Formulas Name : Soapberry Bud Tea
Chinese Name : 皂荚芽茶
Tender soapberry buds.
From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.
Steam until tender, then roast as in the method for making tea; grind into a fine powder as needed.
Intestinal wind.
Prepare according to the method for brewing tea and take at any time. Adding salt crystals is also effective.
Soapberry Bud Tea，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Intestinal wind.
Xianglian Shenghua Decoction，From *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For cases of red and white dysentery occurring around seven days postpartum, accompanied by a sensation of incomplete evacuation and purulent stools.
Astragalus Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *The Precious Mirror of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Yang-type cold extremities due to qi deficiency, also known as “heat-type cold extremities,” characterized by cold in the upper body and heat in the lower body.
Deer Antler and Aconite Decoction，From *Ji Sheng Xu Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 150.，For deficiency of both essence and blood, depletion of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi, tidal fever and spontaneous sweating, palpitations and anxiety, and fatigue of the limbs—in short, all symptoms of general debility.
Su-Ge Decoction，From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum pain and distension in both flanks, with a rough, large, and floating pulse.
Angelica and Pueraria Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For symptoms of Yangming heat-summer syndrome: intense fever and thirst, depletion of body fluids, and inability to sweat due to yin deficiency.
Furuncle Ointment，Formula taken from *Three Formulas for Saving Lives in Liuzhou*, citing a formula by Jia Fangbo (see *Classified Materia Medica* Vol. 22); the name appears in *Compilation of Medical Formulas* Vol. 179, citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Boils.
Liver Bi Powder，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Liver bi caused by deficiency of qi and blood, with constant counterflow of liver qi, pain radiating from the chest to the diaphragm, frequent startling during sleep, loss of appetite, acid regurgitation and vomiting, and tightness and stiffness of tendons and meridians.
Three-Ingredient Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 8.，Failure of the uterus to contract after childbirth.
Cooling Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，
Four-Ingredient Diverse-Action Powder，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 30.，Ulcers with exudate.
Ji Ji Decoction，*Yuan Zhong Can Xi*, Volume 1.，After a serious illness, the yin and yang fail to support one another: yang may tend to escape upward, manifesting as shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, eyes rolling upward, or a sensation of the heart trembling as if a banner were hanging; yin may tend to escape downward, … Read more
Mishigao，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.，Diarrhea due to malnutrition, characterized by white, turbid, foul-smelling, and greasy stools, with bone-level fever and excessive thirst.
Jingfangganju Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For wind-heat phlegm-induced cough with a floating and rapid pulse.
Xianlingpi Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.，
Yuan Shuang Powder，From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.，For throat obstruction and various symptoms affecting the mouth and tongue.
Fungus Fumigation Formula，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Neurodermatitis (tinea), chronic eczema (stubborn damp sores), cutaneous amyloidosis (pine-bark tinea), and pruritus (urticaria).
Liver-Calming Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Black Wind Cataract.
Shiquan Dabu Pills，*Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，Deficiency of the original qi of the Triple Burner and insufficiency of true yang both internally and externally; externally, aversion to wind and fear of cold, with a pale face and a withered spirit; internally, timidity and lack of courage, low spirits, impotence, spleen cold, and conditions such … Read more
Black Pepper and Green Salt Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For weakness in the lower jiao, weakness in the legs and knees, frequent fatigue, emaciation, and a lack of appetite.
Liver-Harmonizing and Kidney-Nourishing Decoction，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Liver disorders.
Xiangfu Single-Ingredient Pills，*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 7, citing *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For irregular menstrual cycles, stabbing pain caused by blood and qi stagnation, distension of the abdomen and flanks, dizziness and nausea, metrorrhagia, metrorrhagia with leukorrhea, and hematochezia or masses.
Zizheng Powder Combined with Rehmannia Powder，From *Chunjiao Ji*, Volume 1.，Various throat ailments.
Spleen-Nourishing and Calming Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 52.，For startle-induced diarrhea. In children with weak constitution who have been startled, resulting in restless sleep at night and startle reactions during the day, with diarrhea consisting of stool as thick as glue and greenish in color like moss.
Paulownia Branch Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 314.，For boils and abscesses.
Lactation-Inducing Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For postpartum lack of milk, or cases of both physical weakness and blood deficiency.
Soapberry Bud Tea,Intestinal wind.