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Names Of Dan Gui Yin Zi

Dan Gui Yin Zi TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Tangkuei Decoction
Pinyin Name: Dan Gui Yin Zi
Alternate Names: Tangkuei Decoction, Tang-kuei and Tribulus Combination, Dang Gui Drink, Dang Gui and Tribulus Decoction
Chinese Character: 当帰飲子

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How Is Dan Gui Yin Zi Categorized?

Dan Gui Yin Zi Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Expel Wind
Subcategory: Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency

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Sub Categories Within The Expel Wind Category

Extinguish Internal Wind Release Wind from the Skin and Channels

There Are 4 Formulas In Our Expel Wind Category

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How Is Dan Gui Yin Zi Used Clinically?

Dan Gui Yin Zi Usages and Indications

Exterior wind skin conditions with underlying blood deficiency - eczema (particularly dry and flaky), hives (urticaria), neurodermatitis, psoriasis, dry skin, itchy skin that is generally worse at night.
Anemia generally, particularly when associated with related skin issues.
Alopecia.

Cautions and Contraindications

Avoid alcohol and spicy, greasy, fried, and/or fatty foods while taking.

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Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Dan Gui Yin Zi

Dan Gui Yin Zi Related Conditions and Patterns

Alopecia Anemia Dermatitis Eczema Itching Psoriasis Skin Problems (Rash)

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Liver Blood Deficiency Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Heat Spleen Blood Deficiency

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Dan Gui Yin Zi Has 11Ingredients

Dang Gui

Chinese Angelica Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.

Bai Shao

White Peony Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

Nourishes the blood and regulates menstrual problems due to blood deficiency (pale, lusterless complexion and nails) - menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding - very common herb for gynecological disorders (Si Wu Tang).
Calms liver yang, alleviates pain from constrained liver qi or disharmony between the liver and the spleen due to liver yang rising - cramping and spasms (limbs and abdomen), abdominal pain from dysentery, headache and dizziness.
Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei levels - vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea, exterior wind-cold from deficiency with continuous sweating, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.

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Sheng Di Huang

Rehmannia

Appears in the Herbs That Cool The Blood category

Usages

Clears Heat, Cools Blood. High fever, thirst, scarlet tongue, hemorrhage due to heat in the Blood.
Nourishes Yin, Generates Fluids. Yin Deficiency with heat signs with injury to body fluids. Dry mouth, low-grade fever, constipation, throat pain from yin deficiency.
Cools Ascending Heart Fire (HT, LV). Mouth and tongue sores, irritability, insomnia, malar flush.
Wasting thirst disorder.

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Chuan Xiong

Szechuan Lovage Root

Appears in the Herbs That Invigorate Blood category

Usages

Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis).
Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues.
Headache - moves qi upward and alleviates pain; headaches due to wind, heat, cold, blood deficiency.

Fang Feng

Ledebouriella root, siler

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Releases exterior, expel wind-cold (headache, chills, body ache)
Bi-Syndromes, Wind-Damp, alleviates pain, relieves spasms (not very strong, only as a supporting herb)
Trembling hands and/or feet
Spleen/Liver intestinal issues - painful diarrhea, bright blood in stool
Migraines

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Bai Ji Li

Caltrop Fruit, Puncture Vine Fruit

Appears in the Herbs That Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors category

Usages

Calms the liver, anchors the yang - headache, vertigo due to liver yang rising.
Expels wind-heat, brightens the eyes - red, painful, swelling of the eye.
Promotes the smooth flow of qi - chest/flank pain and distention, insufficient lactation.
Expels wind - stops itching.

Huang Qi

Astragalus Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies spleen qi - lack of appetite, fatigue, diarrhea.
Raises yang qi of spleen and stomach - prolapse of uterus, stomach, rectum, uterine bleeding.
Augments the wei qi and stabilizes the exterior - deficiency w/spontaneous sweating, frequent colds or shortness of breath.
Tonify qi and blood due to loss of blood - postpartum fever.
Edema from deficiency.
Promote discharge of pus, generate flesh - sores due to deficiency.

He Shou Wu

Polygonum, Fleeceflower Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

Tonifies liver and kidney, nourishes blood, augments essence - yin and/or blood deficiency w/dizziness, blurred vision, prematurely grey hair, weakness in the lower back and knees, sore limbs, insomnia, nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge; neither cold, drying, nor too cloying.
Relieves toxic fire - carbuncles, sores, scrofula, neck lumps.
Moistens intestines - constipation associated with blood deficiency.
Expels wind from skin by nourishing the blood.
Chronic malaria w/qi and blood deficiency.

Jing Jie

Schizonepeta Stem

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Expels wind and releases the exterior - useful for either wind-cold or wind-heat
Useful for boils, carbuncles, etc. in the initial stages
Resolve itching (wind-heat in the blood level), may be used topically
Stops bleeding, blood in stool (secondary herb), uterine bleeding

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Sheng Jiang

Fresh Ginger Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Release the exterior, wind-cold, regulate ying and wei qi
Warms the middle jiao - stomach cold/vomiting
Alleviates coughing, warms lung
Reduces toxicity of other herbs

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Gan Cao

Licorice Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies the spleen and augments qi - spleen deficiency w/shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools (si jun zi tong).
Qi and/or blood deficiency w/irregular pluse or palpitations (Zhi Gan Cao Tang).
Moistens the lungs and stops cough - heat/cold in the lungs (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang).
Clears heat and toxic fire (raw) - carbuncles, sores, sore throat due to fire toxin (internally or topically).
Alleviates pain and stops spasms - abdomen or legs (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang).
Often used to harmonize and/or moderate characteristics of other herbs.
Antidote for toxic substances (internally and topically).

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