Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

factor.

Thus, the formulae given below are only a guideline. The approach adopted should be chosen
according to the pattern of the disease, but the formulae must be modified in every case
according to its stage.

Furthermore, all prescriptions indicated below should be modified with the addition of
"softening" herbs, i.e. herbs which soften masses: this is particularly necessary for masses from
stasis of Blood or Phlegm. Softening herbs are:

Yi Yi Ren Semen Coicis lachryma jobi

Zhe Bei Mu Bulbus Fritillariae thunbergii

Hai Zao Herba Sargassii

Kun Bu Thallus Algae

Chuan Shan Jia Squama Manitis pentadactylae

Xia Ku Cao Spica Prunellae vulgaris

Gui Ban Plastrum Testudinis

Mu Li Concha Ostreae

Jiang Can Bombyx batryticatus

Bie Jia Carapax Trionycis

Wa Leng Zi Concha Arcae

Hai Dai Laminaria japonica

As for the relative application of acupuncture and herbal medicine, especially for Blood masses,
the herbal treatment is primary in relation to acupuncture.

The patterns discussed are:

QI MASSES

Liver-Qi stagnation

Retention of food and Phlegm

BLOOD MASSES

Stagnation of Qi and Blood

Stasis of Blood knotted in the Interior

Deficiency of Upright Qi and stasis of Blood

Qi Masses