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
How Is Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Categorized?
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Expel Dampness
- Subcategory: Transform Damp Turbidity
Sub Categories Within The Expel Dampness Category
Clear Damp-HeatDispel Wind-DampnessPromote Urination and Leach out DampnessTransform Damp TurbidityWarm and Transform Water and Dampness
There Are 16 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.
Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan Related Conditions and Patterns
Abdominal PainCommon ColdDiarrheaFlu
All Conditions
Lung Wind Invasion - Wind ColdStomach Dampness
All Patterns
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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