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Roudoukou Wan (Nutmeg Pills) originates from Jiejia Jiajia, a comprehensive medical book written by the Jin-dynasty physician Zhang Yuansu. The composition of Roudoukou Wan is Buguzhi (Psoralea) and Roudoukou (Nutmeg), each in equal amounts. Grind these two medicines into powder, use jujube meat as a…

“Taohua Zhou” (Peach-Blossom Porridge) is a famous formula of the Warm-Disease school, recorded in that school’s classic Wenbing Tiaobian (Systematic Identification of Warm Diseases). Its composition is: Renshen (Ginseng Radix) 3 qian (9 g), Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix preparata) 3 qian (9 g), Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum)…

Recently norovirus has been rampant; its main symptoms are low fever, body aches, and vomiting and diarrhea. There are many famous TCM formulas for treating diarrhea, but the most effective one I use is Huanglian Jiedu Tang combined with Baitouweng Tang. Huanglian Jiedu Tang comes…

Tongxie Yaofang (Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea) is a famous formula by Zhu Danxi, one of the four great masters of the Jin-Yuan dynasties, and comes from his medical work Dan Xin Xin Fa (Zhu Danxi's Core Insights). Its composition is: Chao Baizhu (dry-fried Atractylodes…

"Guxia Wan" comes from the Ming-dynasty physician Sun Yikui's Chishui Xuanzhu (Cinnabar Pearls of the Red Water). Its composition is: Atractylis (Cangzhu), nutmeg (Roudoukou, simmered), and psoralea (Buguzhi, stir-fried), equal parts. Grind the herbs together to powder and, using congee as the excipient, form into…

The "Chongding Tongsu Shanghan Lun" records a formula named "Xianglian Lizhong Tang." Its composition is: Guang Muxiang (Aucklandia) 8 fen (2.4g), Lu Dangshen (Codonopsis, stir-fried with rice) 2 qian (6g), Hei Pao Jiang (black blast-fried Ginger) 3 fen (0.9g), stir-fried Guang Chenpi (Tangerine Peel) 1…

In Yixue Gangmu (Outline of Medicine) there is a very simple proven formula called "Guzhong Wan" (Center-Securing Pill), composed of Rhizoma Atractylodis (cangzhu) and Semen Myristicae (roudoukou) in equal parts. Preparation: powder the above herbs, use rice gruel as the excipient, and form into pills…

Biyu San comes from Xuan Ming Fang Lun (Discussion of Xuanshi's Formulas). It consists of Huashi (talc) 6 liang (180 g), Gancao (licorice) 1 liang, and Qingdai (indigo naturalis, enough to give the powder a bluish-green color). Powder finely. Each time take 3 qian (9…