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Names Of Xiao Qing Long Wan

Xiao Qing Long Wan TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Minor Blue Dragon Pills
Pinyin Name: Xiao Qing Long Wan
Chinese Character: 小青龙丸

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How Is Xiao Qing Long Wan Categorized?

Xiao Qing Long Wan Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Release the Exterior
Subcategory: Release Exterior-Interior Excess

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Sub Categories Within The Release the Exterior Category

Release Early Stage Exterior Disorders Release Exterior Cold Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency Release Exterior Wind Heat Release Exterior-Interior Excess

There Are 12 Formulas In Our Release the Exterior Category

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How Is Xiao Qing Long Wan Used Clinically?

Xiao Qing Long Wan Usages and Indications

Cold/flu like symptoms such as aversion to cold, cough, clear watery phlegm -from exterior wind cold invasion.
Wheezing, heavy sensation, edema due to interior water accumulation.

Cautions and Contraindications

Not meant for long term use.

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Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Xiao Qing Long Wan

Xiao Qing Long Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Asthma Common Cold Cough Fever

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Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold

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Notes From Our Clinicians For Xiao Qing Long Wan

Staff Clinical Notes

This formula is specifically for exterior wind-cold with interior water accumulation.

Xiao Qing Long Wan Has 5Ingredients

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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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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Gan Jiang

Dried Ginger Root

Appears in the Herbs That Warm the Interior and Expel Cold category

Usages

Warms the middle and expels cold - warms spleen and stomach both in conditions of excess due to externally contacted cold, as well as cold from deficiency due to yang qi deficiency.
Rescues devastated yang, expels interior cold - very weak pulse and cold limbs.
Warms the lungs and transforms phlegm - lung cold with thin, watery or white sputum.
Warms the channels, stops bleeding - hemorrhage of various types, especially for uterine bleeding (must be due to cold - chronic and pale in color, with cold limbs, soggy pulse).

Gui Zhi

Cinnamon Twig

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Releases muscle layer and adjusts ying and wei qi levels
Useful in wind-cold-damp bi syndromes to warm channels and disperse cold
Resolves blood stagnation particularly from cold - dysmenorrhea
Unblocks yang qi in the chest - shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations
Resolve edema and accumulation of cold phlegm

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Wu Wei Zi

Schisandra Fruit/Seed

Appears in the Herbs That Stabilize and Bind category

Usages

Constrain leakage of lung qi, enriches kidney yin - chronic cough and wheezing due to kidney and lung deficiency.
Tonify the kidneys, bind the essence, stop diarrhea - nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, frequent urination, daybreak diarrhea.
Inhibits sweating, generates fluids - thirst with excess sweat, spontaneous sweating, nightsweats, xiao ke.
Quiet the spirit, calm the heart - irritability, palpitations, insomnia due to blood deficiency or kidney and heart yin injury.

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