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In *Shifang Ge Kuo (Collection of Formulas as Songs)*, compiled by the renowned Qing-dynasty physician Chen Xiuyuan, there is a classic formula called "Danshen Yin" (Salvia Drink), which is a representative TCM formula for treating heart and stomach pain. The composition of Danshen Yin is…

Zhang Jingyue, the great Ming-dynasty TCM physician, created many formulas of excellent clinical efficacy; Zuogui Wan (Left-Restoring Pill) and Yougui Wan (Right-Restoring Pill) are two of them. Zuogui Wan supplements kidney yin; Yougui Wan supplements kidney yang. The best known of Zhang Jingyue's medical ideas…

Linggui Zhugan Tang (Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes, and Licorice Decoction) is the principal formula in the Shanghan Lun for treating phlegm-fluid (tan yin) disorders. The original text of the Shanghan Lun reads: "In cold damage, after vomiting or purgation, there is inverted fullness below the…

Some cancer patients develop radiation enteritis after radiotherapy as a sequela—long-term diarrhea with blood in the stool, which over time also causes anemia. Radiation enteritis is hard to treat; neither Chinese nor Western medicine has a particularly good solution. On the basis of Taohua Tang…

Ermiao Wan (Two-Marvel Pill) comes from Yixue Gangmu (Outline of Medicine) and is said to have been created by Zhu Danxi. Its composition and preparation are very simple: equal parts of Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) powder and Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu) powder are formed with refined honey…

Guizhi Fuling Wan (Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill) comes from the twentieth chapter, "On the Pulse and Treatment of Pregnancy Diseases in Women," of Zhang Zhongjing's Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet). It is a commonly used gynecological formula and may be applied…

Yuye Tang (Jade Fluid Decoction) comes from Yixue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu (Records of Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine), an empirical formula of the late-Qing/early-Republic physician Zhang Xichun. Its typical indications are thirst and excessive urination. According to traditional TCM theory, Yuye Tang chiefly…

Qige San (Obstruction-Opening Powder) comes from Yixue Xinwu (Medical Insights) by the Qing-dynasty physician Cheng Guopeng (courtesy name Zhongling). In the "dysphagia and choking" (ye ge) section of Yixue Xinwu, Qige San is described as a formula that "opens dysphagia and obstruction, and has repeatedly…

In Yangke Xinde Ji (Reflections on Surgery) there is a formula called Huajian Wan (Hardness-Dissolving Pill), recorded in the chapter "Household Plasters, Elixirs, Pills and Powders." It is indicated for constrained fire in the Liver channel, breast phlegm nodules (ru tan), breast lumps (ru pi),…

Pain in the hypochondria caused by various acute and chronic hepatobiliary diseases, gastritis, reflux esophagitis, gastric neurosis, or coronary heart disease is often attributed in Chinese medicine to liver depression and qi stagnation. The treatment principle is to spread the liver, move qi, and stop…