Formulas that expel or calm wind
Du huo ji sheng tang
Angelica Pubescens and Sangjisheng Decoction
- Chinese name
- 独活寄生汤
- Group
- Formulas that expel or calm wind
- English name
- Du Huo and Loranthes Combination
- Basic formula
- ✓
Works against rheumatism: expels wind, cold and damp, strengthens liver and kidneys and replenishes qi and blood.
Indications
For chronic lower back pain, sciatica and other rheumatic and arthritic complaints from qi and blood deficiency with liver and kidney deficiency. The complaints worsen in cold, wet weather, with numbness and pain in joints and knees.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Du huo (pubescent angelica) | 6–9 g |
| Qin jiao (large-leaf gentian) | 3–6 g |
| Fang feng (saposhnikovia) | 3–6 g |
| Xi xin (Chinese wild ginger)toxic | no amount |
| Sang ji sheng (mulberry mistletoe) | 6–9 g |
| Du zhong (eucommia bark) | 3–6 g |
| Niu xi (achyranthes) | 3–6 g |
| Cinnamon bark (rou gui) | 1–3 g |
| Dang gui (Chinese angelica) | 3–6 g |
| Szechuan lovage (chuan xiong) | 3–6 g |
| Prepared rehmannia (shu di huang) | 6–9 g |
| White peony root (bai shao) | 3–6 g |
| Ginseng (ren shen) | 3–6 g |
| Fu ling (poria) | 9–12 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 3–6 g |
- Tongue
- pale with a white coating
- Pulse
- weak and thin
Variations
- For severe pain: add aconite (the book names the even more toxic unprepared chuan wu tou); only by a qualified therapist.
- For stagnation of blood and qi: add peach kernel, safflower and nutgrass rhizome.
- For lupus with hot, painful, swollen joints, the book describes an adapted version with gypsum, Chinese yam, Japanese knotweed, honeysuckle stem, zhi mu and qiang huo.