Herbal medicine: On tonifying / complex formulas

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Reading about all that deficiencies to be treated

I had to say this:

 

Some important mechanisms ('chinese proverbs') still havent found

their ways

into the western literature:

 

Tonifying the Yin might aggravate an existing dampness condition,

might then lead to Qi stagnation.

Thats why we add Poria and sharen or qingpi, chenpi when using shu

dihuang.

 

" Getting rid of Qi-stagnation will automatically tonify the Qi " (as

most of the time we have proper air to breath and enough calories

eaten but the mechanism to transform/transport is just obstructed).

(like adding xiang fu, hou po)

 

" Pushing/promoting the blood (making its flow faster) will

automatically tonify the blood. " (like danggui, chuanxiong).

 

Also stagnations have to be diagnosed properly as

longstanding deficiency always leads to some kind of stagnancy

(phlegm, qi, blood, dampness).

 

And then you mix the formulas to treat all at once.

Xiangshaheweiwan (xiangshayangweiwan) being my favourite:

 

Codonopsis, R.

Atractylodis macro., Rh.

Citri reticulatae, Pericarpium

Poria

Pinellia Praep., Rh.

Amomi, Fructus

Cyperi, Rh.

Aucklandiae, R.

Aurantii immat, Fr.

Amomi rotundus, Fr.

Agastachis, H.

Magnolia off., Cortex

Glycirrhizae, R.

 

this cleans up stagnations from longstanding deficiency...

 

Tay.