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musculoskeletal system
intervertebral disc disease
chinese formulae

formulas

Bao Zhen Gao (patent plaster): external application. (Zhu, p. 116)
Tu-huo and Vaeicum C. (Tu Huo Ji Sheng Tang): Wind-Damp Bi Syndrome: 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)
Ginseng and Longan C. (Gui Pi Tang): Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency) with Heart Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency): for numbness in the upper extremities, add Chiang huo (quang huo) and cnidium (chuan xiong); for numbness in the lower extremities, add clematis (wie ling xian), tu-huo (du huo), and achyranthes (niu xi)
(Hsu, 1980, p. 425; Yeung, p. 112, Dharmananda, p. 244; Bensky and Barolet, p. 255)
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)
Tang Kuei and Jujube C. (Dang Gui Si Ni Tang): Cold in the Channels with Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency): cold hands and feet, sciatica (Hsu, 1980, p. 321; Yeung, p. 79; Bensky and Barolet, p. 216)
• Er Miao San: Damp Hot Bi Syndrome: with pain in lower back and lower extremities, add achyranthes (niu xi), chaenomeles (mu gua) and acanthopanax (wu jia pi); with atrophy, add St. Paul's wort (xi xian cao) and acanthopanax (wu jia pi) (Yeung, p. 90; Bensky and Barolet, p. 195)
• Ji Xue Teng Qin Gao Pian (patent): Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) with Xue Yu (Blood Stasis). (Zhu, p. 103)
• Te Xiao Tao Tong Pian (Specific Lumbaglin) (patent): Bi Syndrome with Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency) (Zhu, p. 112)
Liquidambar 15 (patent): disc inflammation; plus Angelica 14 (patent) for cervical disc disease (Dharmananda, 1990; Liquidambar, p. 50: Angelica, p. 35); plus Eucommia 18 (patent) for Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency); plus Clematis 19 (patent) for Wind-Damp Bi Syndrome (Dharmananda, 1990; Eucommia, p. 15: Clematis, p. 42)


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