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musculoskeletal system
low back pain
chinese formulae

formulas

• Bao Zhen Gao (patent plaster): external application. (Zhu, p. 116)
Tang Kuei Four C. (Si Wu Tang) plus persica (tao ren) and carthamus (hong hua); Ji Xue Teng Qin Gao Pian (patent): Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) with Xue Yu (Blood Stasis).
(Tang Kuei Four: OHAI 4(4):14, 1979, Hsu, 1980, p. 433; Yeung, p. 220; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 327; Bensky and Barolet, p. 248; Ji Xue: Zhu, p. 103)
• Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang: Wind-Cold Damp: acute lower back sprain, fever and chills, possible headache or stiff neck (Yeung, p. 141; Bensky and Barolet, p. 40)
Tang Kuei and Persica C. (Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang): Xue Yu (Blood Stasis): acute lower back strain (Hsu, 1980, p. 419; Bensky and Barolet, p. 326)
• Sheng Tong Zhu Yu Tang: Xue Yu (Blood Stasis): low back pain with very painful, fixed pain; worse with pressure or at night (Bensky and Barolet, p. 316; Yeung, p. 203).
Tu-huo and Vaeicum C. (Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang): Wind-Damp: chronic low back pain, heavy and painful sensations at fixed locations in low back and lower extremities with weakness and stiffness, aversion to cold; may be paresthesias or numbness
(Hsu, 1980, p. 459; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 384; Bensky and Barolet, p. 207)
Tang Kuei and Rehmannia C. (Dang Gui Di Huang Yin); Kang Gu Zhen Shen Pian (patent): Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency) with Liver Yin Xu (Deficiency): pain and weakness in low back and legs, foot and heel pain, may have tinnitus or lightheadedness
(Tang Kuei: Hsu, 1980, p. 259; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 266; Bensky and Barolet, p. 265; Kang Gu: Zhu, p. 301)
Rehmannia Eight F. (Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan) plus eucommia (du zhong), lycium fruit (gou qi zi), and morinda (ba ji tian); Yao Tong Pian (patent): Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency)
(Rehmannia Eight: OHAI 4(4):14, 1979, Hsu, 1980, p. 250; Yeung, p. 138; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 173; Bensky and Barolet, p. 275; Yao Tong: Zhu, p. 102)
• Te Xiao Yao Tong Pian (Specific Lumbaglin) (patent): Bi Syndrome with Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) (Zhu, p. 112)
• Tu Si Zi Wan: Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) with Kidney Failing to Grasp Qi: exhaustion, frailty, frequent urination with dripping, dizziness (Bensky and Barolet, p. 280)
• Jia Wei Er Miao San: Damp-Heat: painful area feels hot, worse with rainy or hot weather, fidgety, thirst with no desire to drink (Bensky and Barolet, p. 196; Yeung, p. 136).
• Magnolia and Ginger F. (Ping Wei San): Spleen Damp: low back pain feels heavy, stagnated or locked (can't move); poor appetite, pale complexion, loose stools or diarrhea
(Yeung, p. 163; Bensky and Barolet, p. 181; Hsu, p. 212).
• Ji Chuan Jian without alisma (ze xie) plus lycium fruit (gou qi zi) and eucommia (du zhong): severe low back pain (Yeung, p. 131; Bensky and Barolet, p. 125)
Qi Bao Mei Ran Dan; Kang Gu Zeng Sheng Pian (patent): Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency) with Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency): low back and knee pain, premature gray hair or hair loss (Qi Bao: Bensky and Barolet, p. 273; Kang Gu: Zhu, p. 301)
• Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan (patent): Wind-Damp with Qi Xu (Deficiency) and Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) (Zhu, p. 111)
Liquidambar 15 (patent): lumbago; plus Eucommia 18 (patent) for Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency); plus Clematis 19 (patent) for Wind-Damp Bi Syndrome (Dharmananda, 1990; Liquidambar, p. 50: Eucommia, p. 15: Clematis, p. 42)


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