bubble_chart Efficacy

Moving qi to relieve pain, softening hardness and dissipating mass. Used for cold-dampness hernia. Symptoms include swelling and sagging of the testicles, or hardness like a stone, or pain extending to the navel and abdomen.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The treatment in this formula is aimed at the condition caused by the invasion of cold-dampness, which lingers in the liver meridian, leading to stagnation of qi and blood. The location of the disease is in the kidney (the testicles are considered the external kidney), but the pathological changes occur in the liver. In the formula, Tangerine Seed regulates qi and resolves stuffiness, specifically treating hernia pain, serving as the sovereign medicinal. Chinaberry Fruit, Aucklandia Root assist the sovereign medicinal in moving qi to relieve pain. Peach Kernel, Corydalis Tuber invigorate blood to dissipate bind, these four medicinals together serve as the minister medicinals. The combination of sovereign and minister medicinals disperses the stagnation of qi and blood in the liver meridian, warms the kidney and liver to disperse cold. Akebia Stem promotes the flow of blood vessels and removes dampness. Magnolia Bark lowers qi and removes dampness. Immature Orange Fruit moves qi and breaks hardness. seaweed, kelp, Kelp soften hardness and dissipate masses, together serving as the guiding medicinals. The combination of these medicinals achieves the effects of moving qi to relieve pain, and softening hardness and dissipating masses.

Hernia.