Edema ⁽¹⁰⁾

Luo Guogang, a physician of the Qing dynasty, compiled a medical book titled Luoshi Huiyue Yijing (Mr. Luo's Collected Medical Mirrors). In this book he recorded a formula called "Da Bu Yin Tang" (Major Yin-Supplementing Decoction), which can be regarded as a derivative formula of…

The Shengji Zonglu (Imperial Encyclopedias on Medicine) contains a formula named Chixiaodou Tang. Its composition is: Chixiaodou (Phaseoli Radiati Semen, red bean) 500 g, Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex, mulberry bark) 30 g, Zequi Jingye (Euphorbiae Helioscopiae Herba, sun spurge stems and leaves) 22.5 g. Wrap the…

Jifeng Puji Fang (Chicken Peak Universal Relief Prescriptions) records a formula called "Wanbing San" (Myriad-Illnesses Powder). Its composition is: Qianniuzi (Pharbitidis Semen), Sangbaipi (Mori Cortex), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Dingxiang (Caryophylli Flos), Chenjupi (aged Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), and Buguzhi (Psoraleae Fructus), each…

The Yifang Leiju (A Compendium of Medical Prescriptions) collects a formula called Wuzhuyu Wan (Evodia Pill), originally recorded in the Jingyan Liangfang (Effective Proven Prescriptions). Its composition is: Wuzhuyu (Evodia Fruit) 4 liang (120 g), Tian Tinglizi (sweet Descurainia Lepidium Seed, stir-fried) 2 liang (60…

In Taiping Shenghui Fang (Imperial Grace Formulary of the Taiping Era) there is a formula called "Chen Jupi San" (Aged Tangerine-Leaf Powder), composed as follows: aged Tangerine Peel (chen jupi, i.e. Chenpi) 30 g, Myrobalan peel (hezi pi) 15 g, red Poria (chi fuling) 15…

"Shufeng Lishui Tang" comes from the *New Explanation of Medical Formulas* (Yifang Xinjie). Its composition is: 9g of duckweed (Fuping), 9g of perilla leaf (Zisu), 12g of mulberry bark (Sangbaipi), 30g of motherwort (Yimucao), 12g of plantago seed (Cheqianzi), 30g of cogongrass rhizome (Baimaogen), 18g…

In "Yifang Juyi" (A Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Formulas) there is a prescription called "Wuzhuyu Wan" (Evodia Pill), quoted from "Jingyan Liangfang" (Effective Proven Formulas). Its composition: Wuzhuyu (evodia fruit) 4 liang (120 g), Tian Tinglizi (sweet Descurainia seed) 2 liang (60 g, stir-fried), Gansui…

“Han Fangji Wan” comes from the Taiping Shenghuifang (in the Shengji Zonglu it is called simply Fangji Wan). It is composed of: Han Fangji (Han Aristolochia/Stephania root) seven qian five fen (22.5 g), Zhuling (Polyporus) seven qian five fen (22.5 g), Tianhuafen (Trichosanthes root) one…

The root, stem pith and flower of Tongtuomu (Tetrapanax papyriferum) of the Araliaceae family can all be used as medicine. Its root is called Tonghuagen, its stem pith is called Tongcao, and its flower is called Tonghuahua. Tongcao is a very common Chinese herb, but…

The twenty-six "water disease" sections of the Waitai Miyao (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) specifically collect thirteen formulas for treating edema. All thirteen promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and remain of reference value today; they are transcribed below. Fan Wang's Edema Formula Tinglizi (Semen…