Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang (Liver-Sedating Wind-Extinguishing Decoction)

醫學衷中參西錄

Records of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in Combination, Volume 7: 'Treats internal wind-stroke pattern (also called wind-stroke-like pattern, i.e., what Westerners call cerebral congestion), with a wiry, long, and forceful pulse (i.e., what Western medicine calls excessively high blood pressure); or upper exuberance and lower deficiency, with the head and eyes often dizzy; or frequent pain and heat in the brain; or eye distension and tinnitus; or vexing heat in the heart; or frequent belching; or the limbs gradually feeling impaired; or the mouth and eyes gradually becoming deviated; or the complexion as if intoxicated; or even dizziness to the point of falling down, unconsciousness, waking only after some time, or after waking unable to recover, with diminished spirit, or limbs becoming flaccid and useless, or developing hemiplegia.'

30 g Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes root), 30 g raw hematite (crushed fine), 15 g raw dragon bone, 15 g raw oyster shell, 15 g raw tortoise plastron, 15 g raw Hangzhou peony root, 15 g Scrophularia root, 15 g Asparagus root, 6 g Sichuan chinaberry fruit, 6 g raw malt, 6 g Artemisia capillaris, 4.5 g licorice root.

Boil nine bowls of water down to three bowls; take one bowl warm after each of the three meals.

湯劑

Pacify the liver and extinguish wind; nourish yin and subdue yang.

Internal wind-stroke pattern, with a wiry, long, and forceful pulse, or upper exuberance and lower deficiency, with the head and eyes often dizzy, or frequent pain and heat in the brain, or eye distension and tinnitus, or vexing heat in the heart, or frequent belching, or the limbs gradually feeling impaired, or the mouth and eyes gradually becoming deviated, or the complexion as if intoxicated; or even dizziness to the point of falling down, unconsciousness, waking only after some time, or after waking unable to recover, with diminished spirit, or limbs becoming flaccid and useless, or developing hemiplegia.

For severe heat in the heart: add Shi Gao (gypsum): 30. -- For profuse phlegm: add Dan Nan Xing (Arisaema cum Bile): 6. -- For a chi pulse that is deficient on heavy pressure: add Shu Di Huang (prepared rehmannia): 24, Shan Zhu Yu (cornus): 15. -- For unformed stools: add Chi Shi Zhi (halloysite): 30. -- After taking several doses, it is necessary to further transform the static blood in the brain for it to be effective: add Tao Ren (peach kernel): 10, Hong Hua (safflower): 10, San Qi (notoginseng): 3, Di Long (earthworm): 6. -- If the pulse is wiry, hard, and large, with a tendency to float outward and scatter: add Shan Zhu Yu (cornus): 30.