HERB FORMULAS

English: Jaw Impediment Decoction
Also Known As:
Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Caulis Spatholobi Ji Xue Teng 18g Invigorates and tonifies the Blood, activates the channels and relaxes the sinews.
With Sang Ji Sheng and Niu Xi, for Wind-Damp Bi.
Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng 15g Tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin, strengthens the sinews and bones and expels Wind-Dampness.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 9g Expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Qin Jiao, for Wind-Damp Bi with spasms of the tendons or numbness of the limbs.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Dampness.
With Qiang Huo and Dang Gui, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 9g Releases the Exterior, disperses Cold, expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for headaches and generalized body aches and pains associated with the common cold or painful obstruction.
With Fang Feng, for pain due to External Wind-Dampness.
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao 9g Expels Wind-Dampness, opens the channels and soothes the sinews and collaterals.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 9g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, dispels Cold and alleviates pain.
With Xi Xin, for Wind-Cold induced headaches, sinus headaches, orbital headaches and toothaches aggravated by cold air.
With Chuan Xiong, for headaches.
With Fang Feng, for Wind-Cold with a headache and stuffy nose.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Cold Dampness causing fever, chills and headaches.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 9g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain.
With Xiang Fu, for Qi Stagnation combined with Blood Stasis.
With Dang Gui, for Wind-Damp Invasion blocking the Blood vessels causing pain, numbness and paralysis.
With Gui Zhi, expels Wind-Dampness, warms the channels and collaterals, facilitates joint movement and relieves Bi pain for joint and limb pain due to External Wind-Cold invasion.
With Xi Xin and Fang Feng, for Wind-Cold headaches.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 9g Releases the Exterior, assists Yang, adjusts the Ying and Wei, releases the muscle layer, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain and warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels.
Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma 9g Releases the Exterior, clears Heat and relieves toxicity.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 9g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi and dries Dampness.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 9g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 9g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 9g Invigorates the Blood, expels Blood Stasis, nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, strengthens the sinews and bones and benefits the joints.
Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin 4.5g Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong and Fang Feng, for Bi syndrome.
  • Expels Wind-Cold Dampness
  • Harmonizes the Liver and Spleen
  • Wind-Cold-Damp with Liver-Spleen Disharmony
  • Pain
  • Numbness
  • Heaviness of the jaw joint
  • Body aches
  • Uneasy opening and closing of the mouth
  • Lack of Heat or redness in the jaw area
  • Pain is worse with Cold and better with warmth
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Gas
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Women:
    Irregular menses
    Dysmenorrhea
    Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Slightly purple or purple spots
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Slippery and wiry or Floating and wiry
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