Formula
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | He Jie Ji
和解劑 |
| Sub Category | Tiao He Gan Pi
調和肝脾 |
| Name | Si Ni San
四逆散 The Retroacting Powder for the Extremities |
| Pharma Effect | |
| Function | Vents pathogenic influences, releases constraints, spreads the liver qi, and regulates the spleen. |
| Clinic Usage | This formula treats yang or hot-type collapse (yang jue) due to heat entering the interior and constrains the yang qi, which inhibits the spreading of yang qi to the extremities. Symptoms include cold fingers and toes, disharmony of liver and spleen, pain |
| Cautions | This formula is to harmonize liver and spleen. The usage makes great difference with that of Retroacting Decoction for the Extremities (si ni tang). |
