HERB FORMULAS

English: Four Seas Soothe Stagnation Pill
Also Known As:
Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 1.5-9g Promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain by dispelling Heat and Dampness, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines and strengthens the Spleen.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 12g Regulates Qi, tonifies the Spleen (improves its transportive functions), adjusts the Middle, dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and descends Qi.
Thallus Eckloniae Kun Bu 9g Resolves Phlegm, softens Phlegm nodules, clears Heat and reduces swelling.
With Hai Zao, for goiter and scrofula.
Hb. Sargassii Hai Zao 15 g Clears Heat, resolves Phlegm and softens Phlegm nodules.
Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao 9g Resolves lumps and abscesses.
Concha Meretricis/Cyclinae Ge Qiao 12g Clears Heat, resolves Phlegm, softens hardness and dissipates nodules.
With Kun Bu and Hai Zao, for goiter and scrofula.
  • Regulates Qi
  • Resolves Phlegm and Softens nodules
  • Liver Qi Stagnation with Phlegm
  • Neck ache
  • Oppressive feeling in the chest
  • Sighing
  • Hypochondriac distention and pain
  • Irritability
  • A feeling of a lump in the throat
  • The lump is soft and becomes larger or the edges are indistinct and smaller according to the emotional situation
  • Depression
  • With Heart involvement:
    Palpitations
    Anxiety
    Feelings of constriction in the throat
  • With Lung involvement:
    Dry cough
    Slight breathlessness
    Sadness
CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS
For goiter and Hashimoto's thyroiditis: For neck discomfort:
+ 12g Tub. Curcumae Yu Jin + 12g Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 12g Rz. Belamcandae She Gan
+ 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu + 9g Sm. Pharbitidis Qian Niu Zi
For Kidney Yang Deficiency:
For depressive Heat:
+ 12g Rx, Rehmanniae Shu Di Huang + 15g Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
+ 12g Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo + 15g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For Spleen Qi Deficiency:
    + 12g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
   
    + 12g Poria Fu Ling
    + 30-60g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi