HERB FORMULAS

ZENG YE TANG

English: Increase the Fluids Decoction
Also Known As: Scrophularia and Ophiopogon Combination

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 3-30g Nourishes Yin, generates Fluids, clears Heat, cools the Blood, drains Fire and moistens Dryness.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Excess or Deficiency Heat patterns, late-stage febrile disease with irritability, thirst and constipation and Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing with soreness and swelling in the throat, dry mouth and a parched tongue
With Mai Men Dong and Sheng Di Huang, for constipation due to Dryness and sore, dry throat due to Deficiency Fire.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 3-24g Moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Yin, stops cough, nourishes Stomach Yin, generates fluids and moistens the Intestines.
With Xuan Shen and Sheng Di Huang, for thirst, constipation, irritability and low-grade fever due to Stomach Yin Deficiency in the aftermath of warm febrile disease where to the fluids have been injured and thirst, constipation, irritability and a low-grade fever due to severely injured fluids as in the later stages of a Warm pathogen disease.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 3-24g Nourishes Yin, clears Heat, cools the Blood, increases saliva and generates Fluids.
With Xuan Shen and Mai Men Dong, for dry throat, irritability, a red tongue, and a fast thready pulse due to Devastated Yin with Blazing Fire, excessive thirst, irritability, and a scarlet tongue due to Ying Stage Heat, swelling of the throat and lymph nodes and constipation due to Excess Heat with Yin Deficiency.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Generates Fluids
  • Moistens Dryness
  • Unblocks the bowels
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Clears Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Deficiency of Fluid in Colon (Yang Ming Xu)
  • Constipation due to Yin Deficiency
  • Ying Stage Heat with Middle Jiao Dryness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Thirst
  • Constipation
  • Dry throat
  • Dry nose
  • T: Red, dry and thin
  • C: None or Yellow and dry
  • P: Thready and slightly rapid or Weak and forceless or Deep and forceless

TREATS

  • Habitual constipation
  • Sequelae of infectious diseases
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Chronic pharyngitis
  • Chelitis
  • Stomatitis
  • Post-surgical recovery
  • Viral infection
  • Erysipelas
  • Aphthous ulcers
  • Hyperthyroid conditions
  • Oral side effects of radiation
  • Chronic pancreatitis
  • Diabetes
  • Atrophic rhinitis
  • Morning sickness
  • Varicose veins
  • Tuberculosis of the Large Intestine

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use only for constipation caused by Heat and Dryness severely damaging Yin and Body Fluids.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe constipation: For a peeled tongue with a shiny coat and a parched mouth and lips due to severe Stomach Yin Deficiency:
+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang + Rx. Adenophorae/ Glehniae Sha Shen
+ Natrii Sulfas Mang Xiao + Rz. Polygonati Odorati Yu Zhu
For toothache:
 + Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
+ Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
For bleeding hemorrhoids:
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
+ Sophora Powder
Huai Hua San
+ Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi
For signs of more severe clumped Heat:
+ Nidus Vespae Lu Feng Fang

+ Regulate the Stomach and Order the Qi Decoction
Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang

For oral side effects of radiation therapy with dryness (worse at night), irritability, dry tongue and a thin rapid pulse:
For atrophic rhinitis:
+ Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
+ Eight Treasures Decoction
Ba Zhen Tang
+ Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
For atrophic rhinitis with Stomach Yin Deficiency:
+ Rx. Adenophorae/ Glehniae Sha Shen
+ Eight Treasures Decoction
Ba Zhen Tang
+ Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao + Rz. Polygonati Odorati Yu Zhu
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi + Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
+ Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
For atrophic rhinitis with epistaxis:
For atrophic rhinitis with foul smells in the nose:
+ Eight Treasures Decoction
Ba Zhen Tang
+ Eight Treasures Decoction
Ba Zhen Tang
+ Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian
+ Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
+ Rz. anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
For atrophic rhinitis which is more severe in the fall and winter:
For Yin Deficiency and Invasion by pathogenic Dryness and Heat with a sore throat:
+ Eight Treasures Decoction
Ba Zhen Tang
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao + More Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
For Heat in the Ying:
+ More Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ Cornu Rhinoceri Xi Jiao
For diphtheria:
(+Cornu Bubali - substitute for Xi Jiao) (Shui Niu Jiao) + Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian + Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao + Hb. Menthae Bo He
Hb. Phylostachys Nigra Zhu Ye + + Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
For enhancing the formula's effectiveness:
For Heat Bi:
 + 9g Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
+ Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu + 30g Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
+ Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
For Heat Bi with macular-type eruptions of the skin:
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi + Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
+ Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi + Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
    + Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
    + Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
    + Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
    + Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
    +Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen