Qi-Directing Decoction

Qi-Directing Decoction,For pulmonary consumption with excess heat, characterized by shortness of breath, flaring nostrils, and severe swelling of the face and eyes.

Formulas Name : Qi-Directing Decoction

Chinese Name : 引气汤

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of tangerine peel, 3 fen of Asarum (stems removed), 3 fen of Atractylodes macrocephala, 3 fen of Cinnamomum cassia, 1 liang of Perilla frutescens, 1 liang and 1 fen of Ephedra (knots removed, washed in boiling water), 1 liang and 1 fen of apricot kernels (fried with wheat bran, skin and tip removed), 1 liang and 1 fen of Pinellia (washed in boiling water 7 times to remove slipperiness), and 8 liang of gypsum.

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

For pulmonary consumption with excess heat, characterized by shortness of breath, flaring nostrils, and severe swelling of the face and eyes.

Instructions for Use

Take 4 qian per dose; add 2 zhan of water, 7 slices of fresh ginger, and 5 bamboo leaves; decoct until reduced to 7 fen; strain and take after meals.

Qi-Directing Decoction,*San Yin*, Volume 8.,For pulmonary consumption with excess heat, characterized by shortness of breath, flaring nostrils, and severe swelling of the face and eyes.

More Herbs Formulas

Labia and Bean Paste for Inducing Labor

Labia and Bean Paste for Inducing Labor,From *Treasure of Childbirth Formulas*.,For difficult labor where rescue is impossible.

Citron and Realgar Powder

Citron and Realgar Powder,Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 5).,Malaria.

Minor Bone-Setting Powder

Minor Bone-Setting Powder,From *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 188, citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.,For contusions and bruises resulting in injury to tendons and bones.

Enhanced Guizhi Rice Porridge Decoction

Enhanced Guizhi Rice Porridge Decoction,From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For cold damage with sweating.

Millet Husk Pills

Millet Husk Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 211.,For dysentery with bloody or white stools.

Eucommia and Pork Stomach Pills

Eucommia and Pork Stomach Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 90.,For consumptive disorders with cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, and emaciation of the body.

Forsythia and Cimicifuga Decoction

Forsythia and Cimicifuga Decoction,From *Formulas for Sores and Rashes*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 265.,For childhood rashes. When the rash first appears, the lesions are dense and pinpoint-sized, and the condition is severe.

Ginger Fish Balls

Ginger Fish Balls,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.,For diabetes with uncontrollable thirst and excessive water intake.

Red Medicinal Pills

Red Medicinal Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 313.,Boils, back abscesses, toxic swellings, and malignant sores.

Decoction for Damp-Heat Obstruction

Decoction for Damp-Heat Obstruction,From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing *Selected Experiences of Veteran Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners*.,Fox-Deception Disease (Oral-Ocular-Genital Syndrome). Redness and pain in the eyes; ulcers on the sides of the tongue; and ulcers on the genitals or in the perineal region.

Summer Heat Syndrome Tablets

Summer Heat Syndrome Tablets,*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.,For summer-induced sudden illness with syncope, clenched jaws, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, and numbness in the limbs.

Xiao Qinglong Decoction

Xiao Qinglong Decoction,From *Yi Jian Fang*.,Chronic cough with copious phlegm, preventing sleep at night; shortness of breath due to beriberi.

Taiyue Blood-Activating Pill

Taiyue Blood-Activating Pill,*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 8.,For men and women suffering from external injuries or internal damage, dog bites or insect stings, being knocked down by a donkey or falling from a horse, fractures of the hands or feet, all types of pain, stagnant blood in the abdomen causing stabbing pain in the … Read more

Rehmannia Leaf and Pork Kidney Soup

Rehmannia Leaf and Pork Kidney Soup,*Shenghui*, Volume 97.,Consumptive fever, alternating chills and fever, restlessness and pain in the back and shoulders, emaciation and weakness.

Pearl Powder Pills

Pearl Powder Pills,From *Gaoyai Zunsheng*, Volume 13.,For young men who have long lacked sexual desire and suffer from frequent, profuse discharge.

Ginseng Lung-Regulating Decoction

Ginseng Lung-Regulating Decoction,*Li’s Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.,Chronic, persistent wheezing.

Hernia-Relieving Pills

Hernia-Relieving Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 247.,For all types of hernias.

Divine Power Decoction

Divine Power Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 12.,For wind-induced fatigue and cold qi, as well as cold qi in the bladder, manifesting as piercing pain in the abdomen; also treats women’s blood wind, blood qi disorders, and typhoid fever.

Eriophorum Seed Pills

Eriophorum Seed Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 107.,Wind-heat in the liver and heart, causing blurred vision and red eyes.

Elixir of Mutual Assistance of the Two Spirits

Elixir of Mutual Assistance of the Two Spirits,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For deficiency-related wasting diseases and deficiency of the Heart, Spleen, and Kidney meridians.

Secret-Transmitted Coptis and Rehmannia Decoction

Secret-Transmitted Coptis and Rehmannia Decoction,From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).,For diabetes insipidus, where the heart pulse is often floating and the kidney pulse is often weak.

Breast-Harmonizing and Nourishing Decoction

Breast-Harmonizing and Nourishing Decoction,*Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.,For women with long-standing breast abscesses that have already ruptured.

Emergency Pills for Relieving Summer Heat and Dampness

Emergency Pills for Relieving Summer Heat and Dampness,From *Secret Transmission of Proven Internal and External Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,For summer heat-induced restlessness and fever.

Divine Yellow Powder

Divine Yellow Powder,From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*.,For children with a cold in the brain, accompanied by serous discharge from the nostrils that persists for a long time and is accompanied by a foul odor.

Sulfur Fire-Nourishing Pills

Sulfur Fire-Nourishing Pills,From *Li Ye*.,For men with cold-induced impotence and weakness, accompanied by cloudy discharge and nocturnal emissions; for women with a cold and deficient uterus, accompanied by red or white vaginal discharge; and for cold-induced diarrhea.