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rx
formula
Bamboo and Ginseng C.
chinese formulae
definition
Bamboo and Ginseng C. = Zhu Ru Wen Tan Tang
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 90; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 247.
signs and symptoms: Nightmares, fright, easily frightened, depression, absent-minded, stress, copious sputum, palpitations and insomnia, alcoholism with facial redness or sputum.
tongue and pulse: white tongue coating with slippery pulse.
indications: Heated Phlegm in the Chest due to stress or alcoholism. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as febrile diseases, lingering fever, insomnia due to stress, fright, neurotic palpitations, alcoholism, and facial redness due to the consumption of alcohol.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients: dosage for one day:
» 5 grams: bupleurum (chai hu).
» 3 grams: pinellia (ban xia), bamboo shavings (zhu ru), platycodon (jie geng), poria (fu ling).
» 2 grams: coptis (huang lian), cyperus (xiang fu), ginseng (ren shen).
» 1 gram: ginger (gan jiang), chih-shih (zhi shi), licorice (gan cao), citrus (chen pi).
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