Chuan lian zi enters the qi level while yan hu suo enters the blood level. This combination moves qi, invigorates blood, and relieves pain.
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Xuan Hu (Yan Hu Suo)
moves qi stagnation from the blood layer in order to move qi, invigorate blood, and relieve pain
Chuan lian zi enters the qi level while yan hu suo enters the blood level. This combination moves qi, invigorates blood, and relieves pain.
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Name
Toosendan Powder
Chinese Name
金铃子散
Classification
Qi-regulating formulas
Combination
Fructus Toosendan (Chuan Lian Zi/Jin Ling Zi) 1 liang (30g), Corydalis Rhizoma (Yan Hu Suo) 1 liang (30g)
Method
Grind the ingredients into powder and take 6-9g each dose with wine or warm water. It can also be prepared as a decoction by adjusting the medicinal quantities based on the original ratios.
Action
Soothes the liver qi, drain the liver fire, invigorates blood and relieves pain.
Indication
Jin Ling Zi San is indicated for the pattern of liver constraint transforming into fire. The symptoms are chest, abdominal, and hypochondriac pain of sudden onset and cease; bitter taste in the mouth, painful menstruation, and shan qi-hernia pain. The tongue is red and the coating is yellow. The pulse is wiry and rapid.
Pathogenesis
The liver stores the blood and governs the free flow of qi. It prefers free flow. Its channel distributes into rib region, reaches the lower abdomen, and connects with the genital organs. Liver qi stagnation leads to qi disorders and problems with blood circulation. Hence, the chest, abdomen or hypochondriac pain suddenly occurs and ceases. The condition is worsened with emotional changes. As qi constraint transforms into fire, the symptoms include a bitter taste in the mouth. The tongue is red and the coating is yellow. The pulse is wiry and rapid. The therapeutic method is to soothe the liver qi, drain the liver fire, invigorate blood, and relieves pain.
Application
1. Essential pattern differentiation Jin Ling Zi San is commonly indicated for the pattern of chest, abdominal, and hypochondriac pain due to liver constraint transforming into fire. It is also the basic formula for treating all kinds of pain due to qi and blood stagnation. This clinical pattern is marked by chest, abdominal, and hypochondriac pain, bitter taste in the mouth, yellow coating, wiry, rapid pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of liver fire transforming into fire: gastritis, cholecystitis, gastrointestinal spasm, intercostal neuralgia, and rib cartilage inflammation.
Additonal formulae
Yan Hu Suo Tang (Corydalis Decoction 延胡索湯)
Source
《Formulas from Benevolent Sages Compiled during the Taiping Era》Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang《太平聖惠方》recorded in《Pocket Prescriptions》Xiu Zhen Fang《袖珍方》
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