da qin jiao tang

Dispels Wind and dredges the channels

• Wind-stroke at an early or middle stage, affecting the channels
• Mouth and eyes pulled to one side
• Hemiplegia or paralysis of the limbs, with rigid or spasming limbs and inability to walk
• Stiff tongue with difficulty swallowing
• Numbness of the skin or the whole body, tingling, and loss of feeling in the hands and feet
• Also usable when Wind, Cold, Damp and Heat are all severe

Clears Heat

• Wind-Heat painful obstruction, or obstruction where Wind predominates, with aching joints and pain that moves from joint to joint

Nourishes and invigorates the Blood

Harmonizes the Ying and Wei and moves Qi

• Fever and chills with dislike of cold, which can look like a common cold accompanying the other signs
• Tongue pink or red with a white or thin yellow coat; pulse floating, floating and wiry, floating and tight, or wiry and thin

Modern uses

• Apoplexy
• Stroke
• Thrombotic stroke
• Cerebral hemorrhage
• Cerebral embolism
• Hemiplegia
• Aphasia
• Bell's palsy
• Facial paralysis
• Dysphagia
• Rheumatism
• Arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Rheumatic arthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Polymyositis
• Muscle atrophy
• Multiple neuritis
• Numbness
• Paresthesia
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Fever