Zhongru-Ginger-Dioscorea Decoction

Zhongru-Ginger-Dioscorea Decoction,Impotence; thin and cold semen.

Formulas Name : Zhongru-Ginger-Dioscorea Decoction

Chinese Name : 钟乳姜蓣汤

Drug Formulation

3 liang of Cistanche, 3 liang of Calcarea Arsenica, 3 liang of Cnidium monnieri, 3 liang of Polygala tenuifolia, 3 liang of Dipsacus asper, 3 liang of Dioscorea opposita, and 3 liang of deer antler.

Source

From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

Impotence; thin and cold semen.

Instructions for Use

Take one fangcun bi per dose, washed down with wine, once daily; doubling the amounts of Cnidium monnieri, Polygala tenuifolia, deer antler, and calcite is particularly effective.

Zhongru-Ginger-Dioscorea Decoction,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.,Impotence; thin and cold semen.

More Herbs Formulas

First Diuretic Pill

First Diuretic Pill,Volume 14 of *The Three Causes*.,For edema.

Ginseng Lung-Nourishing Powder

Ginseng Lung-Nourishing Powder,*Medical Inventions*, Volume 5.,For cases where wind-heat invades the lung, causing severe stagnation of lung qi, accompanied by pain in the shoulders and back, sweating, and frequent urination with a weak stream.

Scutellaria and Pinellia Pills

Scutellaria and Pinellia Pills,From *The Pocket Guide*, Volume 1.,For heat in the upper burner, accompanied by cough and phlegm production.

Ginseng and Poria Great Tonifying and Nourishing Decoction

Ginseng and Poria Great Tonifying and Nourishing Decoction,*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.,For cases where postpartum blood clots have dissipated, pain has subsided, but diarrhea persists with undigested food in the stool.

Pig’s Hoof Decoction

Pig’s Hoof Decoction,*Qianjin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 6.,

Ointment for Healing Scaly Sores in Children

Ointment for Healing Scaly Sores in Children,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,For children with blood heat or fetal toxins, presenting with scaly, peeling, dry, and itchy skin lesions that have persisted for years without healing.

Xie Chuan’s “Worry-Free for All Illnesses” Powder

Xie Chuan’s “Worry-Free for All Illnesses” Powder,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For summer cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness, thirst, and dark urine—symptoms resembling malaria but not malaria, resembling dysentery but not dysentery—and an inability to tolerate the local climate and water.

Intestinal-Clearing and Blood-Activating Decoction

Intestinal-Clearing and Blood-Activating Decoction,From *Formulas for Traumatic Injuries*.,Injury to the anus with constipation.

Cimicifuga Blood-Harmonizing Decoction

Cimicifuga Blood-Harmonizing Decoction,From *The Song of Preserving Life: Annotations*, Volume 8.,For bloody diarrhea, which constitutes a separate category: when the stool is expelled with a hissing sound, forcefully and with great range, scattering in all directions like a sieve, accompanied by pain in the intestines.

Life-Saving Elixir

Life-Saving Elixir,*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.,For bites from a rabid dog.

Formula for Nourishing the Kidneys

Formula for Nourishing the Kidneys,From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.,Deficiency of kidney qi manifests as a gloomy and agitated heart, a hazy gaze, a feeling of the heart hanging low with shortness of breath, deficiency of yang qi, deafness, and a sensation of sparks before the eyes; the entire body itches, … Read more

Gold-Water Decoction

Gold-Water Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.,Complete inability to produce urine; depletion of kidney yin; dry throat; pain developing over time.

Crystal Decoction

Crystal Decoction,From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in Volume 18 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.,Mental agitation.

Anemarrhena and Gypsum Decoction

Anemarrhena and Gypsum Decoction,*The Great Compendium of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.,Exterior pathogenic factors have been resolved; internal heat with spontaneous sweating.

Powder for Eliminating Leprosy

Powder for Eliminating Leprosy,Formula from *Yu Jin*, Volume 22; name cited in *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 16.,For malignant sores that have persisted for ten years and resemble leprosy.

Sanbei Dan

Sanbei Dan,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.,For qi that fails to rise and fall properly, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, phlegm-induced vomiting, and distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; for coughs caused by wind, and sudden onset of cough in children.

Shengyang Jujing Decoction

Shengyang Jujing Decoction,From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.,If menstrual bleeding persists uncontrollably, and the right cun pulse feels hollow upon palpation, this indicates a deficiency of both qi and blood—a syndrome of severe cold; if the pulse is rapid and forceful when palpated lightly, or taut, tight, or涩 (thready) when the finger is lifted, … Read more

Cinnamon Twig Detoxifying Decoction

Cinnamon Twig Detoxifying Decoction,From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 10.,During the cold of winter, when clothing is thin and insufficient, and one is exposed to cold winds that cause stagnation, the smallpox lesions fail to erupt as they should.

White Mustard Seed Pill

White Mustard Seed Pill,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *Zhunsheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 9.,For children with chronic, recurrent diarrhea, deficiency-cold of the large intestine, and prolapse of the anus.

Du Ruo Pills

Du Ruo Pills,*Qian Jin*, Volume 20.,For cholera.

Milk and Myrrh Tissue-Regenerating Powder

Milk and Myrrh Tissue-Regenerating Powder,From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.,For all types of sores, ulcers, abscesses, and toxic lesions.

Enhanced Fei’er Pills

Enhanced Fei’er Pills,From *Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 5.,For various forms of malnutrition characterized by jaundice, abdominal distension with hard lumps, diarrhea, and emaciation.

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Stopping Diarrhea

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Stopping Diarrhea,From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Andrology*, Volume 2.,Pediatric diarrhea, with a body fever as intense as fire, thirst, and a dry tongue; the child prefers cold drinks but dislikes hot soups.

Five-Herb Powder

Five-Herb Powder,*Bai Yi*, Volume 9.,For headaches and red eyes.

Mercury Formula

Mercury Formula,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 135.,For malignant, toxic wind-induced swelling accompanied by heat and pain.