More Herbs Formulas
Brain-Draining Powder,*Shenghui*, Volume 37.,Nasal congestion, blurred vision, headache, and chest tightness.
Zhao Riao’s Formula,*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 22.,For carbuncles and painful abscesses.
Dispersion Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Regulating Qi,*Huoren Xintong*, Volume 1.,Syndrome of bi caused by wind, cold, and dampness, with the body feeling as stiff as a board, numbness and loss of sensation, or soreness and weakness in the hands and feet.
Modified Xiben Pills,From *Dongyuan’s Prescriptions of Proven Efficacy*, Volume 2.,Formulated in midsummer; when stagnation manifests as illness, it presents with alternating chills and fever, wheezing, and coughing; qi surges upward; and the pulse is涩 (thready).
Empirical Formula for Regulating Qi,From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3, citing a formula by Xu Tongzhi.,For various types of qi stagnation and obstruction, distension of the chest and diaphragm, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, vomiting and poor appetite, wandering, stabbing, or pricking pain in the shoulders, back, abdomen, and … Read more
Refined Essence Pills,From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.,For elderly men of robust build suffering from severe illness, who have overindulged in rich and sweet foods and engaged in excessive sexual activity, resulting in excess in the upper body and deficiency in the lower body, as well as an accumulation of alcohol-induced dampness in … Read more
Double Mandarin Duck Decoction,From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 198), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.,For coughs.
Three-Snake Pill,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.,For severe wind-induced numbness of the hands and feet, hair loss, falling eyebrows, itchy rashes all over the body, and all forms of scabies, tinea, and wind-phlegm conditions.
Chicken Wing Powder,The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 35); the name appears in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 124).,Treats food stuck in the throat caused by meat or bones.
Phlegm-Resolving and Asthma-Relieving Decoction,*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.,For conditions of excessive damp-heat and phlegm, accompanied by coughing, shortness of breath, distension and fullness of the lungs, and fluttering sensations in the flanks.
Coix Seed Decoction,*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23. An alternative name for the “Coix Seed Decoction” cited in *Ji Sheng* and quoted in *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 77.,
Fu-Xiong Powder,From *Resolving the Root of Illness*, Volume 4.,Leprosy, numbness of the skin and flesh on the fingers and toes, patchy lesions, and lumps.
Beijing Ink Pills,From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 59.,For hemoptysis and epistaxis.
Decoction for Raising Yang and Tonifying the Stomach,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.,For damp-heat in late summer causing bloody stools in the Yangming and Shaoyang channels.
Great Purple Gold Pill,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,For left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, with inability to sit or stand; for typhoid fever where sweating does not occur, accompanied by twitching of the lower back and legs; for postpartum flaccid paralysis in women, with weakness in the feet and knees; for injuries from falls or … Read more
Sanba Quanying Pills,Formula by Zhang Mingshan, cited in Volume 8 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.,Hemorrhoids with fistula.
Guardian Spirit Pills,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.,For mania caused by stroke, wind-heat affecting the liver and heart, qi deficiency, and convulsions due to fright or anxiety.
Cinnabar Pain-Relieving Powder,*Compendium of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 3.,For sores in the mouth and on the tongue, swelling and pain in the throat, and nasal sores.
Formula for Applying Wild Horse Mane,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 115.,Ear sores.
Guangfu Longevity Pill,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 199.,
Eight Trigrams Pills,*Huan Ya Bu*, Volume 2.,All types of jaundice.
Two Sages’ Relief Pills,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.,For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases, regardless of whether the disease has entered or passed through the meridians. For “big-head plague” with red eyes and a swollen throat.
Five Virtues Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.,In one’s youth, careless indulgence in alcohol and sexual activity, compounded by emotional distress, leads to kidney exhaustion. Headaches are not particularly severe but are triggered by exertion, cold, or heat; if sexual activity is added to these factors, the head feels heavy and one feels … Read more
Black Gold Pill,Formula taken from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 7), citing *Thousand Gold Prescriptions*; name found in *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases* (Vol. 22).,For fine threads entering the eye.
Jiyin Shouzi Decoction,*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.,
Ginger and Jujube Pills,For cold in the stomach with phlegm rising, belching vinegar and regurgitation of acid, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, and loss of appetite.