HERB FORMULAS

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 20g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin, stops diarrhea, tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 20g Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen, promotes urination and generates Body Fluids.
With Ren Shen, for Qi Deficiency.
With Shan Yao and Sheng Di Huang, for "Wasting and Thirsting".
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 15g Clears Blazing Stomach Fire.
With Zhi Mu, for Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
With Sheng Di Huang, for excessive Fire with injured fluids.
With Sheng Di Huang and Zhi Mu, for Stomach Fire.
With Ren Shen, for excessive Heat with Qi Deficiency.
With Ren Shan and Mai Men Dong, for excessive Heat with Qi and Yin Deficiency.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 15g Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 9g Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin and generates Fluids.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
With Sheng Di Huang and Xuan Shen, for thirst, constipation, irritability and a low-grade fever due to Stomach Yin Deficiency where the fluids have been injured
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 9g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes Yin.
With Sheng Di Huang and Mai Men Dong, for constipation due to Dryness.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 9g Clears Heat, cools the Blood Nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Xuan Shen, for Excess or Deficiency Heat patterns.
With Xuan Shen and Mai Men Dong, for a dry throat, irritability, a red tongue and a fast thready pulse due to Devastated Yin with Blazing Fire and constipation due to Excess Heat with Yin Deficiency.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 6g Tonifies Qi, generates Body Fluids and stops thirst.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 6g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, transforms Dampness and promotes urination.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Deficiency Fire.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Replenishes Qi and Yin
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Generates Body Fluids
  • Clears Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Qi and Yin Deficiency with Fire Rising

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Fatigue
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Pale wan complexion
  • Poor appetite
  • Loose stools or watery diarrhea
  • Dizziness
  • Weak voice/reluctance to speak
  • Five Sole Heat
  • Malar flush
  • Night sweats
  • Anxiety
  • Hot flashes
  • Weak extremities
  • Distention and a stifling sensation in chest and epigastrium
  • Weight loss
  • Abdominal distention
  • Indigestion
  • Vomiting
  • Chills
  • Leukorrhea
  • Reduced appetite
  • Borborygmus
  • Edema
  • Reduced appetite
  • Diarrhea with onset of menstrual flow
  • Cough with copious sputum
  • T: Pale, Pale red or Red
  • C: Thin white, Little or None
  • P: Deep and weak or Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For no constipation: For severe constipation:
- Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang + 9g Natrii Sulfas Mang Xiao
For emaciation: For severe thirst:
+ 15g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 15g Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
+ 15g Rz. Polygonati Odorati Yu Zhu
+ 15g Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing
For frequent, profuse urination: + 15g Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
+ 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi    
+ 9g Fr. Mume Wu Mei    
+ 9g Fr. Rosae Laevigatae Jin Ying Zi