Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

of Acupuncture Points" says this points is used when "Ethereal Soul and Corporeal Soul

have no residence".79(260)

Herbal Treatment

Prescriptions

Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
(Pinellia-Atractylodes-Gastrodia Decoction)

Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae ternatae 9 g

Tian Ma Rhizoma Gastrodiae elatae 6 g

Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae 15 g

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 6 g

Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae 6 g

Gan Cao Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae uralensis 4 g

Sheng Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis recens 1 slice

Da Zao Fructus Ziziphi jujubae 2 pieces

Explanation

• Ban Xia, Fu Ling, Chen Pi, Sheng Jiang, Da Zao and Gan Cao form the Er Chen Tang
  Two Old Decoction which resolves Phlegm.


• Tian Ma subdues Wind from the head and relieves headache.


• Bai Zhu tonifies the Spleen and resolves Dampness.

This formula is used for Wind-Phlegm, i.e. when Phlegm is combined with internal Wind, as it
so often is in old people. In this case, by making use of Tian Ma which treats the head, it can be
used to resolve Phlegm from the head misting the Mind.

The main manifestations on a physical level would be dizziness, a dull headache, a feeling of
heaviness of the head and body, nausea, a desire to lie down, a feeling of oppression of the chest,
poor appetite, tiredness, a Swollen tongue with a sticky coating and a Slippery-Wiry pulse.

Mental-Emotional Pattern

Worry and pensiveness affect Lungs and Spleen and may easily cause these two organs not to
transform and move fluids properly. This often leads to Phlegm which mists the Mind. The
reverse process is of course possible: any cause that might lead to Phlegm (such as irregular diet
or congenital weakness of the Spleen) may induce this condition.