More Herbs Formulas
Siwu Decoction with Phellodendron and Anemarrhena,*Comprehensive Collection of Proven Formulas for 100 Internal and Surgical Diseases*, Volume 1.,For cases of premature menstruation caused by the mistaken administration of pungent, hot, and uterine-warming herbs, resulting in latent fire in the Chong and Ren meridians.
Guanyin Life-Saving Powder,From *Suocui Lu*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 229.,For women experiencing difficult labor, or transverse or breech presentation, where delivery has not occurred after 3–4 days; or for retained dead fetus.
Acorus Large Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 11.,For severe wind-heat obstruction, swelling and pain in the throat, hoarse voice, and difficulty swallowing.
Jujube Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 80.,Generalized edema, abdominal distension with shortness of breath, inability to lie down, and difficulty with urination and defecation.Taiyang-type wind-stroke, characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, shortness of breath, absence of aversion to cold, hot sweats, episodic attacks, headache, fullness and hardness beneath the heart radiating to the flanks, and pain in the flanks. … Read more
Ox-Orange Decoction,From *Supplement to the Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 2.,Thrush.
Horse Bone Powder,*Compendium of General Principles of Health*, Volume 15.,For various types of night crying in infants.
Minor Fu Zhu Powder,*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 17.,For wandering wind (fei shi), characterized by sudden, severe pain that shifts location; when treated with acupuncture, the pain moves elsewhere; symptoms subside after a day or half a day, only to recur shortly thereafter.
Purple Jade Hairpin Ointment,*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 27.,Corn.
Cooling and Moisturizing Decoction,From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 12.,Itching of the skin; numbness of the head, face, hands, and feet.
Grass and Calcareous Milk Pills,From *A Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 22, citing Cao Gong’s formula.,For the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury that damage the lungs, resulting in shortness of breath; for men in advanced age whose yang qi has ceased, manifesting as cold hands and feet, a sense … Read more
Miraculous Efficacy Cake,From *Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 12.,For all types of toxic sores.
Decoction for Relieving Muscle Tension and Dispelling Summer-Heat,*Guide to Autumn Malaria*, Volume 1.,Wind-malaria complicated by summer-heat malaria. Alternating chills and fever, headache, thirst, dark urine, scorched-yellow tongue coating, and in severe cases, delirium; pulse is floating, slippery, and rapid.
Chi Ling Dan,*Collection of Inherited Surgical Formulas*.,For carbuncles and festering sores that have not broken through.
Pills for Calming the Spirit and Stabilizing the Mind,*Yi Bian*, Volume 1.,Dry throat, palpitations, anxiety, and forgetfulness.
Black Plum and Coptis Powder,From *Essential Effective Formulas*, cited in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*.,For cholera and watery diarrhea accompanied by rumbling in the abdomen.
Gynecological Bai Feng Dan,From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.,For women suffering from bone-consuming fever and internal heat, with a sallow complexion and emaciation, cloudy urine, leukorrhea, a cold uterus, irregular menstruation, and difficulty conceiving.
Decoction for Clearing Summer-Heat and Consolidating Yin,From *Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.,In the early stages of summer heat illness in children, symptoms include diarrhea, thirst, fever—with the forehead, chest, and abdomen being particularly hot—and intermittent fever that subsides only to return shortly thereafter. The child is restless and agitated, unable to sit or lie still comfortably; … Read more
Fire Dragon Pill for Bone Setting,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 309.,For all types of contusions, bruises, and injuries involving bone fractures, tendon pain, and swelling.
Yin Dan Decoction,From *Qian Jin*, Volume 9.,For pain in the limbs and joints due to cold damage, with internal cold and external heat, and restlessness from deficiency; or for winter fever with cold in the middle jiao complicated by food stagnation.
Pill for Prolonging Life and Promoting Progeny,From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 4.,Men with extreme yang deficiency who struggle to conceive suffer from an excessive and intense “ministerial fire” that scorches the true yin, leading to extreme yang—which becomes hyperactive; or they may be excessively rigid, causing an imbalance between victory and defeat, resulting in childlessness.
Green Robe Powder,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.,Bleeding from between the teeth.
Ginseng and Atractylodes Chest-Relieving Decoction,*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 8.,For children with blue veins and malnutrition, accompanied by abdominal pain and spitting up after feeding.
Yuantianku Jiu Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.,Epidemic Fever.
Tongyang Decoction,*Essential Supplements to Medical Practice*, Middle Volume.,Abdominal distension due to cold and dampness. Cold and dampness linger in the middle jiao; clear yang fails to disperse, resulting in abdominal fullness and rigidity, a sallow complexion, lack of thirst and appetite, and a deep, slow pulse.
Peppermint and Forsythia Formula,Quoted from Bingyutang’s Proven Formulas in *Traditional Chinese Medicine Laryngology*.,Wind-heat toothache. Toothache, swollen gums, inability to chew, swollen and hot cheeks, pain relieved by coolness at the affected site, thirst, red tip of the tongue, white and dry tongue coating, and a floating and rapid pulse.
Yellow-Discharging and Appetite-Restoring Powder,When the heat of the smallpox pathogen invades the stomach, causing dry, cracked lips and mouth, a greasy sensation in the mouth accompanied by thirst, and even a prickly rash on the tongue or a mouth black as coal; after the pus stage, the body remains vigorous and feverish, with various symptoms of dry heat and a lack of appetite.