"Fuling Wuwei Wan" (Poria Five-Ingredient Pill) comes from the Waitai Miyao (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Medical Library), which quotes from the Xu Renzel Fang. The formula consists of: Fuling (Poria) 5 liang (150 g), Renshen (Ginseng) 3 liang (90 g), Maimentong (Ophiopogon) 4 liang…
Continue reading...Qishuang Dan is an empirical formula recorded in Shishi Milu (Secret Records of the Stone Chamber) by the Qing-dynasty physician Chen Shiduo. Its composition is: Baishao (white peony) 5 qian (15 g), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix, bupleurum) 2 qian (6 g), Chaozhizi (stir-fried Gardeniae Fructus, cape…
Continue reading...Huanglian Wendan Decoction comes from Liuyin Tiaobian (Systematic Identification According to the Six Causes) by the Qing physician Lu Zixian. Its composition is: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), 2 qian (6 g); Zhuru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam), 4 qian (12 g); Zhishi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus), 2 qian…
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