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Chinese Medicinal Material
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【Chinese Name】 |
天麻鉤藤飲
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【Phonetic】 |
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
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【English Name】 |
Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction |
【Classification】 |
Wind-calming formulas |
【Source】 |
《Newly Explained Diagnosis and Treatment of TCM Internal Medicine and Miscellaneous Diseases》Zhong Yi Nei Ke Za Bing Zheng Zhi Xin Yi《中醫內科雜病證治新義》 |
【Combination】 |
Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tian Ma) 9g, Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis (Gou Teng) 12g, Haliotidis Concha (Sheng Jue Ming) 18g, Gardeniae Fructus (Shan Zhi) 9g, Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin) 9g, Cyathulae Radix (Chuan Niu Xi) 12g, Eucommiae Cortex (Du Zhong) 9g, Leonuri Herba (Yi Mu Cao) 9g, Taxilli Herba (Sang Ji Sheng) 9g, Polygoni Multiflori Caulis (Ye Jiao Teng) 9g, Poriae Pararadicis Sclerotium (Zhu Fu Shen) 9g |
【Method】 |
Prepare as a decoction. |
【Action】 |
Calms the liver and extinguishes wind, clears heat and invigorates blood, supplements and boosts the liver and kidney. |
【Indication】 |
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin is indicated for patterns of hyperactive liver yang and ascending liver wind. The symptoms are headache, dizziness and vertigo, insomnia with profuse dreaming; or a bitter taste in the mouth, flushed face, a red tongue with a yellow tongue coating, and a wiry or rapid pulse. |
【Pathogenesis】 |
Liver and kidney deficiency with hyperactive liver yang generating wind and heat is the cause of this pattern. Hyperactive liver yang leads to ascending wind that harasses the upper body and causes headache and vertigo. Excessive liver yang generates heat that harasses the heart resulting in irritability, insomnia, and excessive dreaming. A red tongue body with a yellow coating and a wiry, rapid pulse are the signs of hyperactive yang generating heat. The root of this syndrome is deficiency and the branch is excess, although the branch is more pronounced. Therefore, the treatment emphasizes calming the liver to extinguish wind, while clearing wind to calm the mind and nourishing liver and kidney assist. |
【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin serves as the common formula used to treat hyperactive liver yang and liver wind harassing the upper body. This clinical pattern is marked by headache, vertigo, insomnia, red tongue body with yellow tongue coating, wiry pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of ascending hyperactive liver yang or liver wind harassing the upper body: hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, and auditory vertigo. |
【Remark】 |
Euconmmia (Eucommia ulmoides) is listed as "Vulnerable" in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. |
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