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.Because Licorice raises blood pressure, it should either not be used or used with care in patients withhypertension.Dosage: 8 pills three times per dayFormula explanation: Mix-fried Licorice is the sovereign medicinal in this formula.It supplements both theheart qi and blood.It is assisted by Ginseng which also supplements the qi and quiets the spirit, especially whencombined with mix-fried Licorice.Red Dates supplement the spleen and nourish the heart.Hence these threeare the main ingredients for supplementing the heart qi and blood.Another four medicinals nourish and enrichblood and yin.Cooked Rehmannia and Donkey Skin Glue both nourish the blood and enrich yin.Ophiopogonengenders fluids in the stomach and lungs, clears heat from the heart, and transforms phlegm, and Cannabisnourishes yin and moistens the intestines.Cinnamon Twigs free the flow of the heart qi.When combined withGinseng, it is especially effective for treating heart palpitations.Uncooked Ginger harmonizes the center andhelps prevent stagnation due to slimy, enriching ingredients, while the combination of uncooked Ginger andRed Dates harmonizes the constructive and defensive.Comments: Although this formula supplements the three vacuities of heart qi, blood, and yin, since it does nothave any heat-clearing medicinals other than Ophiopogon, it should not be used or used alone where yinvacuity has led to pronounced vacuity heat.A heart qi vacuity may also manifest a moderate or relaxed, i.e.,slightly slow pulse.Many athletes have such a pulse.In such cases, many Chinese doctors believe that over-exercise has damaged the heart.Therefore, this might be one Chinese ready-made medicine that is appropriatefor treatment of otherwise asymptomatic athletes who are looking to increase their performance.Yin-supplementing medicinesLiu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six Flavors Rehmannia Pills)cooked Radix Rehmanniae (Shu Di)Fructus Corni Officinalis (Shan Zhu Yu)Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae (Shan Yao)If you like this book, buy it! Page 186Rhizoma Alismatis (Ze Xie)Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (Fu Ling)Cortex Radicis Moutan (Dan Pi)Functions: Enriches and supplements the liver and kidneysIndications: Liver-kidney yin vacuity.Retarded growth of children, lumbago, optic neuritis, central retinitis,optic nerve atrophy, pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, Addisons disease, hypertension,neurasthenia, functional uterine bleeding, chronic urinary tract infection, chronic nephritis, chronicglomerulonephritis, nephroatrophy, deafness, impotence, nocturnal emission, nocturia, menopause, senilityMain signs & symptoms: Low back and knee soreness and weakness, dizziness and vertigo, tinnitus anddeafness, night sweats and spermatorrhea, bone-steaming and tidal fevers, heat in the hands, feet, and heart (orheat in the centers of the hands and feet), wasting thirst, possible vacuity fire toothache, dry mouth and throat,a red tongue with scant fur, and a fine, rapid pulseContraindications:1.Use this medicine with care in patients with slimy, white tongue fur and indigestion indicating spleen vacuityand dampness or food stagnation.2.Do not use in patients with diarrhea.Dosage: 8 pills three times per dayFormula explanation: Within this formula, cooked Rehmannia is the sovereign ingredient.It enriches kidneyyin and boosts the essence and marrow.Cornus assists in warming and enriching the kidneys and boosting theliver.Dioscorea enriches the kidneys and supplements the spleen.These are the three yin-supplementingmedicinals in this formula.They are called the san bu or three supplementers.These are then combined withthree draining or opening ingredients called the san xie, the three drainers.Alisma aids Rehmannia by drainingany exuberance of kidney fire and downbears turbidity.Moutan aids Cornus by draining liver fire.In addition,it quickens the blood and transforms stasis.Since this formula is so often used in the elderly and the chronicallyill, an element of blood stasis is often found in cases for whom this formula is appropriate.Poria assistsDioscorea by percolating spleen dampness.Further, Poria and Alisma work together to eliminate dampness anddisinhibit water
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