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Xu, Yang - SP |
Si Ni Tang |
四
逆
湯 |
Frigid Extremities
Function: rescues devastated Heart Kidney Yang
(shock), warms mid Jiao, stop diarrhea, warm cold hands & feet.
Si Ni Tang is said to be one of the only
formulas that can tonify the Fire of both the Water and the Earth
without injuring the Yin.
Composition:
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Fu Zi
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Radix
lateralis aconite carmichaeli praeparata
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6-9g*
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Gan Jiang
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Rhizome zingiberis officinalis
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4.5g
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Zhi Gan
Cao
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Honey
freid radix glycyrrhizae uralensis
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6g
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Indications:
Symptoms include very cold extremities,
aversion to cold, sleeping in fetal position to keep warm, always
tired, vomiting, diarrhea with undigested food in stool, abdominal
pain, no thirst. T: pale with white slippery coat; P: deep weak
thin.
Pathology: (1) Exterior cold has gone
internally, qi and yang are very weak and KI-SP yang have been
damaded. (2) KI Yang deficiency with internal yin cold pathogen
accumulation. This in turn creates a SP yang deficiency causing
digestive problems (above). The deficiency of yang can also
easily be observed in the spirit (dull, tired, no will or
motivation, no fire).
These symptoms are quite closely related to
shock, therefore the patient may also show signs of sweating,
paleness, & void spirit (collapse of Yang). Some say to use this
formula before Yang gets too deficient.
This formula may be indicated in acute
myocardial infarction or cardiac failure, gastroenteritis,
hypothyroidism, adrenal deficiency, certain arthritis.
References: Shang Han Lun
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