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| Home -> Herbal Formulas -> He Jie Ji -> si ni san |
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| Pin-yin: |
si ni san |
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| English name: |
The Retroacting Powder for the Extremities |
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| Component: |
Radix Bupleuri(chai hu), Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae(bai shao), Fructus Immaturus Citri Aurantii(zhi shi), Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis(gan cao) |
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| Function: |
Vents pathogenic influences, releases constraints, spreads the liver qi, and regulates the spleen. |
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| Clinic Usage: |
This formula treats yang or hot-type collapse (yang jue) due to heat entering the interior and constrains the yang qi, which inhibits the spreading of yang qi to the extremities. Symptoms include cold fingers and toes, disharmony of liver and spleen, pain and a sensation of irritability in the chest and epigastrium, diarrhea or dysenteric disorders, a wiry pulse, distressed mood, reduced appetite, irritability, distended breasts, irregular menstruation with vaginal discharge white or pale yellow in color, and a red tongue. |
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| Cautions: |
This formula is to harmonize liver and spleen. The usage makes great difference with that of Retroacting Decoction for the Extremities (si ni tang). |
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