xiang ru san

Name: xiang ru san
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Elsholtzia Powder

About xiang ru san

Xiang Ru San, Elsholtzia Powder, is Xiang Ru, Bai Bian Dou and Hou Po. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that release Exterior Cold, and records it as releasing the Exterior, scattering Cold and transforming Damp to bring the Middle Jiao back into accord.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
xiang ru	9 g
bai bian dou	6 g
hou po	6 g

Actions and indications

Releases the Exterior and scatters Cold

Summertime damage from cold (Yin summerheat): wind and cold caught in hot weather, from drafts, cold food and drink or air conditioning while sweating
Chills and fever with no sweating, skin warm to the touch, headache, and a heavy, aching head and body
Aversion to cold, tired limbs and lethargy

Transforms Damp and harmonizes the Middle Jiao

Damp-Cold blocking the Spleen and Stomach: stifling fullness of the chest and epigastrium, abdominal pain, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
Tongue pink with a thick, white greasy coat; pulse floating, sometimes floating and soggy

Modern uses

Common cold and summer flu
Influenza
Fever
Headache
Heat stroke
Acute gastroenteritis
Bacillary dysentery
Enteric cholera
Diarrhea
Nausea and vomiting
Indigestion
Abdominal pain
Anorexia
Fatigue
Acute tonsillitis
Encephalitis B
Hypokalemia

Symptoms

Abdominal pain
Anhidrosis
Aversion to cold
Chest oppression
Chills
Diarrhea
Fatigue
Fever
Headache
Heavy body
Heavy head
Local heat
Nausea
Poor appetite
Vomiting

Modifications

More marked exterior signs: + qing hao
Severe Cold, nasal obstruction (combined with Cong Chi Tang)
Cramps and spasms: + mu gua
More Damp: + fu ling, + gan cao
Spleen and Middle Qi deficiency: + ren shen, + bai zhu, + ju hong
Hypokalemia (combined with Liu Yi San): + bo he
Chills and stronger surface symptoms: + cong bai, + dan dou chi
Fever: + di gu pi, + qing hao
Summerheat: + jin yin hua, + lian qiao
Stronger effect: + huo xiang
Wind-Heat, Damp: + cang zhu, + zhi ban xia, + che qian zi, + fu ling
Wind-Heat with Damp, alternative: + zi su geng

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Wind-Heat with Damp, second alternative: + jin yin hua, + fu ling, + che qian zi, + lian qiao, + huo xiang, + pei lan, + he ye
Severe nausea and vomiting (combined with Liu Yi San): + huo xiang, + chen pi

Cautions

contraindication Only for the cold-type (Yin) summerheat pattern; not for summerheat where Heat predominates, with fever, thirst and sweating but no chills
contraindication Profuse sweating or exterior deficiency with spontaneous sweating, since the formula opens rather than secures the surface
caution Meant for brief use in acute cases; not to be taken long-term or repeatedly unless a professional advises it

Preparation

A coarse powder or briefly boiled decoction, cooked with a little wine and drunk cold; Xiang Ru is not boiled long

Names

Pinyin	xiang ru san
English Name	Elsholtzia Powder

Classification

Category: Release Exterior Cold

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