Description
Xing Lou Cheng Qi Tang (Arisaema and Trichosanthes Qi-Guiding Decoction), from Clinical Chinese Internal Medicine (Lin Chuang Zhong Yi Nei Ke Xue).
Actions: Dissolve phlegm and dredge the bowels
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of wind-strike with a pattern of phlegm-heat and bowel excess, and wind-phlegm harassing the upper body, accompanied by hemiplegia (half-body paralysis), wry eye and mouth, sluggish speech or aphasia, abdominal distention, constipation, dizziness, expectoration of phlegm, or excessive phlegm, dark red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, wiry, and rapid 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Da Huang
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang) 6 g
|
6g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Mang Xiao
as printed: Natrii Sulfas (mang xiao) 6 g
|
6g | 16.67% | — | |
|
Dan Nan Xing
as printed: Arisaema cum Bile (dan nan xing) 9 g
|
9g | 25% | — | |
|
Gua Lou
as printed: Fructus Trichosanthis (gua lou) 15 g
|
15g | 41.67% | — |
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 cold (-1.75)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 75%, cool 25%.
Taste
- sweet 21%
- bitter 71%
- salty 8%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Large intestine 75%
- Stomach 75%
- Lung 67%
- Spleen 42%
- Liver 42%
- Pericardium 17%
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
Decoct the ingredients with water for oral use
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Formula family
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