WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

【SOURCE】: Differentiation on Warm-Diseases Item by Item

【INGREDIENTS】: White peony root 18g，   Donkey-hide gelatin 9g ，  Tortoise plastron 12g ，  Rehmannia root 18g，  Hemp seed 6g，  Schisandra fruit 6g，   Oyster shell 12g，   Ophiopogon root 18g ，  Roasted licorice 12g ，  Yolk 2 pcs，   Fresh-water trutle shell 12g 

【DIRECTIONS】: Decoct the above the exception of yolk which should pared. 

【EFFECT】:Nourishing yin to stop wind.

【INDICATIONS】: Chronic warm evil burning the genuine-yin in warm disea­ses or heavy injury of the yin-fluid due to erroneous application of diaphoresis or purgation marked by apathia, twitch of limbs, feeble pulse, crimson tongue with less coating, or faint.

【ANALYSIS OF FORMULA】: This formula is derived from the Modified Pulse- Recovering Decoction (composed of roasted licorice, rehmannia root, white peony- root, ophiopogon root, donkey-hide gelatin and hemp seed) in Differentiation on Warm-Diseases Item be Item. It is a common one for nourishing yin to stop wind. That the formula for nourishing yin to recover the pulse is transformed into the formula for nourishing yin to stop wind is accomplished by means of adding herbs for nourishing yin to calm yang such as yolk, schisandra fruit, tortoise plastron, fresh-water turtle shell and oyster shell in case of more severe consumption of yin due to chronic heat-evil. As the main herbs, yolk and donkey-hide, gelatin can re­plenish the yin-fluid to stop the endogenous wind. Acting as the assistant herbs, rehmannia root, white peony root nourish yin to soothe the liver;tortoise plastron and fresh-water turtle shell nourish yin to calm yang. Hemp seed can nourish yin to moisten dryness;oyster shell can subdue the liver to calm yang;schisandra friut and roasted licorice can strengthen the effect of nourishing yin to stop wind by producing yin with the comination of their sour and sweet flavors. They are all the adjuvant and dispatcher herbs.

The main points of syndrome differentiation for applying this formula in clin­ic are coma, twitch of limbs, feeble pulse, crimson tongue with less coating due to extreme consumption of the genuine-yin with stirring of the deficient wind. It is not advisable to apply this formula to case with exuberant evil-qi even though the yin-fluid is deficient.