Da Fang Feng Tang, Major Ledebouriella Decoction, is Chuan Xiong, Zhi Fu Zi, Shu Di Huang, Bai Zhu, Fang Feng, Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Huang Qi, Du Zhong, Qiang Huo, Ren Shen, Zhi Gan Cao and Huai Niu Xi.

Herb

Amount

45 g

45 g

60 g

60 g

60 g

60 g

60 g

60 g

60 g

30 g

30 g

30 g

30 g

Actions and indications

Dispels Wind and eliminates Cold-Damp

Wind-Cold-Damp painful obstruction with Liver and Kidney deficiency
Joint pain that moves about, mostly in the wrists, elbows, knees and ankles, with chills and fever
Tongue pink, pale and swollen, or red, with a thin or greasy white coat; pulse floating and tight, deep and thin, deep and weak, or deep, slow and weak

Tonifies and moves Qi and Blood

Musculoskeletal disorders arising from severe deficiency of Qi and Blood
Dysenteric Wind (Li Feng): legs so sore and weak after dysentery that walking is hard
Hemiplegia, nerve pain, dizziness, tinnitus and a stifling feeling in the chest

Tonifies Yang and strengthens muscles, sinews and bones

Crane's knee Wind: one or both knees swollen, enlarged, stiff and painful, with wasting of the muscles above and below and restricted movement or paralysis
Pain and numbness through the legs, with wasting of the leg muscles
Feet that are paralysed, stiff, swollen and painful
Lumbago

Modern uses

Arthralgia
Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Gouty arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Knee pain
Lumbago
Neuralgia
Common cold
Fever
Wet beriberi with paralysis
Paralysis due to apoplexy
Paralysis from postpartum weakness
Lower-limb paralysis
Monoplegia
Hemiplegia
Facial paralysis
Myelitis
Myelophthisis
Muscle atrophy
Numbness
Paresthesia
Weakness
Idiopathic edema
Malnutritional edema
Tinnitus

Modifications

Edema: + bai zhu, + fu ling, + ze xie

Tai Yang deficiency: + xu duan

Stronger Blood invigoration: + hong hua

Pain from Blood stasis: + tao ren, + hong hua

Fibromyalgia from stagnant Qi and Blood (combined with Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang and Ma Xing Yi Gan Tang)

Fibromyalgia from stagnant Qi and Blood, alternative (combined with Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang and Ma Xing Yi Gan Tang)

Pinyin

da fang feng tang

English Name

Major Ledebouriella Decoction

da fang feng tang

About da fang feng tang

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Dispels Wind and eliminates Cold-Damp

Tonifies and moves Qi and Blood

Tonifies Yang and strengthens muscles, sinews and bones

Modern uses

Symptoms

Modifications

Cautions

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