Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Gengyi Pills

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.

Gengyi Pills,For conditions characterized by excess dry fire, depleted body fluids, and constipation.

Formulas Name : Gengyi Pills

Chinese Name : 更衣丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of genuine, high-quality aloe vera; 1 liang of Ophiopogon tuber (pounded and sifted); 1 liang of cinnabar (for coating).

Source

From *A Convenient Guide to Prescriptions*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into pills and coat them with cinnabar.

Benefits

For conditions characterized by excess dry fire, depleted body fluids, and constipation.

Instructions for Use

Take orally.

Gengyi Pills,From *A Convenient Guide to Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,For conditions characterized by excess dry fire, depleted body fluids, and constipation.

More Herbs Formulas

Gypsum and Du Huo Decoction

Gypsum and Du Huo Decoction,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.,For stroke and cold-induced fever, characterized by headache, body pain, fever, and aversion to cold.

Euphorbia Wine

Euphorbia Wine,The formula is from *Formulas for Emergency Use*; the name appears in *The Comprehensive Record of Divine Relief*, Volume 18.,For bent legs, inability to walk for many years, stiffness and numbness of the lower back and spine, and tight, knotted masses within the abdomen. For vitiligo and severe skin disorders causing the loss of … Read more

Shegan Pills

Shegan Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.,For wind-heat-toxin scrofula that has persisted for a long time without healing, accompanied by chills and high fever, which worsens with exertion and gradually develops into a fistula.

Gu Jing Long Dan Powder

Gu Jing Long Dan Powder,*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.,For children with wind-heat syndrome presenting with redness and swelling of both eyes, photophobia, and unbearable stinging pain, accompanied by the onset of smallpox.

Decoction for Relieving Muscle Tension and Resolving Toxins

Decoction for Relieving Muscle Tension and Resolving Toxins,*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.,For smallpox with damp-heat, where the lesions have turned grayish-white and emit a foul odor.

Cough-Relieving Pills for Dissolving in the Mouth

Cough-Relieving Pills for Dissolving in the Mouth,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.,For disharmony of lung qi and all types of coughs.

Rehmannia and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Powder

Rehmannia and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Powder,Formula from *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 68. Name cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 188.,Lung damage with unstoppable hemoptysis.

Pork Pancreas Wine

Pork Pancreas Wine,Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 3; name cited in *The Holy Beneficence* (Shenghui), Volume 6.,For chronic cough with shortness of breath, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, and frequent wheezing.

Rhinoceros Horn Detoxifying Powder

Rhinoceros Horn Detoxifying Powder,From *Selected Works on Pediatrics*, Volume 21.,For erythema in children. Characterized by high fever, restlessness, disturbed sleep, epigastric fullness and distension, sore throat, and erythema over the entire body.

Miraculous Internal Injury Pills

Miraculous Internal Injury Pills,From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 6.,For cases of internal blood stasis accompanied by restlessness and pain.

Scallion and Fermented Black Bean Decoction for Stabilizing the Fetus

Scallion and Fermented Black Bean Decoction for Stabilizing the Fetus,From *Shuanfan Fang*, cited in Volume 33 of *Wai Tai*.,For a pregnant woman experiencing fetal restlessness.

Decoction to Expel Pathogenic Factors

Decoction to Expel Pathogenic Factors,*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 5.,For cases of yang abscess that have ruptured, presenting with chills, fever, and exterior syndrome symptoms.

Medicinal Wine for Traumatic Injuries

Medicinal Wine for Traumatic Injuries,*Secretly Transmitted Prescriptions for Bruises and Falls*.,Traumatic injuries.

Five-Preparation Phellodendron Pills

Five-Preparation Phellodendron Pills,From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,

Intestinal-Moistening and Heat-Clearing Decoction

Intestinal-Moistening and Heat-Clearing Decoction,From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 2.,Following the resolution of alcohol-induced diaphragmatic obstruction, the patient experiences constipation, distension upon urination, and, despite a slight increase in food intake, persists with phlegm, dry mouth, and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Toxicity-Expelling Decoction

Toxicity-Expelling Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 60.,Alcoholic jaundice, with yellowing of the entire body.

Tuoli Huxin Pills

Tuoli Huxin Pills,From *Wentang Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 4.,For toxic conditions such as abscesses and carbuncles, regardless of whether they are classified as yin or yang.

Pain-Relieving and Toxin-Expelling Ointment

Pain-Relieving and Toxin-Expelling Ointment,*Effective Remedies*, Volume 19.,For all types of sores that are foul-smelling and festering—so severe they cannot be touched—apply the ointment to unbroken sores to prevent them from breaking open, and to those that have already broken open to promote the growth of new flesh. It also treats wounds from beatings and carbuncles.

Ginger and Alum Powder

Ginger and Alum Powder,From *The Complete Infant Formulas*, cited in *The Great Yongle Encyclopedia*, Volume 1037.,For childhood febrile rashes, as well as all types of wind rashes and red, itchy swellings.

Wood Fragrance Qi-Expelling Pills

Wood Fragrance Qi-Expelling Pills,From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 15.,Treats food stagnation and qi stagnation; also treats beriberi and small intestine qi, as well as various types of stabbing pain caused by qi.

Mu Xiang Er Pi Pills

Mu Xiang Er Pi Pills,Formula from *Zhi Zhi* (Vol. 17); name cited in *Yi Tong* (Vol. 32).,For edema and qi-related disorders.

Ginseng and Atractylodes Fetal-Nourishing Decoction

Ginseng and Atractylodes Fetal-Nourishing Decoction,From *Collection of Maternal and Prenatal Medicine*, Volume 1.,For those with physical weakness during the third month of pregnancy.

Spleen-Harmonizing and Stomach-Warming Powder

Spleen-Harmonizing and Stomach-Warming Powder,*The Jade Case*, Volume 6.,Persistent watery diarrhea in children.

Zibu Jiyin Pills

Zibu Jiyin Pills,From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.,For cases of disharmony between the heart and kidneys, where water and fire fail to support one another; where heart fluids are depleted and heart fire becomes excessively vigorous; where kidney water is depleted, leading to bone-steaming fever; or where there is a dry cough with red … Read more

Divine Immortal Membrane-Penetrating Decoction

Divine Immortal Membrane-Penetrating Decoction,*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.,Failure of smallpox to erupt.