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formula
Agastache F.
chinese formulae
definition
Agastache F. = Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San = "Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi"
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 100; Yeung, p. 130; Bensky and Barolet, p. 183.
signs and symptoms: Fever and chills, headache, fullness in the chest, loss of taste, pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, gastrointestinal weakness, nausea and vomiting, borborygmus, diarrhea.
tongue and pulse: White, greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse.
indications: Wind-Cold with Food Stagnation or Spleen Dampness. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as influenza, intestinal flu, acute gastroenteritis; children with acute illness due to Stagnant Food; and women with abdominal pain of emotional origin after childbirth.
cautions and contraindications: Modify in cases with External or Internal Heat. Contraindicated for Damp-Heat with fever but no aversion to cold and tongue with a yellow greasy coat.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 6 grams: agastache (huo xiang), magnolia bark (hou po), perilla leaf (zi su ye), poria (fu ling), white atractylodes (bai zhu), areca peel (da fu pi), platycodon (jie geng), pinellia (ban xia).
» 3 grams: angelica (bai zhi), citrus (chen pi), baked licorice (gan cao), jujube (da zao).
» 1 grams: fresh ginger (sheng jiang).
modifications:
» for severe Wind-Cold, increase the dosage of perilla leaf (zi su ye).
» for Food Stagnation, omit licorice (gan cao) and jujube (da zao) and add shen qu (shen qu) and chicken's gizzard (ji nei jin).
» for severe Dampness with a very thick, greasy tongue coating, substitute red atractylodes (cang zhu) for white atractylodes (bai zhu).
» for scanty urine, add akebia (mu tong) and alisma (ze xie).
» for severe acute diarrhea, add dolichos (bian dou) and coix (yi yi ren).
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