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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

  "It's about product description and not advertising.

  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".

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