Juan Bi Tang (Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction)

Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction

Yi Xue Xin Wu, 1732

• Qiang Huo, Du Huo, Qin Jiao, Hai Feng Teng (dispel wind-damp)
• Gui Zhi, Sang Zhi (warm/unblock); Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Ru Xiang, Mu Xiang (blood/qi); Gan Cao

• Dispels wind-damp and unblocks the channels
• Harmonises the qi and blood; relieves painful obstruction

Wind-cold-damp painful obstruction: aching, heavy, painful shoulders, arms, neck and back with stiffness and difficulty moving, worse with cold and damp.

Tongue: white coat. Pulse: wiry or soggy.

With marked cold, add warming herbs; with heat, adapt.

For wind-cold-damp bi; use with caution in damp-heat bi.