Tea Substitute

Xiaohuang Decoction，Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *Selected Readings from Original Works of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Persistent jaundice that does not subside. Symptoms include yellowish-red urine accompanied by a burning sensation, frequent urination, painful urination, dry stools, occasional fever, a slightly yellow tongue coating, and a string-like and rapid pulse, indicating damp-heat descending to the lower … Read more

Luffa Wine，*The Collection of Immortal Remedies*, Volume 1.，For jaundice, where the eyes and entire body are yellow like gold.

Cinnamon Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui*, Volume 47; name cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 202.，For dry cholera.

Pei Kun Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Lanzhou Formula).，For women with anemia, indigestion, irregular menstruation, red or white vaginal discharge, cold pain in the lower abdomen, low energy, fatigue and a tendency to lie down, low body temperature, and intolerance to cold.

Fresh Lotus Leaf Decoction，*Classification and Treatment of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For pain and discharge in the left ear caused by summer-heat pathogens obstructing the orifices.

Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 59.，Chronic dysentery with red and white stools.

Decoction for Expelling Stagnant Blood，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 2).，For postpartum abdominal pain caused by stagnant blood adhering below the navel, with irregular menstruation.

Liver-Kidney Harmonizing Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，Stagnation of liver fire with inability to release, accompanied by a sense of oppression, restlessness, and agitation, with the expectoration of yellow phlegm clumps.

Ghost-Exterminating Powder，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Chapter on External Conditions*, Volume 2, citing a formula by Li Dongyuan.，Stomach heat causing toothache.

Yiguan Decoction，*Continuation of Case Studies by Renowned Physicians*, Volume 18.，Deficiency of liver and kidney yin with qi stagnation; distension and pain in the chest, flanks, epigastrium, and abdomen; acid regurgitation and bitter vomiting; dry throat and mouth; as well as hernias and masses; red tongue with little coating; and a string-like, fine, and rapid pulse.Currently … Read more

Goji Berry Porridge，*Secrets of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，

Ten-Ingredient Iron-Band Powder，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Boils on the back, various swollen and toxic sores.

Formula for Dispelling Dampness and Transforming Blood Stasis，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For festering sores on the shins.

Pill for Abdominal Fullness，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，For masses.

Red Jade Pills，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 15.，For all types of dental sores.

Black Paper Pills，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 143.，For chronic hemorrhoids or fistulas that have not healed.

Zhenling Powder，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，For women experiencing dryness of the viscera during pregnancy, accompanied by palpitations, restlessness, and counterflow of qi.

Scutellaria and Belamcanda Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Vol. 124.，A sensation of something stuck in the throat.

Sulfur-Cinnabar Dan，*Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Indications: Abdominal distension as if a drum; the abdominal pulse is markedly pale-yellow; when tapped with a finger, it sounds hard and hollow; when pressed, it does not indent; the limbs are emaciated; and bowel movements are loose.

Luru Powder，From *Ghost Remnants*, Volume 5.，For boils and abscesses.

Toxicity-Clearing and Blood-Cooling Decoction，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*，In surgical infectious diseases, when toxic heat invades the nutritive blood, this corresponds to the sepsis stage.

Baixianpi Wine，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum stroke with a deep, taut, and rough pulse.

Zhaozhen Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.，For deficiency-related diarrhea and fecal incontinence.

Shuangyu Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For phlegm-heat with wheezing, phlegm gushing forth like a spring; severe wheezing, restlessness and thirst, and headache.

Qi-Guiding Pill，Formula by Qian Guanwen, cited in Volume 4 of *Bai Yi*.，Indicated for conditions where deficient yang rises upward, causing qi stagnation and discomfort; upper excess and lower deficiency; phlegm congestion in the diaphragm; dry throat and difficulty swallowing; coughing with epigastric fullness; shortness of breath with coarse breathing; distension of the abdomen and navel; … Read more