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Xiao Qing Long Tang (Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction)

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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #b7e768" align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Monotype Corsiva">Xiao Qing Long Tang </span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #b7e768" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction</span>)</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The name of this formula is thought to be derived from chinese folk religion. The wood spirit from the east, known as the bluegreen dragon, is present in the billowing ocean waves and is reonsible for generating clouds, and for stimulating them to produce rain. This formula tranforms congested fluids and expels pathogenic influences like the dragon which manifests in the power of the waves.</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Source</span>: </span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Discussion of cold-induces Disorders (Shang Han Lun)</span></div><div align="center"><table style="width: 1049.67px; background-color: rgb(183, 231, 104); font-size: 17.5px; font-style: italic;"><tbody><tr><td><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (Gan Jiang)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Herba cum Radice Asari (Xi Xin)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis (Wu Wei Zi)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae (Ban Xia)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (Zhi Gan Cao)</span></div></td><td><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g  </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">9g</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Preparation: </span></div>
<div align="left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Decoction to be taken hot. Today the dosage of Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (Gan Jiang) adn Herba cum Radice Asari (Xi Xin) is reduced to 3g because of the very hot nature of these herbs. Availabel in prepared form.</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Actions:</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Releases the exterior</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Transforms congested fluids</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Warms the Lungs</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Directs rebellious qi downward</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000cd; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Indications:</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Fever and chills (chills predominant) without sweating, coughing, wheezing, sputum that is copious, white, stringy, and difficult to expectorate, a stifling sensation in the chest, a generalized sensation of heaviness and body aches, no particular thirst, a moist tongue coating, and a floating edema or considerable difficulty in breathing when lying down.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Patient with chronic water metabolism problems and congested fluids usually have weak Lungs and Spleen. When they contract external wind-cold, the fluids and the cold are locked in battle, causing the interstices and pores to close. This results in fever and chills witout weating. The Lungs control the qi and the exterior and facillitate the flow in the water pathways. When the Lung qi is contrained by wind-cold, the qi mechanism is further impeded, and congested fluids accumulate in the epigastric region and attack the Lungs from below. This process leads to coughing and wheezing(with copious, white, stringy sputum that is difficult to expectorate), a stifling sensation in the chest, a generalized sensation of heaviness and body aches, and in very severe cases, difficulty in breathing whilte lying down. Fluids enterning the superficial levels of the body can cause floating edema. The absence of thirst and the moist tongue coating indicate a surfeit of fluids. The floating nature of the pulse indicates an exterior conditions, whilte tigheness reflects cold.</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Analysis of Formula:</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The efficacy of this formula is attributed to its ability to simultaneously release wind-cold from the exterior and transform congested fluids in the interior. </span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">< Chief Herbs ></span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang): </span>releases the exterior, arrests wheezing, and moves water by facilitating the flow of Lung qi.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi): </span>works with Herba Ephedra (Ma Huang) to release the exterior.</span></div></li></ul>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (Gan Jiang), Herba cum Radice Asari(Xi Xin):</span> warm the interior, transform congested fluids, and help the chief herbs release the exteior.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (Gan Jiang): </span>particularly effective in warming the Spleen, the deficiency of which is the primary cause of congested fluids.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Herba cum Radice (Xi Xin): </span>also stops the coughing by facilitating the flow of qi throughout the body.</span></div></li></ul>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis (Wu Wei Zi):</span> prevents the leakage of Lung qi</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao):</span> nourishes the blood and nutritive qi</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae (Ban Xia):</span> transform congested fluids and harmonizes the Stomach</span></div></li></ul>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">< Envoy Herbs ></span></p>
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<div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (Zhi Gan Cao):</span> augments the qi and harmonizes the interaction of acrid and sour herbs</span></div></li></ul>
<div align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Commentary</span>:</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This formula is basically a combination of two formulas that release the exterior, Ephedra Decoction (Ma Huang Tang) and Cinnamon Twig Decoction (Gui Zhi Tang), together with Poria, Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger, and Asarum Decoction (Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang). It acts to warm the interior and transform congested fluids, and is most often used for acute attacks of wind-cold in cases with chronic congested fluids or Spleen deficiency.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">acute bronchitis, acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and influenza</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This formula should not be used long-term, nor for conditions with heat, coughing of blood, or coughing due to yin deficiency. Use with caution in cases with hypertension. In such cases, honey-fried Herba Ephedrae (Zhi Ma Huang) is often substituted for HErba Ephedrae (Ma Huang).</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Modifications:</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Severe exterior cold disorders</span>: increase the dosage of Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) and Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi)</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Marked congestion, copious sputum, difficulty in breathing while lying down, a slippery and wet tongue coating, and a wiry and tight or wiry and slippery pulse</span>: increase the dosage of Herba cum Radice Asari (Xi Xin) and Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae (Ban Xia), and add Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Recens (Sheng Jiang)</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pronounced nasal congestion, runny nose, and headache</span>: substitute Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Recens(Sheng Jiang) for Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (Gan Jiang), substitute Radix Paeoniae Rubrae (Chi Shao) for Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao), and add Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) and Herba seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie)</span></div></li></ul><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
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<div>Reference: Formulas & Strategies, Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet, Eastland Press, 1990. p. 38-39</div>
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