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LR overacting
on SP-ST |
Si Ni San |
四
逆
散 |
Frigid Extremeties
Function: vents pathogenic factors, release
Liver Qi, regulate Spleen, (cold extremities/warm interior)
Composition:
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Chai Hu
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Radix
bupleuri
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9-12g
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Zhi Shi
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Fructus immaturus citri aurantii
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9-12g
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Bai Shao
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Radix
paeoniae lactiflorae
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12-24g
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Zhi Gan
Cao
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Honey
fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis
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6-9g
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Indications:
LR overacting on SP with mild
heat. This is the basic prescription for this syndrome. T: light
purple, thin coat; P: wiry, or slightly wiry.
Pathology: this formula is used for a yang-hot
type collapse, where only the fingers and toes are cold (in a
yin-cold type collapse where the yang is exhausted, the area below
the elbows and knees or maybe the whole limb is cold), Heat has
entered the interior which is stopping the spreading of the Yang
Qi to the extremities (hence the body is warm, and the fingers and
toes are cold). Chest and abdominal fullness show the constraint
in the interior.
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