Formulas: Wind Phlegm

Question 1

Pinellia, White Atractylodes, Gastrodia Decoction/Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang

Answer 1

Wind phlegm disturbing the head: vertigo (excess), menniers disease, migraines aggravated by damp

• heavy and clouded head, nausea and vomiting
• tonify SP, dispel damp, transform phlegm, extinguish wind
• newer formula

Question 2

Signs and symptoms of external wind phlegm

Answer 2

chills and fever indicating constraint of qi in the exterior and coughing with sputum that may not be easily expectorated, indicating qi constraint from phlegm

Question 3

Signs of internal wind phlegm. Organs most affected?

Answer 3

dizziness, vertigo, headache and in more severe cases: seizures or loss of consciousness

Liver and Spleen

Question 4

True Jade Powder/Yu Zhen San

Answer 4

wind and toxin invading through a wound or ulceration, tetanus, botulism or posttraumatic pain; stiffness and tension of the neck and jaw spasming of the extremities and opisthostones

Question 5

Leading the Upright Back Powder/Qian Zheng San

Answer 5

bells-palsy formula

• dispels wind, transforms phlegm, stops spasm
• sequella of channel-stroek with acute wind phlegm obstructing channels and collaterals of the head and face
• relative deficiency of Wei qi in the channels that allows EPF in

Question 6

Guiding the Phlegm Decoction/Dao Tan Tang

Answer 6

• extreme vertigo, migrane/headache, fainting, focal distention
• collapse due to phlegm
• opens obstructed qi dynamics
• version of Er Chen Tang