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In my previous article The Core Pathogenesis of COVID and Its Sequelae Is Blood Stasis with Cold Congelation, I have already explained the pathogenic features of the COVID virus. In that article I proposed that treating COVID should follow the strategy of warming yang and…

In Various Proven Recipes I Use for COVID-19 and Its Complications, I have already described how to treat ordinary COVID-induced cough. Patients with ordinary cough can click the link to read that article and follow the treatment options outlined there.In this article I focus on…

In my article "My Empirical Formulas for Treating COVID-19 and Its Complications" I mentioned a self-designed pill formula I then called "Chai Gui Jing Fang Baidu Xiefei Wan." Later a pharmacist friend renamed it "Chai Guijiedu Wan"; I think her name is better than my…

Chaihu Guizhi Tang comes from Zhang Zhongjing Shanghan Lun and is a classic famous formula. It is composed of "Guizhi one and a half liang, Shaoyao one and a half liang, Huangqin one and a half liang, Renshen one and a half liang, Zhi Gancao…

The pandemic still rages and many are still suffering. I am publishing my various empirical formulas for treating COVID-19, hoping to help everyone.Chaihu Guizhi Tang: Guizhi 9 g, Huangqin 9 g, Renshen 9 g, Zhi Gancao 6 g, Fabanxia 12 g, Baishao 9 g, Chaihu…

Qi obstructed in the chest with a blocked throat, even frequent vomiting, is commonly seen in acute gastroenteritis; some cancer patients also develop these symptoms during chemotherapy or targeted therapy. The author has previously introduced several formulas for relieving this symptom, and now introduces another…

Lingzhu Erchen Jian comes from volume 51 of the Jingyue Quanshu (Complete Works of Zhang Jingyue) by Zhang Jingyue, the outstanding Ming-dynasty physician. Its composition is: Zhuling (Polyporus) 1.5 qian; Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) 1–2 qian; Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma) 1.5 qian; Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium)…

Zhang Xichun was a great master of the integrated Chinese-Western medicine school during the Republican era. In his Yixue Zhongzhong Canxi Lu (Record of Mediating Chinese and Western Medicine) there is a formula called Yipi Bing (Spleen-Benefiting Cake) that looks less like a Chinese-medicine prescription…

Bulaowan (Ageless Pill) comes from volume 5 of the Wei Shi Jia Cang Fang (Wei Family’s Secret Prescriptions). This book was compiled by the Song-dynasty physician Wei Xian, who gathered medical prescriptions from three generations—his grandfather, his father, and himself—and it contains many proven, effective…

In Taiping Shenghui Fang (Imperial Grace Formulas of the Taiping Era) there is a formula called “Shenxiao Tingli San” (Miraculous Descurainia Powder), indicated for “the ten types of water diseases uncured by a hundred formulas, with face, eyes, and limbs all swollen, breath rushing and…