HERB FORMULAS

WU ZHU YU TANG

English: Evodia Decoction
Also Known As: Evodia Combination

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu 4-12g Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, spreads the Liver, promotes the movement of Qi, stops diarrhea, expels Damp-Cold alleviates pain, descends rebellious Qi and stops vomiting.
With Sheng Jiang, for vertex migraine headaches.
With Ren Shen and Sheng Jiang, for epigastric pain, vomiting, and headache associated with Jue Yin and Shao Yin Stage disorders.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 6-21g Warms the Stomach, directs rebellious Qi downward and stops vomiting.
With Da Zao, alleviates epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting by strengthening the Spleen and protects the Stomach Qi and reduces irritation of the gastrointestinal. tract by other herbs.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 3-12g Strengthens the Spleen, generates fluids and calms the Spirit.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 3-12g Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood, calms the Spirit and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms and tonifies the Spleen, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys
  • Descends Rebellious Qi
  • Stops vomiting

SYNDROMES

  • Stomach Deficiency Cold
  • Yang Ming Xu
  • Deficiency Cold of Stomach and Liver
  • Cold Attacking the Middle Jiao
  • Shao Yin Cold
  • Jue Yin Cold in the Liver

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Vomiting immediately after eating
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Belching
  • May be epigastric pain
  • Dry heaves or spitting of clear fluids with vertex headache
  • Vomiting and diarrhea with cold hands and feet
  • Restlessness
  • Severe fidgeting
  • Irritability
  • So agitated, the patient wants to die
  • Habitual headache
  • Subcardiac distention
  • A feeling of fullness and distention in the chest and diaphragm
  • T: Pale
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Slow and weak or Sinking or slow and thin or slow and wiry

TREATS

  • Chronic gastritis
  • Acute gastritis
  • Acute gastroenteritis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Morning sickness
  • Neurogenic headache
  • Migraine headache
  • Recalcitrant perimenopausal vomiting
  • Eye fatigue
  • Corneal ulcers
  • Recalcitrant hordeolum
  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Renal failure
  • Kehsan's syndrome
  • Thrombocytopenic purpura
  • Food poisoning
  • Withdrawal from drug addiction
  • Obstruction of the nasolacrymal canal with lachrymation of cold tears
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Glaucoma
  • Abdominal migraine
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Acute congestive glaucoma
  • Hypertension
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Meniere’s disease
  • Eclampsia
  • Pyloric spasm
  • Headaches due to increased intracranial pressure
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Bacillary dysentery
  • Chronic nephritis
  • Infertility
  • Urticaria
  • Gastroptosis
  • Hiccup
  • Acid reflux
  • Vertigo with vomiting
  • Parietal headache

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • For very severe vomiting, take the formula cool.
  • Contraindicated for those with vomiting or acid reflux due to Heat.
  • Contraindicated for those with headache due to Liver Yang Rising.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe vomiting or morning sickness : For severe headaches:
+ Rz. Pinellia Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
or
or
+ Rz. Pinellia Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Rz. and Rx. Ligustici Gao Ben
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
or
 + Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
+ Rz. Pinellia Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
or
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+Poria Fu Ling + Fructus Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
For severe Cold:
For hernial disorders due to Cold:
+ Per. Zanthoxyli Chuan Jiao + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
For Cold Qi generating turbidity with distention:
For acid reflux:
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ Concha Arecae Wa Leng Zi - Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
For palpitations and insomnia:
+ Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui + Ginger-juice- prepared Rx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Poria Fu Ling + Rz. Zingiberis Preparata Pao Jiang
For vomiting without cold extremities:
+ Per. Zanthoxyli Chuan Jiao
- Rx Ginseng Ren Shen + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
For abdominal pain:
For abdominal pain with extreme Cold:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Frigid Extremities Decoction
Si Ni Tang
For fullness and distention in the abdomen:
For involuntary salivation, nausea or dry heaves:
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
+ Rx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
For headache::
For irritability with extreme coldness:
+ Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong + Hb. Asari Xi Xin
+ Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
For lachrymation of cold tears due to Liver and Kidney Cold:
+ Fr. Tribuli Bai Ji Li + Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
For severe epigastric pain:
 + Hb. Asari Xi Xin
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Hb. Equiseti Hiemalis Mu Zei
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang