Astragalus And Drynaria Combination

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Astragali	Huang Qi	30g	Tonifies Qi and Blood and relieves numbness and pain.
Rz. Drynariae	Gu Sui Bu	15g	Activates the Blood, Helps regain strength after injuries, Promotes mending of sinews and bones, Strengthens the sinews and bones, Tonifies Kidney Yang.
Rx. Achyranthis	Niu Xi	15g	Benefits the joints, Expels Blood Stasis, Invigorates the Blood, Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, Strengthens the sinews and bones.
Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum	Lu Rong	12g	Benefits Marrow, Regulates the Chong and Ren channels, Stabilizes the Dai channel, Strengthens Jing and Blood, Strengthens the sinews and bones, Strengthens Yang, Tonifies the DU channel, Tonifies the Kidneys, Warms Yang.
Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong	12g	Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain. With Xi Xin, for Wind-Cold headaches.
Hb. cum Rx. Asari	Xi Xin	10g	Releases Exterior Wind and Cold, disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain. With Chuan Xiong, for Wind-Cold headache, toothache and Bi pain.

Formula Actions

• Alleviates Wind-Cold-Damp

Syndromes

• Wind-Cold-Damp Bi

Clinical Manifestations

Painful joints Heavy and painful sensations at fixed locations in lower back and extremities with weakness and stiffness or hypertonicity and immobility Aversion to Cold Attraction to warmth Palpitations Pain in the midline and back during pregnancy Pain worse at night General coldness Sallow complexion Wandering pain Pale complexion

Shortness of breath May be paresthesias and numbness Cold pain in the low back and knees Limited movement Soreness, weakness and numbness of the joints Tinnitus Muscle spasms Dizziness T: Pale C: Thin and white or White and moist P: Thin, weak and slow or Deep, thready and weak or slippery

Treats

Osteoarthritis Knee pain Arthralgia

Low back pain Weakness Pain in the midline during pregnancy

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For cervical vertebrae:		For lumbar vertebrae:
+ 10g Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen	+ 12g Cx. Eucommiae	Du Zhong
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae	Bai Zhi	+ 10g Rx. Aconiti lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi
For knee joints:		For severe blood Stagnation:
+ 12g Lignum Pini Nodi	Song Jie	+ 20g Caul. Spatholobi	Ji Xue Teng
+ 15g Fr Chaenomelis	Mu Gua	+ 20g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen