Classical antecedent: Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang (Pinellia-Atractylodes-Gastrodia Decoction)
Indications:
Headaches which may be throbbing or dull in nature, dizziness, a feeling of heaviness and muzziness of the head which is worse in the morning, catarrh, a feeling of oppression of the chest, nausea, a sticky taste, blurred vision, vomiting during migraine attacks, tics, high blood pressure.
Indications in Chinese Medicine:
Pattern: Liver-Yang rising, Phlegm clouding the head, Blood deficiency, Kidney-Yang deficiency.
Action: Subdue Liver-Yang, extinguish Liver-Wind, resolve Phlegm, nourish Blood, tonify Kidney-Yang, tonify Spleen-Qi.
Tongue: Pale or normal-coloured, swollen, sticky-white coating.
Pulse: Weak and slightly slippery.
Ingredients:
Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae Fu Ling Poria Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Da Zao Fructus Jujubae Gou Teng Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis Bai Ji Li Fructus Tribuli |
Ju Hua Flos Chrysanthemi Man Jing Zi Fructus Viticis Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae Du Zhong Cortex Eucommiae ulmoidis Gou Qi Zi Fructus Lycii chinensis Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae Shi Chang Pu Rhizoma Acori tatarinowii |
Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day
Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1