bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispelling wind and dampness, replenishing qi and invigorating blood. (Promoting blood circulation and strengthening bones and muscles).

bubble_chart Indications

1. Promotes blood circulation, strengthens muscles and bones, eliminates cold-dampness, and expels cold qi.
2. Suffering from dysentery for a long time, with foot pain, weakness, and inability to walk, known as dysentery wind.
3. Swelling and pain in both knee joints, withered and thin calves, atrophy, and inability to flex or extend, known as crane knee wind.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription combines the Four Ingredients Decoction with Ginseng, White Atractylodes Rhizome, and Astragalus Root to replenish qi and invigorate blood, enhancing the function of dispelling cold-dampness. It is further paired with Saposhnikovia Root, Notopterygium to dispel wind, and Achyranthes Root, Eucommia Bark to strengthen bones and muscles, fortify the lower back and knees, and alleviate pain. Additionally, Aconite Lateral Root is used to dispel cold-dampness and warm the meridians.

1. Deficiency of both qi and blood.
2. Swelling and pain in the knee joint (crane knee wind).
3. Emaciation of the lower legs.
4. Dysentery wind.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. wind-cold-dampness impediment: add Gentian, Atractylodes Rhizome.
2. Knee joint swelling and pain: add Asarum, Stephania Tetrandra.
3. blood stasis pain like a cone prick: add Peach Kernel, Carthamus.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Not suitable for those with dual deficiency of qi and blood, contraindicated in excess pattern.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Crane knee wind, dysentery wind, lower limb arthritis, wind-dampness arthritis, hemiplegia, beriberi, lower limb nerve paralysis, neuralgia.