Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan - Gastrodia and Uncaria Formula
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Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan Herbal Formula Classifications and Usages
The herbal formula "tian ma gou teng wan" , 天麻钩藤丸, which in english is "gastrodia and uncaria formula", is categorized within the "expel wind" functional grouping and within the "extinguish internal wind" sub-category.
Of many possible clinical applications, it may be considered to influence the following issues/symptoms:
- Headaches, vertigo, dizziness, tinnitis, floaters or blurry vision, insomnia as a result of liver yang rising.
- Siezures, spasms, convulsions or other types of involuntary muscle activity due to liver wind.
Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan has some precautions to be considered (see our precautions list).
- Use with caution with patients presenting with yin deficiency.
Our shop contains tian ma gou teng wan from the following manufacturer:
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For many reasons such as availability, ecological choices, and/or price, each manufacturer or herbalist may well adjust the exact composition of a specific formula. Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan is generally comprised of the following herbs:
ViewFu Ling (Poria, China Root)
Promotes urination, drains dampness, transforms phlegm - urinary difficulty, diarrhea, edema, headache, dizziness, greasy tongue coat. Strengthens the spleen, harmonizes the middle jiao - diarrhea, …
ViewGou Teng (Gambir Vine Stems and Thorns)
Extinguishes wind and alleviates spasms - spasms, muscle tremors, seizures. Drains liver heat and pacifies liver yang - headaches, irritability, red eyes, dizziness. Releases the exterior - fever, …
ViewHuang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria)
Clears heat, drains fire, especially from the upper warmer - heat patterns with fever, irritability, thirst, cough, thick, yellow sputum, hot sores and swellings. Clears heat, dries dampness - damp-…
ViewShi Jue Ming (Abolone Shell)
Drains liver fire, descends rising yang - headache, dizziness, red eyes. Liver heat disturbing the vision - photophobia, pterygium, visual obstruction.
ViewTian Ma (Gastrodia Root)
Calms the liver, extinguishes liver wind from either heat or cold patterns - spasms, tremors, headache, epilepsy, numbness, dizziness, wind-stroke, childhood convulsion, can be used for problems due …
ViewWu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax Root Bark)
Dispels wind-cold-damp, strengthens the sinews and bones, chronic bi due to liver and kidney deficiency generating weak sinews (motor function development delays in children, elderly). Transforms da…
A single formula, alone, may not be sufficient to fully address a particular TCM diagnostic pattern. Formulas may be used alone, in combinations, and/or in stages. Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan is a candidate for consideration when needing to influence liver wind and/or liver yang rising.
Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan may potentially be used, in coordination with a well tailored overall approach, to influence the following conditions: dizziness (vertigo), headache, hypertension (high blood pressure), insomnia and/or irritability
As noted above, tian ma gou teng wan is within the expel wind functional group. And it appears within the sub-category "extinguish internal wind", which contains the following formulas:
All formulas in the primary category of "expel wind" are listed below.
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