【Source】
《Huichun》Volume 4.
【Composition】
Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao, Shu Di, Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Chen Pi, Ban Xia, Gui Zhi, Chai Hu, Qiang Huo, Fang Feng, Qin Jiao, Niu Xi, Prepared Gan Cao
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【Categories】
<Blood Tonifying>: Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Shu Di
<Regulate Qi>: Chen Pi
<Tonify Spleen & Middle Jiao>: Bai Zhu, Gan Cao
<Release Exterior (Cool-Acrid)>: Chai Hu
<Qi Tonifying>: Ren Shen
<Release Exterior (Warm-Acrid)>: Qiang Huo, Fang Feng, Gui Zhi
<Tonify Spleen & Promote Diuresis>: Fu Ling
<Invigorate Blood & Remove Stasis>: Niu Xi, Chuan Xiong
<Dispel Wind-Dampness>: Qin Jiao
<Resolve Phlegm>: Ban Xia
【Functions】
Unblock meridians and dispel painful obstruction.
【Indications】
Numbness of hands and feet, muscle and bone pain.
【Applications】
Numbness and pain in hands and feet, motor paralysis, paralysis and pain due to cerebral hemorrhage, facial nerve paralysis and spasm.
【Mnemonic】
Ba Xian (the formula) = Si Wu Tang + Si Jun Zi Tang + Er Chen (indicated by Chen Pi) + Qin Jiao, Niu Xi, Fang Feng, Qiang Huo, Chai Hu, Gui Zhi (with the mnemonic ‘use the strength of nine oxen to prevent expensive pickled vegetables’ [用九牛之力防止醬菜貴]).