Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Formula for Quitting Smoking

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Formula for Quitting Smoking

Formulas Name : Formula for Quitting Smoking

Chinese Name : 戒烟方

Drug Formulation

4 liang of roasted Eucommia bark, 2 liang of Sichuan fritillary bulb, and 2 liang of licorice.

Source

From *Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.

Processing

Decoct over low heat until a thick decoction forms, then add half a jin of good brown sugar to reduce it to a syrup.

Instructions for Use

Whenever a craving arises, dissolve 1 teaspoon of the paste in hot water and drink it. Continue smoking as usual without interruption; over time, the craving will subside. Quitting is completely painless and beneficial to your health.

Formula for Quitting Smoking,From *Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.,

More Herbs Formulas

Modified Xiang Sha Sheng Hua Decoction

Modified Xiang Sha Sheng Hua Decoction,From *Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.,Postpartum abdominal pain has subsided, but vomiting persists.

Silver Elixir and Frankincense Pills

Silver Elixir and Frankincense Pills,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 27 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For children suffering from prolonged, uncontrollable vomiting.

Xiangfuzi Pills

Xiangfuzi Pills,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 250.,Swelling and pain in the bladder.

Formula for Clearing the Orifices and Sharpening Hearing

Formula for Clearing the Orifices and Sharpening Hearing,*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.,Deafness and blocked ears.

Stomach-Relieving and Worm-Calming Pills

Stomach-Relieving and Worm-Calming Pills,*Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 2.,Intestinal distension caused by parasitic infestation.

Abdominal Skin and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction

Abdominal Skin and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction,*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.,Pain in the chest and diaphragm, acid regurgitation, and a feeling of fullness.

Hemorrhoid and Fistula Pills

Hemorrhoid and Fistula Pills,*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 23.,Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Angelica Dahurica Uterine-Warming Pills

Angelica Dahurica Uterine-Warming Pills,From *Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 1.,Weakness of the uterus, with wind and cold stagnating within, resulting in the inability to conceive. Also indicated for those who have experienced repeated miscarriages, or who suffer from reddish vaginal discharge, irregular bleeding of various colors, dizziness and blurred vision due to deficiency, shortness of … Read more

Reed Root Decoction (Modified)

Reed Root Decoction (Modified),*Shenghui*, Volume 74.,For cholera during pregnancy accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, and restlessness.

Wind-Dispelling and Toxin-Resolving Powder

Wind-Dispelling and Toxin-Resolving Powder,*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 21.,For itchiness when smallpox lesions have become suppurative. Internal deficiency of the smallpox lesions, with itchiness, sunken, blackened, and depressed lesions, accompanied by fever.

Intrauterine Moxibustion Pill

Intrauterine Moxibustion Pill,From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 33 of *Wai Tai*.,For infertility.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Sangjisheng Powder

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Sangjisheng Powder,From *Emergency Formulas for Pregnancy and Childbirth*, citing *The New Book of Life and Vitality* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 224).,Abdominal pain due to threatened miscarriage.

Stone Heather Powder

Stone Heather Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 26.,When the condition is severe, the body feels as if mice are running over it; or there may be wind-induced numbness, chapped lips and mouth, and discoloration of the skin.

Medicated Powder

Medicated Powder,From *Ren Duan Lu*, Volume 7.,For smallpox lesions that have become ulcerated.

Enhanced Decoction for Cooling the Diaphragm

Enhanced Decoction for Cooling the Diaphragm,From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.,For heat-phlegm-fire obstructing the lungs, manifested as copious phlegm and cough, a “waterfowl” sound in the throat, flaring nostrils, hot breath on inhalation and exhalation, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, abdominal distension and constipation; in severe cases, shortness of breath, distension, … Read more

Bone-Healing Powder

Bone-Healing Powder,*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 5.,Bone-Setting Horse (Qi).

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Bamboo Shavings

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Bamboo Shavings,From *Danxi’s Essentials with Appendices*, Volume 9.,Fever accompanied by vomiting.

Cinnabar and Stiff Silkworm Powder

Cinnabar and Stiff Silkworm Powder,From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 6.,For children with clenched jaws, umbilical wind, or abdominal cramping.

Powdered Formula for Stagnation

Powdered Formula for Stagnation,*Medical Convenience*, Volume 4.,For all types of food stagnation in children.

Clear Metal Pills

Clear Metal Pills,From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.,For cases of intense internal fire in the zang-fu organs, leading to dryness of the Lung Metal, qi reversal with wheezing and coughing; or, when heat reaches its extreme and is complicated by wind, resulting in headache, eye distension, difficulty breathing through the nose, epistaxis or nasal … Read more

Modified Qianjin Gutai Decoction

Modified Qianjin Gutai Decoction,From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.,For pregnant women with deficiency syndrome and unrelenting malaria-like chills and fever.

Steamed Bun Vitality Pills

Steamed Bun Vitality Pills,*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 5.,For children with Dingxi malnutrition syndrome, characterized by emaciated skin, protruding bones like kindling, a distended abdomen with visible blue veins, cloudy urine, restlessness during sleep, and a dazed and lethargic demeanor.

Decoction for Feverish Shivering and Gnashing of Teeth

Decoction for Feverish Shivering and Gnashing of Teeth,From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.,For cases where, during the eruption of smallpox, the patient experiences feverish chills, clenched teeth, thirst, and constipation.

Douling Powder

Douling Powder,*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2;,Cough in Pregnancy. For cases where excessive fire overpowers the Metal element, causing obstruction of fetal qi.

Turtle Shell Decoction

Turtle Shell Decoction,*Qianjin*, Volume 7.,For weakness in the legs due to wind-toxin, with cramping and numbness rising upward; as well as for cold damage with aversion to wind, warm toxins, and heat toxins from mountain and river miasmas, resulting in numbness and weakness in the limbs.