Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction)

Sub-Category:

• Formulas that Promote Urination and Leach out Dampness

Pattern:

• Kidney Yang deficiency with pathogenic fluid accumulation

Actions:

• Warms Spleen and Kidney Yang, promotes urination, and drains Water-Damp

Indications:

• Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency with water accumulation: Difficult urination, abdominal pain, aversion to cold, heavy and aching extremities, generalized body edema, loose stools or diarrhea, dizziness, palpitations, absence of thirst, heavy sensation in the head, coughing, and vomiting
• External disorder with overuse of diaphoretics: Fever that is not reduced by sweating, trembling, shivering, dizziness, and palpitations in the epigastria.

Possible Tongue Appearance:

• Pale swollen tongue with teeth marks and a slippery white coat

Possible Pulse Patterns:

• Deep, thready, and slippery pulse

Western Uses:

• Chronic Nephritis
• Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Chronic Enteritis
• Intestinal Tuberculosis
• Meniere's Disease
• Primary Hypertension
• Primary Hyperaldosteronism
• Hypothyroidism
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Edema

Cautions, Contraindications, Herb Drug Interactions:

• Do not use in cases of Yin deficiency, Heat, or Damp Heat
• This formula contains one or more toxic substances (while some Chinese herbs are toxic, it must be noted that many come prepared, or are combined, to mitigate their toxicity).

Preparation Notes:

• Decoction.

Originally Appeared In:

• On Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun)

Combined Channels of all herbs in this formula:

• Spleen, Heart, Kidneys, Stomach, Lungs, Liver

Substances in this Formula (5 Total):

	Fu Zi (Processed Aconite) 附子 Qty: 9 grams Chan: HT, KI, SP Prop: Spicy, Hot, Toxic Latin: Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli Cat: Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold
	Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes Rhizome) 白术 Qty: 6 grams Chan: SP, ST Prop: Bitter, Sweet, Warm Latin: Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Cat: Herbs that Tonify Qi
	Fu Ling (Sclerotium of Tuckahoe, China Root, Poria, Hoelen) 茯苓 Qty: 9 grams Chan: HT, SP, LU Prop: Sweet, Bland, Neutral Latin: Scierotium Poriae Cocos Cat: Herbs that Regulate Water and Drain Dampness
	Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome) 生姜 Qty: 9 grams Chan: LU, SP, ST Prop: Spicy, Warm Latin: uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis Cat: Warm, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior
	Bai Shao (White Peony Root) 白芍 Qty: 9 grams Chan: LIV, SP Prop: Bitter, Sour, Cool Latin: Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae Cat: Herbs that Tonify Blood