Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang - 防己黄芪汤 - Stephania And Astragalus Decoction
| English: | Stephania and Astragalus Decoction |
| Also Known As: | Stephania and Astragalus Combination |
Herbs And Actions
| Pharmaceutical Latin | Pin Yin | Dosage | Actions |
| Rx. Astragali | Huang Qi | 3.8-15g | Promotes urination, Reduces edema, Stabilizes the exterior, Strengthens the Spleen., Tonifies Qi., Tonifies Wei Qi. With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency with weakness, lassitude and loose stools. With Han Fang Ji, for Wind edema with numbness, pain, swelling of the face and extremities, sweating, sensitivity to Wind, and reduced urination. |
| Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae | Han Fang Ji | 3-12g | Promotes urination and reduces edema. (especially in the lower body), expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain. With Huang Qi and Bai Zhu, for Wind-Dampness invasion with Wei Qi Deficiency causing superficial edema, heaviness of the body, and sweating. |
| Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae | Bai Zhu | 2.3-9g | Dries Dampness, Stabilizes the exterior, Stops sweat, Tonifies Qi, Tonifies the Spleen. |
| Fried Rx. Glycyrrhizae | Zhi Gan Cao | 1.5-6g | Tonifies the Spleen, tonifies Qi and moderates and harmonizes the properties of other herbs. |
| Rz. Zingiberis Recens | Sheng Jiang | 1-4g | Releases the exterior, warms the Middle and adjusts the Ying and Wei. With Da Zao, alleviates epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting by strengthening the Spleen, protects Stomach Qi and reduces irritation of the Gastrointestinal tract by other herbs. |
| Fr. Jujube | Da Zao | 1-6g | Strengthens the Spleen, tonifies Qi and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs. |
Formula Actions
- Augments Qi
- Strengthens the Spleen
- Releases the Exterior
- Promotes urination
- Reduces edema
- Regulates water circulation
Syndromes
- Wind-Damp Edema
- Wind-Damp (no edema)
- Wind-Damp Bi
- Wind-Damp Accumulation with Wei Qi Deficiency (Lung and Spleen Qi Deficiency)
- Wind-Water syndrome due to Qi deficiency at the exterior (Secondary source)
Clinical Manifestations
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Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Notes
- It is best to re-administer the formula after a lengthy interval.
Modifications
| For abdominal pain: | For wheezing and dyspnea: | ||
| Rx. Paeoniae Alba | Bai Shao | + 1-3 g Hb. Ephedrae | Ma Huang |
| For vigorous Cold: | For severe Dampness with a sensation of heaviness in low back and legs: | ||
| + Hb. Asari | Xi Xin | + Poria | Fu Ling |
| For fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen: | + Rz. Atractylodis | Cang Zhu | |
| + Per Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi | Or | |
| + Fr. Aurantii | Zhi Ke | + Poria | Fu Ling |
| + Fol. Perillae | Zi Su Ye | + Sm. Coicis | Yi Yi Ren |
| For abdominal distention: | For Qi Deficiency: | ||
| + Per Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi | + Rx. Codonopsis | Dang Shen |
| + Fr. Aurantii | Zhi Ke | For chronic nephritis: | |
| For more severe edema: | + Five Ingredient Powder with Poria Wu Ling San | ||
| + Poria | Fu Ling | For hypertension: | |
| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae | Dan Shen |
| For reduced or painful urination: | For arthritis: | ||
| + Talcum | Hua Shi | + Rx. Saposhnikoviae | Fang Feng |
| For a sense of upward surging: | + Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis | Du Huo | |
| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | + Poria | Fu Ling |
| For edema, aversion to Wind and Anhidrosis due to an Exterior Wind Invasion: | For edema and swelling due to Dampness: | ||
| + Hb. Ephedrae | Ma Huang | + Five Ingredient Powder with Poria | |
| + Rz. Atractylodis | Cang Zhu | For chest and abdominal fullness and distention: | |
| + Poria | Fu Ling | + Per. Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi |
| + Sm. Coicis | Yi Yi Ren | + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po |
| For rapid breathing and dyspnea: | For heaviness and pain of the joints: | ||
| + Sm. Lepidii/Descurainiae | Ting Li Zi | + Rz. Atractylodis | Cang Zhu |
| + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis | Hou Po | + Sm. Coicis | Yi Yi Ren |
| + Sm. Armeniacae | Xing Ren | + Rx. et Rz. Clematidis | Wei Ling Xian |
| For Bi syndrome: | + Fr. Chaenomelis | Mu Gua | |
| + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis | Dang Gui | For severe heaviness and numbness of the limbs: | |
| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | ||
| For severe aversion to Wind: | + 9g Rz. Atractylodis | Cang Zhu | |
| + 9g Rx. Saposhnikoviae | Fang Feng | + 9g Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii | Qiang Huo |
| + 9g Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii | Qiang Huo | ||
| For edema of the limbs: | |||
| For inhibited urination: | + 9g stir-fried Ram. Cinnamomi | Chao Gui Zhi | |
| + 9g Poria | Fu Ling | ||
| + 9g Rz. Alismatis | Ze Xie | + 12g Poria | Fu Ling |
| For spontaneous perspiration due to Yang Deficiency: | For profuse perspiration: | ||
| + Rx. Ephedrae | Ma Huang Gen | ||
| + More (30g) Rx. Astragali | Huang Qi | + Fr. Tritici Levis | Fu Xiao Mai |
| + Concha Ostreae | Mu Li | ||
| For perspiration due to Yin Deficiency Fire: | For perspiration with tidal fever: | ||
| + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis | Dang Gui | + Cx. Lycii | Di Gu Pi |
| + Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata | Shu Di Huang | + Rz. Anemarrhenae | Zhi Mu |
| + Carapax Trionycis | Bie Jia | ||
| + Rx. Rehmanniae | Sheng Di Huang | For idiopathic edema with emotional instability: | |
| For severe edema around the eyes: | + Rx. Bupleuri | Chai Hu | |
| + Fr. Ligustri Lucidi | Nu Zhen Zi | + Fr. Jujube | Da Zao |
| + Hb. Leonuri | Yi Mu Cao | + Rx. Polygalae | Yuan Zhi |
| + Sm. Plantaginis | Che Qian Zi | For edema during menstruation: | |
| For idiopathic edema with hypotension: | + Rz. Cyperi | Xiang Fu | |
| + Rx. Ginseng | Ren Shen | + Rx. Curcumae | Yu Jin |
| For hydronephrosis: | + Polyporus | Zhu Ling | |
| + Sm. Plantaginis | Che Qian Zi | For arthritis due to Damp-Heat: | |
| + + Hb. Lysimachiae | Jin Qian Cao | + Flos Lonicerae | Jin Yin Hua |
| For arthritis due to Cold-Damp: | + Flos Chrysanthemi Indici | Ye Ju Hua | |
| + Rx. Asari | Xi Xin | ||
| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | + Rx. Tripterygii Wilfordii | Lei Gong Teng |
| + Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata | Zhi Fu Zi | + Cx. Moutan | Mu Dan Pi |
| For periarthritis of the shoulder: | |||
| + Rx. Aconiti Preparata | Zhi Chuan Wu | + Sm. Persicae | Tao Ren |
| For bone fractures in the arms: | + Flos Carthami | Hong Hua | |
| + Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi | + Rz. Chuanxiong | Chuan Xiong |
| + Sm. Descuraniae/ Lepidii | Ting Li Zi | For bone fractures in the legs: | |
| + Poria | Fu Ling | ||
| For hircismus (offensive body odor from the axilla) with Excess Dampness: | + Rz. Alismatis | Ze Xie | |
| For hircismus (offensive body odor from the axilla) with Spleen Qi Deficiency: | |||
| + Rz. Imperatae | Bai Mao Gen | ||
| + Sm. Plantaginis | Che Qian Zi | + Cx. Poria | Fu Ling Pi |
| + Hb. Plantaginis | Che Qian Cao | + Rz. Alismatis | Ze Xie |
| For hircismus (offensive body odor from the axilla) with obesity: | For acute glomerulonephritis: | ||
| + 12g Poria | Fu Ling | ||
| + Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae | Yin Chen Hao | + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi | Gui Zhi |
| For chronic nephritis with mild edema: | |||
| + Fr. Crataegi | Shan Zha | + 15g Rx. Codonopsis | Dang Shen |
| + 15g Poria | Fu Ling | ||
| + 12g Polyporus | Zhu Ling | ||
| + 12g Rz. Alismatis | Ze Xie | ||
| + 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae | Chen Pi | ||