Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 I was asked: ** Do you really think this Rx releases the exterior? > > di huang (probably sheng di, latin lists only rehmannia glutinosa) > huang qin > huang jing > bai guo > yin yang huo > bu gu zhi > wu wei zi > wu mei > fang feng > bai zhi > huang qi > > I wrote: how else would you describe the nose opening effects of bai zhi; that is what it is there for. rhinitis is usually thought to have an exterior component got this reply: Well in (most) excess cases I would agree that there is a wind component that be released… in vacuity cases I would question that the tx pri is to release the exterior… More correctly I might believe it to be open the orifices.. This is what I feel the job of bai zhi is…also yu ping feng sang is said to stabilize the exterior, not release it.. Also, I just do not think that those 2 herbs by themselves, especially with all the heavy tonics, even have the ability to release the exterior. Any thoughts? Chinese Herbs " Great spirits have always been violently opposed by mediocre minds " -- Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 The question here is what the entire pattern is. Without understanding that, we cannot determine if the focus is to release the exterior. The pattern revealed by this prescription is a combination of kidney yang vacuity, defense qi instability, exterior attack of wind to the upper body (with possible headache), some interior heat (huang qin) with yellow purulent nasal discharge (lung qi xu with coughing and yellow phlegm) and possibly a liver pattern as well (liver qi depressive heat?). My conclusion is that this prescription doesn't primarily release the exterior. On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 12:05 PM, wrote: > I was asked: > > ** Do you really think this Rx releases the exterior? > > >> >> di huang (probably sheng di, latin lists only rehmannia glutinosa) >> huang qin >> huang jing >> bai guo >> yin yang huo >> bu gu zhi >> wu wei zi >> wu mei >> fang feng >> bai zhi >> huang qi >> >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 , " " < zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > > My conclusion is that this prescription doesn't primarily release the > exterior. the question is whether it releases the exterior at all. It was suggested that fang feng is used to stabilize the exterior and bai zhi is used to " clear the orifices " . Is this latter phrase an actual treatment principle in common use? Or does the term release the exterior still apply to describe bai zhi's function in this rx? The formula was used to treat those with acute symptoms of a chronic illness, not just prevent arttacks, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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