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rx
formula
Ginseng and Longan C.
chinese formulae
definition
Ginseng and Longan C. = Gui Pi Tang = "Restore the Spleen Decoction"
sources:Hsu, 1980, p. 425; Yeung, p. 112; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 244; Bensky and Barolet, p. 255; Flaws, 1997, p. 257.
signs and symptoms:Fatigue, insomnia, forgetfulness, palpitations, dream-disturbed sleep, anxiety and phobia, feverishness, poor appetite, pale complexion, hypermenorrhea.
tongue and pulse:pale tongue with thin white coat; thin frail pulse
indications:Heart Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) and Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency). With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as bleeding, leukemia, anemia (especially from chronic disease), thrombocytopenic or allergic purpura, myasthenia gravis, amnesia, insomnia, nervous exhaustion, neurotic palpitations, neurasthenia or personality disorders, hyperactivity, ADD, postconcussion syndrome, congestive heart disease, gastric ulcer, itching in the genital area, nocturnal emission, impotence, chronic gonorrhea, irregular menstruation, uterine carcinoma, endometritis, cervicitis, and functional uterine bleeding.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients:dosage for two days:
» 9 grams:zizyphus (suan zao ren), astragalus (huang qi), longan aril (long yan rou), poria (fu ling).
» 6 grams:ginseng (ren shen), Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui), honey-fried polygala (zhi yuan zhi), white atractylodes (bai zhu).
» 3 grams:sausurrea (mu xiang), honey-baked licorice (zhi gan cao), jujube (da zao).
» 1 grams:fresh ginger (sheng jiang).
modifications:
» for painful menstruation with clots, add curcuma (yu jin) and cyperus (xiang fu).
» for menstruation that suddenly changes in volume and flows continuously, add cornus (shan zhu yu) and schizandra (wu wei zi).
» for very dark menstrual blood, add carthamus (hong hua), moutan (mu dan pi) and gardenia (zhi zi).
» for irregular menstruation with increased blood volume but light in color, add gelatin (e jiao), loranthus (sang ji sheng), fleeceflower root (he shou wu).
» for numbness in the upper extremities, add notopterygium (qiang huo) and cnidium (chuan xiong).
» for numbness in the lower back and lower extremities, add clematis (wei ling xian), pubescent angelica (du huo) and achyranthes (niu xi).
» to enhance the effect of tonifying Xue (Blood), add prepared rehmannia (shu di huang).
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