Basic Tai Yang Disease Patterns (Part XXXXX)

Kidney Yang Vacuity Patterns

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“For Cold Damage with a pulse that is bound and intermittent, and stirring heart palpitations, Zhi Gan Cao Tang governs.

Zhi Gan Cao Tang

Gan Cao 4 Liang
Sheng Jiang 3 Liang (cut)
Ren Shen 2 Liang
Sheng Di Huang 1 Jin
Gui Zhi 3 Liang (remove bark)
E Jiao 2 Liang
Mai Men Dong Half Sheng (Remove Hearts)
Huo Ma Ren Half Sheng
Da Zao 30 pcs (broken)”

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“When one presses the pulse and finds that it arrives moderately, stops, and then arrives again, this is called bound.  Also, when the pulse arrives stirring and then stops, again arriving small and rapid, returning to normal but stirring again, this, too, is called bound, which is a yin pulse.  When the pulse arrives stirring and stops, but is unable to return to normal, because it is again stirring, this is called intermittent, which is a yin pulse.  When on gets these pulses the disease is difficult to treat.”

Key Words: Basic Tai Yang Disease Patterns, Kidney Yang Vacuity Patterns