Pufferfish Soup

Pufferfish Soup,

Formulas Name : Pufferfish Soup

Chinese Name : 河豚羹

Drug Formulation

1 leg of lamb (cut into pieces), 5 cardamom pods.

Source

From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.

Instructions for Use

Simmer the ingredients together to make a broth, then strain it thoroughly. Finely chop the lamb, mix with 5 qian of aged tangerine peel (white pith removed), 2 liang of scallions (finely chopped), and 2 qian of seasoning. Combine with salt and soy sauce to make the filling. For the wrappers, use 3 jin of white flour to form “he-tun” dumplings. Briefly blanch them in hot oil, then add them to the broth and season with salt to taste; the clear broth alone may also be used.

Pufferfish Soup,From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.,

More Herbs Formulas

White Scallion Pain-Relieving Decoction

White Scallion Pain-Relieving Decoction,*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 28.,For pregnant women with low back pain and a floating pulse.

Grass and Poppy Decoction

Grass and Poppy Decoction,From *Ren Cun Fang*, cited in Volume 396 of *Pu Ji Fang*.,For children with chronic or acute dysentery, accompanied by loss of appetite and fever.

Gui Xing San

Gui Xing San,From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 21.,Deafness, tinnitus, and headache. Deafness due to wind-deficiency. When wind invades the ears, causing deafness and tinnitus, it is bound to be accompanied by occasional headaches. Deafness due to cold-deficiency.

Teng Medicine

Teng Medicine,From *Liu Shoushan’s Experience in Bone Setting*.,For fractures, dislocations, and all tendon and ligament disorders, as well as chronic injuries complicated by bi syndrome.

Ginseng and Pinellia Pills

Ginseng and Pinellia Pills,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9.,Various conditions involving phlegm-induced vomiting, phlegm-induced regurgitation, phlegm-induced syncope with headache, headaches caused by wind affecting one side of the head, dizziness and blurred vision due to wind obstruction, tinnitus and nasal congestion, difficulty swallowing, fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, stiffness and spasms of the tendons … Read more

Formula for Withered Tumors

Formula for Withered Tumors,From *Rumen Shiquin*, Volume 15.,For tumors.

Modified Formula for Nourishing the Root and Benefiting Yin Paste

Modified Formula for Nourishing the Root and Benefiting Yin Paste,*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.,

Toxicity-Clearing Powder

Toxicity-Clearing Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 406.,Redness and swelling of the cheeks, ears, and jaw in children, with a red rash.

Spleen-Warming and Diarrhea-Stopping Pills

Spleen-Warming and Diarrhea-Stopping Pills,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,Indicated for deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, chronic diarrhea that will not stop, abdominal distension and pain, and a sallow complexion with emaciation.

Jinbao Ointment

Jinbao Ointment,Formula by Cheng Shixiang, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.,Scrofula.

Nasal Cicada Shell Powder

Nasal Cicada Shell Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 381.,Itchy nose due to malnutrition in children.

Lamb Meat Decoction

Lamb Meat Decoction,*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 6.,In the early stages of syphilis, the skin is dry and itchy, primarily affecting the upper body.

Enhanced Wujin Powder

Enhanced Wujin Powder,From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 4.,For cases occurring 3–4 days or half a month after childbirth, where blood and qi are deficient, the viscera lack vital energy, and the patient suddenly speaks deliriously, utters incoherent words, or hallucinates seeing ghosts and spirits.

Remarkable Formula for Medicinal Wine

Remarkable Formula for Medicinal Wine,From *New Compilation for Longevity*, Volume 2.,For chronic dampness causing numbness in the limbs; combined with alcohol-induced leg pain that prevents walking and causes muscle cramps.

Fragrant Cake and Golden Lock Pill

Fragrant Cake and Golden Lock Pill,From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 153), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.,For various deficiency conditions.

Wind-Dispelling Pill

Wind-Dispelling Pill,*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.,Pediatric wind-epilepsy. Liver-epilepsy, characterized by a pale face with upward-rolling eyes, clenched fists and feet, convulsive spasms, and backward-bending limbs; also effective for treating spasms.

Eight-Treasure Pearl Powder

Eight-Treasure Pearl Powder,From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 66.,For gangrenous throat sores.

Kuoqing Decoction

Kuoqing Decoction,From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.,Indicated for conditions such as stagnation in the Triple Burner, distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, obstructed airways, difficulty urinating, generalized edema in individuals whose vitality has not yet declined, or isolated abdominal distension caused by excess qi rather than fluid retention.

White Scallion and Pueraria Root Decoction

White Scallion and Pueraria Root Decoction,From *The Complete Collection on Survival from Cold Damage*, Volume 2.,For cases of cold damage where sweating has already occurred, but the headache is severe and the fever cannot be resolved. For children with persistent headaches, body aches, thirst, fever, reddish-yellow urine, a floating and rapid pulse, and no sweating.

Amber Thorough Decoction

Amber Thorough Decoction,From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a family recipe passed down by Shi Chuan’en.,For tetanus.

Continuous Yin Rescue Decoction

Continuous Yin Rescue Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.,Excessive depletion due to sexual activity, resulting in the exhaustion of essence and the collapse of yang.

Coptis Stomach-Clearing Pills

Coptis Stomach-Clearing Pills,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).,Dry mouth and tongue, swelling and heat in both cheeks, toothache, ulceration at the tooth roots, discharge of hot saliva, restlessness and thirst with a craving for cold drinks, foul-smelling breath, headache and red eyes, painful urination, and constipation.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Improving Vision

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Improving Vision,From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.,Liver and kidney yin deficiency; deficient fire rising upward; dry and涩 eyes; mild redness and pain; constricted or missing pupils; blurred vision; recurrent episodes; and a condition that persists for a long time without healing.

Enhanced Xiaowei Dan

Enhanced Xiaowei Dan,*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 3.,For phlegm nodules occurring in the lower body, accompanied by damp-heat.

Ba Ju Goji Berry Pills

Ba Ju Goji Berry Pills,From *Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.,For kidney deficiency causing a blue membrane to obscure the pupil, resulting in blurred vision.