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452 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINEor static macules and/or spots, add Xue Hai (Sp 10) and QuChi (LI 11). If the limbs are numb and insensitive but alsochilly feeling, add Guan Yuan (CV 4) with moxibustion.4. WIND DAMP HEAT DAMAGING THEBLOOD PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Dark red, swollen skin lesions whichmay be itchy, generalized pain and weakness which tends tobe worse in hot weather, possible hot, swollen, red, painfuljoints, aggravation of symptoms in women before and duringmenstruation, a red or pale tongue with red tip and dryor scanty, possibly also slimy at the root, yellow fur, and afine, slippery, rapid pulseNOTE: If enduring damp heat fumes and steams and, therefore,consumes and damages yin and blood, it may give riseto the above pattern in which damp heat evils are still exuberantand pronounced.TREATMENT PRINCIPLES: Disperse wind, clear heat, anddry dampness, nourish and quicken the bloodRX: Yang Xue Xiao Feng Zao Shi Fang (Nourish the Blood,Disperse Wind & Dry Dampness Formula)INGREDIENTS:Shu Di (cooked Radix Rehmanniae)Bai Xian Pi (Cortex Dictamni)Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae)Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubrae)Chan Tui (Periostracum Cicadae)Huang Bai (Cortex Phellodendri)Cang Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis)Ci Ji Li (Fructus Tribuli)He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori)Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus)Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)25g25g25g15g15g15g15g15g15g15g9g9g9gANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Bai Xian Pi, Chan Tui, Ci Ji Li,and Jiang Can course wind and stop itching. Bai Xian Pi,Lian Qiao, Huang Bai, and Cang Zhu together clear and drydampness and heat. Dang Gui, Chi Shao, and Chuan Xiongquicken the blood and transform stasis. Gan Cao harmonizesthe other medicinals in this formula, while Shu Di, DangGui, and He Shou Wu nourish the blood.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: If there is concomitantblood stasis, add nine grams of Dan Shen (Radix SalviaeMiltiorrhizae) and 20 grams of Ji Xue Teng (CaulisSpatholobi). For severe itching, add nine grams each of WuShao She (Zaocys) and Xu Chang Qing (HerbaPycnostelmae). For hot, swollen, red, painful joints, add 12grams each of Ren Dong Teng (Caulis Lonicerae), Hong Teng(Caulis Sargentodoxae), and Hai Tong Pi (CortexErythiniae).ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION: Xue Hai (Sp 10), QuChi (LI 11), Ling Tai (GV 10), San Yin Jiao (Sp 6), localpoints in the affected areaANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Draining Xue Hai and Qu Chi is aspecial formula for treating skin disorders with itching due towind and/or damp heat. Ling Tai is an empirical point fortreating skin diseases due to heat. It should also be drained.Supplementing San Yin Jiao nourishes the blood and regulatesmenstruation. Draining local points in the affected areamoves the qi and quickens the blood, thus stopping pain.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: In case of hot, swollen,red, painful joints, add a shi points or points selected accordingto the location of pain. For severe blood vacuity, add ZuSan Li (St 36) and Ge Shu (Bl 17). For concomitant bloodstasis, also add Ge Shu (Bl 17). For severe itching, add FengShi (GB 30).5. SPLEEN-STOMACH VACUITY WEAKNESS PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Limb wilting, limpness, and lack of strengthwhich gradually gets worse accompanied by scanty eating, loosestools, facial edema and lack of luster, lassitude of the spirit, apale, tongue with thin, white fur, and a fine, weak pulseNOTE: This pattern does not typically manifest by itself inWestern patients. Usually, it is complicated by wind colddamp or wind damp heat evils. In fact, it is spleen qi vacuitywhich causes the defensive qi which allows these evils toinvade and enter the body. In addition, when there is spleenvacuity in Western patients, there will essentially always beconcomitant liver depression qi stagnation.TREATMENT PRINCIPLES: Fortify the spleen and boost theqi, nourish the blood and strengthen the sinewsRX: Shen Ling Bai Zhu San Jia Jian (Ginseng, Poria &Atractylodes Powder with Additions & Subtractions)INGREDIENTS:Shan Yao (Radix Dioscoreae)Yi Yi Ren (Semen Coicis)Lian Rou (Semen Nelumbinis)Sang Ji Sheng (Herba Taxilli)Huai Niu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis)Bai Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae)Bai Bian Dou (Semen Dolichoris)30g30g15g15g15g15g10g10g