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Edema of the Extremities

Accumulation of Heat and Damp ("Heat Bi")

Clinical Manifestations

• Edema in small joints
• Acute, achy, swollen arthritis
• Combined with fever, thirst and irritability
• T: Red body with yellow greasy coat
• P: Slippery and rapid

Formula

• Bai Hu Tang + Gui Zhi and Cang Zhu

Accumulation of Cold and Damp ("Cold Bi")

Clinical Manifestations

• Cold, achy arthritis with edema
• T: Greasy white coat
• P: Slow

Formula

• Wu Tou Tang

Qi Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations

• Pitting edema
• Chest constriction and hypochondriac distending pain
• T: Pale with white coating
• P: Wiry

Etiology

• Because this a channel pathology, the etiology is often an external pathogen associated with Wind.

Treatment Principle

• Harmonize Ying and Wei Qi

Formula

• Xiang Ru San
• Xiang Fu activates Qi
• Su Ye expells wind

Qi and Blood Stagnation (Post stroke sequellae, paralysis, hemiplegia)

Clinical Manifestations

• Edema (mostly lower extremities), weakness, numbness
• Color of the skin at affected site is purple
• T: Pale with purple spots
• P: Wiry, choppy

Etiology

• Phlegm remaining in channels after stroke

Formula

• Huang Qi Gui Zhi Tang

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