Description
Shen Xian Jie Yu Dan (Immortal Aphasia-Treating Pill), from Corrections and Annotations to Fine Formulas for Women (Jiao Zhu Fu Ren Liang Fang).
Actions: Open the orifices and dissolve phlegm, unblock the collaterals, and extinguish wind
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of aphasia from apoplexy with a pattern of wind-phlegm obstructing the collaterals, accompanied by wind-strike, sluggish speech, expectoration of turbid phlegm, thick and greasy coating, wiry, and slippery pulse
Category: Formulas That Expel or Calm the Wind and Dissolve Phlegm.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 806–807.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bai Fu Zi
as printed: Rhizoma Typhonii (bai fu zi) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Shi Chang Pu
as printed: Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii (shi chang pu) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Yuan Zhi
as printed: Radix Polygalae (yuan zhi) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Tian Ma
as printed: Rhizoma Gastrodiae (tian ma) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Quan Xie
as printed: Scorpio (quan xie) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Qiang Huo
as printed: Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii (qiang huo) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Dan Nan Xing
as printed: Arisaema cum Bile (dan nan xing) 30 g
|
30g | 13.33% | — | |
|
Mu Xiang
as printed: Radix Aucklandiae (mu xiang) 15 g
|
15g | 6.67% | — |
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 slightly warm (+0.47)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cool 13%, neutral 27%, warm 60%.
Taste
- pungent 37%
- sweet 20%
- bitter 37%
- salty 7%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 53%
- Stomach 33%
- Spleen 33%
- Lung 27%
- Heart 27%
- Kidney 27%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
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 powder and make into flour and water paste pills as size of phoenix tree seed, and take in doses of 20–30 pills with decoction of Herba Menthae ( bo he )
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