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Wind-Heat
Invasion |
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
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防
風
通
聖
散 |
Fang feng powder that sagely unblocks
Functions: expels Wind, releases exterior,
drains Heat, unblocks bowels
Formula:
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Fang Feng
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Radix
ledebouriellae divaricatae
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15g
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Ma Huang
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Herba
ephedrae
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15g
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Jiu Da
Huang
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Wine
treated radix et rhizome rhei
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15g
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Mang Xiao
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Mirabilitium
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15g
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Jing Jie
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Herba
seu flos schizonepatae tenuifoliae
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15g
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Bo He
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Herba
menthae haplocalycis
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15g
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Zhi Zi
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Fructus gardeniae jasminoidis
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15g
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Hua Shi
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Talcum
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90g
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Shi Gao
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Gypsum
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30g
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Lian Qiao
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Fructus forsythiae suspensae
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15g
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Huang Qi
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Radix
scutellariae
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30g
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Jie Geng
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Radix
platycodi grandiflori
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30g
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Chuan
Xiong
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Radix
ligustici chuanxiong
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15g
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Dang Gui
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Radix
angelicae sinensis
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15g
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Bai Shao
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Radix
paeoniae lactiflorae
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15g
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Bai Zhu
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Rhizome atractylodis macrocephalae
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15g
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Gan Cao
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Radix
glycyrrhizae uralensis
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60g
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Indications:
Wind heat with internal heat: taiyang and yangming organ
disease. The heat is severe. Symptoms include strong fever and
chills, headache, dizziness, red sore eyes, trouble swallowing,
nasal congestion with thick sticky yellow phlegm. Lung and
Stomach Heat causes dry mouth with bitter taste, distention of
the chest and abdomen, constipation, dark scanty urination. T:
greasy yellow coat; P: full rapid, or wiry slippery.
This is a variation of
liang ge san. Fang feng tong
shen san is used for excess in the interior and exterior,
which may also be interpreted as simultaneous Taiyang and Yangming.
This formula is recommended for all Wind/Heat that is showing
signs of internal Heat so as to not let the pathogen penetrate
deeper. It is also used for skin disorders, mania, intestinal
Wind, obesity, and influenza.
Caution: do not use during pregnancy
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