Warm the Interior — herbs and formulas (温里剂)

Warming-Interior formulas restore Yang and dispel Cold from the deep interior of the body. Used for Spleen Yang or Kidney Yang deficiency, internal Cold patterns and for collapse of Yang.

Sub-categories

1. Warm Middle Burner — Li Zhong Tang, Wu Zhu Yu Tang
2. Rescue collapsed Yang — Si Ni Tang, Shen Fu Tang
3. Warm channels and dispel Cold — Dang Gui Si Ni Tang

Herbs in this category

The following individual herbs belong to this category in the Chinese Materia Medica:

• Bi Ba (Long Pepper)
• Chuan Jiao (Sichuan Pepper)
• Ding Xiang (Clove Flower Bud)
• Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite root / Processed Monkshood)
• Gan Jiang (Dried ginger rhizome)
• Gao Liang Jiang (Lesser Galangal Rhizome)
• Rou Gui (Cinnamon bark)
• Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia fruit)

Formulas in this category

The following classical and modern formulas in this category are detailed individually in the formula directory:

1. Li Zhong Wan — Middle Jiao deficiency cold
2. Wu Zhu Yu Tang — Liver cold with vertex headache, Stomach cold
3. Si Ni Tang — Yang collapse (cold extremities, faint pulse)
4. Da Jian Zhong Tang — severe Middle-Jiao cold
5. Xiao Jian Zhong Tang — Middle-Jiao Yang deficiency with cramping
6. Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang — as above with Qi-Blood deficiency
7. Shen Fu Tang — Yang collapse rescue (with Ginseng + Aconite)

Browse the full formula directory for over 260 individual formula pages.

When this category is used

Formulas that Warm the Interior are typically prescribed for: chronic cold limbs, Raynaud’s, watery diarrhoea, infertility from Yang deficiency, postpartum cold, abdominal cold pain. The choice of specific formula within the category is determined by precise Eight Principles pattern differentiation in clinical consultation.

About prescribing

Chinese herbal formulas are dispensed by qualified practitioners following individual TCM diagnosis. The herbs I prescribe are pharmaceutical-grade granules from Sun Ten in Taiwan, tested to the highest international quality and safety standards. Online consultations are available throughout the UK and worldwide.

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