zeng ye cheng qi tang

Increase the Fluids and Order the Qi Decoction

About zeng ye cheng qi tang

Zeng Ye Cheng Qi Tang, Increase the Fluids and Order the Qi Decoction, adds Da Huang and Mang Xiao to the Zeng Ye Tang base. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that drain downward, and records it as enriching Yin while unblocking the bowels.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
xuan shen30 g
mai men dong24 g
sheng di huang24 g
da huang9 g
mang xiao4.5 g

Actions and indications

Enriches Yin and generates fluids

  • Yang Ming deficiency: fluids too depleted to move the stool
  • Yin-deficient constipation that Zeng Ye Tang alone has not moved
  • Thirst with a dry mouth and lips
  • Tongue red, thin and dry, with little or no coat, or a thin yellow or scorched yellow coat; pulse thin and slightly rapid, or weak and without force

Drains Heat and unblocks the bowels

  • Dry, hard stools that are hard to pass, even with purgatives
  • Fullness and distension of the epigastrium and abdomen

Modern uses

  • Habitual constipation
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Anal fissures
  • Abdominal fullness and distension
  • Chronic pancreatitis
  • Intestinal tuberculosis
  • Aphthous ulcers
  • Gingivitis
  • Periodontitis
  • Toothache
  • Base formula for oral side effects of radiation
  • Dry mucous membranes
  • Dry skin
  • Skin diseases
  • Epistaxis
  • Glaucoma
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypertension
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Neck stiffness
  • Fever
  • After-effects of infectious diseases
  • Postpartum anuria
  • Kidney failure

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Names

Pinyinzeng ye cheng qi tang
English NameIncrease the Fluids and Order the Qi Decoction

Classification

Category
Drain Downward