MEDICAL SUBJECT
BASIC THEORY IN CHINESE HEART THERAPY
GENERAL RULE
> 10 years: full dose
6 to 10 years: 1/2 dose
< 6 years: 1/4 of the dose
< 2 years: lower dose
Daily dose of extracts: 2 to 6g
Adults: 2 350mg capsules (vegetable extract) 3 times a day
1 dose = 3x day
1 dose is equal to:
2 capsules
30 drops
1 sachet
200 ml
700mg
7 g of the drug
8 pills
If you can, take the formulas with some liquid (water, tea, coffee, milk) warm or hot.
SCHEDULE
It depends on the characteristics (locations, conditions, evolution) of the diseases, the therapeutic effects of the drugs, and the patients (age, weight, general condition, history).
In general, illnesses in Jiao Superior, better to take after meals; at Jiao Inferior, before meals.
Formulas for serious and acute illnesses must be taken at any time; for chronic diseases, at defined times.
Tonic, purgative and anthelmintic formulas taken on an empty stomach.
Sedative formulas before bed.
Formulas with drugs that irritate the gastrointestinal tract taken after meals.
Malaria formulas should be taken 2 hours before flare-ups.
Shizao Tang Formula (Ten Jelly Beans Formula to Eliminate Moisture) should be taken at dawn.
Formula Jiming San (Wake up with a Rooster Formula for Cold and Damp) should be taken before dawn.
Substances that direct the therapeutic action to a certain area of the body
Top of the head – Qiang Huo
Head - Gao Ben
Brain – Gao Ben, Tian Ma
Hair – Chuan Xiong
Frontal region – Bai Zhu
Chest (chest) – Jie Geng
Neck – Xia Ku Cao
Chin – Xiong Huang, Ge Gen
Mama – Pu Gong Yin
Nose – Cang Er Zi, Xi Xin
Inner ear – Shi Chang Pu
Hypochondria – Chai Hu, Qin Pi
Abdomen – Xiang Fu
Lumbar Region – Du Huo, Du Zhong
Upper limbs – Gui Zhi
Fingers – Sang Zhi
Lower limbs – Niu Xi
Ankles and Knees – Niu Xi
Testicles - Ju He
Anus – Zhi Ke, Zhi Qiao
METHOD
For acute illnesses, it is preferable to take decoctions.
In general, to save a decoction, it can be boiled 2-3 times. On several days, it is then advisable to combine decoctions from the 1st boil with others that have already been boiled.
The total daily dose can be divided into 2 to 3 doses.
In general, decoctions should be taken warm. Exceptions are allowed, cold decoctions for Heat syndromes; hot decoctions for Cold syndromes.
In urgent cases, the daily dose of a formula can be taken at once to increase effectiveness; or as appropriate, divided into several doses throughout the day (or even 2 daily doses on the first day).
In chronic diseases, the presentation can be in globules, pills, pills, powder, extract or medicinal liquor. The daily dose of a formula can be taken over 2 days or taken every other day.
In severe illnesses, to avoid vomiting, decoctions of a cold nature can be taken hot and decoctions of a hot nature taken cold.
Very strong formulas with toxic drugs must be taken with care, starting with low doses and increasing. As soon as satisfactory results are obtained, discontinue such formulas.
For patients prone to vomiting, ginger juice can be added to decoctions. Or, before taking the decoctions, rub some fresh ginger on your tongue or chew some tangerine peel. Or take a cold decoction in small amounts throughout the day.
List with the names of the Pharmacopoeia presentations
Heji: powder mixture
Jiaonang: capsules
Keli: granules
Pian: tablets
Ruanjiaonang: soft capsules
San: post
Wan: Round Pills or Capsule
Dan: Medicine Containing Minerals
San: powder
Ran: drops
Gao: plaster
Pian or Pien: tablets
Tang: soup
Dyes are not part of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia! They are quick fixes adopted by Westerners due to the difficulties of importation and legalization.
List of most used formulas
If you want to set up a pharmacy I suggest starting with these formulas in your stock.
AI FU NUAN GONG
AN SHEN TANG
AN ZHONG SAN
BA XIAN CHANG SHOU WAN (P7 + R6)
BA ZHEN TANG
BAO HE WAN
BAO JIAN MEI JIAN FEI CHA
BI YAN PIAN
BU XIN RAN
BU ZHONG YI QI TANG
CI WU JIA
DAI DAI HUA
DANG GUI SHAO YAO SAN
DANG GUI SI NI TANG
DANG GUI PIAN
DU HUO JI SHEN TANG
FU ZHI LING YANG
GAN MAI DA ZAO TANG
GUAN JIE YAN WAN
PI TANG GUI
HONGGU
YI WEI RAN
JIA WEI XIAO YAO SAN
JIN GUI SHEN QI WAN
JUAN BI TANG
LIU WEI DI HUANG WAN
LONG DAN XIE GAN WAN
MING MU DI HUANG WAN
NAN BAO JIAO NANG
NIU HUANG CHIEH TU PIEN
NU BAO JIAO NANG
QI BAO MEI RAN DAN
QING BI TANG
REISHI GANODERMA
SHEN QI LING ZHI WAN
SHI QUAN DA BU WAN
SHOU WU PIAN
SHU GAN WAN
SI JUN ZI TANG
SUAN ZAO REN TANG
TIAN WANG BU XIN DAN
XIAO HUO LUO DAN
XIAO QING LONG DAN
XIAO YAO SAN
XIE XIN RAN
YIN QIAO SAN
WU LING SAN
ZHENG GU SHUI
ZHI BAI DI HUANG WAN
ZUO GUI WAN
DIT DA JOW (massage oils)
- DRAGON SPIRIT
- IRON PALM
- ZHENG GU SHUI
About Qi
Qi – energy. It is the force that moves everything that exists, it is immaterial.
Yang – is the heat generated by the movement of qi, hot.
Wei qi – energy that probes the body's surface and pores, defensive strength.
Ying qi – energy found within that stimulates the organs.
Jing qi – energy inherited by genes, are genetic factors.
Gu qi – energy from food.
Da qi – energy we pick up from the air.
Zhong qi – thoracic energy that moves the lungs and heart.
About Xue
Xue is the blood. Formed by food, water and Jing Qi. It has a yin constitution, which is solid nutrients, and a yang, which is the strength that doesn't let it stagnate. This is driven by the heart and stored in the liver. It has three important functions.
Nutrition – it has to be rich in nutrients and water and reach all parts of the body.
Color – blood gives color to tissues.
Hydration – leave fabrics hydrated and looking good.
When one of these is failing, we have to pay attention to the xue and deal with it.
About Shen
Shen is the behavior a person has as a result of a stimulus. Shen resides in the heart and is made up of all substances like qi, yin, yang, jing qi, food and drink. If the shen is in harmony, the person will behave appropriately.
| yin (what we received)
| Feelings ------|- the 5 senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch)
| |- the 5 emotions (anger, euphoria, anxiety, sadness and fear)
Shen {
| Yang (what we generate)
| Intellect -------------| - memory (information we store)
| - reasoning (information we deduct)
About Jing
It is responsible for growth, development, reproduction and aging. It is what nourishes the uterus in pregnancy with blood, qi, yin, and yang. Prenatal jing is the determinant of our abilities and physical training. And the postnatal jing is the essence that we produce throughout life through food, thoughts and conservation. The more we nurture the postnatal jing, the more we retain the prenatal jing.
About Jin ye
It has its origins in food and drink. It is divided into:
Jin – clear, visible as sputum, sweat, tears, thin mucus, semen.
Ye – found inside, difficult to see as synovial, amniotic, and cerebrospinal fluid.
It is distributed in the body by three pathways called jiao or heaters:
Superior – consisting of the heart, lungs and head.
Middle – formed by the stomach, spleen/pancreas, liver, gallbladder, intestines.
Lower – everything below the navel like the kidneys, bladder, intestines and legs.
The four energies and the five flavors
warm, hot = yang
cool, cold = yin
Warm the one who is cold and cool the one who is hot.
Chinese name Element Organ Flavor
Xin Metal Lung spicy (dispersing and moving action - dispersive, moving, wetting, clear drying). Dispersive spicy has strong dryness properties, easily consumes Qi and harms Yin.
Gan Earth Spleen sweet (toning, toning and soothing action – tones and nourishes, to harmonize zhong Qi by harmonizing the spleen and stomach, to soothe and soothe pain). Sweet candy easily promotes moisture, being detrimental to the spleen's function.
Suan wood Liver acid (astringing and squeezing or retaining action). Acid can trap pathogens so care must be taken in treating foreign pathogens.
Ku Fire Heart bitter (draining, drying moisture and firming - draining the fire down, drying the moisture and astringing firming the Yin (indirectly draining the fire).
Xian Water Kidney Salty (softening and dissolving nodules)
Extra or subtle flavors
Dan – tasteless – prolongation of the sweet taste – favors exudation and diuresis.
if – astringent or tangy – prolonging the sour taste.
Xiang – aromatic – similar to spicy with more superficial action – unclog orifices.
management property
Yang - rise or fluctuation
Ying - descent or sink
Yang – ascends and disperses to the outside, animating the Yang dispersing superficial syndromes, wind, cold, promotes vomiting and clears orifices.
Ying – descends and moves inwards, draining heat, promoting diuresis and exuding moisture, calms the spirit, restores Yang extinguishes wind, eliminates gastric retention (improves digestion), drains leukorrhea, holds organic liquids, cures the cough and shortness of breath.
Therefore the movements are of ascent and descent and entry and exit.
Substance trends:
- Light consistency ascends
- Heavy consistency goes down
- Strong smell disperses and floats on the surface
Warm, hot, spicy, sweet and tasteless nature are Yang and tend to rise and fluctuate.
Fresh, cold, acidic and bitter nature are Yin and tend to descend and deepen.
In order to know how to make a treatment with a particular herb, it is imperative to know the energy properties, flavors and direction of the medicinal function of the herb in question.
Combination Relationships
When not used alone, herbs can be combined for a specific therapeutic purpose. Relation of:
reciprocal need
of benefit
to suffer restriction
To make restriction
antagonistic
Contradictory.
Rules that determine the dosage of medicinal tea
1. Grass quality (soil, plant climate, harvest time)
- Good quality uses less dosage, bad quality increases dosage
2. Consistency of the part of the plant to be used
- Lighter (eg leaves) less dosage; heavier (eg root) more material
3. Smell intensity
- Strong is less dosage; weak is more dosage
4. Material price (in this case the price is not determined by the market offer, but by the cost of growing a certain plant, growing time and quantity that the plant offers)
- More expensive, lower dosage; cheaper the dosage is higher.
5. By toxicity
- Always be careful when using toxic substances. Add only the recommended dosage of the plant and be alert for signs of overdose and/or intoxication.
6. by application method
- Higher dosage when using isolated herb; the dosage decreases with the addition of other substances or herbs.
7. Form of administration
- For oral use, such as tea or soup, the dosage is higher; in blood cells the dosage is lower; if it is a powder for direct oral use, the dosage is even lower.
8. Purpose of use
- The objective varies between toning, harmonizing, purging, perspiring, diuretic, warming, cooling, calming, detoxifying, etc. In this case, the specific dosage of the plant must be known.
9. Patient age
- Elderly and children who have less resistance to medicinal action, the dosage should be lower; children under 5 years old, the dosage is ¼ of the adult; child over 6 years ½ adult dose; over 16 years the dosage is for adults.
10. Sex
- In women, particularly pregnant women, you should reduce the dosage or apply a very cautious dosage.
11. According to the course of the disease
- In acute disease the dosage may be higher, in chronic disease the dosage is lower.
12. Disease trend
- In urgent and acute illness, a higher dosage should be used, and in chronic and non-urgently dangerous illness the dosage may be lower.
How to use Chinese substances
Application routes
The most traditional is that of oral use and cutaneous application. There are also sublingual, respiratory, adhesive, rectal introduction, etc. Currently they are used intravenously, subcutaneously and applied by injection in acupuncture points, etc.
Types of traditional way
In soup, globule (honey and water), powder, alcoholic solution, cream and ointment, small globules, smear solution, bath solution, smoking, suppository, medicinal strips, tincture of iodine, etc. Lately there have been capsules, pills, soluble granules and ampoules for injection.
about the deficiencies
The signs of kidney deficiency are when the patient gets up in the middle of the night to urinate, gray hairs appear out of time and the lower back has problems.
In the liver, the signs are irritability, muscle contractions, neck tension, mood swings and PMS.
Spleen deficiency presents with edema, tiredness, slow digestion, excessive worry.
This is the basis of preventive treatment: taking care of the liver, spleen and kidneys.
Yang channel disharmonies
Yang Ming presents fever without chills
Tai Yang has fever and simultaneous chills
Shao Yang has fever and alternating chills
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Always consult a specialist in Chinese herbal medicine"
1.Never buy medication without guidance from a qualified professional.
2. Images for illustrative purposes only.
3.People with hypersensitivity to the substance should not use the product.
4. In case of hypersensitivity to the product, it is recommended to discontinue use and consult the herbalist.
5.Do not use the product after the expiration date.
6.Keep at room temperature (15 to 30ºC). Protect from light, heat and humidity. Under these conditions, the product will remain suitable for consumption, respecting the expiration date indicated on the package.
7. All medication must be kept out of reach of children.
8.This product should not be used by pregnant women without the guidance of a herbalist.
9.Although there are no contraindications related to age groups, we recommend the use of the product for adult patients.
10.Follow the way to use correctly. If the symptoms do not disappear, seek advice from the herbalist.
11.Using the product during the breastfeeding period is also not recommended.
12."IF THE SYMPTOMS PERSIST, THE FHYTOTHERAPIST SHOULD BE CONSULTED".