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Chinese Medicinal Material
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【Chinese Name】 |
川芎茶調散
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【Phonetic】 |
Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San
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【English Name】 |
Tea-Mix and Chuanxiong Powder |
【Classification】 |
Wind-calming formulas |
【Source】 |
《Formulas from the Imperial Pharmacy》Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang《太平惠民和劑局方》 |
【Combination】 |
Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuan Xiong) 4 liang (120g), Schizonepetae Herba (Jie Geng) 4 liang (120g), Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Bai Zhi) 2 liang (60g), Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix (Qiang Huo) 2 liang (60g), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) 2 liang (60g), Asari Radix et Rhizoma (Xi Xin) 1 liang (30g), Saposhnikoviae Radix (Fang Feng) 1.5 liang (45g), Menthae Haplocalycis Herba (Bo He) 8 liang (240g) |
【Method】 |
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Take 6g infused in green tea after meals each time, 3 times a day. It can also be prepared as a decoction by dosing the medicinals based on their original ratios. |
【Action】 |
Scatters wind and relieves pain. |
【Indication】 |
Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San is indicated for headaches caused by externally-contracted wind. The symptoms are headache in any part of the head, dizzy vision, and nasal congestion possibly accompanied by aversion to wind and fever. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is floating. |
【Pathogenesis】 |
This is a pattern of externally-contracted wind that has caused a headache. Pathogenic wind attacks the exterior and travels upward along the channels to the head and eyes. There it obstructs the clear yang qi and the flow of qi and blood in the channel, causing a headache, dizzy vision, and nasal congestion. As pathogenic wind may affect different channels, the headache may occur in different parts of the head (frontal, temporal, occipital, or vertex). Aversion to wind and fever indicate that exterior wind has invaded the exterior. A thin, white tongue coating and a floating pulse are indications of externally-contracted wind. Externally-contracted wind produces the headache. The therapeutic principles used to remedy this pattern are to scatter and dissipate wind in order to relieve pain. |
【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San serves as the common formula used to treat headaches caused by externally-contracted wind pathogens. This clinical pattern is marked by headache, nasal congestion, thin white tongue coating, floating pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of headache due to externally-contracted wind: headache resulting from rheum, migraine, cluster headache syndrome, and chronic rhinitis. 3. Cautions and contraindications It is not applicable for patients diagnosed with headache due to internal damage. |
【Additonal formulae】 |
Ju Hua Cha Tiao San (Tea-Mix and Chrysanthemum Powder 菊花茶调散) [Source]《Medical Formulas Collected and Analyzed》Yi Fang Ji Jie《医方集解》 [Ingredients] bo he 8 qian (24g), chuan xiong 4 qian (12g), jing jie 4 qian (12g), qiang huo 1 qian (3g), bai zhi 1 qian (3g), zhi gan cao 1 qian (3g), xi xin 1 qian (3g), ju hua 1 qian (3g), jiang can 3 fen (1g) [Preparation and Administration] Grind the medicinals into a fine powder. Take 3 qian (9g), infused in green tea after meals each time. [Actions] Scatters wind and relieves pain, and benefits the head and eyes. [Applicable Patterns] Headache may be caused by externally-contracted wind–heat. Symptoms include: headaches in any part of the head, vertigo, dizzy vision. |
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