bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispelling wind, dispersing stagnation, and promoting circulation.

bubble_chart Indications

1. All wind qi, attacking the limbs, joint pain, numbness throughout the body, dizziness and blurred vision, paralysis, difficulty in speech, muscle spasms, beriberi, difficulty in walking, weak knees and feet.
2. Women's blood wind, elderly's cold qi, attacking the chest and diaphragm, stabbing pain in both flanks, distension in the heart and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, borborygmus, pale red tongue, fine or deep pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula has the effect of dispelling wind and regulating qi, making it suitable for all syndromes caused by wind pathogens and stagnation of qi movement. In the formula, Ephedra and Platycodon Root are lung-specific herbs used to induce sweating and expel cold, guiding the medicine upward; Sichuan Lovage Rhizome and Dahurian Angelica are effective in treating head and facial disorders, dispersing wind and promoting blood circulation; Submature Bitter Orange facilitates qi and resolves phlegm, Stiff Silkworm resolving phlegm and dissipating mass; Dried Ginger warming meridians and unblocking yang, Liquorice Root harmonizing the middle and purging fire, Lindera promoting the flow of stagnant pathogenic qi. When these herbs are used together, they first release the exterior and then regulate the internal qi. When the qi is regulated, the wind is dispersed, achieving the effect of dispelling wind and smoothing qi.

1. Wind apoplexy involving meridians and collaterals.
2. Joint aching pain and numbness.
3. Deep and thin pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Apoplexy with generalized numbness: add Ginseng, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Chinese Angelica, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Ophiopogon Tuber.
2. Facial and eye deviation: add Coptis Rhizome, Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia Root, Schizonepeta, Bamboo Juice, and ginger juice.
3. Generalized body pain: add Chinese Angelica, Cinnamon Twig, Frankincense, Myrrh.
4. Cold paralysis of the limbs: add Aconite Lateral Root, Cassia Bark.
5. Slurred speech: add Acorus, Milkwort Root.
6. Women's blood wind: add Saposhnikovia Root, Schizonepeta, Mentha.
7. Swelling of the feet and knees: add Achyranthes Root, Pubescent Angelica, Acanthopanax Bark.
8. Aching pain in the back and waist: add Eucommia Bark, Achyranthes Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Sequela of cerebral hemorrhage, scapulohumeral periarthritis, frozen shoulder, facial paralysis, hemiplegia, neuralgia, etc., which are related to qi stagnation.