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Nuodaogen is the root and rhizome of glutinous rice (Oryza sativa glutinosa) of the Poaceae family. Each summer and autumn, after the glutinous rice harvest, the rhizomes and fibrous roots are dug up, washed, stripped of residual stems, and sun-dried for medicinal use. Traditional TCM…

Qingre Gubiao Decoction (Heat-Clearing and Exterior-Securing Decoction) is an empirical formula of the modern TCM physician Wang Jiru, from his work Wenbing Chuyan. It is composed as follows: Sheng Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, raw) 30 g, Digupi (Cortex Lycii) 12 g, Fuxiaomai (Fructus Tritici Levis) 30…

In Qianjin Yaofang (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) there is a formula called "Muli San" (Oyster Shell Powder), composed of Oyster Shell (muli), Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (baizhu) and Radix Saposhnikoviae (fangfeng) in equal parts. Grind together into a powder; each time take 1 qian…

In "Wenbing Chuyan" (Brief Remarks on Warm Diseases) there is a formula called "Qingre Gubiao Tang" (Heat-Clearing and Exterior-Securing Decoction), composed of: Sheng Shigao (raw gypsum) 1 liang (30g), Digupi (wolfberry root bark) 4 qian (12g), Fuxiaomai (light wheat) 1 liang (30g), Nuodaogen (glutinous rice…

Qi Fu Tang (Astragalus-Aconite Decoction) comes from Wei's Family-Secret Formulas (Wei Shi Jia Cang Fang). It consists of Fuzi (processed aconite) 2 qian (6 g, fired, peel removed) and Huangqi (astragalus) 1 qian (3 g, honey-fried or processed with brine). Grind the aconite and astragalus…