HERB FORMULAS
English: | Liquid Styrax Pill |
Also Known As: | Styrax Formula Styrax Pill Su He Xiang Pills |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin | Dosage |
Actions |
Styrax | Su He Xiang | 2-15g | Opens the Orifices, penetrates turbidity, breaks up Stagnation, clears filth and relieves pain. With An Xi Xiang, penetrates turbidity around the Orifices, opens closed disorders and restores consciousness. With Bing Pian, Ru Xiang and Tan Xiang, for angina pectoris. With She Xiang, Bing Pian and Zhu Sha, for sudden unconsciousness or Cold-type Closed disorders. With Chen Xiang, Ding Xiang, Tan Xiang and Xiang Fu, for chest and abdominal pain. |
Moschus | She Xiang | .2-.60g | Strongly opens the Orifices and Luo vessels, revives the Shen and unblocks closed disorders. With Bing Pian, for convulsions, loss of consciousness and coma due to extreme Heat or Phlegm Blocking the Orifices. With Su He Xiang, revives closed patterns of Wind-Stroke or Phlegm Collapse With Su He Xiang and An Xi Xiang, for Cold closed disorders usually due to Cold-Dampness or Phlegm-Turbidity. With Su He Xiang and Xie Xiang, for Impaired consciousness due to Cold and Phlegm. |
Borneolum | Bing Pian | .5-30g | Aromatically opens Orifices, revives the Spirit and unblocks closed disorders. With Su He Xiang, She Xiang and An Xi Xiang, for Cold closed disorders. With Su He Xiang and She Xiang, for convulsions due to Cold. |
Benzoinum | An Xi Xiang | 3-60g | Opens the Orifices, resolves Phlegm, moves Qi, activates Blood and alleviates pain. With She Xiang, Ding Xiang and Su He Xiang, for sudden coma, chest pain, or seizures in cases with Phlegm and Qi Obstruction. With Su He Xiang, for Wind-Stroke from Damp-Cold and turbid Phlegm. |
Rx. Aucklandiae | Mu Xiang | 4-60g | Regulates Qi and alleviates pain. With Tan Xiang, Chen Xiang, Ru Xiang, Ding Xiang and Xiang Fu, promotes Qi circulation, descends Qi, removes Qi Stagnation, dispels Cold and transforms turbidity. With Bai Zhu, for anorexia with epigastric and abdominal pain and distention. |
Lignum Santali Albi | Tan Xiang | 3-60g | Moves Qi, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, dispels Cold and alleviates pain. With Mu Xiang and Ding Xiang, for chest, epigastric, and abdominal pain due to stagnant Qi due to Cold. With Xiang Fu, regulates Qi and harmonizes the Liver and Spleen to treat Liver QI Stagnation causing Spleen and Stomach disharmony with a stifling sensation in the chest and flanks, belching, sighing, loss of appetite and epigastric pain. |
Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum | Chen Xiang | 1-60g | Moves and descends Qi, regulates the Middle, warms the Spleen, Stomach and Kidneys, stops vomiting and alleviates pain. With Mu Xiang, relieves pain and treats Rebellious Middle Jiao Qi with belching, hiccup, nausea and vomiting, epigastric and abdominal distention stifling sensation in the epigastrium and diarrhea. |
Olibanum | Ru Xiang | 2-30g | Moves Qi and invigorates the Blood. |
Flos Caryophylli | Ding Xiang | 1-60g | Warms the Middle Jiao, descends Qi and relieves pain. With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency. |
Rz. Cyperi | Xiang Fu | 4-60g | Regulates Liver Qi. |
Fr. Piperis Longi | Bi Ba | 3-60g | Warms the Middle Jiao, descends Qi, disperses Stomach and Intestinal Cold and stops pain. With Su He Xiang and An Xi Xiang, for severe attacks of Cold-Dampness and turbid Phlegm. |
Cornu Rhinoceri | Xi Jiao | .5-60g | Relieves toxicity and calms the Shen - Endangered species, no longer used. |
(Cornu Bubali) | (Shui Niu Jiao) | 4-200g | (Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity and cools the Blood - Substitutes for Xi Jiao.) |
Cinnabaris | Zhu Sha | .5-60g | Sedates the Heart, calms the Shen, expels Phlegm and stops convulsions. |
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | 4-60g | Tonifies Qi, strengthens the Spleen, dries Dampness and transforms turbidity. With He Zi, protects Qi. |
Fr. Chebulae | He Zi | 4-60g | Restrains Qi leakage. |
- Warms and Aromatically Opens the Orifices
- Moves Qi
- Expels dirt
- Transforms turbidity
- Clears Phlegm
- Wind-Stroke due to Phlegm Obstructing the Heart Orifices-Tense Type (Yin Obstruction)
- Qi Stroke or Cold Stroke
- Dry Sudden Turmoil Disorder
- Painful Obstruction of the chest due to Qi Stagnation
- Congealing due to Cold
- Turbid Phlegm Obstructing the channels and collaterals
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CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
- When treating partial or total loss of consciousness due to diseases such as encephalitis, take the formula when the fever has receded but the patient is still stuperous.
For angina pectoris due to Qi Stagnation, Blood Stagnation, or Cold Stagnation: | For those who are weak and debilitated: | ||
- or reduce Cornu Rhinoceri | Xi Jiao | + Rx. Ginseng | Ren Shen |
- or reduce Secretio Moschus | She Xiang | For pronounced signs of Phlegm: |
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- or reduce Cinnabaris | Zhu Sha | + Succus Zingiberis Rhizomatis | Jiang Zhi |
+ .03 g. Secretio Bufonis | Chan Su | + Succus Bambusae | Zhu Li |
+ More Fr. Piperis Longi | Bi Ba | For changes in the sensory orifices due to epilepsy: |
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For
chest pain: |
+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii | Shi Chang Pu | |
+
Warm the Gallbladder Decoction Wen Dan Tang |
+ Rx. Curcumae | Yu Jin | |
For
chest pain with Deficiency of Yang in the chest : |
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+ 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po | ||
+
Warm the Gallbladder Decoction Wen Dan Tang |
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+ 6g Rx. Polygalae | Yuan Zhi | ||
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii | Shi Chang Pu | + 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po |
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | + 6g Rx. Polygalae | Yuan Zhi |
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii | Shi Chang Pu | ||
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chest pain with Spleen Yang Deficiency: |
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+
Warm the Gallbladder Decoction Wen Dan Tang |
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | |
+ 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po | + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi |
+ 9g Bul. Allii | Xie Bai | ||
+ 6g Rx. Polygalae | Yuan Zhi | For
chest pain with edema: |
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+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii | Shi Chang Pu | +
Warm the Gallbladder Decoction Wen Dan Tang |
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+ 21g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | + 6g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po |
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis | Dang Shen | + 6g Rx. Polygalae | Yuan Zhi |
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii | Shi Chang Pu | ||
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | ||
+ 9g Rz. Alismatis | Ze Xie | ||
+ 9g Rx. Linderae | Wu Yao | ||
+ 9g Per. Arecae | Da Fu Pi |