More Herbs Formulas
Aconite and Gardenia Decoction,*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.,For those with a constitutional tendency toward damp-heat who, due to external invasion by cold pathogens, experience a hernia with unrelenting pain.
Cedar Decoction,From Zheng Xun’s Effective Formulas cited in *Formulas for Rescuing the Three Types of Death* (see *Classified Materia Medica*, Vol. 14, citing *Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica*).,For dry beriberi, cholera, and shortness of breath with suffocation to the point of near death. For beriberi with severe distension and obstruction, a mass in the flank … Read more
Summer-Heat-Relieving Decoction,From *Ru Yi Fang*, cited in Volume 201 of *Pu Ji Fang*.,During the hot summer months, consumption of raw or cold foods leads to vomiting, diarrhea, and leg cramps.
Bowel-Regulating Powder,*Collection of Surgical Techniques* (Wai Ke Ji Ye), Volume 8.,Several days after a blow, with obstruction of both urination and defecation
Qingyang Sanhuo Decoction,*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.,Osteoarthritis. Swelling at the base of the teeth, with pain extending to the ears and neck.
Fragrant Red Decoction,From *Medical Practitioners’ Essential Methods*.,For malaria with attacks occurring at the Hour of You.
Disinfecting Indigo Decoction,From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen* (Volume 12).,For cases where, after the smallpox lesions have subsided, the patient experiences severe fever, eyes that seem to burn, and a body covered with macules.
Yin-Nourishing and Diarrhea-Stopping Pill,*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.,Dysentery caused by damp-heat, with intense thirst and a constant urge to drink; yet drinking does not bring much relief, accompanied by a sense of vexation, scanty urination, and stools that are a mixture of red and white—resembling pus but not pus, resembling blood but not blood.
Flower Snake Pills,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 367.,For stroke with stiff neck and upward-tilting head, as well as convulsions and epilepsy.
Gui Ling Powder,From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 15.,For severe and life-threatening abdominal pain.
Cormorant Saliva Pills,*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.,Cormorant Plague in Children. Whooping Cough (i.e., childhood paroxysmal cough).
Raw Lacquer Decoction,From *Essentials of Treating Cold Damage*, Volume 2.,Stagnant blood syndrome.
Rhinoceros Horn and Musk Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 55.,For heart pain, abdominal pain, external pathogenic factors, and poison from witchcraft or ghostly afflictions.
Blood Nourishment Formula No. 1,*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,Purpura caused by yin deficiency with blood heat.
Huanglong Pills,Formula by Liu Xiaoting, cited in Volume 8 of *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*.,Chronic abdominal masses.
Eight Li Pills,From *A Rational Analysis of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 30.,Injuries caused by blows with a staff or by being crushed.
Yu Zhen Pills,From *Miraculous Formulas of Han Medicine*, Volume 5.,For leprosy.
Amber Nourishing Pills,From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.,All ailments in women before and after childbirth. Pain in the head and flanks; abdominal pain around the navel; vomiting, retching, and shortness of breath; chest tightness, phlegm, and wheezing; inability to eat or drink; various types of dysentery; red and white vaginal discharge; cold menstrual … Read more
Ephedra and Raw Rehmannia Decoction,*The Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas by Yun Qizi*, Volume 2.,For women with typhoid fever presenting a floating and tight pulse, headache, body heat, aversion to cold, and absence of sweat; where there is concern that heat may enter the blood chamber after inducing sweating.
Secret Formula: Pills to Dissolve in the Mouth,*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 2.,For persistent, unrelenting cough.
Stewed Ginger Decoction,From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 157.,For a cold-induced cough in the lungs that persists for a long time, as well as qi rebellion in the upper burner.
Honeysuckle and Four Gentlemen Decoction,*New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,Various throat conditions.
Nijin Ointment,*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 13.,For adults and children alike, all cases of unexplained swelling, hardness, burning, and redness, as well as various types of red tumors, feverish swellings, and moist, ulcerated sores.
Coix Seed Powder,*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 13.,For bi syndrome caused by dampness injuring the kidney, resulting in the kidney’s failure to nourish the liver, and liver wind combined with dampness spreading to the limbs and shoulder joints. Cold-damp bi pain.
Heat-Dispelling Decoction,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 385.,For infants over 100 days old suffering from a high fever accompanied by convulsions.
Blood Stasis-Resolving Pill,In the Taiyang Bladder Meridian, stagnant blood has accumulated and refuses to disperse. After noon, the patient vomits 1–2 bowls of sour fluid; by the Hour of the Goat (15:00–17:00), pain occurs in the chest; by the Hour of the Monkey (19:00–21:00), the pain becomes severe, leading to loss of consciousness; by the Hour of the Dog (21:00–23:00), the patient regains consciousness. This pattern recurs daily.