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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to inability to rotate the trunk |
| Xu Ming Tang Prolong Life Decoction; Mahuang and Ginseng Decoction |
Disperses Wind; Clears Heat; Supports the Qi. | External Wind invading the channels with Qi and Blood Deficiency, or internal movement of Liver Wind with the production of Heat. | Amnesia or mental disorders (the patient is unable to recognize friends or identify the source of pain); Aphasia; Flaccid hemiplegia; Dry stools; Slight fever; Stiffness; Stiffness (inability to rotate the trunk); Tongue with thin-yellow or greasy-yellow coating; Forceful-Wiry pulse (You Li Xian); Slippery-Rapid pulse (Hua Shu). |
| Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction; Bupleurum D Formula |
Unblocks the three Yang stages; Calms the Mind; Sedative. | Problems in all three of the Yang-stages of diseases resulting from an improper use of purgatives which are used before the disease enters the Yang brightness stage. The externally-contracted pathogenic influence takes advantage of the weakness caused by the purgatives and invades the Interior. | Atrioventricular block; Bouts of palpitations; Delirious speech; Epilepsy; Fullness of the chest; Hypertension; Hyperthyroidism; Hysteria; Irritability; Ménière's disease; Neurosis; Schizophrenia; Sensation of extreme heaviness in the body; Constipation; Dysuria; Gastritis; Inability to rotate the trunk; Menopausal disorders; Red tongue, slippery-yellow coating; Rapid-Wiry pulse (Shu Xian). |
| Gua Lou Zhi Shi Tang Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction |
Transforms Phlegm-Heat in the chest; Clears Phlegm-Heat in the chest; Moistens the Lungs. | Accumulated Phlegm-Heat in the chest. | Asthma; Breathing difficulty; Chest pain; Difficult to expectorate phlegm; Dry cough, especially in the morning; Inability to rotate the trunk; Pain of the diaphragm; Smoker's cough; Slippery-Rapid pulse (Hua Shu). |