Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription (I)
【Formula Name】Heart Failure Formula One.
【Composition】Huangqi 10–15g, Dangshen 10g, Yimucao 10–12g, Ze Lan 10g, Zhi Fupian 6–10g, Zhi Banxia 10g, Bei Wujia Pi 4–10g.
【Usage】Decoct and take when warm, divided doses.
【Treatment Principle】Tonify qi and activate blood, warm yang and promote diuresis.
【Indication】Heart failure.
【Additions and Subtractions】If vomiting is severe, add Zhu Ku and Shengjiang; if coughing, shortness of breath, unable to lie down, add Su Zi, Bai Guo, and Zhi Ma Huang; if edema is obvious and accompanied by coughing up thin white phlegm, add Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Zhu Ling, Che Qianzi, Su Zi, and Bai Jiezi to strengthen spleen, promote diuresis, and expel phlegm; if yang deficiency is prominent, cold limbs, add Tu Si Zi, Xian Mao, Bu Gu Zhi to warm kidney yang, or add Gui Zhi; if yin deficiency signs appear, remove Fupian and add Mai Dong and Wu Wei Zi; if yang collapse occurs, use Shengmai San combined with Sini Tang to tonify qi and restore yang.
【Source】Complete Collection of Chinese Medicine Formulas.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription (II)
【Formula Name】Heart Failure Formula Two.
【Composition】Fuzi (decocted first for 3 hours) 15–30g, Dangshen 24g (or Ren Shen 6g), Gui Zhi 9g, Chuan Xiong 12g, Chi Shao 15g, Hong Hua 6g, Ting Li Zi 12g, Che Qianzi 30g, Zhi Gancao 9g.
【Usage】One dose per day, concentrated decoction to 200ml, divided into three doses, 7–10 days constitute one course. If effective, rest for one day before continuing 1–2 courses. After heart failure resolves, switch to Gui Pi Tang, Sheng Mai San, or Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang for post-treatment regulation.
【Treatment Principle】Warm yang and tonify qi, activate blood and promote diuresis.
【Indication】Congestive heart failure.
【Additions and Subtractions】If urine output is low and edema is obvious, add Mu Tong and Fang Ji each 12g; if palpitations and insomnia, add Zao Ren 15g and Hupo 6g; if shortness of breath is severe, add Huang Qi 15g; if phlegm is excessive, add Ban Xia 12g and Chen Pi 9g; if loose stools and poor appetite, add Bai Zhu 15g and Sha Ren 6g; if ascites, add Hei Bai Chou 6g; if spontaneous sweating, add Longgu and Mu Li each 30g; if the tongue is red and mouth dry, remove Gui Zhi and add Mai Dong 15g and Wu Wei Zi 6g.
【Source】Complete Collection of Chinese Medicine Formulas
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