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  WOOD  

  The liver's first alarms are  irritability, muscle contractions, tension in the neck where blood stagnation will appear and changes in humus and PMS appear.

  Fever and alternating chills signify a stage disorder.  Shao Yang (Gall Bladder and Triple Burner) or that there is a severe deficiency of the organs and/or deficiency of both Qi and Blood.

  Shao Yang is the state between the stage  outer Tai Yang and inner Yang Ming stage, within the six stages of the disease.

  The main symptoms of this disharmony are dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, feeling of fullness in the hypochondrium and symptoms in the ordinary meridian of the gallbladder.

I - SHAO YANG DISABILITY SYNDROME FORMULA

Xiao  Chai Hu Tang  

harmonizes disorders in Shao Yang

  ACTION

  - Liver attacking Stomach

  - Harmonizes the shao yang meridian and treats febrile illnesses (fever and alternating chills) while the pathological factors are not  neither superficial nor deeply rooted.

  - Harmonizes the liver and spleen.

  - Gu syndrome (parasites).
  - Stagnation of liver Qi with damp spleen.
  - Heat in the liver, gallbladder, stomach and/or lungs.

  SYMPTOMS

  - Fever and alternating chills, feeling of oppression and fullness in the chest and back region, mouth  bitter, dry throat, lack of appetite, tendency to vomit.

Pulse: bowstring and taut

Tongue: pink

Coating: thin and white

  MANIFESTATION

Could be urinary dysfunction
restlessness
sometimes fatigue
Headaches (side of head)
rib pain
dull pain
Ear infection
hearing difficulty
Red eyes
stiff shoulders
Sore throat
hip pain

Possible palpitation

II - SHAO YANG EXCESS SYNDROME FORMULA

Da Chai Hu Tang  

relieves and harmonizes Shao Yang and lightens the heat

 

  ACTION

  - Harmonizes and disperses Shao Yang and drains internal heat retention.

  - Drains fire in liver and gallbladder

  SYMPTOMS

- Shao Yang (VB) and Yang Ming (E) disorder manifests as alternating fever and chills, fullness in the chest and hypochondria (with or without pain), bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, fullness and epigastric pain, burning diarrhea or constipation and irritability.

  Shao Yang Internship

- Alternation between cold and heat, sensation of fullness in the chest and hypochondrium and  bitter taste in the mouth.

Pulse: bowstring 

Tongue: normal or red

Coating: yellow or thick and yellow

  Yang Ming Internship

- Feeling of mass and distension and pain in the abdomen, lack of bowel movement or burning diarrhea.

Pulse: bowstring and energetic

Tongue: normal or red

Coating: yellow or thick and yellow

MANIFESTATION

Fever and alternating chills
Fullness in the chest and hypochondrium (with or without pain)
bitter taste in the mouth
Nausea
continuous vomiting
Hard focal distension in the epigastrium
Fullness and pain in the epigastrium
Burning diarrhea or no bowel movement
discouragement
slight restlessness
mild irritability

III - FORMULA THAT TREATS THE STAGNATION OF BLOOD AND IQ IN THE LIVER

  In men, Liver Qi stagnation arises independently  of emotional problems. It is the result of stress or frustration. In women it is usually secondary to liver blood deficiency by the menstrual cycle.

  Qi needs Blood to fix and exist while  the Blood needs the Qi to move. If the Blood is deficient the qi becomes stagnant and if the blood is insufficient the qi disappears.

  Therefore, stagnation is subordinate to disability  of blood from the liver and the pulse becomes chopped or thin and the symptoms present with:

  - Stagnation  of qi with irritability

  - Premenstrual tension  and breast distension

  - mental depression

  - Irritation with distension  and chest discomfort

  The sigh is a sign of trying to relieve  the stagnation  of Qi.

chai  Hu Su Gan Tang  

moves Liver Qi, harmonizes Blood and relieves pain

  ACTION

  - Liver pain

  - Spreads Liver Qi
  - Promotes Qi circulation
  - Harmonizes the blood
  - Relieves pain

  SYMPTOMS

  - Pain in the hypochondria, fever alternating with chills and menstrual cramps. The spleen may have anguished thinking.

language: pink
Saburra: Thin and White
Pulse: Wiry or tight

  MANIFESTATION

Hypochondriac pain and distension
Fever and alternating chills
Depression
easily annoyed
chest fullness
bitter taste in the mouth
restlessness
abdominal pain and cramps
Distention and pain in the breasts
Irritability
dysmenorrhea
Irregular menstruation
amenorrhea

Xiao Yao San  

releases liver Qi, strengthens the spleen and feeds the blood

  ACTION

  - Stagnation of liver Qi causing irritability

  - Stagnation of liver Qi invades the stomach
  - Stagnation of liver Qi invades the spleen (disharmony of the liver and spleen)
  - Stagnant Liver Qi with Blood Deficiency
  - Qi and blood stagnation
  - Blood deficiency with fatigue
  - Disharmony between the Ying and Wei with Phlegm, coughing, tidal fever and limb loss, which can lead to  bone vaporization
  - Gu syndrome (parasites)

  SYMPTOMS

  - Pain in the hypochondria, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and breast distension.

language: pink
Saburra: Fine white or yellow
Pulse: Wiry and deficient or wiry, tight and deficient

  MANIFESTATION

hypochondriac pain
Headache
Vertigo
bitter taste in the mouth
Dizziness
frequent sighs
Epigastric pain and distension
Flatulence
Dry mouth and throat
Fatigue
Anorexia
Alternating chills and fever
Irregular menstruation
breast distension

cheek blush

excessive sleep

IV  - FORMULA THAT TREATS STAGNATION WITH HEAT

Jia Wei Xiao Yao San  

releases liver Qi, strengthens the spleen,  feeds the blood and clears the heat

  ACTION

  - Irritability with red eyes

  - Pacify the liver
  - Spreads Liver Qi
  - Strengthens the spleen
  - Nourishes blood and yin
  - Regulates menstruation
  - Silk the heart
  - Clean the heat

 

  SYMPTOMS

  - Disharmony of the liver and spleen resulting in heat causing irritability, short temper, possible evening fever and sweating, red eyes, dry mouth, palpitation, pressure in the lower abdomen, painful urine and increased menstrual flow or uterine bleeding.

Tongue: Red or red edges
Saburra: Thin and yellow
Pulse: Fast and wiry or Wiry and tight and fast

  MANIFESTATION

Irritability
Unstable, impatient, irritable
restlessness
tidal fever or fever
Red eyes
Dry mouth and throat
Palpitations
lower abdominal pain
difficult urination
pain when urinating
Increased menstrual flow
uterine bleeding
early menstruation
limb pain
Dizziness
mental instability

epistaxis

Irregular menstruation

Si Ni San  

Relieves depression with cold extremities

  ACTION

  - Cold hands and feet

  - Liver Qi Stagnation

  - Regulates the spleen

  - Removes external pathogen

  - Pacify the liver

  - Regulates the liver and spleen
  - Spreads Liver Qi
  - Eliminates heat inside
  - Relieves mental depression
 

  SYMPTOMS

  - Cold hands and feet although the body is hot accompanied by irritability and fullness in the chest and epigastrium. May present with abdominal pain and severe diarrhea.

  - Pain in the hypochondria, distension and bitter taste in the mouth.

Tongue: Red or pale
Saburra: Fine yellow or white or oily yellow or white
Pulse: Wiry or wiry and tight or wiry and slippery

  MANIFESTATION

Cold fingers and fingers with heat inside
irregular fever
Hypochondriac fullness and distension
Distension, pain or stagnation in the stomach

, lower abdomen or intercostal regions
Abdominal pain
severe diarrhea
Dysentery
back pain
menstrual complaints
Depression
Cough
A slight feeling of heat in the body

Thirst

Diarrhea

dry eyes
hypochondriac pain
Somnolence
Insomnia
sore shoulders
heat in single five
Earache
Premenstrual tension
heat waves
Fatigue
Lassitude
Depression
constipation with blush
pale complexion
bitter taste in the mouth
Abdominal distension near the navel
heaviness in the lower abdomen

red face
Thirst
cloudy urine
Alternating chills and fever
Red cheeks
wheezing
nervousness
Headache
Dry mouth
Anorexia
Infertility
Abdominal pain
Spontaneous sweating or sweating

night with fever
Anxiety

Vertigo

V  - FORMULA THAT LOVES MENSTRUATION AND DISPERSES BLOOD STAGNATION

  Treats cold blood stagnation patterns.

  - Dark blood menstruation

  - menstrual clots

  - Pain and cold in the lower abdomen

Tongue: purple or pale

Pulse: weak

  The main purpose is to slow down menstruation, disperse blood stagnation, and unblock blood in the vessels.

Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan

strengthens and removes  blood stasis and reduces fixed abdominal masses

  ACTION

  - Removes abdominal masses due to stagnation  of the blood

  - Invigorates the Blood
  - Transforms Blood Stasis
  - Smoothes lumps
  - Reduces fixed abdominal pain

  - Stagnation of blood in the uterus

SYMPTOMS

  For people with lumps or lumps in the lower abdomen. The symptoms are:

  - Hard masses in the lower abdomen, painful and spasmodic

  - difficulty with menstruation

  - dysmenorrhea

  - Lochia retention with pressure-sensitive abdominal pain

  - menstrual clots

Tongue: Dark purple or with bruises or petechiae or pale with purplish spots
Saburra: White
Pulse: Agitated or tense, deep and slow

  MANIFESTATION

Mild and persistent uterine bleeding from

  purple and black blood during pregnancy
Abdominal pain that is worse with pressure
Abdominal spasms and tension
Immobile masses in the lower abdomen with pain

  and sensitivity
Amenorrhea with distension and pain
dysmenorrhea
Headache
sinus congestion
Constipation
overweight in the pelvis
Backache
Irregular menstruation
nervousness

VI - FORMULA REINFORCES IQ AND PROMOTES DIGESTION

Shu Gan Wan

liver tonic

  - Intercostal pain

  - Invigorates the Qi

  - Solves the stagnation

  - Resolve moisture

  - Stop the pain

  - Congestion of liver Qi affecting the stomach and spleen

  - Promotes digestion

  - Clean the heat

SYMPTOMS

  - Flatulence

  - Burping, hiccups

  - Abdominal gas, abdominal pain

  - Bad digestion,  loose stools with no appetite and cold legs with heat on the face

  - Acid regurgitation

  - Pain in the epigastrium and intercostal

Pulse: bowstring

  NOTE

Symptoms can be caused​​ by internal damage from emotions or as a result of trauma.

 

  MANIFESTATION

Pain under the left side of the rib cage
Pain in the ribs from trauma
Alternating chills and fever
Fullness and hypochondriac pain

VII - FORMULA THAT RELAXES THE MUSCULATURE AND RELIEVES SHAO YANG

Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang

harmonizes the exterior and relaxes muscle layers

relieves and harmonizes shao yang disorders

  - Pain in joints and tense muscles

  - Releases the outer and muscle layer
  - Harmonizes and releases the Shao-Yang
  - Harmonizes the liver, spleen and intestines
  - Dispels water accumulation

  - Epigastric pain

SYMPTOMS

  - Unresolved Shao Yang Disorders (wind)

  - Pain in the joints by wind

  - Epigastric pain due to disharmony of the liver and spleen

Tongue: light red

Coat: white

Pulse: floating and weak or thin

 

  NOTE

For arthralgia and muscle tension.

  MANIFESTATION

Joint pain with crackling sensation
epigastric pain
Fatigue
gastrointestinal weakness
Headache
heaviness in the head
Fever
moderately severe chills
distension under the heart
Peri-umbilical or lower abdominal pain
Tension around the pubic bone
subcostal pain
epigastric fullness

SUMMARY OF HARMONIZING WOOD FORMULAS

DA CHAI HU TANG

ACTION

Excess syndrome in Shao Yang. Heat rise in the liver/BV. Harmonizes and relieves disorders.

RECOMMENDATION

Hepatic steatosis. Simple bowel obstruction, acute pancreatitis, acute cholecystitis, gallstones. Helps in preventing hypertension.

CHAI HU SU GAN WAN

ACTION

Stagnation of blood in the liver and disharmony in the spleen.

Circulates Qi and blood in the liver.

RECOMMENDATION

Mental depression, easily irritated, pain in the hypochondria and a feeling of fullness in the chest, belching, indigestion, abdominal swelling and constipation. Manias and anguish.

XIAO CHAI HU TANG

ACTION

Shao Yang Deficiency Syndrome, low immunity.

Harmonizes and relieves liver and gallbladder disorders.

RECOMMENDATION

Recurrent flu, viruses. Liver nodule and hepatitis.

XIAO YAO SAN

ACTION

Stagnation of blood in the liver and disharmony in the spleen. Relieves stagnant liver qi. Restores the blood.

RECOMMENDATION

Mood change. Menstrual and emotional problems, PMS.

JIA WEI XIAO YAO SAN

ACTION

Circulates the Qi and harmonizes the liver, eliminating heat, strengthens the spleen and blood, blood stagnation and Qi with the presence of heat.

RECOMMENDATION

Irritability, red eyes. dry mouth, palpitation. Difficult and painful urination. Increases menstrual flow.

SI NI SAN

ACTION

Regulate the liver and spleen. Eliminate heat inside the body.

RECOMMENDATION

Chronic hepatitis, neuralgic gastritis, intercostal neuralgia, bile duct ascariasis, hernia, pancreatitis, acute appendicitis. Stagnant heat inside with cold at the edges.

XIAO YAO SAN - JI XUE TANG

ACTION

It releases liver Qi, strengthens the spleen and nourishes the blood.

RECOMMENDATION

Irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, breast enlargement and fibrocystic breast disease.

ZHI FU LING WAN GUI

ACTION

Blood stasis. Dissolves stagnant blood. Removes hard masses in the abdomen.

RECOMMENDATION

Stagnation of blood in the uterus.

SU GAN WAN

ACTION

Soothes the liver and regulates the stomach. Circulates the flow of Qi in the liver. Relieves pain.

RECOMMENDATION

Depression, pain and fullness in the epigastric region, belching, acid regurgitation, indigestion and loss of appetite. Hypoglycemia.

Pain in the hypochondria, hepatitis, irregular menstruation and acid regurgitation.

CHAI HU GUI ZHI TANG

ACTION

Harmonizes the exterior, relaxes muscle layers. Alleviates and harmonizes the disordered stages of Shao Yang.

RECOMMENDATION

Pain in the joints, feeling of wind in the joints. Epigastric pain due to disharmony between spleen and liver. Arthralgia and muscle tension.

SUMMARY OF HARMONIZING WOOD HERBS

CHAI HU

Radix Bupleurum
 

ACTION

  - Solves Shao Yang disorders and reduces fever (harmonizes Exterior and Interior)

  - Spreads  Qi of  liver  and relieve the stagnation

  - Increases Yang Qi (specifically clear stomach and gallbladder qi)

  - Disperses wind heat and resolves phlegm and congestion

RECOMMENDATION

  - Shao Yang stage disease with alternating chills and fever, bitter taste, dizziness, tinnitus, flank pain, irritability, vomiting, and suffocating feeling in the chest from false heat.

  -  Fire in the gallbladder.

  - Stagnation of liver Qi with dizziness, dizziness, chest and flank pain, emotional instability and menstrual problems.

  - Disharmony between the liver and spleen with epigastric and flank pain, suffocating feeling in the chest, abdominal swelling, nausea and indigestion.

  - Disharmony of the liver and gallbladder.

  -  deficiency of  Yang of  Spleen and Stomach  ,  collapse of  Qi  with hemorrhoids, vaginal discharge, bleeding or exhaustion.

  - Wind heat.

HUANG QIN

Radix Scutellariae

ACTION

  - Clears heat and dries moisture

  -  Drains fire and detoxifies

  -  cools the blood and stops bleeding

  -  Clears heat and soothes the fetus

  -  Calms ascending liver  Yang

RECOMMENDATION

  - Damp heat in the stomach or intestines with diarrhea or dysenteric disorder.

  - Damp heat with fever, suffocating sensation in the chest and thirst without the desire to drink.

  - Damp heat in the lower heater with painful urinary dysfunction.

  - Heat and damp jaundice, infectious hepatitis.

  - Heat and fire especially in the upper burner with high fever, irritability, thirst, cough, and thick yellow sputum.

  - Upper respiratory tract infection.

  - Wounds and swelling (topical or internal).

  - Heat in the blood causing bleeding with epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis and jaundice with  hemaffein in the blood.

  - Fetal restlessness due to heat.

  - Rise of liver yang causing migraine, irritability, red eyes, flushed face and bitter taste.

  - High pressure.

  - Heat from the gallbladder.

HUANG

Radix et Rhizoma Rhei

ACTION

  - Drains the  accumulations of  heat and  impulses.

  - Drain the fire.

  -  Clears heat, transforms moisture and promotes urination.

  - Drains the heat from the blood.

  -  Invigorates the blood and treats blood stasis.

  -  Clears heat and reduces fire toxicity.

  - Clears heat and eliminates phlegm.

 

 

RECOMMENDATION

  - Shao Yang stage disease with alternating chills and fever, bitter taste, dizziness, tinnitus, flank pain, irritability,

  - Excessive intestinal heat with high fever, profuse sweating, thirst, constipation, abdominal distension and pain, delirium, a yellow layer of the tongue, and a full pulse.

  - Chronic accumulation of phlegm-heat with cough, dyspnoea, mania, disorientation, and other symptoms of phlegm that cloud the heart.

  -  Topically or internally for burns or skin injuries  due to the heat.

  - Blood stasis with amenorrhea, fixed abdominal masses or fixed pain from blood stasis or traumatic injury.

  - Intestinal abscess.

  - Bloody stools, either from hemorrhoids or heat in the intestines. Chaotic movement of warm blood with hemoptysis or epistaxis with constipation.

  - Can be sprayed and administered orally to bleed into the upper digestive tract.

  - Damp heat with edema, jaundice, painful urinary dysfunction and acute and hot dysenteric disorders.

  - Excessive fire with intense fever, sore throat and sore eyes, and constipation.

  - Toxin wounds due to the heat of the Xue (blood) level, especially with constipation.

  - Heat at the level of Qi in the intestines.

  - Pathology in the Yang Ming stage of the feet.

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