HERB FORMULAS

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS #2

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 12g Releases the exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Qin Jiao, for Wind Damp Bi with spasms of the tendons or numbness of the limbs and pain due to Wind-Dampness in patients with Blood Deficiency.
With Ma Huang, dispels Wind-Cold from the Exterior.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Dampness.
With Qiang Huo and Dang Gui, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
With Ma Huang, dispels Wind-Cold from the Exterior.
Rx. Puerariae  Ge Gen 12g Clears Heat, disperses Wind, releases the muscles (especially of the neck and upper back) and relieves sinus congestion.
With Ma Huang and Gui Zhi, for Wind-Cold with stiffness and tension in the upper back and neck.
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao 9g Expels Wind-Dampness, opens the channels and soothes the sinews and collaterals.
Rx. Clematidis Wei Ling Xian 9g Dispels Wind-Dampness, unblocks the channels and alleviates pain.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Damp Bi causing joint pain, especially in the upper joints.
Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 9g Releases the Exterior, disperses Cold, expels Wind-Damp from the upper Tai Yang, unblocks Painful Obstruction, alleviates pain and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and DU channels.
With Fang Feng, for pain due to External Wind-Dampness.
Poria Fu Ling 6g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
With Gui Zhi, warms and transforms fluids, unblocks Yang and promotes urination.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 6g Tonifies, activates and harmonizes the Blood, regulates the menses, disperses Cold and stops pain due to Blood Stasis.
With Gui Zhi and Qin Jiao, for Wind-Damp Bi.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 6g Releases the exterior, adjusts the Ying and Wei, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, disperses Cold, unblocks Yang, transforms Qi and releases the muscle layer.
With Ma Huang, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
With Fu Ling, unblocks Yang and facilitates the removal of congested fluids associated with Yang Deficiency edema.
Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang 3g Induces sweating, releases the exterior, promotes urination, reduces edema and warms and disperses Cold pathogens.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Releases Wind-Cold from the muscle layer
  • Relaxes and moistens the sinews
  • Regulates the Ying and Wei
  • Reinforces Yang
  • Replenishes Qi and Blood
  • Stops pain
  • Warms the channels

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Cold with Cold Predominant

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Head, neck, shoulder and upper back aching and pain
  • Fixed neck pain
  • Severe pain
  • Tender points on the neck
  • A possible palpable cord-like feeling in the neck
  • A stiff neck
  • Inhibited movement
  • Pain, soreness and numbness of the four limbs
  • Maybe weakness and heaviness of the upper limbs
  • Heavy-headedness
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Prefers Heat
  • Severe difficulty in flexion and extension
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Fatigue
  • Loose Stools
  • Severe pain and coldness of muscles and joints
  • Severely restricted motion of joints
  • Whole body pain, especially in the hands and feet
  • Anorexia
  • Heavy feeling in muscles
  • Catches cold easily
  • No thirst
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Floating and moderate or Floating and tight

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