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Herbology 3 - Class 09
Herbology Part 3
By: David Botton

Formulas that Expel Damp


Formulas that Expel Damp


Wu Ling San - Five Fungus Powder


Ze Xie - promotes urination to drain water-damp

Zhu Ling - promotes urination to drain water-damp

Bai Zhu - tonifies SP to eliminate dampness

Fu Ling - tonifies SP to eliminate dampness, promote urination

Gui Zhi - generates warm, promotes bladder Qi transformation, release external-wind


Promotes urination, water-damp, strengthen SP

Warms Yang, promotes Bladder Qi transformation

Pathogen still some what external


1. water build up, tai yang stage 1. Relieve Headache w/ vomit after drinking

2. Sp. Qi Def. cause damp accum. 2. Promote Urination for Edema, Urinary difficulty

3. Retention of fluid rebelling upward 3. Stop throbbing pulsation below umbilicus, SOB, cough



Zhu Ling San

Chief: (3) Zhu Ling - promotes urination to drain water-damp

Chief: (3) Fu Ling - tonifies SP to eliminate dampness, promote urination

Deputy: (3) Ze Xie - promotes urination to drain water-damp

Assistant: (3) Hua Shi - clear heat, unblock painful urinary

Assistant: (3) E Jiao - enrich Yin


Cold entering Yang Min or Lesser Yin and transforming to heat that causing clumping and edema

Promote urination, clear heat, nourish yin

Pathogen is internal



Wu Pi San - Five Peel Powder


(15) Sang Bai Pi - direct LU Qi down to promote urination

(6) Sheng Jiang Pi - transform damp, disperse and disperse edema

(15) Fu Ling Pi - leach out damp, strengthen SP

(9) Chen Pi - remove Qi stagnation

(15) Da Fu Pi - remove Qi stagnation


Resolves dampness, reduces edema, regulates Qi, strengthens SP

Pi Shui (Skin Edema), generalized edema



Ping Wei San - Calm the Stomach Powder


Cang Zhu - dries damp, strengthens SP

Hou Po - dries damp, activates Qi, reduces accumulation and distension

Chen Pi - activate Qi, harmonizes ST, dries damp, transforms phlegm

Sheng Jiang - harmonizes middle jiao, regulates ST Qi

Zhi Gan Cao - tonifies and harmonizes middle jiao

Da Zao - tonifies and harmonizes middle jiao


Damp-cold stagnation in middle jiao

Transforms turbid-damp, strengthens SP

Activate Qi, regulates Stomach Qi, harmonizes middle jiao



Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San - Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi


Chief: (12) Huo Xiang - disperse wind-cold, transform turbid damp, revive SP stop vomitting

Deputy: (9) Hou Po - move qi, promote water metabolism

Deputy: (9) Chen Pi - regulate Qi, tranform damp, harmonize middle jiao

Deputy: (6) Zi Su Ye - release exterior, harmonize middle jiao

Deputy: (6) Bai Zhi - treat headache

Assistant: (9) Ban Xia - harmonize ST, stop vomiting

Assistant: (9) Da Fu Pi - move qi, promote water metabolism in lower jiao

Assistant: (12) Bai Zhu - strength SP, transform damp

Assistant: (9) Fu Ling - strength SP, transform damp

Assistant: (9) Jie Geng - promote LU function

Envoy: (3) Zhi Gan Cao - harmonize

Sheng Jiang

Da Zao


Acute turmoil disorder

Externally contracted wind-cold with concurrent internal injury due to stagnation of damp

Release exterior, transform damp, regulate Qi, harmonize middle jiao



Yin Chen hao Tang - Artemisia Yinchenhao Decoction


Chief: (18) Yin Chen Hao - treat jaudice

Deputy: (9) Zhi zi - clear heat from three jiao

Assistant: (6) Da Huang - purge heat through bowels


Yang type (damp-heat) jaudice due to dampness and heat accumulation

Clears heat, resolves dampness, reduces jaundice



Ba Zheng San - Eight-Herb Powder for Rectification


Chief: (3-6) Mu Tong - clear heat, promote urination, clear damp stagnation

Deputy: (12-30) Hua Shi - clear damp-heat, promote-urination

Deputy: (9-15) Che Qian Zi - clear damp-heat, promote-urination

Deputy: (6-12) Qu Mai - clear damp-heat, promote-urination

Deputy: (6-12) Bian Xu - clear damp-heat, promote-urination

Assistant: (3-9) Zhi Zi - drain heat from three jiao through urine 

Assistant: (6-9) Zhi Da Huang - drain heat through stool

Envoy: (3-6) Deng Xin Cao - guide heat downward

Envoy: (3-9) Gan Cao - harmonize


Hot or bloody painful urinary dysfunction, from damp-heat in lower jiao

Clears heat, promotes urination, and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction



Zhen Wu Tang - True Warrior Decoction


Chief: (9) Fu Zi - restore KD yang

Deputy: (6) Bai Zhu - strengthen SP, promote urination

Deputy: (9) Fu Ling - strengthen SP, promote urination

Assistant: (9) Sheng Jiang - warm and dispel pathogenic watter

Assistant: (9) Bai Shao - preserve yin, alleviate pain


KD or SP and KD yang def, with retention of pathogenic water

Warms yang, promotes urination



Bei Xie Fen Qing Yin - Dioscorea Hypoglauca Decoction to Separate the Clear

Chief: (12) Bei Xie - drain damp, transform turbidity

Deputy: (9) Yi Zhi Ren - warm kidney yang

Assistant: (9) Wu Yao - warm KD, promote movement of Qi, transform wate

Assistant: (9) Shi Chang Pu - tranform turbidiy, eliminate damp and cold from def. UB


Cloudy painful urinary dysfunction (gao lin) due to cold from def in lower jiao

Warms the Kidneys, drains dampness, transforms and separates the turbid from clear



Qian Huo Sheng Shi Tang - Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness


Chief: (3) Qiang Huo - expel wind damp from the upper

Chief: (3) Du Huo - expel wind damp from lower

Deputy: (1.5) Gao Ben - expel wind and damp from tai yang

Deputy: (1.5) Fang Feng - expel wind and damp from tai yang

Assistant: (1.5) Chuan Xiong - treats headache and invigorates 

Assistant: (.9) Man Jing zi - treats headache

Envy (1.5) Zhi Gan Cao - harmonize


Wind-dampness in superficial levels

Expels wind and overcomes dampness



Juan Bi Tang - Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction


Chief: (3) Qiang Huo - expel wind damp from the upper 

Chief: (3) Du Huo - expel wind damp from lower

Deputy: (3) Qin Jiao - expel wind damp

Deputy: (9) Sang Zhi - expel wind damp

Deputy: (9) Hai Feng Tang - expel wind damp

Assistant: (9) Dang Gui - invigorate blood

Assistant: (2.1) Chuan Xiong - invigorate blood

Assistant: (2.4) Ru Xiang - break up blood stasis

Assistant: (2.4) Mu Xiang - relieves the SP

Assistant: (1.5) Rou Gui - circulate Wang Qi

Envoy: (1.5) Zhi Gan Cao - harmonize


Joint pain due to local obstruction (bi syndrome) from wind-damp-cold

Removes wind-dampness and alleviates painful obstruction



Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang


Chief: (12) Gui Zhi - warms and unblocks channels

Deputy: (6) Ma Huang - relieves superficial swelling

Deputy: (6) Fu Zi - warms channels to relieve pain

Deputy: (12) Zhi Mu - resolves heat from constraint in joints

Deputy: (9) Shao Yao - clears heat, prevent injury to yin

Assistant: (15) Bai Zhu - unblock yang Qi, leach out dampness

Assistant: (12) Fang Feng - expel wind and damp

Envoy: (15) Sheng Jiang - harmonize

Envoy: (6) Gan Cao - harmonize


Recurrent wind-cold-damp bi where localized constraint generates heat

Unblocks the flow of Yang Qi, promotes movement of obstruction, dispels wind, overcomes dampness



Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang


Chief: (9) Du Hou - expel wind-damp-cold from lower

Deputy: (6) Xi Xin - scatter cold in channels

Deputy: (6) Fang Feng - expel wind and damp

Deputy: (6) Qin Jiao - relax sinews, expel wind and damp

Assistant: (6) Sang Ji Sheng - expel wind-damp, tonify LR and KD

Assistant: (6) Du Zhong - expel wind-damp, tonify LR and KD

Assistant: (6) Niu Xi - expel wind-damp, tonify LR and KD

Assistant: (6) Rou Gui - warms and unblocks channels

Assistant: (6) Dang Gui - nourish and invigorate blood

Assistant: (6) Chuan Xiong - nourish and invigorate blood

Assistant: (6) Sheng Di Huang - nourish and invigorate blood

Assistant: (6) Bai Shao - nourish and invigorate blood

Assistant: (6) Ren Shen - strengthen SP

Assistant: (6) Fu Ling - strengthen SP

Envoy (6) Zhi Gan Cao - harmonize, tonify middle jiao Qi


Bi syndrome with LR and KD Def.

Expels wind-damp, disperses painful obstruction, tonify def


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