HERB FORMULAS

YANG DEFICIENCY EDEMA #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi 9g Warms Ming Men Fire, assists Heart, Kidney and Spleen Yang, disperses Cold and Dampness, warms the channels and stops pain.
With Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency with retention of pathogenic water with abdominal pain, which is worse with Cold, urinary difficulty, and deep aching and heaviness in the extremities.
With Fu Ling, for lower body edema and dysuria.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 9g Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration, disperses Cold and warms the Middle.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 6g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness, promotes water metabolism and calms the fetus.
With Fu Ling and Sheng Jiang, for edema with Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Rx. Paeoniae alba Bai Shao 9g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms the Kidneys
  • Promotes diuresis

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency with Water Flooding

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Edema in the limbs and face
  • Edema of whole body particularly at and below the waist after several months of pregnancy
  • Pitting edema
  • Lusterless complexion
  • Low back pain, aching and heaviness
  • Abdominal distention with full sensations
  • Oliguria
  • Cold limbs
  • Face gray and congested or pale
  • Feeling nervous and cold with mental weariness
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Abdominal fullness
  • Weakness in the waist
  • In severe cases:
    Ascites
    Edema of scrotum
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: Thin, white or Thick, white and sticky or Thin, white and slippery
  • P: Deep and thready or Thready and slow or Deep

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