Empirical Formula ⁽¹⁶⁶⁾

Size Yimu Wan is a contemporary empirical Chinese patent formula recorded in the National Collection of Chinese Patent Prescriptions (Jinan edition). No manufacturer currently produces it; it was probably once an in-hospital formula of some medical institution. Patients who find it suitable may prepare it…

In Zhu Danxi’s Dan Xin Fa (Methods of Danxi), there is a formula named “Shengshu Dihuang Wan”. Its composition is: Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix), Shudihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), and Jinchai Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis), each 1 liang (30 g). Grind the herbs into powder,…

Professor Wang Yunqi is a chief physician and department director in the TCM and Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine Department of Hunan Cancer Hospital. From his clinical practice he has worked out a set of formulas for treating (or preventing) the side effects or sequelae of radiotherapy…

Zhang Xichun, a famous physician of the integration-of-Chinese-and-Western-medicine school in the late Qing and early Republican periods, had two empirical formulas for treating scrofula: one was the orally taken "Xiaoluo Wan" (Nodule-Resolving Pill), and the other was the externally applied "Xiaoluo Gao" (Nodule-Resolving Paste). The…

Zeng Jinde, a TCM physician from Quanzhou, Fujian, has an empirical formula for treating lower-limb edema, as follows: Sheng Huangqi (raw Astragali Radix) 30 g, Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma) 10 g, Yimucao (Leonuri Herba) 30 g. This formula is concise and exquisite. According to traditional medicine,…

Zelan Tang comes from Yixue Xinwu (Medical Mind Awakening). Its composition is: Herba Lycopi (Zelan) 3 qian (9 g), Cortex Moutan (Mudanpi) and Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (Niuxi), each 2 qian (6 g), Semen Persicae (Taoren, skin and tip removed, crushed) 10 pieces, Flos Carthami (Honghua)…

"Mishi Shiwei San" (Secret Pyrrosia Powder) comes from Feng Lao Gu Ge. The formula is simple, containing only two herbs: Folium Pyrrosiae (Shiwei, stir-fried with vinegar) 2 qian (6 g), Radix Aucklandiae (Muxiang) 3 qian (9 g). Grind the above medicines together into a powder;…

Professor Wang Xinzhi is a renowned traditional Chinese medicine physician in Henan Province, a doctoral supervisor in TCM who receives a special allowance from the State Council, and is skilled in treating brain diseases with the bowel-unblocking method. In his book Clinical Experience of Professor…

Professor Zhao Shanghua is a renowned contemporary TCM specialist in China for treating thyroid diseases. In Zhao Shanghua TCM Treatment Experience Collection on Thyroid Diseases there is an experienced formula of his called "Huatan Xiaoying Wan" (Phlegm-Resolving Goiter-Dispersing Pill). Its composition is: Shuizhi (leech), Dilong…

Prescriptions for Universal Relief (Pu Ji Fang) contains a formula called Bianxue San (Blood-in-Stool Powder). Its composition is: carbonized human hair (Xue Yu Tan, i.e. huifa tan) 5 qian (15 g), Platycladi Cacumen (cebaiye) and Celosiae Cristatae Flos (jiguanhua), each 1 liang (30 g). The…