105 HT QIANG HUO SHENG SHI PIAN

Relieve Damp Cold Tablet – Relieving Qi stagnation in the upper back since 1231 A.D.

TCM Therapeutic Actions:
Relieves Qi stagnation or pain due to conditions of Wind,
Cold and Dampness.

TCM Indications:
Arthritis, sciatica, chronic rheumatic arthritis with symptoms of heavy sensations, head and body aches, a painful response to cold, damp weather. Also used to relieve a dysfunction in the Small Intestine or Urinary Bladder meridians due to Wind, Cold and Dampness.

Modern Indications:
Pain, sciatica, frozen shoulder, neck pain, blood circulation, resisting viruses, common cold, and induces diuresis.

Contraindications:
None.

TCM Contraindications:
This formula is designed to cause sweats to push out the pathogen. Use caution with any Heat condition, Yin deficiency, Blood deficiency, Stomach and Spleen deficiency, or Liver Yang rising. Contraindicated in excess conditions with phlegm, Dampness or Qi stagnation. Use cautiously in patients with hypermenorrhea. Not recommended for those with conditions that do not include the presence of Wind, Cold or Dampness.

Pharmaceutical Interactions:
This formula may INCREASE anticoagulant and antiplatelet effects; use cautiously with these types of agents as well as thrombolytic agents and low molecular weight heparins.
This formula may DECREASE plasma glucose levels, and if used with antidiabetic medications, may cause hypoglycemia. This formula may inhibit benzodiazepine receptor binding by flunitazepam and may reverse some effects of diazepam. Digoxin-like immunoreactivity has been shown and may interfere with serum assays of digoxin.

Comments:
Used to relieve dysfunction in the Small Intestine or Urinary Bladder meridians due to Wind, Cold, and Dampness. Designed for Superficial conditions.

Recommended Usage:
2-3 tablets twice daily with warm water.