SUDDEN SMILE VARIATION
Shi Xiao Si Wu |
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Source: Experiential formula |
Keywords
IBD, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, gastritis |
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Ingredients
Excrementum Trogopteri seu Pteromi (Wu Ling Zhi)
Pollen Typhae (Pu Huang)
Rhizoma Cyperi (Xiang
Fu)
Carthamus tinctorius (Hong Hua)
Prunus persica (Tao Ren)
Ligusticum walichii (Chuan Xiong)
Paeonia alba (Bai Shao)
Citrus aurantium (Zhi Ke)
Radix Linderae (Wu Yao)
Forsythia suspensa (Lian
Qiao)
Lonicera japonica (Jin Yin Hua)
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Major therapeutic action
Regulates qi, activates stagnated Blood, and clears Heat. |
Biomedical action
Stops diarrhoea, relieves pain. |
Indications
o Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
o Ulcerative colitis
o Crohn’s disease
o Gastritis |
Key symptoms for use
o piercing abdominal pain
o nausea
o vomiting
o distension and fullness
o belching
o mild jaundice
o fatty stools
o chills
o fever
o skin, clammy
o sweating
o weakness
o weight loss
o pain both fixed / piercing and moving / intermittent
o anxiety, or irritability, or stress and depression
o pale tongue with purple hue or swollen sub-lingual veins |
Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
Pregnancy / Lactation.
Warfarin. |
Dosage
5 to 8 grams twice daily until acute pain diminishes,
then reduce to 3 to 5 grams twice daily, then re-evaluate. |
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