Below is a summary from the book, Zhong Yi Za Bing (Chinese Medicine Miscellaneous Conditions) by Liu Lian He, Published 2011 in China. I translated the divisions and formulas for each section under the chapter “Qi Patterns”. (Hopefully I didnt make any errors, but if you see some, feel free to point it out for corrections). The book is nice, simple and lays out the common syndromes/ patterns coherently. (Which is not always so in chinese publishing). However the book is herbs based and lacks acupuncture points.
Translation: TCMeric
Source: Zhong Yi Za Bing, Liu Lian He, 2011
The pathological changes of Qi can be divided into four categories.
Qi vacuity, qi stasis, qi counterflow and qi sinking.
A. Qi Vacuity – si jun si tang, or bu qi zhong yi qi tang
1. Heart qi vacuity – yang xin tang jia jian
2. Lung qi vacuity – bu fei tang
3. Spleen Stomach qi vacuity – si jun zi tang
4. Spleen yang vacuity – li zhong tang jia shi pi yin
5. Kidney yang vacuity – jin gui qi jia you gui yin
6. Heart Kidney yang vacuity – zhen wu bao yuan tang
7. Lung Kidney qi vacuity – ren shen hu tao bu fei tang
8. Spleen Kidney qi vacuity – shi pi yin
B. Qi Stasis – mu xiang shun qi tang
1. Spleen Stomach qi stasis – bao he tang
2. Liver depression qi stasis – chai hu shu gan tang
C. Counterflow Qi
1. Upward counterflow of Lung qi – su zi jiang qi tang
2. Upward counterflow of Stomach qi – xuan fu dai zhe tang
3. Upward counterflow of Liver fire – long dan xie gan tang
