Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Agastache Powder to Correct the Qi - TCM Herbal Formula

Names Of Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Agastache Powder to Correct the Qi
Pinyin Name: Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan
Chinese Character: 藿香正气丸

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How Is Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Categorized?

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Expel Dampness
Subcategory: Transform Damp Turbidity

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Sub Categories Within The Expel Dampness Category

Clear Damp-Heat Dispel Wind-Dampness Promote Urination and Leach out Dampness Transform Damp Turbidity Warm and Transform Water and Dampness

There Are 21 Formulas In Our Expel Dampness Category

How Is Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Used Clinically?

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Usages and Indications

Acute flu or cold symptoms including fever, aversion to cold, headaches, sinus pressure, runny nose.
Vomitting and diarrhea from interior damp with possible abdominal cramps or pains.

Cautions and Contraindications

Not suitable for patients that present with yin and/or blood deficiency.

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Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Abdominal Pain Common Cold Diarrhea Flu

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Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold Stomach Dampness

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Notes From Our Clinicians For Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan

Staff Clinical Notes

This is among a rarer group of formulas designed to treat simultaneous interior and exterior conditions. With the interior disharmony of the middle the flow between top and bottom is impaired, which is why the wind invasion tends to be restricted to the top. This tends to produce symptoms such as as chills, headache, and possibly tight/achy neck and upper back. The stagnation of the middle with damp tends to manifest as chest oppression, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Has 11Ingredients

Bai Zhi

Angelica Root

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Expels wind-cold, dampness
Opens nasal passages, sinus congestion (particularly with green discharge), alleviates pain (especially in the head region)
Resolve wind-cold symptoms especially with headaches (yangming - ST), supraorbital pain, congestion
Useful for swollen gums and toothache

This formula has cautions, see details

Bai Zhu

Atractylodes (White) Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies the spleen, augments qi, dries dampness - diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting, edema.
Stabilizes the exterior and stops sweating - spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
Calms the fetus - arising from spleen deficiency.

Ban Xia

Pinellia Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Transform Phlegm Cold category

Usages

Dries dampness, transforms cold-phlegm, descends rebellious qi - cough with copious sputum especially due to dampness of spleen.
Harmonizes stomach, stops vomiting due to lingering phlegm-dampness in the stomach.
Dissipates nodules, reduces distension - phlegm in chest or neck or anywhere in the body, focal distention in the chest.

This formula has cautions, see details

Chen Pi

Tangerine Peel

Appears in the Herbs That Regulate The Qi category

Usages

Regulates Qi, improves transportive function of the spleen, relieves diaphragm - epigastric/abdominal distention, fullness, bloating, belching, nausea, vomiting (promotes movement of qi in general; specifically directing it downward - good for different types of nausea/vomiting).
Important herb for drying dampness and the transformation of phlegm - coughs with stifling sensation in the chest/diaphragm, and copious viscous sputum (qi-level herb).
Prevents stagnation - prevents cloying of tonifying herbs.
Ju Hong is the red part of the tangerine peel - it is more drying and aromatic.

Da Fu Pi

Areca Peel, Betel Husk

Appears in the Herbs That Regulate The Qi category

Usages

Promotes the downward movement of Qi, reduces stagnation - food stagnation and qi obstruction w/epigastric and abdominal distention, belching, acid regurgitation, constipation.
Expels damp, promotes urination - edema, dampness in the stomach and intestines.

Fu Ling

Poria, China Root

Appears in the Herbs That Drain Dampness category

Usages

Promotes urination, drains dampness, transforms phlegm - urinary difficulty, diarrhea, edema, headache, dizziness, greasy tongue coat.
Strengthens the spleen, harmonizes the middle jiao - diarrhea, loss of appetite.
Quiets the heart and calms the spirit - palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness.

This formula has cautions, see details

Hou Po

Magnolia Bark

Appears in the Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness category

Usages

Promotes movement of Qi, transforms dampness, resolves stagnation - dampness in spleen/stomach, food stagnation, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal distention (*important herb for this).
Warms and transforms phlegm and directs rebellious lung Qi downward - wheezing, phlegm with coughing, stifling sensation in the chest.

This formula has cautions, see details

Huo Xiang

Patchouli

Appears in the Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness category

Usages

Aromatically transforms turbid dampness - abdominal distention, nausea, vomiting.
Harmonizes middle burner, stops vomiting due to dampness.
Releases the exterior (wind-damp-cold, summer heat), stomach flu.

Jie Geng

Balloon Flower Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Transform Phlegm Cold category

Usages

Opens up and disseminates lung qi, expels phlegm - cough (wind-heat/cold), benefits the throat (sore, loss of voice).
Promotes discharge of pus.
Guides other herbs to the upper body.

Zi Su Ye

Perilla Leaf

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Release the exterior, disperse cold - wind-cold w/fever
Resolve qi stagnation, open chest - vomiting, nausea
Calm restless fetus - morning sickness
Seafood poisoning - alone or in combination w/other herbs

Zhi Gan Cao

Honey Fried Licorice Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

This preparation increases the qi tonifying aspects of the heart and spleen along with its general harmonizing function within formulas. See Gan Cao for complete information.

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