Comparison Tian Tai Wu Yao San “Top-Quality Lindera Powder” and Nuan Gan Jian “Warm the Liver Decoction”

Tian Tai Wu Yao San “Top-Quality Lindera Powder” and Nuan Gan Jian “Warm the Liver Decoction” are two formulas commonly used in the treatment of hernia.

Tian Tai Wu Yao San is designed to treat hernia of the small intestine with pain and swelling of the testicles due to cold accumulation on the Liver channel with qi stagnation (mainly excess condition). It activates qi circulation and spreads Liver qi, disperses cold and stops pain. Ingredients: Wu Yao, Mu Xiang, Xiao Hui Xiang, Qing Pi, Gao Liang, Bing Lang, Chuan Lian Zi and Ba Dou.

Nuan Gan Jian is designed to treat hernia caused by cold of the Liver and Kidney, and treats both the root (deficiency) and manifestation (excess). Effective treatment of this syndrome requires warming and tonifying the Liver and Kidney to address the root or cause, deficiency, and activating qi circulation and dispelling cold to relieve the symptoms or manifestation (cold hernial pain). The chief herbs Rou Gui and Xiao Hui Xiang (warm the Kidney and Liver to dispel cold) work together with the deputies Dang Gui and Gou Qi Zi (nourish Liver and Kidney) to treat the root or deficiency.

Common ingredients: Wu Yao (activates qi, spreads Liver qi, disperses cold to relieve pain) and Xiao Hui Xiang (activate qi circulation, disperse stagnation, dispel cold).

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