More Herbs Formulas
Purple Wine,From *The Treatise on Nurturing Life*, Volume 2.,Lower back pain during pregnancy as if the back were broken.
Bitter Wine Decoction,*Treatise on Cold Damage*.,For Shaoyin syndrome, where a sore has formed in the throat, preventing speech and causing the voice to fail.
Decoction for Intestinal Wind,Formula from *Medical Case Records of the Sun Family*, Volume 1; name cited in *Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,For intestinal wind with bloody stools.
Plantain Leaf Soup,Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 98); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (No. 190).,For heat-induced dysuria with bloody urine and pain; edema; diarrhea; jaundice; redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes; and cough with excessive phlegm.
Four Substances Decoction with Black Ginger,From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 4.,For sudden depletion of yin blood after childbirth, leaving yang with nothing to attach to, resulting in fever at night that subsides in the morning.
Shànxiè Decoction,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.,Cough with counterflow of qi, distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, pain radiating to the lower abdomen, inability to turn over in bed, dry tongue and throat, sallow and pale complexion, shortness of breath preventing sleep, thick and viscous sputum, and parched, withered skin and hair—these … Read more
Bi Xue Frost,*Simple and Easy Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.,Effective for all types of accumulated heat, sores on the mouth and tongue, restlessness and a constricted throat, dry heat with swelling and pain, and epidemic fevers.
Xiao Bai Decoction,From *Sun’s Medical Case Records*, Volume 1.,Epidemic syndrome with fever and diarrhea. The six pulses are洪大 (vigorous and large); the complexion is red on the inside and black on the outside; the lips are dry; the center of the tongue is black with a coating; the patient is unconscious.
Sanxiang Shenshu Pills,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 24), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.,Induced vomiting from alcohol consumption; vomiting with acid regurgitation; qi stagnation causing difficulty swallowing; slow digestion; fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; stabbing pain in the lower back and flanks; phlegm stagnation in the epigastrium; loss of appetite; … Read more
Blood-Cooling Five-Flower Decoction,From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.,Indicated for erythema due to blood heat; the early stage of discoid lupus erythematosus caused by heat-toxin obstructing the meridians; pityriasis rosea (wind-eczema); erythema multiforme (blood-wind sores); and the early stages of all erythematous skin diseases where lesions are predominantly located on the upper body or are … Read more
Dried Pueraria Muscle-Relieving Decoction,*Six Treatises on Cold Damage*, Volume 4.,Symptoms of an invasion of the Stomach Meridian of the Foot-Yangming in typhoid fever: eye pain, dry nose, insomnia, mild headache, pain around the eye sockets, and a pulse that is faint and full.
Divine Mass-Dissolving Ointment,*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 8.,For stagnant masses and qi blockages, accompanied by fever and oral ulcers.
Xianju Decoction,From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 8.,For severe pain from traumatic wounds.
Formula for a Yellow Hen,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 191).,Abdominal distension, fluid retention, edema, and cold qi.
Mu Xiang Bu Er Pills,From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 6.,For dysentery—whether the stool is red, white, or a mixture of red and white.
Hejin Decoction,*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.,Deficiency of fluids and excess of fire; lung stagnation; cough with counterflow of qi; distension and fullness in the chest and flanks; pain radiating to the lower abdomen; inability to turn over in bed; dry tongue and throat; sallow, pale complexion; shortness of breath preventing sleep; sputum thick … Read more
Clear Metal Modified Lily Solidifies Metal Decoction,From *Essentials of Treating Deficiency* (Vol. 2).,Chronic cough due to deficiency-related wasting disease.
Nourishing Yin and Eliminating Dampness Pills,From *Collected Essays on Surgery*, Volume 4.,When the eight-cornered louse (resembling a flower spider) bites the pubic hair or appears within the hair, this is caused by impure and turbid qi of the liver and kidneys. There may also be severe itching at the base of the penis; pouring boiling … Read more
Ginseng Essence-Nourishing Ointment,From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 11.,For kidney deficiency with lung heat, characterized by wheezing, coughing, restlessness, and thirst, as well as pulmonary atrophy with hemoptysis.
Astragalus and Rehmannia Pills,From *The Treasure of Family Health*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 328.,For women with blood deficiency, emaciation, sallow complexion, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, or excessive uterine bleeding; aching in the lower back and legs; pain in the navel and abdomen; deficiency of the Nuturing and Defensive Qi; and general … Read more
Bone-Nourishing Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.,For exhaustion and weakness of the lower jiao.
Toxicity-Dispelling Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 169.,For delayed eruption of rashes in children.
Enhanced Green Alum Pills,From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,Jaundice.
Sandalwood Powder,*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 17.,Wind-induced disorders of the head and face. Dizziness and blurred vision; pain in the shoulders and back; swelling and itching of the scalp; stiffness in the head and neck.
Paper Mulberry Bark Decoction,*Shenghui*, Volume 88.,For children with water retention, characterized by swelling and distension that does not subside.
Enhanced Da Zao Pills,Kidney-deficiency low back pain occurring some time after childbirth.