HERB FORMULAS

English:	Cocculus Decoction
Also Known As:

Pharmaceutical Latin	*Pin Yin*	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Aristolochiae seu Cocculi	*Mu Fang Ji*	9g	Dispels Wind, unblocks the channels and collaterals, eliminates Dampness, promotes urination, resolves toxicity and reduces swellings.
Gypsum Fibrosum	*Shi Gao*	18g	Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability, quenches thirst and clears Excess Heat from the Lungs. With Ren Shen, for Excessive Heat with Qi Deficiency.
Rx. Ginseng	*Ren Shen*	12g	*Powerfully tonifies Yuan* and Lung Qi.**
Ram. Cinnamomi	*Gui Zhi*	6g	Releases the Exterior, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, *assists Heart Yang,* warms and facilitates the flow of Yang Qi in the chest, warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels.**

CONTRAINDICATIONS

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

For wheezing and dyspnea due to congestive Heart failure		For osteoarthritis due to Damp-Heat:
		- Rx. Aristolochiae seu Cocculi	Mu Fang Ji
+ Cx. Mori	Sang Bai Pi
+ Fr. Perillae	Zi Su Zi	- Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen
+ Rz. Zingiberis Recens	Sheng Jiang	+ 18g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae	Han Fang Ji
For osteoarthritis due to Damp-Heat with severe pain and a hot sensation in the joints:
		+ 20g Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren
- Rx. Aristolochiae seu Cocculi	Mu Fang Ji	+ 12g Sm. Armeniacae	Xing Ren
		+12g Talcum	Hua Shi
- Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen	+ 6g Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao
+ 18g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae	Han Fang Ji
		For osteoarthritis due to Damp-Heat with swelling of the joints:
+ 20g Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren
+ 12g Sm. Armeniacae	Xing Ren	- Rx. Aristolochiae seu Cocculi	Mu Fang Ji
+12g Talcum	Hua Shi
+ 6g Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	- Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen
		+ 18g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae	Han Fang Ji
+ 9g Hb. Siegesbeckiae	Xi Xian Cao
+ 9g Caulis Sargentodoxae	Hong Teng	+ 20g Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren
		+ 12g Sm. Armeniacae	Xing Ren
		+12g Talcum	Hua Shi
		+ 6g Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao

		+ 5g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong