LU+-+Ren+Shen+&+Mai+Men+Dong+&+Wu+Wei+Zi

= The combination to treat the failure of the Lung to predominate the Nose and Throat: Ren Shen & Mai Men Dong & Wu Wei Zi =

Category:

 * Tonify Qi

Properties:

 * Lung, Spleen
 * Powerfully tonifies the Yuan qi of the 5 organs
 * Nourishes Yin
 * Revives from collapse
 * Stops heavy bleeding
 * CAUTION: Warm and aids fire, can contribute to retention of pathogen, never with fire from constraint, steaming bone disorder, heat in the blood, or with external pathogen

Category:

 * Tonify Yin

Properties:

 * Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold
 * Heart, Lungs, Stomach
 * Nourishes Stomach, Spleen, Heart, and Lung Yin
 * Quiets irritability
 * CONTRA: loose stool from Spleen deficiency, turbid phlegm or thin mucus in the lungs or stomach, or early wind-cold cough.

==**Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus, Magnoliaceae, Schisandra chinensis, S. sphenanthera; Schisandra fruit...gomishi)** ==

Category:

 * Stabilize and bind....Astringe

Properties:

 * Sour, Sweet, Warm
 * Heart, Kidney, Lung
 * Contains leakage of Lung qi
 * Grasps the qi
 * Enriches the Kidneys
 * stops diarrhea
 * nourishes the liver
 * generates fluids
 * CONTRA: Not if ext d/o hasn't been cleared yet or heat from excess in the interior, or early stages of cough or rash
 * Might cause heart burn

** Combining Principals: **

 * According the Mov't of Qi
 * According to Zang Fu Attribution
 * According to Organ Preference
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to 5e relationship
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to Qi, Blood, Body Fluid & Essence
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to Body constitution of Patient
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nature of Disease
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Location of Disease (int/ext; multiple organs involved)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Complexity of Disease
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Various organs
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Different pathologies at same time
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Minimize side effects
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Encourage patients to take herbs

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 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sheng Mai San