BN H BCH TRUT THIN MA THANG

BAN XIA BAI ZHU TIAN MA TANG

PINELLIA, ATRACTYLODES ACROCEPHALAE AND GASTRODIA DECOCTION

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical
Latin
Rz. Pinelliae
Preparatum

Pin
Yin

Dosag
e

Zhi
Ban
Xia

3-12g

Tian
Ma

2-12g

(9g)

(Trch Bn h)

Rz. Gastrodiae
(Thin ma)

Rz. Atractylodis
Macrocephalae

(6g)

Bai
Zhu

3-30g
(9g)

(Bch trut)

Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju
Hong

3-6g

Actions
Transforms Phlegm, dries Dampness, descends
Rebellious Qi and treats nausea and vomiting.
With Chen Pi, for epigastric and abdominal distention
or pain due to disharmony of the Stomach Qi.
With Fu Ling, expels Phlegm and stops nausea and
vomiting, hiccups, coughs with clear, profuse Phlegm
and loose and watery stools.
With Tian Ma, Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for PhlegmDampness rising upward and combining with
uprising Internal Wind with symptoms of headache,
dizziness, focal distention, a stifling sensation in the
chest and diaphragm, a greasy white tongue and wiry
and slippery pulse.
Transforms Phlegm, extinguishes Wind,subdues
Rising Liver Yang, alleviates pain, disperses WindDamp Bi and effectively treats headache, dizziness
and vertigo.
With Zhi Ban Xia, Bai Zhu and Chen Pi, for
headaches and dizziness from Wind-Phlegm.
With Zhi Ban Xia, Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for a heavy
feeling and a congested headache.
Strengthens the Spleen, dries Dampness and
reinforces Ban Xia and Tian Ma in treating
Phlegm.
With Tian Ma and Fu Ling, for Phlegm due to Spleen
Dampness with Internal Liver Wind.
With Fu Ling and Gan Cao, for Spleen and
StomachQi Deficiencies.
With Zhi Ban Xia, Tian Ma, Fu Ling and Chen Pi, for
dizziness and vertigo due to accumulation of Phlegm
and Liver Wind.
Is more drying and aromatic than Chen Pi,but less
effective at harmonizing the Middle and regulating
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(6g)
(Qut hng)
(Per. Citri
Reticulatae)

(Chen (3-6g)
Pi)
(6g)

(Regulates Qi and transforms Phlegm. May

substitute for Ju Hong.)
(With Sheng Jiang, for vomiting and hiccups due to
Disharmony of the Stomach Qi and Cold-Dampness
Obstructing the Middle with nausea and hiccup.
(With Zhi Ban Xia, for a stifling sensation in the chest
and cough with excessive white, viscous sputum due
to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.)
(With Bai Zhu, for anorexia and other symptoms of
Damp-Obstruction due to Spleen Deficiency.)
(With Zhi Ban Xia and Fu Ling, for cough due to
accumulation of Dampness and Phlegm.)

Fu
Ling

Leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and

assists in Transforming Phlegm.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves
Dampness.
With Zhi Ban Xia and Chen Pi, for nausea, vomiting,
chest fullness and distention and anorexia due to
congested fluids.
With Zhi Ban Xia, Chen Pi and Sheng Jiang, for
congested fluids in the Stomach causing nausea and
vomiting.
With Bai Zhu and Tian Ma, for Phlegm accumulation
with vertigo.

(Trn b)

Poriae
(Phc linh)

Rx. Glycyrrhizae

the Spleen and Stomach. It is primarily used for

vomiting and belching and for treating PhlegmDamp coughs.

3-24g
(15g)

Gan
Cao

1.510g

(Cam tho)

Tonifies the Spleen and augments Qi, resolves

Phlegm, and moderates and harmonizes the harsh
properties of other herbs.

(3g)
Rz. Zingiberis
Recens

Sheng 2-6g
Jiang
(9g)

Warms the Middle, stops vomiting, warms the

Lungs, stops cough and reduces the toxicity of
other herbs.
With Da Zao, harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for vomiting due to many causes
including Stomach Cold and productive cough due to
Phlegm-Dampness.

Da
Zao

Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach and

augments Qi and moderates and harmonizes the
harsh properties of other herbs.
With sheng Jiang, prevents Phlegm accumulation.

(Sinh khng)

Fr. Jujube
(i to)

2-6g
(9g)

FORMULA ACTIONS

Strengthens the Spleen

Dispels Dampness

Transforms Phlegm

Soothes the Liver

Extinguishes Wind

SYNDROMES

Feng Tan (Phong m - Wind-Phlegm)

Shi Tan (Thp m - Damp-Phlegm)

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

Dizziness

Cold feet

Vertigo (possibly severe)

Fatigue

Headaches (may be recurrent)

Abdominal distention

A stifling sensation in the chest

Weakness of hands and feet

Nausea

May be edema

Vomiting

Sudden loss of consciousness

Copious sputum

Excess salivation

Spots before the eyes

Compulsive sleeping after eating

Heaviness of the head

T: Normal

Lockjaw

Sinus congestion

C: White and greasy

P: Wiry and slippery or Soft and

slippery

T R E ATS

Meniere's disease

Arteriosclerosis

Hypertension due to
gastrointestinal weakness

Compulsive sleeping after eating

Tubercular meningitis

Weakness of hands and feet

Benign positional vertigo

Headache and vertigo due to

hypotension

Neurotic vertigo

Gastroptosis

Recurrent headaches

Sinusitis

Tension headache

Water poisoning

Gastroatonia

Migraine

Facial paralysis

Cerebellitis

Epilepsy

Stroke

Aural vertigo

Food allergy

Chronic gastroenteritis

Cerebral arteriosclerosis

Cerebrovascular accident

Vestibular neuritis

Alzheimer's disease

Dizziness

Asthma

Vertigo

Numbness

Paresthesia

Periarthritis of the shoulder

Parkinson's disease

Nausea/Vomiting

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with vertigo not caused by Wind-Phlegm, e.g.

Liver Yang Rising or Blood Deficiency.

Contraindicated for those with Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiencies.

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe headache:

+ Fr. Viticis

For severe vertigo:

Man Jing Zi
For weakness:

+ Rx. Codonopsis

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

+ Arisaemae cum Bile

Dan Nan Xing

For tubercular meningitis (take for at least

three months):

Dang Shen

+ Rx. Astragali

Huang Qi

+ Scorpio

Quan Xie

For excess accumulation of Phlegm causing

coma, headache and cold limbs:

+ Pheretima

Di Long

+ Cx. Phellodendri

Huang Bai

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

+ Rz. Atractylodis

Cang Zhu

+ Rx. Astragali

Huang Qi

+ Ram. Uncariae cum

Uncis

Gou Teng

+ Rx. Ginseng

Ren Shen

+ Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Fr. Hordei
Germinatus

Mai Ya

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Massa Medicata
Fermentata

Shen Qu

+ Ram. Cinnamomi

Gui Zhi

For Liver Yang Rising:

For more severe Phlegm-Dampness:

For more severe headache:

For headache due to Wind-Cold:

+ Fr. Viticis

Man Jing Zi

+ Rz. Saposhnikoviae

Fang Feng

+ Fr. Tribuli

Bai Ji Li

+ Rz. seu Rx.

Notopterygii

Qiang Huo

For headache and dizziness due to Cold and

Phlegm:

For headache due to Blood Deficiency:

+ Rx. Angelicae
Sinensis

Dang Gui

+ Rz. Chuanxiong

Chuan Xiong

+ True Warrior Decoction

Zhen Wu Tang
For migraine headache:

For dizziness and vertigo due

to Qi Deficiency:
+ Rx. Ginseng

Ren Shen

+ Rx. Astragali

Huang Qi

Man Jing Zi

+ Rz. Chuanxiong

Chuan Xiong

For severe dizziness due to Liver Excess:

For sinusitis or rhinitis:

+ Flos Magnoliae

+ Fr. Viticis

Xin Yi Hua

For arteriosclerosis in the brain:

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

+ Ram. Uncariae cum

Uncis

Gou Teng

+ Arisaemae cum Bile

Dan Nan Xing

+ Ram. Uncariae cum

Uncis

Gou Teng

For sinusitis:

For stroke with lockjaw, sudden loss of

consciousness and Excess salivation:

- Poria

Fu Ling

+ Fr. Liquidamberis
(administer first)

Lu Lu Tong

- Exocarpium Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

+ 10g Fr. Xanthii

Cang Er Zi

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ 10g Rx. Angelicae

Dahuricae

Bai Zhi

+ Arisaemae cum Bile

Dan Nan Xing

+10g Rz. Corydalis

Yan Hu Suo

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+15-30g Rx. Astragali

Huang Qi

+ 4g Hb. Asari

Xi Xin

For enhancing the effects of the formula:

+ Massa Medicata
Fermentata

Shen Qu

+12g Rx. Scutellariae

Huang Qin

+ Fr. Hordei
Germinatus

Mai Ya

+ 30g Hb. Houttuyniae

Yu Xing Cao

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ 15g Rz. Chuanxiong

Chuan Xiong

+ Rx. Ginseng

Ren Shen

+ 15g Fr. Forsythiae

Lian Qiao

+ Rx. Astragali

Huang Qi

+ 15g Rx. Salviae

Miltiorrhizae

Dan Shen

+ Rz. Zingiberis

Gan Jiang

+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis

Bidentatae

Niu Xi

+ Cx. Phellodendri

Huang Bai

+ 15g Rx. Paeoniae

Alba

Bai Shao

+ 6g Hb. Agastaches/
Pogostemmi

Huo Xiang

For headaches:
+ Rx. Angelicae
Dahuricae

Bai Zhi

For indigestion:

For shoulder and neck tension:

+ Rx. Puerariae

+ Fr. Crataegi

Ge Gen

Shan Zha

For symptoms of Phlegm-Heat:

+ Concretio Bambusae
Silicea

For abdominal pain:

Tian Zhu Huang

+ Fr. Amomi

Bing Lang

+ Rx. Aucklandiae

Mu Xiang

For fibromyalgia due to Phlegm Stagnation

Blocking the channels:

For Meniere's disease:

+ Tangkuei Decoction to Pry out Pain

Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Caulis Bambusae in
Taeniam

Zhu Ru

For Meniere's disease with frequent nausea

and vomiting:

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Caulis Bambusae in
Taeniam

Zhu Ru

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

or
- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

+ Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Flos Inulae

Xuan Fu Hua

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+ Fr. Amomi

Sha Ren

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

Zhu Ru

+ Rx. Salviae
Miltiorrhizae

+ Caulis Bambusae in
Taeniam

Dan Shen

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+ Sm. Juglandis

Hu Tao Ren

For Meniere's disease with severe tinnitus:

or

- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

- Rz. Zingiberis Recens

Sheng Jiang

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ 30g Rz. Alismatis

For Meniere's disease with severe

dizziness:
+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Caulis Bambusae in
Taeniam

Zhu Ru

Ze Xie

+ Bombyx Batryticatus

Jiang Can

+ 20g Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ Fossilia Ossis
Mastodi

Long Gu

+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae

Officinalis

+ Concha Ostreae

Mu Li

Hou Po
For Meniere's disease with insomnia:

+ 12g Rx. Bupleuri

Chai Hu

+ 6g Caulis Bambusae
in Taeniam

Zhu Ru

For Meniere's disease with Blood

Deficiency:

- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+ Fr. Amomi

Sha Ren

+ Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ Rx. Salviae
Miltiorrhizae

Dan Shen

- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+ Fr. Amomi

Sha Ren

+ Dens Draconis

Long Chi

+ Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

Ye Jiao Teng

+ Rx. Salviae
Miltiorrhizae

+ Caulis Polygoni
Multiflori

Dan Shen

+ Rx. Angelicae
Sinensis

Dang Gui

+ Rx. Astragali

Huang Qi

For tension headache with fullness in the

chest and epigastrium with nausea and
vomiting:

For Meniere's disease with prominent

vexation and insomnia:
- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

- Rz. Zingiberis Recens

Sheng Jiang

- Fr. Jujube

+ Per. Trichosanthis

Gua Lou Pi

+ Caulis Bambusae in
Taeniam

Zhu Ru

For tension headache with a dull

complexion, palpitations and a thready,
weak pulse:
- Rz. Pinelliae
Preparatum

Zhi Ban Xia

Da Zao

+ Rx. Angelicae
Sinensis

Dang Gui

+ 30g Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ Rz. Chuanxiong

Chuan Xiong

+ 20g Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

Ye Jiao Teng

+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae

Officinalis

+ Caulis Polygoni
Multiflori

Hou Po

+ Caulis Spatholobi

Ji Xue Teng

+ 12g Rx. Bupleuri

Chai Hu

+ 6g Caulis Bambusae
in Taeniam

Zhu Ru

+ Fr. Gardeniae

Zhi Zi

+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba

Bai Shao

+ Sm. Zizyphi
Spinosae

Suan Zao Ren

For Meniere's disease with Stagnant Heat

of the Liver and Gall Bladder:

For cerebellitis with profuse Phlegm:

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ Ram. cum Uncis

Uncariae

Gou Teng

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+ Arisaemae cum Bile

Dan Nan Xing

+ Rx. Polygalae

Yuan Zhi

- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

+ Fol. Perillae

Zi Su Ye

- Rz. Zingiberis Recens

Sheng Jiang

+ Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ 30g Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ 20g Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae

Officinalis

Hou Po

For tension headache with numbness in the

head:

+ 12g Rx. Bupleuri

Chai Hu

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

+ 6g Caulis Bambusae
in Taeniam

Zhu Ru

+ Ram. cum Uncis

Uncariae

Gou Teng

+ Rx. Scutellariae

Huang Qin

+ Rx. Gentianae

Long Dan Cao

+ Concha
Margaritaferae

Zhen Zhu Mu

For dizziness and vertigo:

For Meniere's disease with

marked YinDeficiency:
- Exocarpium Citri

or
+ Warm Gall Bladder Decoction
Wen Dan Tang

For tension headache with dizziness,

tinnitus and vertigo:
+ Ram. cum Uncis
Uncariae

Gou Teng

+ Rx. Scutellariae

Huang Qin

+ Rx. Bupleuri

Chai Hu

Ju Hong

For cerebellitis:

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Rubrum

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ Ram. cum Uncis

Uncariae

Gou Teng

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

- Rz. Zingiberis Recens

Sheng Jiang

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ 30g Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ 20g Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae

Officinalis

Hou Po

- Rx. Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

+ 12g Rx. Bupleuri

Chai Hu

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ 6g Caulis Bambusae
in Taeniam

Zhu Ru

+ Ram. cum Uncis

Uncariae

Gou Teng

+ Hb Ecliptae

Mo Han Lian

+ Prepared Rx.
Polygoni Multiflori

+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii

Shi Chang Pu

Zhi He Shou Wu
+ Pheretima

Di Long

+ Hb. Dendrobii

Shi Hu

+ Scorpio

Quan Xie

For cerebellitis with difficulty walking:

For facial paralysis:

For Meniere's disease with marked Yin and
Blood Deficiency:

+ Rz. et Rx.
Notopterygii

Qiang Huo

+ Sm. Sinapis

Bai Jie Zi

+ Flos Carthami

Hong Hua

- Exocarpium Citri
Rubrum

Ju Hong

- Rz. Zingiberis Recens

Sheng Jiang

+ Scorpio

Quan Xie

- Fr. Jujube

Da Zao

+ Scolopendra

Wu Gong

+ 30g Rz. Alismatis

Ze Xie

+ 20g Haematitum

Dai Zhe Shi

+ 10g Cx. Magnoliae

Officinalis

Hou Po

+ 12g Rx. Bupleuri

Chai Hu

+ 6g Caulis Bambusae

Zhu Ru

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in Taeniam
+ Rx. Codonopsis

Dang Shen

+ Rx. Angelicae
Sinensis

Dang Gui

+ Rz. Chuanxiong

Chuan Xiong

+ Arillus Longanae

Long Yan Rou

PHONG M

Nguyn nhn ca phong m c th do ngoi cm phong t, ph kh khng thng, m tr ti ph,

thng ho nhiu m. Nu do ni thng, phong m l do chc nng t v ri lon, t thp sinh m,
m trc nhiu ng, ni phong sinh au u chng mt.

Bi thuc Tr ngoi phong thng gm cc v thuc tuyn tn ngoi cm kim ha m nh: Ct

cnh, Kinh gii, T t, T uyn

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Thng dng l bi thuc Ch thu tn.

Bi thuc Tr ni sinh phong m thng dng cc v thuc tc phong ha m nh Thin ma, Bn

h
Thng dng l bi Bn h Bch trut thin ma thang.

BN H BCH TRUT THIN MA THANG

(Y hc tm ng)
Thnhphn:
Bn h ch 6 8 ch
Bch linh 8 -12g
Bch trut 8 - 12g
Thin ma 6 - 8g
Qut hng 6 - 8g
Cam tho 2 - 4g
Gng ti 2 lt
To 2 qu
Cch dng: Sc nc ung.
Tc dng: Kin t, tr thp, ha m, tc phong.
Gii thch bi thuc:
Bi thuc ny do bi Nh trn thang gia Bch trut, Thin ma, thng dng tr chng phong
m, au u, chng mt.
Trong bi:
Bn h, Thin ma: ha m, tc phong, tr au u, chng mt l ch dc.
Bch trut, Bch linh: kin t, tr thp tiu m.

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Qut hng: l kh, ha m.

Cam tho, Sinh khng, i to: iu ha t v.
ng dng lm sng:
Bi thuc ch tr chng au u, chng mt, m nhiu, ngc y, ru li trng nht, mch
huyn, hot do phong m gy nn.
1.

Trng hp chng mt nhiu gia thm Cng tm, m nam tinh tng tc dng tc phong.

2.

Trng hp kh h gia thm ng sm, Hong k b kh.

Ch : Nhng trng hp au u, chng mt do Can dng thnh, m h khng c dng.

BAN XIA BAI ZHU TIAN MA WAN

Bi thuc ny ca cng ty ng dc Guang Ci Tang (c) (Vertigoff)
A proprietary blend of
Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae
Rhizoma Gastrodiae Elatae
Radix Ginseng
Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae
Radix Astragali Membranacei
Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalis
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
Sclerotium Poriae Cocos
Massa Medicata Fermentata
Fructus Hordei Germinatus
Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis
Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis
Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis

Bn h ch
Bch trut
Thin ma
nhn sm
Thng trut
Hong k
Trch t
Trn b
Phc linh
Thn khc
Mch nha
Cang khng
Hong b
Cam tho

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(Zhi Ban Xia)

(Bai Zhu)
(Tian Ma)
(Ren Shen)
(Cang Zhu)
(Huang Qi)
(Ze Xie)
(Chen Pi)
(Fu Ling)
(Shen Qu)
(Mai Ya)
(Gan Jiang)
(Huang Bai)
(Gan Cao)