HERB FORMULAS

FENG YIN TANG - 风阴湯 - WIND-DRAWING DECOCTION

English: Wind-Drawing Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 12g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, drains Fire, drains Heat from the Blood, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and eliminates Phlegm
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 12g Warms the Middle, warms the channels and expels Cold.
With Gan Cao, for epigastric pain and vomiting due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu 12g Settles anxiety, calms the Spirit, Calms the Liver and anchors and preserves Floating Yang.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 9g Warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, unblocks Yang and transforms Qi and thin mucus.
With Long Gu and Mu Li, for irritability and insomnia due to floating Yang in the Upper Jiao and injured Yin in the Lower Jiao due to Heart Yang Deficiency.
With Da Huang, removes Stasis and unblocks the flow of Qi.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 6g Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li 6g Heavily settles and calms the Spirit, Calms the Liver, benefits Yin and anchors Floating Yang.
With Long Gu and Gui Zhi, for restlessness, irritability, palpitations and spontaneous sweating due to Floating Yang
Glauberitum Han Shui Shi 18g Clears Heat and drains Fire from the Yang Ming/Qi Level Directs Fire downward and assists in pacifying Wind.
With Shi Gao, for Excess Qi Level Heat.
With Shi Gao and Hua Shi, for Heat in the Yang-Ming/Qi level with high fever, thirst and irritability.
Talcum Hua Shi 18g Promotes urination and drains Heat from the Urinary Bladder.
Halloysitum Rubrum Chi Shi Zhi 18g Astringes the Intestines and assists in pacifying Wind.
Kaolinitum Bai Shi Zhi 18g Stabilizes abandoned disorders and assists in pacifying Wind.
Fluoritum Zi Shi Ying 18g Sedates the Heart and settles tremors and palpitations.
With Da Huang, Han Shui Shi and Long Gu, for fright, pain and convulsions due to Phlegm-Heat in the Heart channel.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 18g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability, quenches thirst and Clears Blazing Stomach Fire.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Extinguishes and pacifies Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Calms the Shen

SYNDROMES

  • Collapsing Syndrome due to Liver Wind and Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Sudden collapse
  • The person falls to the ground
  • Convulsions
  • Upturned eyeballs
  • Deviation of the mouth and eyes
  • Gurgling sounds in the throat
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Mental confusion
  • T: Red
  • C: Normal
  • P: Wiry and/or Rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Liver Yang Rising due to Liver Blood or Yin Deficiency.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Wind-drawing is an ancient name for a disorder that resembles epilepsy and similar seizure disorders.

MODIFICATIONS

For seizures: For Windstroke
+ Succus Bambusae Zhu li + Magnetitum Ci Shi
+ Arisaemae cum Bile Dan Nan Xing + Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi
+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
For childhood fright Wind:
+ Cornu Saigae Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao
For Tourette syndrome:
+ Cinnabar Pill to Calm the Spirit
Zhu Sha An Shen Wan
+ Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis Gou Teng
   
+ Scorpio Quan Xie