Wu Ji San
五積散 wǔ jī sǎn, "Five Accumulation Powder"

Translated Name: Five Accumulation Powder

Category:

Formulas that Release the Exterior,

Release Exterior-lnterior Excess

Powder

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (15):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
麻黃	Ma Huang	ephedra stem	180	grams
白芷	Bai Zhi	angelica root	90	grams
乾薑	Gan Jiang	dried ginger rhizome	120	grams
肉桂	Rou Gui	inner bark of Saigon cinnamon, cinnamon bark	90	grams
當歸	Dang Gui	tangkuei, Chinese angelica root	90	grams
白芍	Bai Shao	white peony root, peony	90	grams
炙甘草	Zhi Gan Cao	Honey Prepared Licorice	90	grams
茯苓	Fu Ling	poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread	90	grams
半夏	Ban Xia	pinellia rhizome, pinellia tuber	90	grams
桔梗	Jie Geng	baloon flower root, platycodon root	360	grams
厚朴	Hou Po	magnolia bark	120	grams
蒼术	Cang Zhu	atractylodes rhizome	720	grams
陳皮	Chen Pi	aged tangerine peel, citrus	180	grams
枳殼	Zhi Ke	bitter orange	180	grams
川芎	Chuan Xiong	Sichuan lovage root, cnidium, chuanxiong root	90	grams

Tongue:

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Pulse:

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Cautions:

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Reference Source:

Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era

Modifications:

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	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Remove Herb (陳皮, aged peel) Chen Pi''' '''Remove Herb (枳殼, raisintree peel) Zhi Ke''' '''Add Herb (人蔘, man root) Ren Shen''' '''Add Herb (白术, white atractylodes) Bai Zhu''': For Qi deficiency with weakness - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p63 details... add comment

Debbie Rodriguez

'''Remove Herb

(麻黃, hemp yellow)

Ma Huang''' '''Remove Herb

(白芷, chinese angelica root)

Bai Zhi''' '''Add Herb

(香附, aromatic appendage)

Xiang Fu''' '''Add Herb

(延胡索, extended barbarian rope, spread foreign rope)

Yan Hu Suo''': For irregular menstruation with epigastric and abdominal pain due to cold. - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p63 details...

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	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (桂枝, cinnamon twig, cassia twig) Gui Zhi''' '''Remove Herb (肉桂, flesh cinnamon) Rou Gui''': For more acute exterior cold - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p63 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Remove Herb (麻黃, hemp yellow) Ma Huang''' '''Remove Herb (蒼术, green atractylodes) Cang Zhu''': For deficient exterior disorders with sweating. - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p63 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (吳茱萸, southern evodia) Wu Zhu Yu''': For severe cold with intense abdominal pain - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p63 details... add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Release Exterior. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Warm the Interior. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Transforms phlegm. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Invigorates the Blood, moves the Blood. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Reduces accumulation. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Treats any of the 5 kinds of stagnation. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Any stagnation of the Middle Jiao add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Chills and fever without sweating add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Food Stagnation add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Blood Stagnation add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Damp stagnation add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Cold stagnation add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Fullness of the chest add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Abdominal pain add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Aversion to food add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Dosages above reflect a powdered preparation. add comment

Wu Ji San五積散 wǔ jī sǎn, "Five Accumulation Powder"

Wu Ji San
五積散 wǔ jī sǎn, "Five Accumulation Powder"