HERB FORMULAS

JIAN LING TANG - 建瓴汤 - CONSTRUCT ROOF TILES DECOCTION

English: Construct Roof Tiles Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 30g Invigorates the Blood, expels Blood Stasis, and nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin.
With Sheng Di Huang, powerfully clears Deficiency Fire Blazing Upward.
Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi 24g Calms the Liver, anchors Floating Yang, clears Liver Fire and strongly descends rebellious Qi.
With Long Gu, Mu Li and Niu Xi, for dizziness, vertigo, headache and tinnitus due to Liver Yang Rising.
With Long Gu, Mu Li, Bai Shao and Niu Xi, for hypertension with irritability, dizziness and constipation.
Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu 18g Settles anxiety, calms the Spirit, calms the Liver, anchors and preserves Floating Yang and prevents leakage of fluids.
With Mu Li, Niu Xi and Dai Zhe Shi, for insomnia, dizziness, irritability, and blurred vision associated with Liver Yin Deficiency with Liver Yang Rising.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li 18g Heavily settles and calms the Spirit, calms the Liver, benefits Yin, anchors Floating Yang and prevents leakage of fluids.
With Long Gu and Bai Shao, for anxiety, palpitations, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, headache, dizziness and tinnitus and other symptoms associated with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising.
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 30g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin, tonifies Lung Qi, nourishes Lung Yin, tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 18g Nourishes Yin, generates fluids and cools Heart Fire.
With Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency Heat.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 12g Nourishes the Blood, regulates menstruation, astringes Yin, adjusts the Ying and Wei, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain.
With Long Gu and Mu Li, for spontaneous sweating and night sweats due to Yin Deficiency.
With Sheng Di Huang, Niu Xi, Dai Zhe Shi and Mu Li, for Liver Yang Rising.
Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren 12g Nourishes the Heart, calms the Spirit, moistens the Intestines, unblocks the bowels and astringes Yin Deficiency sweat.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Sedates the Liver
  • Extinguishes Liver Wind
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Calms the Shen

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Yang Rising

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Impaired vision
  • Night blindness
  • Tinnitus
  • Irascibility
  • Throbbing headache with distended feeling
  • Flushed face
  • Blurred vision
  • Red, dry eyes with feeling of grit in eye
  • Dry mouth and throat with bitter taste in mouth
  • Palpitations
  • Headache
  • Nervousness
  • Forgetfulness
  • Insomnia with much dreaming
  • Swelling or a distended sensation of the ears
  • Dry throat
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Thirst
  • Five sole Heat
  • Night sweats
  • Light or late menses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and wiry or Wiry and rapid or Wiry, hard and long (when Yang is Rising and Excess, pulse is forceful) or Thready and rapid when Yang is not prominent

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For poorly formed stools: For aversion to Cold:
+ Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi - Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
For trigeminal neuralgia due to Liver Fire or Liver Yang Rising: + Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang
+ Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao For headache and vertigo:
For excessive Phlegm: + Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
+ Arisaemae cum Bile Dan Nan Xing
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency:
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with inhibited, rough urination:
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang - Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
- Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi - Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
- Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren - Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua - Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
+ 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng + 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
+ 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi + 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 15g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mai Gen
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with edema:
+ 15g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with severe dizziness and tinnitus:
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang - Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi
- Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
- Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi + 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
- Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren + 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua + 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng + 12g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
+ 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + 12g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with a sore throat:
+ 12g Ram. cun Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
+ 12g Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with insomnia and palpitations:
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
- Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang - Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
- Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi + 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
- Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren + 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua + 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi + 15g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + 15g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with Liver Fire:
+ 2og Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang
+ 20g Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with Blood Stagnation:
- Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
 - Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
- Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang
+ 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
- Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi + 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
- Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua + 9g Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
+ 9g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
For glomerulonephritis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with severe high Blood pressure:
+ 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
+ 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai - Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Du Huang
+ 12g Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan
+ 12g Hb Leonuri Yi Mu Cao - Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
    - Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi
    - Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren
    + 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
   
    + 15g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
    + 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
    + 9g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
    + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
    + 30g Sm. Celosiae Qing Xiang Zi
    + 30g Hb Leonuri Yi Mu Cao