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Agastache Formula (Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San)

 

Details of Agastache Formula

Patchouli settles the stomach by "piercing turbidity".

This is a great formula to have on-hand for the cold and flu season. It excels in settling the stomach when a common cold or flu is aggravated by nausea. One thing, traditionally this formula is only used for “wind-cold” not “wind-heat”. Each of these conditions include chills and fever, however for the best outcomes with this formula, use it when you have more chills than fever (or equal amounts of chills and fever). If you only have fever, consider something else such as Lonicera and Forsythia Formula

Alternative Names

  • Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi
  • Huo Hsiang Cheng Chi San (Wan)
  • Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan
  • Agastache Qi-Regulating Formula (Pill)
  • Agastache Genuine-Qi Powder (Pill)
  • Pogostemon Powder to Rectify the Qi
  • Patchouli Powder to Rectify the Qi
  • Pogostemon Formula
  • 藿香正氣散

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Coptis and Magnolia Bark Drink (Lian Po Yin)

 

Details of Coptis and Magnolia Bark Drink

Huang Lian (Rx. Coptis) is often used for a fullness or stuffiness right below the sternum.

This is one of those amazing Chinese herb recipes that have yet to be fully appreciated in the West. It is for damp-heat. Many people in developed nations are hot and damp. You can see it on their faces, or rather in their faces. People with red swollen faces generally have damp-heat in their body. This is one of many formulas for exactly that condition and of course all the symptoms that arise from that condition.

Alternative Names

  • Lian Po Yin
  • Coptis and Magnolia Bark Decoction
  • Coptis and Magnolia Bark Combination
  • 蓮朴飲

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Cyperus and Atractylodes Combination (Yue Ju Wan)

 

Details of Cyperus and Atractylodes Combination

Xiang fu (Cyperus root) regulates the qi to address frequent sighing or dull tummy aches.

Alternative Names

  • Yue Chu Wan
  • Yue Ju Wan
  • Stagnation-Relieving Pill
  • Xiong Zhu Wan
  • Cyperus and Atractylodes Pill
  • Ligusticum Chuanxiong and Atractylodes Pill
  • Escape Restraint Pill

This is the formula for the so-called “six stagnations”. When things aren’t flowing right, the body’s systems’ functions are compromised. This formula gets everything flowing well. More… »

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Modify for Headache
Additions for aches and pains
Anxiety Modification
 

Saussurea and Cardamon Combination (xiang sha liu jun zi tang)

 

Details of Saussurea and Cardamon Combination
Dried aged tangerine peel is great for intestinal gurgling.

Dried aged tangerine peel is great for intestinal gurgling.

Alternative Names

  • xiang sha liu jun zi tang
  • hsiang sha liu chun tzu tang
  • Saussurea and Cardamon Combination
  • Six-Gentleman Formula with Aucklandia and Amomum
  • Aucklandia and Amomum Gentleman Decoction
  • Saussurea and Six-Major-Herb Decoction
  • Vladmimiria and Cardamon Combination

Benefits

  • regulates intestinal noise
  • regulates digestive functions
  • supports intestinal health
  • supports mentle functions
  • supports bone health

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Mental Clarity Additions
 

Scutellaria Decoction (Huang Qin Tang)

 

Scutellaria Decoction (Huang Qin Tang)

Huang qin is one of the few herbs that enter the so-called "pivot" of the body.

Detoxifying since 220 AD. Huang Qin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction) is a simple modification of the #1 formula in Shang Han Lun style Chinese herbalism. The Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Injury) is one of the key Chinese medicine “bibles” (or “classics” as the Chinese say). Huang Qin Tang is pronounced “wong chin tong“.

Alternative Names

  • Huang Qin Tang
  • Huang Chin Tang
  • Scute and Licorice Combination
  • 黃芩湯
  • Scutellaria Decoction
  • PHY906, PHY 906

About this formula
Recently studied as a digestive aid called PHY906 (Huang Qin Tang) in those undergoing Western drug therapy.

Huang Qin Tang was traditionally used for detoxifying the intestines when resulting in burning crampy diarrhea with a strong odor. However it was not assumed that this diarrhea was due to an infection in the intestines, rather a toxicity issue in other locations of the body, specifically the “Shao Yang pivot.”
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Huang Qin Tang Modifications
 

Digestive Support #2

 

Details of Digestive Support #2

Sha Ren is a delicous aromatic herb that really firms up loose stools.

About this formula

Get there with confidence.

This formula provides herbal support for stress-induced diarrhea, tenesmus (sense of incomplete bowel movements), IBS, fatigue, and a lack of appetite due to the sense that your tummy is always full.

Other functions of this formula can apply to certain abdominal complaints that arise from the menstruation such as bloating, gas, gastrointestinal upset and even breast tenderness.

It can also have a positive effect on the moodiness and cramps of PMS, though that is sort of a secondary effect. The primary focus of this formula is in the digestive tract.

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Digestives
 

Achy Breaky Stomach

 

Details of Achy Breaky Stomach

Wu Zhu Yu (little purple seeds) makes this formula great for stress-induced nausea too.

About this formula

Stress got you bloated?
Bloating giving you stress?

This formula provides herbal support for indigestion and a variety of other gastric complaints. Specifically, bloating, gas (without a very strong odor), stress-induced ulcer or gastritis, heartburn, abdominal bloating and a lack of appetite due to the sense that your tummy is always full. Other functions of this formula can apply to certain abdominal complaints that arise from the menstruation such as bloating, gas, gastrointestinal upset and even breast tenderness. It can also have a positive effect on the moodiness of PMS, though that is a secondary effect. The primary focus of this formula is in the abdomen.

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Stress-Induced Options
Additions for aches and pains
Anxiety Modification
 

Minor Bupleurum Combination (xiao chai hu tang)

 

Details of Minor Bupleurum Combination
Bupleurum unsticks what is stuck.

Bupleurum unsticks what is stuck.

Alternative Names

  • xiao chai hu tang
  • hsiao chai hu tang
  • shosaikoto
  • syo saiko to
  • sho-saiko-to
  • xiao-chai-hu-tang
  • TJ-9; TJ9; TJ 9
  • shosaiko-toh
  • Shō-saiko-tō
  • 小柴胡湯
  • しょうさいことう
  • xiǎo chái hú tāng wán
  • 小柴胡汤丸

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Minor Bupleurum Modifications
Modify for Headache
Anxiety Modification
 

Major Rhubarb Combination (Da Cheng Qi Tang)

 

Details of Major Rhubarb Combination

Magnolia bark is famous for abdominal bloating.

Alternative Names

  • Major Purgative Decoction
  • Major Order the Qi Decoction
  • da cheng qi tang
  • ta cheng chi tang
  • dai zyoki to
  • daijokito
  • Dai-jōki-tō
  • 大承気湯
  • だいじょうきとう
  • TJ133; TJ-133; TJ 133

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Magnolia and Ginger Formula (Ping Wei San)

 

Details of Magnolia and Ginger Formula
Tangerine peel pulls double duty in this formula. Great for bloating and gurgling.

Tangerine peel pulls double duty in this formula. Great for bloating and gurgling.

Alternative Names

  • Stomach-Calming Powder
  • Calm the Stomach Powder
  • ping wei san
  • heik san
  • heiisan
  • Heii-san
  • 平胃散
  • へいいさん
  • TJ79; TJ-79; TJ 79
  • píng wèi sǎn wán
  • 平胃散丸

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