| Term | Definition |
|---|
| li zhong wan category | warm middle jiao and dsipel cold |
| li zhong wan herbs | gan jiang9, ren shen9, bai zhu9, zhi gan cao9 |
| li zhong wan action | warms middle jiao, strengthens sp and st |
| li zhong wan indications | diarrhea, nausea, vomit, no thirst, loss appetite, abdominial pain , |
| li zhong wan tongue and pulse | t:pale, white coat, P:submerged, thin |
| li zhong wan pathogenesis | middle burner cold from deficiency, sp yang deficiency (also loss of apetite) clear yang cannot raise:diarrhea. St loses ability to descend:vomit. Cold invades abdomen:contraction and pain. Absence of thirst:cold. Pale tongue and white coat and submerged thin pulse:cold from deficiency. |
| li zhong wan formula analysis | gan jiang warms st and sp, eliminates cold. Ren shen tonifies source qi, reinforces yang and rectifies ascending and descending of middle burner. Bai zhu aids tonify sp and st, strengthens sp and dries damp.Herbs warming, tonifying and drying |
| si ni tang category | restore depleted yang & rescue cold extremities |
| si ni tang herbs | fu zi15, gan jiang9, gan cao6 |
| si ni tang actions | restores the yang and rescues the cold extremities |
| si ni tang indications | cold limbs, aversion to cold, tends to curl up the body, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, lethargy, constant desire to sleep |
| si ni tang pathogenesis | shao yin disorder due both depletion of Yang qi and yin cold excess pattern |
| si ni tang formula analysis | fu zi stimulates exhausted yang, stimulates kd, reaches extremities, doesn't injure yin. Vomit and diarrhea can do this. |
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