More Herbs Formulas
Cang-Ban-Ling-Chen Decoction,From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 16.,Retained fluid, with occasional vomiting of sour fluid, not due to food stagnation.
Muscle-Relaxing and Blood-Activating Powder,From *Formulas for Traumatic Injuries*.,Injuries to the ankle joint.
Milk-Suppressing Pills,From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 5.,When a child drinks milk without restraint, causing stagnation in the epigastric region and resulting in vomiting—whether vomiting immediately after feeding or shortly thereafter.
Qin Wang’s Life-Sustaining Eight-Wind Powder,*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 16.,Various wind-related disorders, the “Five Sluggishnesses” and “Six Urgencies,” or edema with labored breathing and sighing, mild bi syndrome, wind-deficiency, and wind-induced wasting with distension and fullness.
Diaphragm-Opening Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.,Five Types of Diaphragmatic Qi Disorders.
Qi-Dispersing Powder,From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.,Qi-induced distension. This is swelling caused by qi deficiency; it resembles water retention but is not actually water retention. The symptoms are identical to those of water retention, but upon palpation, the skin and flesh do not feel as soft as mud. The swelling invariably … Read more
Formula for Applying to the Navel,*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 1.,Pediatric Umbilical Wind.
Jingfang Shen Shi San,From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.,For smallpox lesions that have ulcerated and failed to form scabs.
Liver-Soothing and Qi-Regulating Decoction,*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Prescriptions*.,Chronic hepatitis of the Qi-stagnation type. Shooting pain in both flanks, distension and fullness in the liver region and epigastrium, white tongue coating, and a string-like pulse.
Decoction for Relieving Stomach Distress and Clearing Rashes,*Complete Book on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 1.,For cases where smallpox or measles has begun to erupt, but internal injury from diet causes abdominal fullness, oppression, or pain, and stagnation of the middle qi prevents the eruption of the rash.
Shu Zhong Pills,From *Treatise on Hidden Yin*, Volume 1.,For “Hidden Yin” syndrome characterized by fullness and obstruction beneath the heart, with a sensation of fullness and oppression upon palpation.
Bone-Setting Ointment,*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations*.,For closed fractures, joint sprains, and soft tissue contusions.
Toxicity-Resolving Cinnamon Twig Decoction,From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.,Intestinal abscess with leg contracture.
Camphor-Cinnabar Ointment,*Outline of Surgical Treatise on Ulcers*, Volume 2.,For wandering rheumatic sores, weeping sores, abscesses, and pus-filled lesions with spreading discharge, accompanied by unbearable itching.
Mr. Shen of the Iron Vessel’s Sympathetic Elixir,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.,When the heart’s blood is deficient and fire cannot descend to the kidneys, and when kidney qi is exhausted and water cannot ascend to the heart, the middle jiao becomes obstructed, and the nourishing and defensive qi are out of harmony. … Read more
Cinnamon Twig and Cypress Leaf Decoction,*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 8.,Hair falls out and becomes brittle; the scalp is dry and lacks vitality.
Peony, Licorice, and Aconite Decoction,*Treatise on Cold Damage*.,For cases of typhoid fever where, after sweating, both yin and yang are deficient, resulting in a return of aversion to cold; or for cases of skin ulcers where sweating has caused spasms; or for cases where the disease has not resolved after sweating, with clear urine, normal … Read more
Qianyuan Pill,*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.,For children with stagnation of milk or food, fever, cough, fright, palpitations, and convulsions.
Yellow Goat Kidney Decoction,From *Shenghui*, Volume 27.,For consumptive disorders with dry mouth and tongue, weakness in the legs and knees, and deficiency in the lower jiao.
Formula for Hen,*Shenghui*, Volume 97.,For palpitations following a traumatic injury, with a sensation of fullness in the chest, as if startled by a cart.
Formula for Removing Boils and Eradicating Their Roots,*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 7.,Boils.
Melon Seed Juice,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 129.,Intestinal abscess. Characterized by high fever with aversion to cold, slight sweating, shortness of breath, lower abdominal pain, scanty urination, or pain during bowel movements as if pierced by a knife or awl, or when pus has already formed in the abdomen.
Newly Modified Four Poria Decoction,*Complete Book on Smallpox and Rashes*, Volume 1.,For cases where urine output is scant and reddish after the onset of smallpox lesions.
Tianzhong Herbal Tea,From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 4.,For colds in men, women, and children, as well as all seasonal ailments.
Four Substances Decoction with Scutellaria,From *Medical Compendium*, Volume 34, citing a formula by Wang Haicang.,Following sudden severe diarrhea.
Wax-Fried Powder,For congestive cough.