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Fortune Windmillpalm Petiole

Fortune Windmillpalm Petiole

Trachycarpi Petiolus
Functions:Astringes to stop bleeding. Apply to hematemesis, non-traumatic hemorrhage, hematuria, hemafecia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxia.
Tatarian Aster Root and Rhizome

Tatarian Aster Root and Rhizome

Asteris Radix et Rhizoma
Functions:Moistens lung, downbears qi, transforms phlegm, relieves cough. Apply to cough and panting with excessive phlegm, acute and chronic cough, strained cough and hemoptysis.
Cultivated Puple Perilla Fruit

Cultivated Puple Perilla Fruit

Perillae Fructus
Functions:Downbears qi, transforms phlegm, calms panting, moistens intestines. Apply to adverse rising of qi due to stagnation of phlegm, dyspnea and cough, constipation induced by dryness of the intestine. Resolves exterior, disperse cold, moves qi, harmonizes stomach, apply to common cold of wind-cold, dyspnea and cough, hyperemesis gravidarum, threatened miscarriage, over indulgence of fish and crab.
Cultibated Purple Perilla Leaf

Cultibated Purple Perilla Leaf

Perillae Folium
Functions:Resolves exterior, disperses cold, moves qi, harmonizes ying. Apply to exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, fear of cold and fever, cough, headache without sweat, panting, chest and abdominal distention and fullness, vomit and diarrhea, obstruction in throat, hyperemesis gravidarum, threatened miscarriage, over indulgence of fish and crab.
Cutivated Purple Perilla Stem

Cutivated Purple Perilla Stem

Perillae Caulis
Functions:Moves qi, expands the center, relieves pain, calms fetus. Apply to chest and diaphragm distention and fullness, abdominal pain, belching and vomit, threatened miscarriage.
Fluorite

Fluorite

Fluoritum
Functions:Calms heart, calms spirit, downbears counterflow, warms uterus. Apply to strained deficiency and fright, cough with dyspnea, deficiency and cold of blood and sterility.
Pyrite

Pyrite

Pyritum
Functions:Disperses stasis, joins bone, relieves pain. Apply to pain and swelling from injury, fractured sinew and bone. Often processed in pill and powder, mash into powder to apply.
Redroot Gromwell

Redroot Gromwell

Arnebiae Radix
Functions:Cools blood, invigorates blood, resolved toxin, outthrusts measles. Apply to heat and toxins in blood, purple dark macular eruptions, and measles without adequate eruptions, burns and scalds, and eczema, burns caused by hot liquids or fires. Clears heat, cools blood, apply to measles, maculopapular eruptions in warm disease, eczema, hematuria, blood strangury, sore, erysipelas, burn, constipation due to heat.
Abnorma Chinese Honeylocust Fruit

Abnorma Chinese Honeylocust Fruit

Gleditsiae Fructus Abnormalis
Functions:Opens orifices, transforms phlegm, dispels wind, kills worms. Apply to apoplexy and lockjaw, head wind, inveterate wind evil, throat impediment, panting with phlegm, distention and fullness accumulation, blocking orifices, swelling abscess, ulcer, tinea, head sore.
Coral Ardisia Root

Coral Ardisia Root

Ardisiae Crenatae Radix
Functions:Moves blood, dispels wind, resolves toxin, eliminates swelling. Apply to upper respiratory tract infection, throat swelling pain, diphtheria, tonsillitis, bronchitis, rheumatic arthritis, waist and leg pain, injury from falls, erysipelas, lymphadenitis, externally use to traumatic injury, fracture, poison snake bites.
Cinnabar

Cinnabar

Cinnabaris
Functions:Clears heat, calms fright, calms spirit, resolves toxin. Apply to fright, insomnia with nightmares, convulsion, infantile convulsion, blur vision, mouth sore, throat impediment, swelling toxin of sore and ulcer.
Bamboo Shavings

Bamboo Shavings

Bambusae Caulis in Taenias
Functions:Clears heat, transform phlegm, eliminates vexation, stops vomiting. Apply to phlegm-heat cough, cholic fire with phlegm, feverish dysphoria and vomiting, shock and insomnia, aphasia with stiff tongue, vomiting due to gastric heat, morning sickness and restless fetus.

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Agastache Qi-Correcting Powder

Agastache Qi-Correcting Powder

Action:Releases the exterior and removes dampness, rectifies qi and harmonizes the center.
Indication:Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San is indicated for the contraction of exogenous wind-cold and internal damage by internal dampness. The symptoms include aversion to co1d with fever, headache, chest and diaphragm distension and depression, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, bowel sounds and diarrhea. The tongue has a white, greasy tongue coating. It can also be used to treat conditions that are contracted from the clouds and mists in the mountains, malaria, etc.
Hypoglaucae Root Turbidity-Clearing Powder

Hypoglaucae Root Turbidity-Clearing Powder

Action:Warms the kidney and drains dampness, raises the clear and removes turbidity.
Indication:Bi Xie Fen Qing San is indicated for chylous strangury and gonorrhea due to deficiency-cold of the lower jiao. The symptoms are frequent turbid urination that is white like rice-washed water and mushy or creamy. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is deep.
Poria Pill

Poria Pill

Action:Dries dampness and moves qi, softens hard masses and dissolves phlegm.
Indication:Fu Ling Wan is applicable to patterns of phlegm hidden in the middle jiao or lingering along the channels and collaterals. Clinical symptoms may involve aching pain or spasm of the arms, being unable to lift the arms, moving pain in the arms, numbness of the hands, and edema of the four limbs. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep and thin or wiry and slippery.
Immature Bitter Orange, Chinese Chive and Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Immature Bitter Orange, Chinese Chive and Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Action:Unblocks yang and dissipates masses, dispels phlegm and lowers qi.
Indication:Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang is indicated for chest bi caused by chest yang weakness, phlegm obstruction, and counterflow qi. The symptoms are fullness and pain in the chest, chest pain radiating to the back, panting, cough, spitting, shortness of breath, hypochondriac qi counterflowing upward to heart and chest. The coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep, wiry or tight.
Immature Bitter Orange Stagnation-Moving Pill

Immature Bitter Orange Stagnation-Moving Pill

Action:Promotes digestion, removes stagnation, clears heat, and removes dampness.
Indication:Food accumulation with damp-heat, marked by distending pain of the abdomen and stomach cavity, diarrhea, constipation, dark, scanty urine, a greasy yellow tongue coating, and a deep, forceful pulse.
Immature Bitter Orange and Glomus-Dispersing Pill

Immature Bitter Orange and Glomus-Dispersing Pill

Action:Disperses and relieves fullness, fortifies the spleen and harmonizes the stomach.
Indication:Spleen deficiency and qi stagnation with cold and heat combined, characterized by fullness below the heart, no desire to eat or drink, tiredness, lack of strength, difficult defecation, greasy, slight yellow tongue coating, and a wiry pulse.
Turtle Shell Decocted Pill

Turtle Shell Decocted Pill

Action:Moves qi, invigorates blood, dispels dampness, dissolves phlegm, softens hardness, and disperses concretions.
Indication:Bie Jia Jian Wan is indicated for chronic malaria with masses below the costal region and abdominal masses. Long-lasting malaria causes masses to gather underneath the costal region. It is called chronic malaria with masses. Symptoms include: Masses underneath the costal region that stay firm when pushed, abdominal pain, weak muscles, decreased appetite, occasional cold or fever, and inhibited menses.
Storax Pill

Storax Pill

Action:Aromatically opens the orifices, moves qi and relieves pain.
Indication:Su He Xiang Wan is indicated for cold blockage. The symptoms are sudden fainting and locked jaw, unconsciousness, a white tongue coating, and a slow pulse. It is also indicated for sudden pain in the heart and abdomen as well as syncope due to cold blockage.
Perilla Fruit Qi-Descending Decoction

Perilla Fruit Qi-Descending Decoction

Action:Directs qi downward, dispels phlegm, relieves cough and panting.
Indication:Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang is indicated for coughing or wheezing in patterns of upper excess and lower deficiency. The symptoms are phlegm-drool accumulation, chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, coughing, panting, shortness of breath, and exhaling more than inhaling. It is accompanied by lumbago, weakness in the legs, fatigue, lassitude, or swollen limbs. The tongue coating is glossy, white or greasy, white, and the pulse is wiry and slippery.
Liver-Sedating and Wind-Extinguishing Decoction

Liver-Sedating and Wind-Extinguishing Decoction

Action:Tranquilizes the liver and extinguishes wind, enriches yin and subdues yang.
Indication:Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang is indicated for the pattern of apoplectic stroke. The symptoms are dizziness, vertigo, distension of eyes, tinnitus, headache with a warm sensation in the head, flushed face, and irritability; there may also be frequent belching, progressive difficulty in moving the extremities, and deviation of the mouth and eyes. In severe cases there is dizziness and falling down, unconsciousness, mental confusion with moments of clarity, and an inability to fully recover after loss of consciousness, and a wiry, long, and forceful pulse.
White-Draining Powder

White-Draining Powder

Action:Clears and drains the heat constraint and relieves coughing and panting.
Indication:This formula is indicated for coughing and panting caused by lung heat. The symptoms are coughing, panting, and steaming heat of skin that worsens in the late afternoon, a red tongue body with a yellow coating, and a thready, rapid pulse.
Spleen-Restoring Decoction

Spleen-Restoring Decoction

Action:Boosts qi, supplements blood; fortifies the spleen, and nourishes the heart.
Indication:1. Qi and blood deficiency of the heart and spleen marked by palpitations, amnesia, insomnia, night sweat, deficiency-heat, tiredness, reduced food intake, withered-sallow complexion, a pale tongue with a thin, white coating, and thready, weak pulses.
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