Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Dang Gui and Ginseng Eight Combination (Ba Zhen Tang)


  

0209 八珍湯 (Ba Zhen Tang)

 

Dang Gui and Ginseng Eight Combination

 

Eight-Treasure Decoction

 


【Formulation】

Chinese Name

Pharmaceutical Name

Pin Yin Name

English Name

當歸

Radix Angelicae sinensis

Dang Gui

Angelica

川芎

Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Chuan Xiong

Ligusticum

白芍

Radix Paeoniae alba

Bai Shao

White Peony

熟地黃

Radix Rehmanniae praeparata

Shu Di Huang

Cooked Rehmannia

人參

Radix Ginseng

Ren Shen

Ginseng

白朮

Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae

Bai Zhu

White Atractylodes

茯苓

Poria

Fu Ling

Hoelen

生薑

Rhizoma Zingiberis recens

Sheng Jiang

Fresh Ginger

大棗

Fructus Jujubae

Da Zao

Jujube

炙甘草

Radix Glycyrrhizae praeparata cum melle

Zhi Gan Cao

Processed Licorice

  

【Classic Literature Reference】

Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng (Standards for Diagnosis and Treatment, 1602).

Compiler: Wang, Ken-Tang.

 

 

Indications

Traditional: Traditional: Both qi and blood deficiencies marked by pale and sallow complexion, dizziness, blurred vision, lassitude and sluggishness, fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitation, reduced appetite, a pale tongue with thin and coating, and a thready and weak or big and forceless pulse.

Modern: Anemia, irregular menstruation, chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy, thrombocytopenic purpura, habitual abortion, pruritus senilis, and postoperative weakness. 

 

 

Pattern of Both Qi and Blood Deficiencies

 

Herbs and Actions

 

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