Basic Formulas and Ingredients

Question 1

formula:

• W-C with cold predominant
• opens the pores - induces sweating
• stops coughing & wheezing

Answer 1

Ma Huang Tang

Question 2

Ma Huang Tang ingredients

Answer 2

ma huang
gui zhi
xing ren
zhi gan cao

Question 3

formula:

• W-C with wind predominant
• harmonizes ying & wei

Answer 3

Gui Zhi Tang

Question 4

Gui Zhi Tang ingredients

Answer 4

gui zhi
bai shao
sheng jiang
da zao
zhi gan cao

Question 5

formula:

• disperses severe W-H
• relieves sore throat
• clears toxicity

Answer 5

Yin Qiao San

Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder

Question 6

Yin Qiao San ingredients

Answer 6

jin yin hua
lian qiao
niu bang zi
bo he
dan zhu ye
jie geng
jing jie
lu gen
zhi gan cao

Question 7

formula:

• phlegm-heat accumulation
• GB/ST disharmony
• Er Chen Tang + Zhu Ru & Zhi Shi

Answer 7

Wen Dan Tang
(Warm the GB Decoction)
(timidity - GB vacuity cold)

Question 8

formula:

• basic W-D formula
• resolves damp phlegm
• tonify Sp qi
• restore T&T
• basis for Wen Dan Tang

Answer 8

Er Chen Tang

2 Cured Drugs Decoction

Question 9

Er Chen Tang ingredients

Answer 9

ban xia
chen pi
fu ling
gan cao

Question 10

Wen Dan Tang ingredients

Answer 10

zhu ru
ban xia
zhi shi
chen pi
fu ling
gan cao

Question 11

formula:

• transform hot phlegm
• infectious cough
• pneumonia & bronchitis

Answer 11

Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan

Clear the Qi and Transform Phlegm Pill

Question 12

formula:

• transform cold phlegm
• internal W-C
• phlegm & congested fluids.

Answer 12

Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang

Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction

Question 13

Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang ingredients

Answer 13

fu ling
gan cao
wu wei zi
gan jiang
xi xin

Question 14

This formula is a qi tonic that resolves phlegm and is a combination of Si Jun Zhi Tang + Er Chen Tang.

Answer 14

Liu Jun Zi Tang

6 Major Herb Decoction

Question 15

Li Jun Zhi Tang ingredients

Answer 15

ban xia
chen pi
fu ling
ren shen
bai zhu
zhi gan cao

Question 16

formula

• asthma, cough
• external W-C with internal phlegm heat

Answer 16

Ding Chuan Tang

Arrest Wheezing Decoction

Question 17

formula:

• clear heat drain fire
• severe qi-level heat
• 4 bigs: sweat, fever, thirst, pulse

Answer 17

Bai Hu Tang

White Tiger Decoction

Question 18

Bai Hu Tang ingredients

Answer 18

shi gao
zhi mu
geng mi
zhi gan cao

Question 19

formula:

• clear heat cool blood
• heat entering nutritive (ying) level

Answer 19

Qing Ying Tang

Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction

Question 20

formula:

• clear heat cool blood
• heat entering the blood (xue) level
• changes in consciousness
• reckless bleeding

Answer 20

Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang

Rhino Horn and Rehmannia Decoction

Question 21

Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang ingredients

Answer 21

shui niu jiao
sheng di huang
shao yao
mu dan pi

Question 22

formula:

• regulate qi
• relieves various types of constraint due to the five qi stagnations: qi, phlegm, food, fire, blood

Answer 22

Yue Ju Wan

Escape Restraint Pill

Question 23

Yue Ju Wan ingredients

Answer 23

xiang fu (qi)
cang zhu (phlegm)
shen qu (food)
zhi zi (fire)
chuan xiong (blood)

Question 24

formula

• relieve food stagnation
• harmonizes the ST
• yellow greasy tongue coat
• slippery pulse

Answer 24

Bao He Wan

Preserve Harmony Pill

Question 25

Bao He Wan ingredients

Answer 25

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Question 26

formula - dispel wind damp - knee & lower back pain - treats both the root & the branch - Lv & Ki yin xu

Answer 26

Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang

Question 27

formula: - recurrent W-C-D - localized constraint generating heat

Answer 27

Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang