More Herbs Formulas
Decoction for the Eight Winds and Nine Regions,From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.,For men and women who, due to exposure to cold and failure to protect themselves—such as undressing in the wind, sweating while lying on a cold, damp surface—suffer from hemiplegia, extreme cold in the hands and feet, paralysis, difficulty … Read more
Ginseng Decoction for Draining the Lungs,From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.,Accumulated heat in the Lung Meridian. Symptoms include shortness of breath and coughing, distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, excessive phlegm, and difficult, sluggish bowel movements.
Wu Hui Ointment,From *Wai Tai*, Volume 32, citing *Shen Shi Fang*.,Treats headaches and hair loss.
Aconite and Pinellia Decoction,From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.,Indicated for symptoms such as cold phlegm rising due to stomach deficiency, dizziness, blurred vision, and vomiting.
Fangge Erchen Decoction,*Etiology, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.,For vomiting due to wind-induced conditions accompanied by phlegm. Upon occasional exposure to wind and cold, vomiting occurs immediately, accompanied by pain in the head and forehead, a flushed and hot face, and a floating and slippery pulse.
Ginseng and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills,*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9 (Newly Added Formulas of the Chunyou Era).,For all cases of deficiency in women, including emaciation and wasting of the flesh, night sweats, palpitations, coughing, shortness of breath, irregular menstruation, or alternating chills and fever, and loss of appetite.
Mao-Shu-Xia-Chen Decoction,*Direct Pointers to Medical Formulas from Haojing*.,Dampness injures spleen yang, causing a cough with thin phlegm; the tongue is coated with a white-ash, slippery coating; there is epigastric fullness and nausea.
Huangyaozi Powder,From *Experienced Formulas*, cited in Volume 3 of *Pocket Guide*.,Chronic eczema that has persisted for years.
Changshan Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.,For all types of malaria that have persisted for years without cure.
Huantong Dan,From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2.,Indicated for deficiency of kidney yin, manifested as grayish-white facial hair, blurred vision, and pain in the lower back and legs.
Yi Jin San,From *Simple Formulas*, citing Li Bo-shan’s formula (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 79).,Lung heat, nasal congestion, and thick nasal discharge.
Decoction of Rheum,From *Shenghui*, Volume 79.,For postpartum masses and blood clots attacking the heart and abdomen, which cause immediate fainting upon onset; also effective for expelling retained fetal tissue.
Jianmin Dan,From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Yuxian Formula).,For heatstroke with vomiting and diarrhea, motion sickness (car or boat), nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, excessive alcohol consumption, wind-heat in children, and summer heat.
Spleen-Nourishing Pills,From *Essential Prescriptions*, cited in Volume 4 of *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*.,
Menstrual Regulation and Tonifying Pills,From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.,For women with irregular menstruation—whether early, late, heavy, or scant—who frequently experience dizziness, darkened vision, tinnitus, red or white vaginal discharge, lower back and abdominal pain, heat in the palms and soles, heaviness and fatigue in the limbs, chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, loss … Read more
Roasted Pork Liver Formula,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.,For women suffering from postpartum dysentery with red and white discharge, lower back and abdominal pain, and an inability to eat.
Modified Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills,*Easy and Convenient Formulas*, Volume 1.,For wind, cold, heat, and dampness-induced colds in all four seasons; all pathogenic influences; epidemic and contagious diseases spreading from household to household; and cases of spleen and stomach damage due to excessive eating.
Anxi Blood-Activating Pill,*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9.,For deficiency of the Chong and Ren Vessels, chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen (??), irregular menstruation—whether excessive and unceasing, delayed, or accompanied by metrorrhagia or persistent leukorrhea—a sallow and withered complexion, emaciated and wasted muscles, a heavy and sluggish … Read more
Mysterious Decoction,*Medical Inventions*, Volume 4.,If the patient must not lie down—and experiences shortness of breath when lying down—it is because water qi has risen upward and overwhelmed the lungs; the lungs, filled with water, become buoyant, obstructing the free flow of qi, and the pulse is deep and large.
Rhubarb Tincture,*Annotations on Pharmaceutics and Formulation*.,Loss of appetite.
Jujube Elixir,From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.,Walnut, wall mud, vitiligo, mallet, etc.
Gardenia and Gypsum Decoction,The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 10); the name appears in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 2).,For relapse due to eating, drinking, or physical exertion following a cold or warm disease.
Formula for Reviving Mental Dullness,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.,For mental stupor. The patient remains shut indoors alone all day, muttering incomprehensibly. They may tightly sew their own clothes shut with needle and thread. They may or may not accept food and drink; they may go several days without eating without complaining of … Read more
Tiger’s Tooth Powder,From *Fan Wang’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 24 of *Wai Tai*.,For abscesses and swellings on the back.
Longevity Wine,From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.,
Ganlu Wine,For various deficiencies and debility.