Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Warming Interior
                                           
                                                 Chapter 7

                Herbal Formula  for Warming Interior

The herbal Formulae for warming interior are mainly composed of herbs which have the effects of warming the middle
to dispel cold, restoring yang to rescue collapse, and warming meridians to expel cold, They are used for the interior
cold syndromes and pertain to warming therapy of the eight therapies,
There are two kinds of causes for the interior cold syndromes, i. e., directly attacking of cold on the interior and cold
originated from the interior. For examples, constitutional yang deficiency leads to generation of the interior cold; the
exogenous cold directly attacks on the interior including viscera and meridians; erroneous purgation injures yang qi. The
interior cold syndromes are characterized by chill without fever, preference for warm and lying crookedly, oral
tastelessness without thirst, clear urine, deep and slow pulse or loose pulse. For the parts of viscera and meridians
attacked by cold evil are different, the interior cold syndromes can be divided into deficiency of cold of the middle jiao,
exhaustion of the heart and kidney-yang, and attacking of cold on meridians.
Based on the principle that "cold syndrome should be treated by hot natured herbs" , the interior cold syndromes should
be treated by therapy of warming the interior and dispelling cold. According to the different locations of diseases, this
kind of formulae are divided into three categories, i. e., formulae for warming the middle to dispel cold, formulae for
restoring yang to rescue collapse, and formulae for warming meridians to expel cold.
When applying the interior-warming 、 formulae, it should be careful to differentiate the true or false cold and heat. The
herbal  formulae for warming interior are never be applied to heat syndromes with pseudo-cold symptoms. In cases of
extreme exuberance of cold, if vomiting happens immediately after taking hot natured herbs, the hot natured decoction
can be taken coolly, or small amount cold-natured herbs can be added to the formulae as the contrary adjuvant. The
warming interior for mulae are mainly composed of herbs with pungent flavor and warm or hot nature, so that deduction
of dosage is obliged to apply them to patients of constitutional exuberance of fire, blood loss and injury of yin even if
manifested by the interior cold syndromes.