Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Hepatitis C #2

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Excr. Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi 3-15g Alleviates pain, Clears the blood vessels, Disperses stagnant Blood, Stops bleeding.
With Pu Huang, for abdominal pain, lochioschesis, menstrual irregularity and stabbing epigastric, joint pain and chest pain due to Blood Stasis.
Pollen Typhae Pu Huang 3-15g Strongly promotes Blood circulation.
With Wu Ling Zhi and Yan Hu Suo, for dysmenorrhea.
Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi 9-30g Dredges Liver Qi, releases Stagnation, stops pain and conducts Heat out from below.
With Yan Hu Suo, for intermittent epigastric and hypochondriac pain, hernia pain or menstrual pain with irritability due to Liver Stagnation with Heat and hernial disorders with hypochondriac, epigastric or abdominal pain caused by Liver Qi Stagnation with Heat.
Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo 9-30g Circulates Qi, Invigorates the Blood, Stops pain.
With Wu Ling Zhi, for chest and abdominal pain due to Blood Stagnation.
Rx Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 6-15g Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin.
With Tian Men Dong, for Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiencies with consumptive cough and occasional hemoptysis.
Rx. Asparagi Tian Men Dong 5-15g Nourishes the Kidney Yin, clears Lung Heat and sedates Fire
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 5-18g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and stops pain due to Blood Stasis.

Formula Actions

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Disperses Stagnant Blood
  • Dredges Liver Qi
  • Disperses Qi Stagnation
  • Nourishes Blood and Yin

Syndromes

  • Hepatitis C due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiencies with Blood Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations

  • Fatigue
  • Anxiety
  • Easily agitated
  • Thin, cracked and dry hair
  • Low back pain
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Scanty or late menstruation
  • Low sexual desire in men
  • Dark and dry complexion like snake skin or tree bark
  • Night sweats
  • Hot flashes
  • Bone steaming fever
  • Blurred vision
  • Spermatorrhea
  • This type easily moves into Liver cirrhosis
  • T: Dark red gradually becoming darker, may become dry and cracked and may have purple spots on the edge or enlarged vessels on the bottom
  • C: Little or none
  • P: Thready and rapid or Soggy and choppy or Sticky

Treats

  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Viral hepatitis

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

For softening the Liver:
+ Concha Ostreae Mu Li
+ Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
+ Endothelium Corneum gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.