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Notopterygium Dampness-Drying Decoction

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Notopterygium Dampness-Drying Decoction
ChiefQiang Huo
    • disperse and expel wind by being acrid
    • dry dampness by being bitter
    • disperse cold by being warm
    • eliminate wind and dispel dampness
    • soothe and dredge joints

    • effective for dispelling wind-dampness in the upper body
This combination disperses wind-dampness from the body and soothes and dredges the joints to relieve pain.
ChiefDu Huo
    • disperse and expel wind by being acrid
    • dry dampness by being bitter
    • disperse cold by being warm
    • eliminate wind and dispel dampness
    • soothe and dredge joints

    • effective for dispelling wind-dampness in the lower body
This combination disperses wind-dampness from the body and soothes and dredges the joints to relieve pain.
DeputyFang Feng
    • enter taiyang channel
    • dispel wind and overcome dampness
    • effective for relieving headache
DeputyGao Ben
    • enter taiyang channel
    • dispel wind and overcome dampness
    • effective for relieving headache
AssistantChuan Xiong
    • invigorates blood and moves qi
    • dispels wind and relieves pain
AssistantMan Jing Zi
    • dispels wind and relieves pain
EnvoyGan Cao
    • harmonizes the medicinals in the formula
    • boosts qi and fortifies the spleen
    • harmonizes the center

Notopterygium Dampness-Drying DecoctionPrescription Information

Name
Notopterygium Dampness-Drying Decoction
Chinese Name

羌活胜湿汤

Classification

Dampclearing formulas

Combination
Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo) 1 qian (6g), Angelicae Pubescentis Radix (Du Huo) 1 qian (6g), Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix (Gao Ben) 5 fen (3g), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng) 5 fen (3g), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle (Zhi Gan Cao) 5 fen (3g), Viticis Fructus (Man Jing Zi) 3 fen (2g), Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuan Xiong) 1 liang (6g)
Method
Prepare as a decoction.
Action
Dispels wind, overcomes dampness, and relieves pain.
Indication
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang is indicated for bi syndrome caused by wind-dampness in the exterior. The symptoms are pain of the shoulder and back, headache and heavy body sensation, pain of the waist and spine that make the patient unable to turn over. The coating is white and the pulse is floating.
Pathogenesis
This formula treats wind-dampness lying in the exterior which is caused by wind invasion while sweating, living in a damp place for a long time, or wind-damp invasion. Pathogenic wind-dampness invades the hand taiyang channel and blocks its qi causing headache and heavy body sensation and pain of the waist and spine that makes the patient unable to turn around. As wind-cold lies in the exterior and it is proper to induce sweating, the proper treatment is to treat by dispelling wind and overcoming dampness.
Application
1. Essential pattern differentiation Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang is a frequently used formula used to treat headache and heavy body sensation due to wind-dampness in the exterior and a mild exterior syndrome. This clinical pattern is marked by headache and heavy body, pain of waist and spine, white coating, floating pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs and symptoms of exterior wind-dampness such as rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, hyperostosis, and ankylosing spondylitis.
Additonal formulae
Juan Bi Tang (Painful Obstruction Eliminate Decoction 蠲痹湯)
Source
《Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach》Pi Wei Lun《脾胃論》

Notopterygium Dampness-Drying DecoctionFormulation composition herbal medicine

Incised Notopterygium Rhizome and Root

Incised Notopterygium Rhizome and Root

Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix
Functions：Disperses exterior cold, dispels wind damp, promotes joints, stops pain. Apply to exterior wind cold, headache without sweating, wind-cold and damp impediment, wind edema, sore and ulcer swelling toxin.
Sinplelaef Shrub Chastetree Fruit

Sinplelaef Shrub Chastetree Fruit

Viticis Fructus
Functions：Dispels wind heat, clears and promotes head and eyes. Apply to wind heat common cold and headache, swelling pain in the gums, conjunctival congestion and delacrimation, dark and blurred vision, lightheadedness and dizziness.
Chinese Ligusticum Rhizome

Chinese Ligusticum Rhizome

Ligustici Rhizoma et Radix
Functions：Dispels wind, disperse cold, eliminates dampness, stops pain. Apply to cold induced by pathogenic wind-cold, parietal headache, rheumatic arthralgia of limbs.
Liquorice Root

Liquorice Root

Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma
Functions：Supplements the spleen, boosts qi, clears heat, resolves toxin, dispels phlegm, relieves cough, relaxes tension, relieves pain, harmonizes the nature of other medicinals.
Divaricate Saposhnikovia

Divaricate Saposhnikovia

Saposhnikoviae Radix
Functions：Dispels wind to release the exterior pattern, dispels dampness and relieve pain, arrests convulsions. Apply to exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, headache, dizziness, rigid neck, rheumatic arthralgia with wind-cold, joint pain and sour, convulsion of limbs, tetanus.
Doubleteeth Angelicae Root

Doubleteeth Angelicae Root

Angelicae Pubescentis Radix
Functions：Dispels wind, eliminates dampness, frees cold, stops pain. apply to wind-cold and damp impediment, pain of waist and knees, subside wind of Shao Yin and headache, headache and toothache.
Szechwan Lovage Rhizome

Szechwan Lovage Rhizome

Chuanxiong Rhizoma
Functions：Invigorates the blood, eliminates stasis, moves qi, opens stagnation, dispels wind, relieves pain. Apply to chest impediment and heartache, chest pain, swollen pain of falls wound, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal, abdominal mass and pain, headache, wind-damp impediment.
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