Organ

Formula

Pattern and Patho-Mechanism

Jun

King

Zuo Chen

Assistance Minister

Jian Chen

Supervision Minister

Zuo Shi

Service for Chen

Liver

Xiao Xie Fang

(Ti Xu)

Ti refers to blood. Liver blood fails to warm the residual cold from winter, leading to the depressing of worming function of blood i.e. blood stasis

Shao Yao (Wood in Metal)

Zhi Shi (Water in Metal)

Sheng Jiang (Fire in Wood)

Xiao Bu Fang

(Yong Xu)

Yong refers to the warm function of the liver. Liver yang fails to warm cold/ice from winter, leading to water and blood retention i.e. phlegm and blood stasis, and dryness transformation, wind

Gui Zhi (Wood in Wood)

Gan Jiang (Water in Wood)

Wu Wei Zi (Earth in Metal)

Shan Yao (Wood in Earth)

Heart (Pericardium)

Xiao Xie Fang

(Ti Xu)

Ti refers to blood vessel. Exuberant fire in summer forces blood circulation and makes vessel hard. If vessel is not soft and flexible, blood cannot be distributed.

Huang Lian (Fire in Water)

Huang Qin (Wood in Water)

Da Huang (Earth in Fire)

Xiao Bu Fang

(Yong Xu)

Yong refers to warming and promoting heart circulation. Heart yang fails to circulate blood, resulting in blood stasis.

Mu Dan Pi (Fire in Fire)

Xuan Fu Hua (Wood in Fire)

Zhu Ye (Metal in Water)

Shan Zhu Yu (Fire in Metal)

Spleen

Xiao Xie Fang

(Ti Xu)

Ti refers to Ying Qi (nutritive Qi). Ti Xu generates internal cold. Ti Xu also causes Wei Qi (defensive Qi) deficiency leading to exterial heat.

Fu Zi (Earth in Wood)

Sheng Jiang (Fire in Wood)

Sheng Gan Cao (Metal in Earth)

Xiao Bu Fang

(Yong Xu)

Yong refers to transformation and transportation. Stomach fails to receive food, Spleen fails to hold and transform an transport food and water.

Ren Shen (Earth in Earth)

Zhi Gan Cao (Fire in Earth)

Gan Jiang (Water in Wood)

Bai Zhu (Earth in Water)

Lung

Xiao Xie Fang

(Ti Xu)

Ti refers Qi stored in the lungs. Ti Xu causes invasion of Xie Qi (evils) esp. water retention and phlegm.

Ting Li Zi (Metal in Fire)

Da Huang (Earth in Water)

Zhi Shi (Water in Metal)

Xiao Bu Fang

(Yong Xu)

Yong refers receiving yang Qi from heaven and yin Qi from earth and descending. Yong Xu refers the upward and outward delivering of fluids and Qi, resulting in lung Qi deficiency, sweating, dryness, and phlegm.

Mai MenDong (Metal in Metal)

Wu Wei Zi (Earth in Metal)

Xuan Fu Hua (Wood in Metal)

Xi Xin (Metal in Wood)

Kidney

Xiao Xie Fang

(Ti Xu)

Ti refers kidney essence i.e. primary water and fire. Ti Xu results in kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency, dysfunction of fire transforming water resulting damp-heat.

Fu Ling (Water in Earth)

Sheng Gan Cao (Earth in Water)

Huang Qin (Wood in Water)

Xiao Bu Fang

(Yong Xu)

Yongrefersto consolidating. Yong Xu results in discharge of essence (Yin, Yang, Qi, and Xue ).

Di Huang (Water in Water)

Zhu Ye (Metal in Water)

Zhi Gan Cao (Fire in Earth)

Ze Xie (Water in Fire)