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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to stiffness of the limbs |
| Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang Cinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite Decoction; Ramulus Cinnamomi-Aconitum Decoction |
Disperses Wind-Cold; Releases the Exterior; Unblocks the Channels. | Stagnation and painful obstruction due to pathogenic influences battling in the channels. | Aversion to wind; Cramps; Generalized pain; Spontaneous sweating; Stiffness of the limbs; Difficulty in rotating the trunk; Oliguria; Pale tongue, thin-white coating; Floating pulse (Fu); Floating-Choppy pulse (Fu Se). |
| Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer; Bupleurum-Pueraria Relaxing the Tendons Decoction |
Releases the Exterior; Eliminates internal Heat; Eliminates Pathogenic Qi from the muscle layer. | Unresolved exterior Wind-Cold which has become constrained and is transforming into Heat. | Headache; Increasing fever and decreasing chills; Influenza; Painful limbs; Stiffness of the limbs; Bitter taste; Dry nose; Insomnia; Irritability; Night blindness; Ocular pain; Stiffness of the extremities; Toothache; Red tongue, thin-yellow coating; Floating-Rapid pulse (Fu Shu) that transforms into Slippery-Rapid-Overflowing pulse (Hua Shu Hong). |
| Tian Ma Qu Feng Bu Pian Dispel Wind Gastrodia Tablet; Gastrodia Expelling Wind and Tonifying Tablet |
Calms Liver-Wind; Disperses external Wind; Nourishes Blood. | External Wind or Wind-Dampness affecting the channels, muscles and joints. | Dizziness; Headache; Hypertension; Memory loss; Paralysis of the face; Paralysis of the limbs; Stiffness of the limbs; Fine-Wiry pulse (Xi Xian). |