HERB FORMULAS

TIAN TAI WU YAO SAN - 天臺烏藥散 - TOP QUALITY LINDERA POWDER

English: Top Quality Lindera Powder
Also Known As: The Lindera Root Powder

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Linderae Wu Yao 5-15g Moves Qi, disperses stagnant Liver Qi, warms the Kidneys, disperses Cold and alleviates pain.
 With Xiao Hui Xiang, Mu Xiang Qing Pi and Gao Liang Jiang, for Cold-type hernia with lower abdominal pain that radiates to the testicles.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 5-15g Moves Qi, alleviates pain, strengthens the Spleen, prevents Stagnation and adjusts and regulates Intestinal Qi.
 With Qing Pi, for abdominal pain, distention and belching.
With Xiao Hui Xiang, Qing Pi and Gao Liang Jiang, strengthens the actions of Wu Yao.
With Bing Lang, for Qi Stagnation in the Stomach and Intestines due to Food Stagnation with abdominal distention, and fullness and distention, anorexia, aversion to the smell of food, nausea without the ability to vomit and an uncomfortable urge to defecate which is often unsuccessful, Intestinal parasites with a pressing pain around the umbilicus and intermittent focal distention in the abdomen and relieves tenesmus and the passage of mucus in dysenteric disorders.
With Wu Yao, for lower abdominal Coldness and pain.
Dry-fried Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang 5-15g Warms the Lower Jiao, disperses Cold, spreads Liver Qi, harmonizes the Stomach and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Lian Zi, strongly stops pain and regulates Qi to treat bulging disorders and mobile masses in the lower abdomen.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi 5-15g Regulates Qi, disperses stagnant Liver Qi, dissipates accumulations, reduces Food Stagnation, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
 With Wu Yao, Gao Liang Jiang, Xiao Hui Xiang and Mu Xiang, for Cold Invading the Liver channel, with lower abdominal pain radiating down to the testicles or ovaries.
With Wu Yao, Chuan Lian Zi, Xiao Hui Xiang, Bing Lang and Mu Xiang, for Intestinal prolapse, feeling of genital prolapse or testicular swelling due to chronic orchitis.
Rz. Alpiniae Officinari Gao Liang Jiang 5-15g Disperses Cold and alleviates pain.
With Xiao Huo Xiang, for abdominal hernial pain.
Sm. Arecae Bing Lang 5-15g Descends Qi, removes stagnation, unblocks the bowels, relieves nausea and breaks up obstructions in the Lower Jiao.
With Mu Xiang and Qing Pi, for Food Accumulation and Qi Stagnation.
Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi 5-15g Regulates Qi and alleviates pain.
Prepared with Ba Dou, soothes the Liver, while its bitter, Cold properties are greatly diminished.
Sm. Crotonis Ba Dou 5-15g Used to prepare Chuan Lian Zi and then discarded.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Promotes Qi movement
  • Spreads Liver Qi
  • Scatters Cold
  • Alleviates pain

SYNDROMES

  • Hernia due to Small Intestine Qi Pain
  • Hernia due to Cold Stagnation in the Liver Channel

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Lower abdominal pain radiating to the testicles
  • May be localized sensation of Cold
  • Menstrual pain and hardness
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Mobile abdominal masses
  • Swollen or distended testicles
  • Flank pain
  • Leukorrhea
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and slow or Wiry and tight

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Damp-Heat.
  • Do not take with Qi tonics.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a stronger effect: For more severe Cold:
+ Sm Citri Reticulatae Ju He + Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu
+ Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He + Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
For Blood Stasis:
For more severe symptoms:
+ Flos Carthami Hong Hua + serve warm  
+ Sm. Persicae Tao Ren + Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
For menstrual pain:
+ 3g wine  
+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For mobile abdominal masses:
+ Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong + Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
For severe pain:
+ Rz. Curcumae E Zhu
+ Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum Chen Xiang + Rz. Sparganii San Leng
For a stronger effect in the treatment of hernia:
For a feeling of prolapse and swelling:
+ Sm Citri Reticulatae Ju He + Sm Citri Reticulatae Ju He
+ Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He + Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He
+ Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
or
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Tangerine Seed Pill
Ju He Wan
+ Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
For Cold and Qi Stagnation with dysmenorrhea which is relieved by warmth:
For Cold in the Liver channel attacking the Stomach with Qi Stagnation:
 - Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
- Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
For low back pain with Dampness:
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For low back pain with Damp-Heat:
 + 15g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For low back pain with Spleen Deficiency:
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + 12g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
For low back pain with Yin Deficiency:
 + 12g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 12g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ 12g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi + 6g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
or
For Qi Shan:
+ Pills of Six Ingredients with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Sm. Crotonis Ba Dou
+ 12g Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He
For Qi Shan with Cold:
 + 9g Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He
- Sm. Crotonis Ba Dou
+ 12g Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He
For low back pain with Liver and Kidney Deficiency:
+ 9g Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He
+ Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 6g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui + Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi
+ 6g Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu + Hb. Ecliptae Han Lian Cao
    + Fr. Mori Sang Shen