More Herbs Formulas
Gardenia Six-Ingredient Powder,From *Formulas of Xu Renze*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.,For epidemic diseases or typhoid fever where the condition persists after sweating and purgation induced by chicken-egg decoction.
Dragon-Snake Bone-Transforming Pill,From *Formulas Following the Viper*.,For hemiplegia, wind-induced paralysis with bone pain, numbness, and itching.
Throat-Clearing Dual-Harmony Decoction,From *The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 1.,For all throat disorders in their early stages.
Coptis Fire-Purging Decoction,*Six Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 8.,Sudden redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes.
Warm the Middle Pills,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 20, citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.,Spleen pain.
Pomegranate Root Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 56.,For roundworms, pinworms, and similar parasites causing pain in the heart and abdomen.
Wu Ba Pills,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 165.,Chronic, stubborn phlegm in the chest and diaphragm causes harm, accumulating into phlegm-qi. The face and eyes appear pale and bluish; there is constant swelling; the patient cannot eat at all; the entire body aches; there is nighttime congestion; the patient cannot … Read more
Decoction of Mulberry Leaves,From the Cheng Family Formula, cited in Volume 4 of *Xian Nian Ji*.,
Mercury Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 71.,For women suffering from masses and fullness in the abdomen, with lumps that do not dissipate and pain in the chest and abdomen.
Guizhi Decoction for Reversing Collapse (with Cinnamon Twig, omitting Peony, and adding Sichuan Lacquer, Oyster Shell, and Dragon Bone),*Treatise on Cold Damage*.,For cases of cold damage with a floating pulse, where the physician has used excessive heat to treat it, resulting in yang depletion; this will inevitably lead to convulsions and delirium, with the patient … Read more
Ghost’s Lament Powder,The formula is from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 36), citing a formula by Liu Juanzi; the name is found in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 197), citing *Sheng Hui*.,For childhood malaria; for intermittent malaria characterized by fever without chills.
Guanyin Tea,From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.,For coughs.
Cimicifuga and Rhinoceros Horn Ointment,Formula by Wen Zhong, cited in Volume 15 of *Wai Tai*.,For various types of heat-wind toxins causing itching that break through the skin; scratching results in the sudden appearance of red hives, accompanied by the discharge of yellow fluid, which later forms pus-filled sores.
Longevity Ointment,From *The New Book for the Young* (Volume 19), citing *The Zhuang Family Tradition*.,For accumulated heat in the heart of children; for mouth sores in adults and children.
Pepper and Rehmannia Wine,*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.,
Family-Transmitted Chuanxiong-Danggui Decoction,From *The Song of Preserving Life: Summary*, Volume 16.,Various Hernias.
Refined Tenghuang,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.,Edema due to excess syndrome.
Fire-Clearing Pill,From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.,For cases of smallpox with severe blood heat and intense toxicity.
Yue Tao Powder,*The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 2.,Jaundice.
Ban Huang Pills,From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.,Cough due to heat phlegm. Heat phlegm stagnates internally, causing coughing, a flushed face, chest fullness, and persistent heat in the chest, abdomen, and flanks, though the feet may occasionally feel cold; the pulse is洪滑 (hong-hua).
Immortal’s Porridge,From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2.,For deficiency of both qi and blood, emaciation, a sallow and swollen complexion, pain in the hands and feet, dizziness and tinnitus, premature graying of hair, and dry stools. Currently used for age-related hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, and dry stools.
Miraculous Dragon Bone Powder,From *A Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 1.,For infants one month or older whose umbilical stump continues to ooze fluid and fails to heal.
Qi-Nourishing and Spirit-Nourishing Decoction,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.,For those who have recently recovered from cold damage and have just resumed physical labor or daily activities, or who experience mental exhaustion from excessive talking and a slight recurrence of fever, this is termed “post-recovery exhaustion.”
Safflower Seed Decoction,*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 350.,For postpartum stroke with restlessness and thirst.
Lump-Dissolving Pills,*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.,For nodules that have persisted for a long time without resolving.
Formula for Unblocking Meridians and Promoting Blood Circulation,Nodular erythema, indurated erythema, and nodular disease of the lower extremities result from wind-dampness obstructing the meridians, leading to qi stagnation and blood stasis, which coalesce into nodules, causing redness, swelling, and pain.