More Herbs Formulas
Yingcang Powder,From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.,For toxic nodules on the fingers and “heavenly snake head” (a type of skin lesion).
Pill for Clearing the Upper and Tonifying the Lower,From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.,Chronic asthma that flares up upon exposure to cold, manifesting as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, and coughing with phlegm and saliva accumulating in the upper respiratory tract; the condition has persisted for many years.
Da Yi Xiang San,*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 17.,Indicated for abdominal masses and distension, with the patient able to eat in the morning but unable to eat in the evening.
Family-Secret Pig Manure Powder,From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 24 of *Wai Tai*.,For chronic abscesses and deep ulcers—those that are deeply gangrenous, blue-black in color, with firm edges, and from which pus, blood, and foul discharge ooze from the center, or from which fragments of bone may occasionally emerge—first wash the affected area with Red … Read more
Gold Foil Like Brocade Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.,For children suffering from sudden convulsions, high fever, twitching of the hands and feet, constipation, scanty and difficult urination, uncontrollable hot flushes, and loss of consciousness.
Siwu Decoction with Double Dose of Chuanxiong and Danggui,From *The Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas* (Vol. 2); the name appears in *The Songs and Commentaries on Life-Preservation* (Vol. 30).,Postpartum blood stagnation and blood stasis, with blood accumulating in the chest, or concentrated in the lower abdomen, or extending to the flanks.
A Surefire Formula for Persistent Tinea,From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.,For chronic, stubborn tinea that has not responded to fumigation, rubbing, or washing with other medications.
Blood-Resolving and Qi-Regulating Decoction,From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Gynecology and Andrology: Andrology*, Volume 1.,Hemoptysis due to intense anger. Anger injures the liver, preventing it from regulating qi; the hemoptysis may gush out like a deluge or surge from the mouth, causing sudden fainting and death within moments.
Qing Shun Decoction,From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.,Stiffness and swelling of the tongue.
Liver-Calming and Heat-Clearing Herbal Tea,From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.,Liver heat rising upward, causing a sensation of blockage and stuffiness in the right ear.
Diding Ointment,From *Formulas of the Huizhiting Hall*, Volume 3.,Effective for mastitis and all types of poisoning.
Decoction for Itching,*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.,For women with damp-heat descending to the lower burner, causing itching in the genital area and sores both internally and externally.
Biliary Stone Expulsion Decoction No. IV,From *New Acute Abdominal Disorders*, citing a formula from Zunyi Medical College.,Biliary tract infections; damp-heat pattern of cholelithiasis.
Decoction to Stop Vomiting,*Ji Feng*, Volume 4.,For vomiting and retching due to beriberi, as well as muscle cramps following vomiting and diarrhea.
Uighur Five-Spirit Powder,From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 8.,For ten types of water-retention-induced distension.
Almond Butter,From *Shenghui*, Volume 94.,Effective for all illnesses, as well as various forms of rheumatism, fatigue, and chills.
Gu Jing Cao Decoction,From *Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 4.,For smallpox toxin affecting the eyes, causing swelling, pain, redness, and ulceration; blurred vision; tearing due to wind-heat; and the formation of a corneal opacity.
Du Hanlin’s Zhi Shi Pills,*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.,For the elderly and those with deficiency constitutions suffering from wind, phlegm, and stagnation, with discomfort in the abdomen and flanks, as well as various fluid retention and food stagnation conditions.
Gu Mu Li Zang Decoction,*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 4.,Intestinal distension. Bowel rumbling accompanied by sharp, gurgling pain; if further exposed to cold in winter, it leads to undigested food in the stool.
Goat Dung Wine,*General Essentials of Health* (Volume 10).,For children who vomit for no apparent reason after eating, with incessant regurgitation of sour fluid—sometimes as many as 3–5 mouthfuls.
Fangfeng Jiedu Decoction,*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.,Wind-toxin scrofula.
Wild Yam Powder,From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*.,
Thousand Gold Oolong Paste,*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.,For all lower-body damp-toxin conditions, bone-invading toxins, leg abscesses, and unexplained disorders of the tendons and meridians.
Ointment for Dental Caries,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 381.,For childhood “running horse” malnutrition and adult dental malnutrition.
Decoction of Decayed Tortoise,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 33.,
Decoction for Damp-Heat Type Gallstones,Gallstone disease.