Ren+Shen+and+Wu+Wei+Zi+Herbal+Combination

acrid, sweet HT, LU, UB || Warm Sour, Sweet LU, KI, HT ||
 * ===Ren Shen=== || ===Wu Wei Zi === ||
 * Warm
 * Functions: relieves exterior syndrome, promotes sweat, warm and open the channels and activate yang qi
 * Light/warm, Unblocks Yang Qi, Releases the muscle layer**

Ind: 1. fever, aversion to cold, headache, sweats or no sweats due to attack of wind-cold 2. **Bi Syndrome** w/ ache or pain of chest, abdomen, shoulder, back and limbs due to wind, cold, and damp 3. retention of phlegm (tan) and harmful fluid (yin) due to yang def. in the HT & Sp 4. **Chest pain** or palpitation or irregular pulse due to HT yang def. 5. **Dysmennorhea**, amenorrhea, or masses in the uterus due to obstruction of the channels by cold || Functions: Astringe the Lung Qi and nourish Kidney Yin; produce by fluid and arrests sweats; control essence and stop diarrhea; calm the shen

Indications: 1. Asthma and cough due to Lung Qi deficiency 2. Nigh sweats due to Yin def., spontaneous sweats due to Yin def. 3. Thirst due to injury of body fluid and Xiao Ke 4. Seminal emission and chronic diarrhea due to def. in the Kidney and Spleen 5. Insomnia w/ lots of dreams and palpitations due to blood def. and Kidney Yin def. ||
 * 3-10g. || 2-6g.; 1-3g. in powder ||

Properties when Combined:
Ren Shen: Tonifies Yuan Qi and treats collapse of Qi, Strengthens the Lung, strengthens the Qi that generates fluids ad calms the spirit Wu Wei Zi: treats patterns of collapse, restrains the leakage of Lung Qi (and sweat) and generates fluids in the Kidneys

Combined - tonifies Qi, nourishes Yin, stops sweating, arrests coughing, and treats patterns of collapse

Major Indications of Combination:
Collapse of Yin, shock. In small doses it treats deficiency of Qi and Yin w/ symptoms of thirst, profuse sweating, lassitude, chronic cough, shortness of breath, a red tongue and a thready and weak pulse due to consumption of Qi and Yin by heat

Bensky - chronic cough w/ sparse sputum that is difficult to expectorate, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, a dry mouth and tongue, a pale red tongue w/ a dry thin coating and a deficient, rapid or deficient, thin pulse

Bensky: Concurrent deficiency of Qi and Yin, primarily in the Lungs.. insufficiency of source or primal Qi within the Lungs due to lurking heat in the Lungs with a pulse that threatens to be cut off. Summer-heat injuring the true or source Qi Fire school - treats severe damage to the Qi and body fluids in the course of externally-contracted heat disorders Strengthen the Lung as the body's upper source of water Acute shock and various types of heart disease (palpitations, coronary artery disease, alzheimers, infertility (?))

**Formulas:**
Sheng Mai San