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"Sanbi Tang" (Three Impediment Decoction) comes from Jiaozhu Furen Liangfang (Annotated Effective Gynecological Formulas). Its composition is: Xuduan (Dipsacus Root), Chao Duzhong (dry-fried Eucommia Bark), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Gui Xin (inner cinnamon bark), Xixin (Asarum Herb), Renshen (ginseng), Fuling (Poria), Danggui (Angelica Root), Baishao (Peony…

The Chinese herb Maqianzi (Strychni Semen) is a botanical drug that unblocks the collaterals and relieves pain, and dissipates nodules and reduces swelling. In medical texts across the dynasties, many formulas for bi pain and swellings and ulcers contain Maqianzi. But the strychnine in Maqianzi…

Dahuoluo Dan (also called Dahuoluo Wan) is a famous traditional Chinese formula. It originates from Lantai Guifan (Standards of the Orchid Terrace), the original source being the lost book Shengjing Jing. In Jingyan Gezhong Mifang Jiyao (Collected Proven Secret Formulas), it appears under the alias…

"Qinjiao Biejia San" comes from the Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang. Its composition is: Jingjie (Schizonepeta, stem removed), Beimu (Fritillary Bulb, core removed), Tianxianteng (Dutchmanspipe Vine), Qianhu (Peucedanum), Qingpi (Green Tangerine Peel, white removed), Chaihu (Bupleurum), Zhi Gancao (honey-fried Licorice), Chenpi (Tangerine Peel, white removed), Qinjiao…

The Chinese medicinal Jiuxiangchong is the dried whole insect Aspongopus chinensis, of the family Pentatomidae. Jiuxiangchong is also colloquially called the "fart bug" or "stinky bug," because when startled it releases a characteristic foul odor to protect itself. Despite its inelegant nickname, after stir-frying Jiuxiangchong…

Xueshan Jin Luohan Zhitu Mo is a topical Chinese patent medicine. Its composition includes: Tiebangchui (Aconitum Brachypodum Root), Yanhusuo (Corydalis, Rhizoma Corydalis), Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung), Xuelianhua (Snow Lotus Flower), Chuanxiong (Szechuan Lovage, Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Hongjingtian (Rhodiola), Qinjiao (Gentiana Macrophylla, Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae), Taoren (Peach Kernel),…

Fulong Gan is the name of a Chinese medicinal—namely, furnace earth (zaoxin tu), the red soil taken from the center of a rural wood-fired stove. This red clay has been calcined many times at the furnace chamber, giving it special properties. Its main components are…

Formula 1: Shaoyao Wan (from Waitai Miyao, Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) Composition: Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba, white peony), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, dong quai), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, atractylodes), and Zhibiejia (Trionydis Carapax Praeparatum, soft-shelled turtle shell, prepared) 60 g each; Hezi (Chebulae…

The "Yifang Leiju" (A Compendium of Medical Formulas) records a formula named "Xiaotong Wan" from the "Xian Chuan Jiyin Fang" (Immortal Transmission Gynecologic Formulas). Its composition is: Ganqi (Dried Lacquer) 5 qian (15g), Gaoliangjiang (Lesser Galangal) 1 liang (30g), Sanleng (Bur-Reed Rhizome) 5 qian (15g),…

The Jisheng Fang (Formulas to Aid the Living) contains a formula called Yanhusuo Tang. Its composition: Danggui (angelica; soaked in wine, filed, stir-fried), Yanhusuo (corydalis; stir-fried, peeled), Puhuang (typha pollen; stir-fried), Chishao (red peony root), and Guigui (official cinnamon, not exposed to fire) — each…