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.)

Qu Feng Ding Tong Tang - 祛风定痛汤 - Dispel Wind And Relieve Pain Decoction

English: Dispel Wind Relieve Pain Decoction
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 10g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, stops pain due to Blood Stasis and regulates the menses.
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo 10g Dispels Wind-Cold-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Fang Feng, for numbness in the legs.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 10g Releases the exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
Rx. Schizonepetae Jing Jie 10g Releases the exterior and expels Wind.
With Fang Feng, for Exterior Excess.
Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui 6g Warms the Kidneys, Spleen and Heart, strengthens the Yang and Ming Men Fire, disperses deep Cold, warms and unblocks the channels and vessels and alleviates pain.
Poria Fu Ling 12g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 10g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

Formula Actions

  • Dispels External Cold
  • Relieves pain
  • Regulate the circulation of Blood
  • Warms the Liver channel
  • Tonifies Spleen Qi

Syndromes

  • Wind-Cold With Cold in the Liver channel

Clinical Manifestations

  • Postpartum vaginal pain
  • It can be very severe
  • Swollen pain
  • No inflammation or redness or burning
  • Pain on copulation with spastic penis or vagina which is aggravated by exposure to Cold
  • Alleviated by warmth,
  • A cold sensation in the lower abdomen or
  • A contracted scrotum with a cold sensation
  • Chills with low grade fever
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Muscle pain
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Excessive clear leucorrhoea
  • Cold limbs
  • Cough with expectoration of thin, watery or frothy white sputum
  • Anhidrosis
  • No thirst
  • Headache
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Blocked and/or runny nose with clear, watery nasal discharge
  • Sneezing
  • General body aches
  • Maybe asthma
  • T: Pink or Pale
  • C: Thin, white and moist
  • P: Superficial and tight or Wiry

Treats

  • Vaginal pain
  • Genital pain during copulation

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

For severe Cold: For dysmenorrhea:
+ 5g Hb. Asari Xi Xin + 10g Sm. Persicae Tao Ren
+ 6g Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu + 10g Flos Carthami Hong Hua
For severe pain in the testes: + 10g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao
+ 10g Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He For lower abdominal pain:
+ 10g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
+ 10g Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He + 10g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo

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