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Ding Xuan Tang定眩汤

Calm Vertigo Decoction

Medicinals
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Composition

  • Dan ShenRx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae30 g

    Activates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.

  • Bai ShaoRx. Paeoniae Alba24 g

    Nourishes the Blood, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain.

  • Ye Jiao TengCaulis Polygoni Multiflori24 g

    Unblocks channels and dispels Wind-Dampness.

  • Gou TengRam. cum Uncis Uncariae20 g

    Extinguishes Wind, releases the Exterior, alleviates spasms and pacifies Liver *Yang.*

    • Tian Ma, C
    alms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
    for numbness and pain in the limbs and stubborn migraines or trigeminal neuralgia from Liver Wind or Liver Yang Rising.
    for convulsions due to Liver Wind.
  • Fu LingPoria15 g

    Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.

  • Tian MaRz. Gastrodiae9 g

    Extinguishes Wind, Disperses Wind-Damp Bi, calms the Liver, stops spasms and tremors, subdues Rising Liver Yang and alleviates pain.

    calms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
  • Zhi Ban XiaRz. Pinelliae Preparatum9 g

    Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, dissipates nodules and reduces Stagnation.

    for Phlegm, thin mucus and turbid Dampness.
  • Jiang CanBombyx Batryticatus9 g

    Extinguishes Wind, transforms Phlegm and stops spasms and convulsions.

  • Quan XieScorpio6 g

    Tracks down Wind, unblocks the collaterals and stops pain.

Actions

  • Phlegm is resolved
  • Wind is subdued
  • Sets the Blood in motion

Patterns treated

A Wind-Phlegm pattern (Feng Tan)

Manifestations

  • The cervical canal is severely narrowed
  • The neck is painful and stiff
  • A paralyzed state
  • A sensation of numbness
  • Feeling dizzy
  • Bouts of vertigo
  • Feeling nauseated
  • episodes of vomiting
  • Sight becomes blurry
  • Ringing in the ears
  • The throat holds sputum
  • The chest feels full and distended
  • The epigastrium feels full and distended
  • Raised blood pressure
Tongue body
Showing deviation and tremor
Coating
Thick in quality
Pulse
Slippery, and possibly wiry as well

Indications

  • Spondylosis of the cervical spine
  • Feeling dizzy
  • Bouts of vertigo
  • A paralyzed state