Overview Bao He Wan originates from Volume 3 of Zhu Zhenheng’s Danxi Xinfa, published during the Yuan dynasty, and is a classic formula for promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation. It traditionally promotes digestion, harmonizes the Stomach, regulates Qi, and transforms dampness. It is primarily used for patterns caused by food stagnation, including epigastric and…
Overview Bai Hu Tang originated from Zhang Zhongjing’s Shang Han Lun and is a classic formula for clearing intense heat from the Qi level and generating fluids to relieve thirst. Formula Composition Bai Hu Tang consists of gypsum, Anemarrhena rhizome, honey-fried licorice, and japonica rice. Note: The specific formulation ratios may vary among different sources…
Overview Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang originates from Zhang Zhongjing’s Shang Han Lun and is a classic formula for supporting Yang, releasing the exterior, dispersing Cold, and unblocking Yang. Formula Composition Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang consists of Ephedra, Aconite, and Asarum. Note: Fu Zi must be properly processed. The processing…
Overview Ma Xing Yi Gan Tang originates from Zhang Zhongjing’s Jin Gui Yao Lue and is a classic formula for releasing the exterior, dispelling dampness, unblocking the channels, and relieving pain. Formula Composition Ma Xing Yi Gan Tang consists of Ephedra, apricot kernel, coix seed, and honey-fried licorice root. Note: The specific formulation ratios may…
Overview Huan Shao Dan is sourced from Volume 1 of the Song-dynasty Hong Shi Ji Yan Fang. It warms and supplements the Spleen and Kidney, enriches essence and nourishes blood, and nourishes the Heart and calms the spirit. Traditionally, it is used for patterns of Spleen and Kidney deficiency and insufficiency of essence and blood,…
Overview Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang originates from Zhang Zhongjing’s Shang Han Lun and is formed by adding ginseng to Bai Hu Tang to clear heat, supplement Qi, generate body fluids, and relieve thirst. Formula Composition Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang consists of gypsum, Anemarrhena rhizome, honey-fried licorice root, japonica rice, and ginseng….
Overview Gui Zhi Jia Shao Yao Da Huang Tang originates from Zhang Zhongjing’s Shang Han Lun and is a formula formed by adding Da Huang to Gui Zhi Jia Shao Yao Tang. Formula Composition Common ingredients include Gui Zhi, Bai Shao, Zhi Gan Cao, Sheng Jiang, Da Zao, and Da Huang. Note: The specific formula…
Overview Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan is found in Volume 4 of Ji Sheng Fang by Yan Yonghe of the Southern Song dynasty. Originally called Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan, it was developed by modifying Shen Qi Wan from Jin Gui Yao Lue with the addition of herbs such as Niu Xi and Che Qian…
Overview Jie Geng Tang originates from Zhang Zhongjing’s Treatise on Cold Damage and is a classic compact formula for clearing the throat, diffusing the Lung, and resolving toxicity. Formula Composition Jie Geng Tang consists of Platycodon root and licorice. Note: The specific formula proportions may vary among different sources and dosage forms; please follow the…
Overview Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang originated from Wang Qingren’s Yi Lin Gai Cuo in the Qing dynasty and is a classic gynecological formula for warming the channels, invigorating Blood, dispelling Cold, and relieving pain. Formula Composition Common ingredients include fennel fruit, dried ginger, corydalis tuber, myrrh, Chinese angelica root, Sichuan lovage rhizome, cassia bark…
Overview Yi Zi Tang is a Kampo formula created during Japan’s Edo period by the physician Hara Nanyo. It was originally recorded in Cong Gui Ting Yi Shi Xiao Yan and is primarily used for patterns such as hemorrhoidal disease, rectal prolapse, anal pain, bleeding, and pruritus of the genital region. The original formula consisted…
Overview An Zhong San originated in the Song dynasty work Taiping Huimin Hejiju Fang. It is a classic formula that warms the Middle and disperses Cold to relieve pain, with actions of warming the Middle, dispersing Cold, regulating Qi, and relieving pain. It is mainly used for gastric pain, acid regurgitation, abdominal distension, nausea, and…
Overview An Gong Niu Huang Wan is derived from Wu Jutong’s Treatise on Warm Diseases, Upper Burner Section, written during the Qing dynasty. It is a renowned heat-clearing and orifice-opening formula of the Warm Disease school and, together with Zi Xue Dan and Zhi Bao Dan, is known as the “Three Treasures of Warm Disease…
Overview Shi Quan Da Bu Tang appears in Volume 5 of the Song dynasty work Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang and is a classic formula for supplementing both Qi and Blood. It warms and supplements Qi and Blood. The original text used it for patterns of deficiency in various aspects, the five…
Overview Xiang Sheng Po Di Wan is recorded in the Ming dynasty physician Gong Tingxian’s Wan Bing Hui Chun and is a classic formula for treating hoarseness and loss of voice. The formula consists of forsythia fruit, platycodon root, Sichuan lovage rhizome, Amomum fruit, terminalia fruit, Bai Yao Jian, peppermint, rhubarb, and licorice. It clears…
