Empirical Formula ⁽¹⁶⁶⁾

Professor Yin Huihe developed an empirical formula specifically for various hyperplastic diseases, called "Shugan Sanjie Fang" (Liver-Soothing Nodule-Scattering Formula), which has shown good clinical efficacy in treating hyperplastic diseases of internal medicine, surgery and gynecology. Old Yin's formula uses Danshen, Chishao and Sheng Muli to…

Hair loss is a very common phenomenon. Heavy life stress, abundant dampness, and chemotherapy in cancer patients can all easily cause hair loss. I commonly use five formulas to treat hair loss. The first is Qibao Meiran Dan (Seven Treasures for a Beautiful Beard). It…

Qingre Liangxue Decoction (Heat-Clearing, Blood-Cooling Decoction) is an experienced formula summed up by contemporary TCM practitioners for childhood purpura and epistaxis. It is composed of Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Maidong (Ophiopogonis Radix), Zicaorong (Arnebiae Radix), Mudanpi (Moutan Cortex), Chishao (Paeoniae Rubra Radix), Baishao…

Di Tan Tang (Phlegm-Scourging Decoction) comes from "Ji Sheng Fang" (Formulas to Aid the Living). It was originally a TCM formula for treating stiff tongue and inability to speak after stroke (i.e., one type of sequelae of present-day cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction), presenting with…

Using plasters for external treatment is a traditional TCM therapy. Some traditional plasters have a certain efficacy in relieving pain in tumor patients. These plasters not only have analgesic effects but can, in some lucky patients, also shrink tumors. Of course, the effective rate of…

Qingwei Lipi Tang is a prescription from the Yizong Jinjian (Golden Mirror of Medicine), composed of cangzhu (atractylodes), chenpi (tangerine peel), houpo (magnolia bark), gancao (licorice), huanglian (coptis), huangqin (scutellaria), and dahuang (rhubarb)—seven herbs. In effect it is a combination of Dahuang Huanglian Xiexin Tang…

Professor Jiang Chunhua was a renowned late TCM physician of Shanghai and a master of the Yun Tieqiao school of integrated Chinese-Western medicine. His created empirical formula Baqi Wan has a certain efficacy in treating cirrhotic ascites. According to Academician Shen Ziyi, Jiang Chunhua's student,…

Shengjiang San (Ascending-Descending Powder) is a classic famous formula of the TCM Warm-Disease (wenbing) school, drawn from the Shanghan Wenyi Tiaobian (Systematic Analysis of Cold Damage and Warm Epidemics). Shengjiang San consists of four herbs: Bombyx Batryticatus (jiangcan), Periostracum Cicadae (chantui), Curcumae Longae (jianghuang), and…

Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction is an empirical formula of Wang Qingren, a physician of the Qing dynasty. It was originally recorded in Wang Qingren's work Yilin Gaicuo (Correction of Errors Among Physicians). In Yilin Gaicuo, Wang Qingren used Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction for the treatment of many…

Dr. Liang Xiuqing was born into a TCM family that had practiced medicine for nine generations. He was a renowned senior TCM physician of the early post-Liberation period, practicing in Shanxi and Hebei and enjoying an excellent reputation in both. During the Cultural Revolution he…