoting urination, strengthening the SP and assisting the yang
Zhu Ling: eliminates damp & promotes urination
Bai Zhu: (T) SP qi, improve H20 metabolism
Gui Zhi: Dispel pathogenic influences from tai yang. Warms yang to aid in transforming fluids. (If no ext attack can use Rou Gui instead)
Wu Ling San (5 ingredient powder w/ poria) Patterns √ Tai Yang Fu (organ) d/o of organ & channel: exterior attack
√ Sudden Turmoil disorder
√ Retention of phlegm
Zhu Ling Tang (Polyporus Decoction) Actions promotes urination, clears heat & nourishes yin
(s/s: urinary difficulty accompanied by fever & thrist w/ a desire to drink, +/- diarrhea, cough, nausea, irritability or insomnia. T: red w/ no coat or white coat)
Zhu Ling Tang (Polyporus Decoction) pattern clumping of water and heat due to cold pathogen transforming into heat in yang ming or shao yin
Zhu Ling Tang (Polyporus Decoction) ingredients Zhu Ling: reinforces proper fxn of the waterways & + urination
fu Ling: promote urination, benefit SP & Harm. ST
Ze Xie: increase water metabolism, increase urination esp in KI pathway
Hua Shi: clears damp heat and unblocks urinary disfxn
E Jiao: protects yin from too much draining & dryness
Wu Pi San (5 peel powder) Actions Resolves dampness, reduces edema, regulates the qi & strengthens SP.
(s/s: generalized edema w/ a sensation of heaviness, SOB, urinary difficulty, fullness in abdomen.
T: greasy white tongue coat P: moderate
Wu Pi San (5 peel powder) Pattern Pi Shui- skin water (edema)
Wu Pi San (5 peel powder) Ingredients Sang Bai Pi: increase urination by directing LU qi downward & opening waterways
Sheng Jiang Pi: transforms damp & disperses edema
Fu Ling Pi: leaches out damp, promotes urine & +SP
Chen Pi & Da Fu Pi: re-establish smooth flow of Qi & eliminate qi stagnation.
blood in the urine Bai Mao Gen
If stones in urine Jin Qiao Cao
Wei Ling Tang (Calm the ST & Poria Decoction) Summary Ping Wei San (damp encumbering SP & ST) + Wu Ling San (water accumulation & urinary difficulty)
*treats damp in MJ w/ more dampness & edema, watery diarrhea.
Yin Chen Wu Ling San Yin Chen Hao + Wu Ling San
Jaundice w/ more damp than heat and lots of damp...pale yellow.
Formulas that Warm and Transform Water & Dampness Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang Summary Congested fluids in the epigastric region due to SP Yang Xu, coughing up thin & watery sputum. dizziness, vertigo, SOB, palpitations...T: pale & swollen w/ a greasy coat. P: slippery & wiry or soggy
Warms and transforms phlegm and congested fluids, strengthens the SP and resolves dampness.
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang Ingredients Fu Ling- strengthen SP & leech out damp
Gui Zhi- Warms Yang and improves the transforming power of the qi to rlv congested fluids
Bai Zhu- strengthen SP & dry damp
Zhi Gan Cao- Augment Qi of MJ
Fu Ling, Gui Zhi and Bai Zhu together... warm Yang, increase urination and tonify SP to dry damp. In both Wu Ling San & Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction) SummaryWarms the Yang and promotes urination.
Abd. pain which is aggravated by cold, urinary difficulty & deep aching & heaviness in the extremities. May also be generalized pitting edema, loose stools, dizziness, a heavy sensation in the head, palpitations, coughing, vomiting. T: pale or dark swollen w/ tooth marks, greasy white coat P: submerged, thin & forceless.
Shao Yin pattern of Water accumulation due to KI Yang Xu (aka Kidney Vacuity Water Flooding)
Also treats: Tai Yang sequelae- not the actual Tai Yang attack- sweating, palp, dizziness & muscle twitching, deep thin & forceless pulse (Deficiency of Yang Qi & collapse of yang qi due to sweating in a previously deficient patient)
*Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)* Ingredients Fu Zi: restore KI yang to enable KI fxn of transforming water.
Bai Zhu & Fu Ling: strengthen SP & promote urination
Sheng Jiang: dispels pathogenic water & strengthens actions of other herbs
Bai Shao: preserves yin & alleviates pain.
Formulas that Dispel Wind Damp (Bi) Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang (Notopterygium dect to Overcome Dampness)
Juan Bi Tang (Remove Painful Obstruction from Medical Revelations)
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Pubescent Angelica & Taxillus Dect)
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang (Notopterygium dect to Overcome Dampness) Summary Expels Wind & Overcomes Damp- heavy painful head, general sense of heaviness & pain, difficulty bending mild fever & chills, T: normal P: floating
Tai Yang attack of W/C/D
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang (Notopterygium dect to Overcome Dampness) Ingredients Qiang Huo (expel W/D from upper Tai Yang) & Du Huo (Expel W/D from lower Tai Yang) ( aka Er Huo- 2 Huos)
Gao Ben & Fang Feng: expel W/D from exterior Tai Yang (esp H/A)
Chuan Xiong: tx HA & invig xue to rlv pain & heaviness
Man Jing Zi: H/A due to W/D (esp eyes)
Gan Cao: Harmonize actions of other herbs
Juan Bi Tang (Remove Painful Obstruction from Medical Revelations) Summary Tx Bi syndrome w/ underlying Qi & Xue Xu OR Disharmony of Ying & Wei => dispels wind, eliminates damp & T and harmonizes Ying and Wei
heaviness, aching & stiffness in neck & upper back, numbness in extremities P: moderate T: normal w/ white coat.
Can be used topically as well.
Juan Bi Tang (Remove Painful Obstruction from Medical Revelations) Ingredients Qiang Huo & Fang Feng: upper body rls ext to dispel W/D
Dang Gui & Bai Shao: nourish & invig. xue
Huang Qi: tonify Qi (esp wei qi)
Huang Jiang (turmeric): invig Qi & Xue- esp in neck & shoulders
Da Zao, Zhi Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang: Tonify MJ
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Pubescent Angelica & Taxillus Dect) Summary Chronic W/D bi especially in lower body with underlying xu- also tonifies LV, KI, Qi & Xue.
Heaviness, achiness, LBP, numbness, limited ROM esp in lower body, aversion to cold, SOB, palp, weakness T: pale w/ white coat P: fine, weak, slow
Given long-term...
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Pubescent Angelica & Taxillus Dect) IngredientsDu Huo- expel damp & cold from lower body & sinews
Xi Xin: scatters cold & scours out W/D
Fang Feng: dispel W/D
Qin Jiao: relax sinews, expel W/D
Sang Ji Sheng & Du Zhong w/ Niu Xi (bring to lower body): expel w/d & Tonify LV & KI
Rou Gui: warms & unblocks channels & fortifies Yang
Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Sheng Di Huang & Bai Shao (variation of Si Wu Tang): tonify & invig xue
Dang Shen, Fu Ling & Gan Cao (3 of 4 gentlemen) Tonify Qi
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang Summary Unblocks flow of yang qi, promotes movement (in areas of bi, dispels wind & overcomes damp.
(based on Gui Zhi Tang)
Chronic W/C/D with localized heat in joints due to stagnation esp in LJ- worse at night. Overall patient is cold...
T: greasy white coat P: wiry, slippery
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang IngredientsGui Zhi: warm & unblock the channels
Ma Huang: Strengthen this affect & rlv sfc swelling
Fu Zi: Warm channels & allev. pain
Zhi Mu & Bai Shao: clear heat & prevent injury to yin
Bai Zhu: unblock yang qi & leach out damp
Fang Feng: aid in dispeling wind & damp
Sheng Jiang: aids tonifying & mobilizing actions of other herbs
Zhi Gan Cao: harmonize actions of other herbs & reg fxn of MJ

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