Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Explanation

This pill drains Dampness and expels Wind. It is used to treat acute or sub-acute Damp Painful
Obstruction Syndrome with swollen and painful joints.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Swollen body with a sticky coating. It is
contraindicated in pregnancy.

Heat Painful Obstruction Syndrome

Treatment Principle

Clear Heat, remove obstructions from the channels, expel Wind and drain Dampness.

Prescriptions

Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang
(White Tiger Ramulus Cinnamomi Decoction)

Shi Gao Gypsum fibrosum 30 g

Zhi Mu Rhizoma Anemarrhenae asphodeloidis 9 g

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis 3 g

Geng Mi Semen Oryzae sativae 6 g

Gui Zhi Ramulus Cinnamomi cassiae 5 g

Explanation

This formula is suitable only for the acute stage of Heat Painful Obstruction Syndrome.

• The White Tiger Decoction clears Heat and promotes Stomach fluids.


• Gui Zhi expels Wind and removes obstructions from the channels.

Xuan Bi Tang
(Clearing Painful Obstruction Syndrome Decoction)

Fang Ji Radix Stephaniae tetrandae 6 g

Can Sha Excrementum Bombycis mori 6 g

Xing Ren Semen Pruni armeniacae 3 g

Hua Shi Talcum 12 g

Lian Qiao Fructus Forsythiae suspensae 6 g