si ni jia ren shen tang

Fridgid Extremitites Decoction plus Ginseng

About si ni jia ren shen tang

Si Ni Jia Ren Shen Tang, Frigid Extremities Decoction plus Ginseng, adds Ren Shen to Zhi Fu Zi, Gan Jiang and Zhi Gan Cao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that rescue devastated Yang.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
zhi fu zi6 g
gan jiang4.5 g
zhi gan cao6 g
ren shen—

Actions and indications

Rescues Yang

  • Collapse from exhausted Heart Yang (Yang Xu Jue Ni)
  • Kidney Yang deficiency with internal Cold, possibly with Qi and Yin deficiency as well
  • Severe, rapid breathlessness
  • Limbs icy cold with aversion to cold; sleeping with the knees drawn up
  • Lethargy and constant sleepiness, and in severe cases coma
  • Pale face, or a red face with superficial fever; bluish lips and nails
  • Tongue pale or dark purple with a slippery white coat; pulse deep and thready, deep and slow, or deep and faint

Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses internal Cold and stops diarrhea

  • Vomiting and diarrhea without thirst
  • Cold and pain in the abdomen, with indigestion
  • Edema

Modern uses

  • Shock
  • Acute myocardial infarction
  • Cardiac insufficiency
  • Cor pulmonale
  • Cerebrovascular insufficiency
  • Hypopituitarism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Adrenal insufficiency
  • Acute gastroenteritis
  • Vomiting and diarrhea in acute or chronic gastroenteritis
  • Cholera
  • Chronic colitis
  • Gastroptosis
  • Indigestion
  • Abdominal pain
  • Intestinal Heat
  • Cirrhosis of the liver
  • Jaundice
  • Chronic prostatitis
  • Functional uterine bleeding
  • Recurrent aphthous ulcers
  • Intoxication
  • Arthritis
  • Intractable arthritis
  • Influenza
  • Common cold
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea

Symptoms

Cautions

Names

Pinyinsi ni jia ren shen tang
English NameFridgid Extremitites Decoction plus Ginseng

Classification

Category
Rescue Devastated Yang