Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Gekko Powder

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.

Gekko Powder,For cough due to pulmonary consumption.

Formulas Name : Gekko Powder

Chinese Name : 蛤蚧散

Drug Formulation

1 pair of geckoes (coat with a small amount of vinegar and roast until reddish-brown), 1 liang of white sheep lung (cut into 3 fen pieces), half a liang of ophiopogon tuber (core removed, roasted), 1 fen of winterflower, 1 fen of Coptis chinensis.

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 26.

Processing

Grind all the above herbs, except for the sheep’s lung, into a fine powder.

Benefits

For cough due to pulmonary consumption.

Instructions for Use

First, take 1 fen of the sheep’s lung. Grind it finely in a sand mortar until it becomes a paste. Heat one medium bowl of ash-free wine until it simmers with small bubbles, then add the sheep’s lung. Next, add 3 qian of the powdered medicine and stir until well blended. Have the patient lie down without a pillow, using a cloth mat to support the lower back while lying on their back, and swallow the mixture slowly—do not swallow too quickly. For chronic cases, do not exceed three doses.

Gekko Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 26.,For cough due to pulmonary consumption.

More Herbs Formulas

Siwu Jiaohuo Decoction

Siwu Jiaohuo Decoction,From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.,Low back pain due to blood deficiency and internal injury.

Compound Zuojin Pills

Compound Zuojin Pills,Formula from *Medical Case Records of Huang Wendong*; name cited in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*.,Ulcer of the lesser curvature of the stomach, stagnation of qi, damp-heat steaming upward, and stagnant blood obstructing the collaterals.

Stomach-Tonifying “Yaotai Snow” Formula

Stomach-Tonifying “Yaotai Snow” Formula,From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.,

Eggplant and Hua Powder

Eggplant and Hua Powder,From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.,For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, qi reversal leading to phlegm production, inability to eat or drink, and five types of dysphagia and five types of diaphragmatic obstruction.

Neituo Shengma Decoction

Neituo Shengma Decoction,From *The Subtle Meanings of the Jade Mechanism*, Volume 15, citing a formula by Dongyuan.,For women with nodules in the breast.

Qinghua Decoction

Qinghua Decoction,From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.,For postpartum women experiencing fever due to “fire,” uncontrolled blood flow caused by blood heat, or various “fire” symptoms resulting from yin deficiency. Also for dysphagia caused by alcohol consumption.

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Nourishing the Weak

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Nourishing the Weak,From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.,For women with blood deficiency leading to exhaustion, characterized by aching pain in the joints throughout the body, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, night sweats, and loss of appetite.

Decoction for Clearing the Blood and Eliminating Toxins

Decoction for Clearing the Blood and Eliminating Toxins,From *Medical Extracts*.,Rash. For example, in cases of warm diseases accompanied by a rash that suddenly erupts all over the body in patches of red or purple, with flaring nostrils, shortness of breath, high fever with a desire for coolness, and delirious or incoherent speech.

Jade Skin Powder

Jade Skin Powder,*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.,For all types of rheumatic freckles, rosacea, pityriasis alba, and itchy skin; seborrheic dermatitis.

Body Qi Powder

Body Qi Powder,*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.,Body Odor.

Elixir of the Two Qi and Spiritual Sand

Elixir of the Two Qi and Spiritual Sand,From *Formulas of the Huizhiting Hall*, Volume 1.,For various conditions of deficiency and chronic cold, cold extremities, as well as upper excess and lower deficiency, and excessive phlegm accumulation.

Zhengyang Decoction

Zhengyang Decoction,From *San Yin*, Volume 5.,Stiff and locked joints, low back pain, qi stagnation with heat, painful urination, red eyes, chest pain, alternating chills and fever, coughing and wheezing, or nasal discharge, regurgitation of fluids from the throat, jaundice; if wheezing is severe, it may extend to the lower abdomen and cause abdominal cold.

Decoction of Purple Areca Nut

Decoction of Purple Areca Nut,*Yi Tong*, Volume 78.,Pinworm.

White Fattened Duck Powder

White Fattened Duck Powder,From *Compilation of Various Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.,Laryngeal obstruction.

Chen-Huang Decoction

Chen-Huang Decoction,*The Mystic Pearls of the Red Water*, Volume 15.,Constipation in the elderly.

Huan Yuan Decoction

Huan Yuan Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.,Fire from the kidneys surges into the throat but cannot descend to the Gate of Life; as the fire boils, it transforms into phlegm and rises upward. Meanwhile, the fire of the heart overpowers the weakness of the lung’s metal element, further exacerbating the condition. Thus, … Read more

Siwu Kuandong Pills

Siwu Kuandong Pills,Quoted from *Xiaopin Fang* in Volume 36 of *Wai Tai*.,For children with coughs that improve during the day but worsen at night, so severe at first that they cannot catch their breath or even cry.

Xianghuo Decoction

Xianghuo Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 184.,For milkstone eruption and unrelenting muscle cramps due to cholera.

Dai Dao Powder

Dai Dao Powder,*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 3.,For perineal abscesses that have already formed pus.

Decoction for Nourishing Blood, Dispelling Wind, and Moistening Dryness

Decoction for Nourishing Blood, Dispelling Wind, and Moistening Dryness,*Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 15.,For those with a chronic history of wind-heat and constipation.

Modified Huo Fu Decoction

Modified Huo Fu Decoction,From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.,When a pregnant woman experiences scant urination accompanied by burning pain, it is termed “pregnancy dysuria”; this formula also treats hematuria.

Modified Bamboo Leaf Decoction

Modified Bamboo Leaf Decoction,*Wai Tai*, Volume 38.,When the milk stone becomes active, heat rises upward.

Huanglian Jiedu Combined with Ganju Decoction

Huanglian Jiedu Combined with Ganju Decoction,*Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 6.,If the smallpox has not yet erupted but the fever persists, with restlessness day and night, sores on the mouth and tongue, cracked lips, and a sore throat, this indicates that the toxin is scorching the body from within, and the fever is extremely severe.

Peony Pills

Peony Pills,From *Qianjin*, Volume 4.,For women and girls who, following various illnesses, experience amenorrhea or have never had a menstrual period, as well as those with stagnant blood remaining after childbirth that has not dissipated, and those whose residual symptoms have not subsided after taking various decoctions to promote blood circulation.

Gardenia Decoction

Gardenia Decoction,*Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 6.,Hernia due to deficiency with concomitant heat.