bao yuan tang

Name: bao yuan tang
Creator: Bencao Index

Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder

About bao yuan tang

Bao Yuan Tang is Huang Qi, Ren Shen, Zhi Gan Cao and Rou Gui. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that tonify Qi, and records it as tonifying Qi and warming Yang.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
huang qi	6 g
ren shen	6 g
zhi gan cao	3 g
rou gui	1.5 g

Actions and indications

Tonifies Qi

Qi deficiency of the Heart, or of the Heart and Lungs together
Tiredness, lethargy, shortness of breath and palpitations
Low-grade fever

Warms Yang

Heart Yang deficiency
Weak Spleen and Stomach Qi, with Cold from deficient Yang
Dislike of cold, possibly with chest pain, diarrhea or vomiting
Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep

Modern uses

Consumption, where the low fever comes from Yang floating up in Qi deficiency
Palpitations
Cardiac arrhythmia
Sick sinus syndrome
Congestive heart failure
Hypotension
Cough
Dyspnea
Asthma
Emphysema
COPD
Common cold
Chronic kidney failure
Thromboangiitis obliterans
Anemia
Thrombocytopenic purpura
Allergic purpura
Lupus erythematosus
AIDS/HIV
Smallpox or chickenpox where a Qi-deficient rash has sunken heads
Hypothyroidism
Neurosis
Neurasthenia
Spontaneous perspiration
Diarrhea
Fatigue
Weakness

Symptoms

Aversion to cold
Chest pain
Diarrhea
Fatigue
Low-grade fever
Palpitations
Shortness of breath
Vomiting

Modifications

Kidney failure (uremia): + fu ling, + sang ji sheng, + du zhong, + bai zhu, + sha ren, + chen pi
Uremic kidney failure with edema: + fu ling, + sang ji sheng, + du zhong, + bai zhu, + sha ren, + chen pi, + che qian zi, + zhu ling
Uremic kidney failure with Damp accumulation: + fu ling, + sang ji sheng, + du zhong, + bai zhu, + sha ren, + chen pi, + hou po
Lupus erythematosus (combined with Qin Jiao Bie Jia San): + gou qi zi, + bei sha shen, + mai men dong, + sang zhi, − chai hu, − zhi mu, − di gu pi, − dang gui, − rou gui, − gan jiang
Lupus erythematosus with Shen disturbance (combined with Qin Jiao Bie Jia San): + gou qi zi, + bei sha shen, + mai men dong, + sang zhi, + yu zhu, + lian zi, − chai hu, − zhi mu, − di gu pi, − dang gui, − rou gui, − gan jiang
Lupus erythematosus with toxic Heat (combined with Qin Jiao Bie Jia San): + gou qi zi, + bei sha shen, + mai men dong, + sang zhi, + jin yin hua, + huang lian, − chai hu, − zhi mu, − di gu pi, − dang gui, − rou gui, − gan jiang
Lupus erythematosus with joint pain (combined with Qin Jiao Bie Jia San): + gou qi zi, + bei sha shen, + mai men dong, + sang zhi, + wu shao she, + quan xie, − chai hu, − zhi mu, − di gu pi, − dang gui, − rou gui, − gan jiang
Lupus erythematosus with Spleen deficiency (combined with Qin Jiao Bie Jia San): + gou qi zi, + bei sha shen, + mai men dong, + sang zhi, + mai ya, + yi yi ren, − chai hu, − zhi mu, − di gu pi, − dang gui, − rou gui, − gan jiang
Heart Yang deficiency, lips, tongue and nails pale: + zhi fu zi, + gui zhi, + jiu chao dang gui, + e jiao, − gan jiang
Heart Yang deficiency, lips, tongue and nails purple: + zhi fu zi, + gui zhi, + jiu chao chuan xiong, + dan shen, + san qi, − gan jiang
Sick sinus syndrome: + gui zhi, + tan xiang, + sha ren, − rou gui, − gan jiang
Blood stasis in sick sinus syndrome: + gui zhi, + tan xiang, + sha ren, + yue ju hua, + tao ren, + chuan xiong, − rou gui, − gan jiang

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Spontaneous sweating in sick sinus syndrome: + gui zhi, + tan xiang, + sha ren, + bai zhu, + fang feng, − rou gui, − gan jiang

Names

Pinyin	bao yuan tang
English Name	Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder

Classification

Category: Tonfiy the Qi