HERB FORMULAS

WU ZHU YU TANG - 吳茱萸湯 - EVODIA DECOCTION

English: Evodia Decoction
Also Known As: Evodia Combination

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu 4-12g Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, spreads the Liver, promotes the movement of Qi, stops diarrhea, expels Damp-Cold alleviates pain, descends rebellious Qi and stops vomiting.
With Sheng Jiang, for vertex migraine headaches.
With Ren Shen and Sheng Jiang, for epigastric pain, vomiting, and headache associated with Jue Yin and Shao Yin Stage disorders.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 6-21g Warms the Stomach, directs rebellious Qi downward and stops vomiting.
With Da Zao, alleviates epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting by strengthening the Spleen and protects the Stomach Qi and reduces irritation of the gastrointestinal. tract by other herbs.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 3-12g Strengthens the Spleen, generates fluids and calms the Spirit.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 3-12g Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood, calms the Spirit and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms and tonifies the Spleen, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys
  • Descends Rebellious Qi
  • Stops vomiting

SYNDROMES

  • Stomach Deficiency Cold
  • Deficiency Cold of Stomach and Liver
  • Cold Attacking the Middle Jiao
  • Shao Yin Cold
  • Jue Yin Cold in the Liver

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Vomiting immediately after eating
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Belching
  • May be epigastric pain
  • Dry heaves or spitting of clear fluids with vertex headache
  • Vomiting and diarrhea with cold hands and feet
  • Restlessness
  • Severe fidgeting
  • Irritability
  • Pain in the groin and testicles
  • So agitated, the patient wants to die
  • Habitual headache
  • Subcardiac distention
  • A feeling of fullness and distention in the chest and diaphragm
  • T: Pale
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Slow and weak or Sinking or slow and thin or Slow and wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • For very severe vomiting, take the formula cool.
  • Contraindicated for those with vomiting or acid reflux due to Heat.
  • Contraindicated for those with headache due to Liver Yang Rising.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe vomiting or morning sickness : For severe headaches:
+ Rz. Pinellia Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
or
or
+ Rz. Pinellia Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Rz. and Rx. Ligustici Gao Ben
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
or
 + Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
+ Rz. Pinellia Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
or
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+Poria Fu Ling + Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
For severe Cold:
For hernial disorders due to Cold:
+ Per. Zanthoxyli Chuan Jiao + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
For Cold Qi generating turbidity with distention:
For acid reflux:
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
+ Concha Arecae Wa Leng Zi - Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
For palpitations and insomnia:
+ Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui + Ginger-juice- prepared Rx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Poria Fu Ling + Rz. Zingiberis Preparata Pao Jiang
For vomiting without cold extremities:
+ Per. Zanthoxyli Chuan Jiao
- Rx Ginseng Ren Shen + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
For abdominal pain:
For abdominal pain with extreme Cold:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Frigid Extremities Decoction
Si Ni Tang
For fullness and distention in the abdomen:
For involuntary salivation, nausea or dry heaves:
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
+ Rx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
For headache::
For irritability with extreme coldness:
+ Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong + Hb. Asari Xi Xin
+ Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
For Lacrimation of cold tears due to Liver and Kidney Cold:
+ Fr. Tribuli Bai Ji Li + Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui
For severe epigastric pain:
 + Hb. Asari Xi Xin
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Hb. Equiseti Hiemalis Mu Zei
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
For amenorrhea with Wind-Cold Invasion:
For harmonizing the Liver and Spleen:
+ Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng + Hb. Asari Xi Xin
+ Rx. Aucklandia Mu Xiang
For vomiting with Dampness:
For vomiting with chest and hypochondriac fullness and pain:
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan
+ Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum Chen Xiang
For vomiting with a red tongue and irritability:
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi + Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru
For chronic vomiting with Stomach Yin Deficiency:
For nausea:
+ Calyx Kaki Shi Di
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + Fol. Eriobotryae Pi Pa Ye
For Meniere's syndrome:
For Meniere's syndrome with cold extremities:
+ Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi + Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For Meniere's syndrome with nausea and vomiting:
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For Meniere's syndrome with Qi Deficiency:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For ulcerative colitis with Liver Attacking the Spleen:
For ulcerative colitis with a purple tongue with petechiae and abdominal pain that is worse with pressure:
+ Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin + Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
For ulcerative colitis with Damp-Heat:
For ulcerative colitis with Cold-Damp:
+ Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng + Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang
+ Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi + Poria Fu Ling
For ulcerative colitis with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency:
For ulcerative colitis with Food Stagnation:
+ Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
+ Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
+ Dry-fried Sm. Lablab Chao Bai Bian Dou + Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
For ulcerative colitis with Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency:
For ulcerative colitis with Blood Stagnation due to chronic illness:
+ Rx. Morindae Officinalis Ba Ji Tian + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi + Sm. Myristicae Rou Dou Kou
For hypertension:
+ Charred Rx. Rubiae Qian Cao Gen
+ 8g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Charred Pollen Typhae Pu Huang Tan
+ 10g Poria Fu Ling
For hypertension with a purple tongue:
+ 10g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen + 8g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ 10g Poria Fu Ling
+ 10g Pheretima Di Long + 10g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen
+ 10g Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can + 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ 6g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu + 10g Pheretima Di Long
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi + 10g Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 6g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ 30g Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi
+ 4g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For hypertension with tinnitus:
+ 30g Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng
+ 8g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 4g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 10g Poria Fu Ling
+ 10g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen + 6g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
For hypertension with a greasy tongue coat:
+ 8g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 10g Pheretima Di Long
+ 10g Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can + 10g Poria Fu Ling
+ 10g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen
+ 6g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu + 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi + 10g Pheretima Di Long
+ 10g Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 6g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ 30g Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 4g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 30g Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng
+ 6g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ 5g Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui + 4g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For severe Kidney Yang Deficiency with "Water Toxin":
+ 6g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ 3g. Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
+ Prepared Aconite Pill to Regulate the Middle
Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
 + 3g Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou
+ 15g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ 6g Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong
For migraine headaches with severe vomiting:
+ 6g Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang + 15g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For severe migraine headaches:
+ 15g Rx. et Rz. Ligustici Gao Ben + 15g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 15g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ 15g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi + 15g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
For one-sided headaches:
+ 9g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui - Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
   
    + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
   
    +9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
   
    + 6g Poria Fu Ling
    + 3g Rz. Typhonii Preparatum Zhi Bai Fu Zi
   
    + 3g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao