HERB FORMULAS

LUPUS #9

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Angelica Pubescentis Du Huo 10g Disperses Wind-Cold-Dampness from the Lower Jiao, bones and sinews, vitalizes the vessels and alleviates pain.
With Fang Feng, for numbness in the legs.
With Qiang Huo, for joint pain and numbness.
Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng 10g Expels Wind-Dampness, strengthens sinews and bones, tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin and nourishes the Blood.
With Du Huo and Niu Xi, for Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency and Wind-Dampness causing low back and leg pain, stiffness and soreness.
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao 10g Expels Wind-Dampness and relaxes sinews.
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 10g Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain.
With Zhi Mu and Ren Dong Teng, for Heat Bi.
With Fang Feng, Du Huo and Qiang Huo, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 3-10g Expels Wind-Cold and 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 Qiang Huo, for Wind-Dampness.
With Qiang Huo and Dang Gui, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Caulis Spatholobi Ji Xue Teng 30g Invigorates and tonifies the Blood, activates the channels and relaxes the sinews.
With Sang Ji Sheng, Du Huo and Niu Xi, for Wind-Damp Bi, especially chronic painful obstruction in women and the elderly where there is also Blood Deficiency.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 10g Invigorates the Blood, strengthens the sinews and bones, benefits the joints and nourishes the Liver and Kidney Yin.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 10g Clears Heat from the Qi Stage, Lung and Stomach, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness and generates fluids.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 30g Clears Heat, drains Fire.
With Zhi Mu, for a high fever from Wind-Heat or Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 10g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bei Xie 12g Resolves turbid Dampness in the Lower Jiao, expels Wind-Dampness, relaxes the sinews, unblocks the Luo channels and clears Damp-Heat from the skin.
Rz. Polygoni Cuspidatae Hu Zhang 12g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, unblocks the channels, stops pain, clears Heat, resolves Dampness, discharges toxins and disperses swelling.
Caulis Lonicerae Ren Dong Teng 30g Dispels Wind-Dampness, soothes the sinews, unblocks the channels and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Resolves Dampness
  • Clears Heat
  • Disperses Wind
  • Stops pain
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Tonifies Qi and Blood
  • Unblocks the channels

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Damp-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Early-stage disease with profuse, severe joint pain, especially in the fingers, toes, ankles and wrists
  • Generalized body aches and pains
  • Migrating pain of several joints
  • Irritability
  • Heavy sensation in the shoulder and back
  • Sore, aching muscles
  • Weak limbs
  • Discomfort or a constricted sensation in the area of the chest and diaphragm
  • Multiple sores, carbuncles furuncles or abscesses
  • Redness
  • Itching
  • Persistent swelling
  • Chest pain
  • Fever
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst
  • Aching and painful extremities
  • Aching and painful joints
  • Unbearable swelling and pain of the lower extremities
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • T: Normal or Red
  • C: Greasy and slightly yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Soft and moderate or Soft, superficial and slow or Slippery and rapid or Deep and tight or Wiry and slippery

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