Description
Chun Yang Zheng Qi Wan (Pure Yang Qi-Rectifying Pill), from Chinese traditional patent formulation of Combinations (Zhong Yao Cheng Fang Pei Ben).
Actions: Dispel summer heat and dissipate cold, remove dampness, and harmonize the center
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain due to contracting cold in summer, with diarrhea, abdominal pain and spasms, reversal cold of the hands and feet, nausea and vomiting, oppression in the stomach cavity, less eating, heavy body, light red tongue with white and greasy coating, and soggy pulse
Category: Formulas That Remove Dampness and Harmonize the Stomach.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 746–747.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chinese giant-hyssop
as printed: Herba Agastachis (huo xiang) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Ban Xia
as printed: Rhizoma Pinelliae Praeparatum (fa ban xia) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Qing Mu Xiang
as printed: Radix Aristolochiae (qing mu xiang) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Chen Pi
as printed: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (chen pi) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Ding Xiang
as printed: Flos Caryophylli (ding xiang) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Rou Gui
as printed: Cortex Cinnamomi (rou gui) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Cang Zhu
as printed: dry-fried Rhizoma Atractylodis (chao cang zhu) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Bai Zhu
as printed: Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (bai zhu) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Poria (fu ling) 30 g
|
30g | 11.11% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net nature not shown: the chief herb (Chinese giant-hyssop) has no recorded temperature.
From 89% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 13%, neutral 13%, warm 63%, hot 13%.
Taste
- pungent 50%
- sweet 19%
- bitter 25%
- bland 6%
From 89% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 88%
- Stomach 63%
- Lung 50%
- Kidney 38%
- Liver 38%
- Heart 25%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 89% of the weighed grams.
1 herb not profiled (no recorded temperature, taste or channels): Chinese giant-hyssop.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into fine powder, add Red Wonder Pellet ( hong ling dan )12 g, mix evenly, then decoct Pericarpium Zanthoxyli ( hua jiao ) 15 g with water, use this decoction and the above powder to make water pills, and take in 3 g doses with boiled water, 2 times a day
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- This formula = Ding Gui San + Bai Zhu, Ban Xia, Cang Zhu, Chen Pi, Chinese giant-hyssop, Fu Ling and Qing Mu Xiang
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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