Changshan Decoction

Changshan Decoction,For all types of malaria that have persisted for years without cure.

Formulas Name : Changshan Decoction

Chinese Name : 常山饮

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Changshan, 1 liang of softshell turtle shell (with frills removed, vinegar-roasted), 3 fen of Anemarrhena (baked), 3 fen of Pulsatilla, 3 fen of licorice (roasted, coarsely chopped), 3 fen of Bupleurum (stems removed), 1 handful of Artemisia annua, 1 handful of peach twigs, 1 handful of willow twigs, and half a liang of cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a coarse powder.

Benefits

For all types of malaria that have persisted for years without cure.

Instructions for Use

Take 4 qian per dose, mixed with one and a half zhan of wine. Add 3 cun each of sliced scallion whites and garlic chives, soak overnight, then decoct until reduced to 8 fen. Strain out the residue and take warm on an empty stomach; take another dose when an attack is imminent.

Changshan Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.,For all types of malaria that have persisted for years without cure.

More Herbs Formulas

Gold-Water Life-Sustaining Pill

Gold-Water Life-Sustaining Pill,From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.,For lung and kidney deficiency-cold, where fluid accumulates and transforms into phlegm; or for the elderly with yin deficiency, presenting with excessive phlegm and wheezing.

Yulian Pills

Yulian Pills,From *Bai Yi*, Volume 6.,For spleen-related dysentery and witchcraft-induced dysentery.

Duxiang Decoction

Duxiang Decoction,From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 1.,Qi stagnation. Eyes remain closed; limbs are unresponsive; drowsiness and lethargy.

Di Yu Pills

Di Yu Pills,From *Yan Nian Mi Lu*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.,Cold dysentery; indigestion; abdominal distension and pain; bloating preventing food intake.

Agarwood Spleen-Regulating Pills

Agarwood Spleen-Regulating Pills,From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.,For cases of gu syndrome with a deep and fine pulse.

Tonifying Dry Rehmannia Pills

Tonifying Dry Rehmannia Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 86.,Kidney exhaustion; leakage of essence and vital energy.

Cheng Shi Bi Xie Fen Qing Decoction

Cheng Shi Bi Xie Fen Qing Decoction,*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 4.,For red and white turbid discharge caused by damp-heat. Various types of dysuria.

Liver-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Powder

Liver-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Powder,From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 1.,Liver wind causing blurred vision and pain, attributed to deficiency.

Qi-Regulating and Fuzi-Sinking Decoction

Qi-Regulating and Fuzi-Sinking Decoction,*The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.,

Toxicity-Eliminating Powder

Toxicity-Eliminating Powder,*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.,

Half-Apricot Pills

Half-Apricot Pills,*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.,For coughs in children.

Jindan Powder

Jindan Powder,*Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Mansion*, Volume 1.,Watery diarrhea.

Bloating-Relieving Powder

Bloating-Relieving Powder,*Hui Chun*, Volume 7.,Abdominal distension in children.

Lacquer Yellow Pills

Lacquer Yellow Pills,From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 14.,For infectious wind-induced redness and swelling that is hard, painful, and non-itchy.

Mercury Pills

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.

Exposed Ginger Decoction

Exposed Ginger Decoction,From *Formulas from the North and South*, Volume 2, citing *Formulas from the Danliao Clinic*.,Phlegm accumulation in the spleen and stomach, manifesting as chills and fever. Phlegm-induced malaria.

Xiang Shen Pills

Xiang Shen Pills,From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 1.,For red and white dysentery.

Pork Pancreas Decoction

Pork Pancreas Decoction,*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 73.,For those with toxic symptoms from eating bayberries and weakened vital energy, presenting with festering, foul-smelling sores all over the body accompanied by pain in the tendons and bones.

Earthworm Powder

Earthworm Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 249.,Swelling and pain in the genital area.

Agastache Stomach-Nourishing Decoction

Agastache Stomach-Nourishing Decoction,*San Yin*, Volume 9.,Stomach deficiency leading to loss of appetite, weakness and atrophy of the limbs, and inability to walk or stand—all result from Yangming deficiency, whereby the tendons and ligaments lack nourishment, thus leading to atrophy and paralysis. Deficiency of the Yangming Meridian fails to nourish the muscles and flesh, causing sores … Read more

Cicada Shedding Powder

Cicada Shedding Powder,From *Essentials of Medical Literature* (Yilin Cuanyao), Volume 9.,For night crying caused by wind-heat.

Neihua Dan

Neihua Dan,*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.,An abscess in the small intestine, with pain in the left abdomen; the affected leg cannot be bent, and pressure on the area causes unbearable pain—this indicates that the abscess has formed outside the intestine.

Dried Ginger Porridge

Dried Ginger Porridge,From *Shou Shi Qing Bian*, Volume 2.,All cases of cold-induced qi stagnation, chest pain, distending pain in the chest and abdomen, spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, vomiting, hiccups, regurgitation of clear fluid, and rumbling intestines with diarrhea.

Qianghuo Wind-Dispelling Decoction

Qianghuo Wind-Dispelling Decoction,From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 2.,Damp-heat stagnation in the spleen and lung channels; pathogenic factors lodged in the skin and muscle layers; swelling of the upper and lower eyelids resembling peaches; pain and dryness; tears flowing ceaselessly like a stream.

Sanling Hualing Pills

Sanling Hualing Pills,*Clinical Treatment of Internal Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,Goiter. Prolonged swelling and coarseness of the neck, with visible red veins; hard and painful on palpation; labored breathing; hoarseness; choking, coughing, and shortness of breath; or difficulty swallowing; dark red tongue; deep and涩 pulse.