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barkNutgrass Galingale RhizomeCommon Selfheal SpikeMedicinal Evodia Immature FruitCombined Spicebush RootChinese Magnoliavine FruitBlack SoakeSmoked PlumSlenderstyleAcanthopanax Root - barkCentipedeChinese Nut-gallChinese Clematis Root and RhizomeChinese Cinquefoil HerbCowherb SeedArk ShellChinese Dodder SeedElecampane Inula RootGolden Larch Root - bark or BarkGlabrous Greenbrier RhizomeGround BeetlePaniculate Bolbostemma BulbRice Paper Plant PithPepperweed SeedTabasheerHenbane SeedSnow Lotus HerbReddish Jackinthepulpit TuberTall GastrodiaeMuskroot - like Semiaquilegia RootSnakegourd RootCochinchinese Asparagus Root TuberPeach SeedSandalwoodDifferent Leaves PseudostellariaSongaria Cynomorium HerbSappan WoodSpine Date SeedLoofah, Towel Gourd Vegetable SpongeLeechBuffalo HornPrince's Feather FruitBlessed Thistle FruitJapanese Felt FernRangooncreeper FruitSea-ear ShellNoble Dendrobium Stem HerbGypsumPersimmon Calyx and ReceptacleTatarinow Sweerflag RhizomeForest Musk|AbelmoskSnake SloughJapanese Clubmoss HerbSkunk Bugbane RhizomeFresh GingerBlackberrglily RhizomeCommon Cnidium FruitVillous Amomum FruitCommon Macrocarpium FruitHowthorn LeafChinese Hawthorn FruitWild Honeysuckle Flower BudCommon Yam RhizomeGalanga Resurrectionlily RhizomeHupeh Liriope Root TuberIndian Pokwees RoxbTonkin Sophora RootAppendiculate Cremastra PseudobulbSanchiCommon Burreed TuberMulberry TwigMulberry LeafMullberry FruitMantis Egg-caseChinese Taxillus HerbWhite Mulberry Root - barkFrankincenseCassia BarkNutmegDesertliving Cistanche HerbGinseng RootJapanese Honeysuckle StemFringed Pink HerbScorpionBistort RhizomeLong-nosed Pit ViperAsh BarkLargeleaf Gentian RootFeather Cockscomb SeedImmature Tangerine FruitBiotite SchistSweet Wormwood HerbWhite Canarytree FruitOvientvine StemNatural IndigoGordon Euryale SeedLobedleaf Pharbitis SeedObscuteed Homalomena RhizomeCaper Euphorbia SeedWhiteflower Hogfennel Root|Common Hogfennel RootIncised Notopterygium Rhizome and RootIndian Madder RootCattail PollenMongolian Dandelion HerbLoquat LeafUssuri Fritillary Vulb Fortune’s Eupatorium HerbBoat - fruited Sterculia SeedGlossy Privet FruitCommon AchyranthesBezoarGreat Burdock FruitChinese Azalea FlowerOrange Magnoliavine FruitFourleaf Ladybell RootWild Carrot FruitCommon Baphicacanthus Rhizome and RootCommon Scouring RushCostusrootAkabia StemCommon Oyster ShellHempleaf Negundo Chastetree LeafIndian Trunpetflower SeedCommon Floweringquine FruitTree Peony Root - barkCochinchina Momordica SeedMyrrhMedicinal ChangiumMale Fern RhizomeSpingy Yam RhizomeRoseNux VomicaSinplelaef Shrub Chastetree FruitMirabilite|Glauber’s SaltBarley SproutDwarf Lilyturf Root TuberChinese Ephedrs HerbSlender Dutchmanspipe FruitBBChinese Pyrola HerbHairy Antler Pilose AntlerChinese Starasmine StemLohanguo Siraitia FruitDogbane LeafBeautiful Sweetgum FruitAloesReed RhizomeSmithsonite|CalamineCommon Swisscentaury RootDried Longan PulpChinese Gentian Root|Rough Gentian RootLucid GanodermaAntelope HomChinese TrumpetcreeperLotus PlumuleLotus SeedWeeping Forsythia FruitShinyleaf Pricklyash RootCommon Heron’s Bill HerbFischer Euphorbia RootWinteersweet Flower BudGarden Radish SeedAnsu Apricot SeedLightyellow Sophra RootKelpChinaberry - Tree BarkCommon Coltsfoot FlowerFlorists DendranthemaSickle Senna SeedTamarisklike Spikemoss HerbSuberect Spatholobus StemCommon Jasminorange Twig and Leaf|PaniculateJasminorangeTwig and LeafTuber Onion SeedChinese Fevervine Herb and RootJapanese Honysuckle Flower BudCherokee Rose FruitWild Buckwheat RhizomeChristina Loosestrife HerbLittle Multibanded KraitMica SchistFineleaf Schizonepeta HerbPeking Euphorbia RootChicken's Gizzard-membranePuncturevine Caltrap FruitCanton Abrus HerbCockscomb FlowerIndian Mustard SeedBalloonflower RootMexican Frangipani FlowerFiveleaf Gynostemma Herb or RootRosewood Heart WoodCommon Turmeric RhizomeStiff SilkwormGiant Knotweed RootHemp FruitCommon Fenugreek SeedColored Mistletoe HerbBlack Pepper FruitFigwortflower Picrorhiza RhizomeTalcBaikal Skullcap RootMongolian Milkvetch Root|Membranous Milkvetch RootChinese Goldthread RhizomeSiberian Solomonseal RhizomeAmur Corktree BarkTomentose Pummelo PeelBunge Pricklyath PericarpJapanese Pagodatree FruitBlack Locust FlowerOfficinal Magnolia BarkRed GinsengManyinflorecenced SweetvetchKirilow Rhodiola Root and RhizomeSafflowerGalanga Galangal FruitKonxia RootMedicine TerminaliaHindu Lotus LeafWalnut MeatTuber Fleeceflower RootCommon Carpesium FruitSilktree Albizia FlowerSeaweedCuttlebone|SepiumKellogg’s SeahorseJapanese Climbing Fern SporeFoxtail Millet SproutFortune's Drynaria RhizomeBuerger Pipewort HeadCassiabarktree TwigTortose's Carapae and PlastronChinese Corktree BarkSnowbellleaf Tickclover HerbCablin Potchouli HerbMongolian Snakegourd FruitSharpleaf Uncaria Stem with HoolsBabury Wolfberry FruitEast Asian Tree Fern Chinese Holly LeafClam ShellGiant GeckoLobed Kudzuvine RootLesser Galangal RhizomeChinese Ligusticum RhizomeGansui Root|Kansui RootChinese Nardostachys Root and RhizomeDried GingerLiquorice RootPrepared Common Monkshood Daughter RootPalmleaf Raspberry FruitIndian Buead|TuckahoeFinger Citron FruitHypoglaucous Yam RhizomeBeautiful Steetgum ResinEdible Kudzuvine RootGrand TorreyaSanna LeafFourstamen Stephania RootDivaricate SaposhnikoviaBlue Turmeric RhizomeCutch|Khair|Black CatechuAss-hide GelatinEucommia ulmoides OlivEucommia BarkDoubleteeth Angelicae RootWhitefruit Amomim FruitCluster Mallow Fruit Chinese Caterpillar FungusLongleaf Garden Burnet RootCloveEarthwormAdhesive Rehmannia Root TuberChinese Wolfberry Root - barkBelvedere FruitCommon Rush Pith or HerbaCommon JujubeSargenrgloryvineIndigowoad LeafRice - grain SproutSword Jackbean SeedCommon Lophatherum HerbDan - shen RootPilose Asiabell RootChinese AngelicaFermented SoybeanJapanese ThistleRhubarb|Tangute RhubarbAreca PeelManyprinckle AcanthopanaxMagnetitePapermulberry FruitHeaven Ailanthus Root - bark or BarkStringy Stonecrop HerbSzechwan Lovage RhizomeCommon Andrographis HerbCommon Monkshood Mother RootMedicinal Cyathula officinalis RootCommon Vladimiria RootArmand Clematis StemSzechwan Chinaberry FruitTendrilleaf Fritillary BulbCommon Motherwort FruitChinese Manyleaf Paris RhizomeChinese CeraRice BeanRed Paeoniae TrichocarpaeAsiatic Plantain SeedAsiatic Plantain HerbTambacTangerine PeelCicada SloughDried Toads VenomAntifebrile Dichroa RootChinese Thorawax RootChinese Arborviae Twig and LeafKusnezoff Monkshood Mother RootTsaoko Amomum FruitKatsumada Galangal SeedSwordlike Atracylodes RhizomeSiberian Cocklebur FruitMalaytea Scurfpea FruitWild Mint HerbSynthetic BorneolBetelnutpalm SeedCastorbean Turtle CarapaceLong Pepper FruitCoastal Glehnia RootAsiatic Moonseed RhizomeChinaroot Greenbrier RhizomeTernate PinelliaChinese Blistering BeetleIndigowoad RootChinese Lobelia HerbMedicinal Morinda RootTruestar AniseChinese Arborvilae SeedLargehead Atractylodes RhizomeTaiwan Angelica RootDenesefruit Pittany Root - barkBlackend Swallowwort Root and RhizomeChinese Pulsatilla RootWhite Peony RootWillowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome and RootLalang Grass RhizomeJapanese Ampelopsis Root TuberCommon Bletilla TuberSpreading Hedyotis HerbGreenish lily Bulb|Liy BulbGinkgo SeedGiant Typhonium TuberAlumJapanese Stemona RootWhite Hyacinth BeanPurging Croton SeedChinese Asafoe tida|Sinkiang Ferula
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.
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.
Tortoise Shell and Deer Horn Two Immortals Glue

Tortoise Shell and Deer Horn Two Immortals Glue

Action:Enriches yin and supplements essence, boosts qi and strengthens yang.
Indication:Gui Lu er Xian Jiao is applicable for patterns of kidney yin and yang deficiency with essence and blood insufficiency. The clinical symptoms are marked by emaciation, impotence, spermatorrhea, infertility, dim-vision, and aching and weakness of waist and knees.
Pubescent Angelica and Mistletoe Decoction

Pubescent Angelica and Mistletoe Decoction

Action:Dispels wind-dampness, relieves pain, boosts the liver and kidney, supplements qi and blood.
Indication:This formula is indicated for long-term bi syndrome associated with deficiency of the liver and kidney and insufficiency of qi and blood. The symptoms include pain and flaccidity of the waist and knees, disorder of flexion and extension of the joints, numbness, fear of cold with a preference for warmth, palpitations, and shortness of breath. The tongue is pale with a white coating and the pulse is thready and weak.
Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction

Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction

Action:Directs counterflow downward, relieves hiccup, boosts qi, and clears heat.
Indication:Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang is indicated for hiccups due to stomach deficiency with heat. The symptoms are hiccups, belching, restlessness, shortness of breath, and thirst. The tongue is red and tender. The pulse is weak and rapid.
Center-Supplementing and Qi-Boosting Decoction

Center-Supplementing and Qi-Boosting Decoction

Action:Supplements the center and boosts qi; raises yang and lifts the sunken.
Indication:Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang is indicated for two patterns. The first pattern is deficient or sunken spleen qi with reduced food intake, general sluggish sensation, weak breathing, lack of desire to speak, sallow-yellow facial complexion, and loose unformed stool. The tongue is pale and the pulse is deficient. It is also used for rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse, chronic diarrhea, and flooding and spotting (beng lou). The second pattern is objective or subjective fever due to qi deficiency manifested by a feverish sensation, spontaneous sweating, thirst with a desire for hot drinks, shortness of breath, and lack of strength. The tongue is pale and the pulse is deficient, big, and weak.
Flower of Kudzuvine Drunk-Relieving Decoction

Flower of Kudzuvine Drunk-Relieving Decoction

Action:Promotes urination and disperses to separate and remove the invisible alcohol-dampness pathogenic accumulation, regulates qi and fortifies the spleen.
Indication:This formula is indicated for spleen damage due to alcohol accumulation, marked by dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression of the chest and diaphragm, aversion to food, tiredness, dysuria, loose stool, a greasy tongue coating, and a slippery pulse.
Chinese Angelica Pain-Alleviating Decoction

Chinese Angelica Pain-Alleviating Decoction

Action:Drains dampness and clears heat, scatters wind and relieves pain.
Indication:Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang is indicated for patterns that arise due to a conflict between dampness and heat with concurrent external wind contraction. The symptoms are aching pain of limbs and joints, heavy sensation of the shoulder and back, swelling and pain of the feet, sores on the feet and knees. The tongue coating is white and greasy mixed with yellow and the pulse is wiry and rapid.
Channel-Warming Decoction

Channel-Warming Decoction

Action:Warms the channels and dissipates cold, dispels stasis and nourishes blood.
Indication:Wen Jing Tang is indicated for deficiency-cold of the chong and ren mai, obstructive blood stasis marked by menstrual spotting or purple menses with blood clots. There may be irregular menstruation such as advanced, delayed, or prolonged periods, or having a period twice a month. There may also be inhibited menses, fever at night, vexatious heat in the palms, dry lips and mouth, distention and fullness of the lower abdomen, a dark red tongue, and a thready, choppy pulse. Infertility due to deficient cold of the uterus may also manifest.
Spleen-Warming Decoction

Spleen-Warming Decoction

Action:Expels cold accumulation through purgation, warms and supplements spleen yang.
Indication:Wen Pi Tang is indicated for cold accumulation due to yang deficiency. Symptoms are abdominal pain and constipation, unstoppable colic around umbilicus, cold hands and feet, a white tongue coating with no thirst, and a deep wiry, slow pulse.
Yellow Dragon Decoction

Yellow Dragon Decoction

Action:Purges by promoting defecation, supplements qi and nourishes the blood.
Indication:This formula may be prescribed for yangming bowel excess with deficiency of qi and blood. This pattern is characterized by either the discharge of clear, watery stool that is pure green or constipation. There is stomach cavity and abdominal distention and pain which refuses pressure, fever, thirst, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, delirious speech, picking at their pajamas, teasing air as if arranging thread, unconsciousness, reversal counterflow cold of the four limbs, a dry yellow or dry black tongue coating, and a weak pulse.
Ophiopogon Decoction

Ophiopogon Decoction

Action:Clears and nourishes the lung and stomach, directs counterflow downward and lowers qi.
Indication:Mai Men Dong Tang is indicated for lung wei (lung atrophy) due to deficiency-heat. The symptoms are coughing, labored breathing, throat discomfort, sputum that is difficult to expectorate, coughing up or spitting saliva, dry mouth and throat, feverish feeling in the palms and soles. The tongue is red with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient and rapid.
Center-Regulating Pill

Center-Regulating Pill

Action:Warms the center and dispels cold, boosts qi and supplements the spleen.
Indication:This formula is indicated for:
Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Eliminate Dryness and Rescue the Lung Decoction

Action:Relieves dryness and moistens the lung, nourishes yin and boosts qi.
Indication:Qing zao jiu fei tang is indicated for the pattern of warm-dryness damaging the lung, complicated by damage to both qi and yin. The symptoms are fever, headache, coughing with no sputum, labored breathing, dryness of the nose and throat, vexation, thirst, chest fullness and hypochondriac pain. The tongue body is dry with scanty tongue coating, and the pulse is deficient, big, and rapid.
Inula and Hematite Decoction

Inula and Hematite Decoction

Action:Directs counterflow downward, dissolves phlegm, boosts qi, and harmonizes the stomach.
Indication:Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang is indicated for weak stomach qi with internal obstruction of phlegm-turbidity. The symptoms are pi below the heart, belching, or vomiting with saliva. The tongue is pale with a white, glossy coating. The pulse is wiry and weak.
Toxin-Resolving Powder

Toxin-Resolving Powder

Action:Dissipates cold, removes dampness, boosts qi, and releases the exterior.
Indication:Bai Du San is indicated for the pattern of externally contracted wind-cold-dampness. The symptoms are strong aversion to cold, high fever, headache, neck stiffness and pain, body soreness and pain, absence of sweating, stuffy nose, harsh voice, cough with phlegm, pi, and distressed chest and diaphragm. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is superficial and forceless upon pressing.
Ginseng and Perilla Beverage

Ginseng and Perilla Beverage

Action:Boosts qi, releases the exterior, rectifies qi, and dissolves phlegm.
Indication:This formula is indicated for a pattern of qi deficiency with contraction of external wind-cold, complicated by interior phlegm-dampness. Signs and symptoms include aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweat, headache, stuffy nose, cough, white phlegm, distended and suppressed chest and abdomen, fatigue, lassitude, short of breath, dislike of speaking, a white tongue coating, and a weak pulse.
Ginseng, Poria and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder

Ginseng, Poria and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder

Action:Boosts qi and fortifies the spleen, drains dampness and arrests diarrhea.
Indication:Shen Ling Bai Zhu San is indicated for patterns of spleen deficiency with excessive dampness accumulation marked by epigastric bloating or stuffiness, borborygmus, diarrhea, lack of strength in the four limbs, thin body, and lusterless yellow facial complexion. The tongue is pale with a white, greasy coating and the pulse is moderate and deficient.
Spleen-Fortifying Pill

Spleen-Fortifying Pill

Action:Fortifies the spleen and harmonizes the stomach, promotes digestion and arrests diarrhea.
Indication:Food accumulation with spleen deficiency, marked by indigestion, fullness and oppression of the abdomen and stomach cavity, loose stool, greasy, yellow tongue coating, and a weak pulse.
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