Introduction
Part
One Outline
Chapter
One The Relationship of Formulae to
Syndrome Differentiation and Establishment of Therapies
Section
1 The Relationship of Formulae to
Syndrome Differentiation
Section
2 The Relationship of Formulae to
Establishment of Therapy
Section
3 Common Regulations for Designing
a Formula
Chapter
Two Design of a Formula
Section
1. Structure of Forming a Formula
Section
2. Modifications of a Formula
1.
Modification of Herbs
2.
Modification of Dose
3.
Modification of Preparation Forms
Chapter
Three Classification of Formulae
Chapter
Four Preparation of the Formulae
1.
Decoction
2.
Powder
3.
Pill and Bolus
4.
Extract, Ointment and Plaster
5.
Pellet
6.
Medicated Wine
7.
Medicated Tea
8.
Distilled Medicinal Water
9.
Troche and Medicated Cake
10.
Slender Roll of Medicated Paper
11.
Medicated Thread
12.
Moxa-Prescription
13.
Syrup
14.
Tablet
15.
Infusion
16.
Injection
Chapter Five
Administration of Formulae
Section 1 The
Method of Decocting Herbs
Section 2 The method of Oral Administration
Section 3 The Method of External Application
Appendix:
1.
Table of Apathecaris¡¯ Measures and Weight in the Metric System
2.
Table of Apathecaris¡¯ Measures and Weight in Ancient Time
Part
Two Elaboration
Chapter
One Exterior-Relieving Formulae
Section
1 Formulae for Relieving the Exterior with Pungent-Warm Herbs
Spring
Onion and Prepared Soybean Decoction (Associated Formulae)
Seven
Herbs Decoction Including Spring Onion; Spring Onion and Prepared Soybean
Decoction, Spring Onion Prepared Soybean and Platycodon Decoction)
Notopterygium
Decoction with Nine Herbs
Cyperus
and Perilla Powder (Associated Formulae: Modified Cyperus Perilla Powder;
Ginseng and Perilla Decoction)
Elscholtzia
Powder
Ephedra
Decoction (Associated Formulae: Major Blue Dragon Decoction; Atractylodes plus
Ephedra Decoction; Ephedra, Apircot, Coix and Gypsum Decoction)
Minor
Blue Dragon Decoction
Cassia
Twig Decoction (Associated Formulae: Pueraria plus Cassia Twig Decoction;
Magnolia and Apricot Kernel Plus Cassia Twig Decoction; Cassia Twig Plus Cassia
Twig Decoction; Peony Plus Cassia Twig Decoction)
Section
2 Formulae for Relieving the Exterior with Pungent-Cool Herbs
Mulberry
and Chrysanthemum Decoction
Honeysuckle
and Forsythia Powder (Associated Formula: Honeysuckle and Forsythia Decoction)
Ephedra,
Apricot, Licorice and Gypsum Decoction
Bupleurum
and Pueraria Decoction for Relieving Muscles
Cimicifuga
and Pueraria Decoction
Lophatherum,
Chinese Tamarisk and Arctium Decoction
Section
3 Formulae for Relieving the Exterior by Strengthening the Genuine
Antiphlogistic
Powder (Associated Formulae: Schizonepeta and Ledebouriella Antiphlogistic
Powder; Canglin Powder)
Modified
Fragrant Solomonsael Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Two Purgative Formulae
Section
1 Cold Purgative Formulae
Major
Purgative Decoction (Associated Formulae: Minor Purgative Decoction;
Stomach-Regulating Purgative Decoction)
Rhubarb
and Moutan Bark Decoction
Major
Decoction for Chest Congestion
Section
2 Warm Purgative Formulae
Rhubarb
and Aconite Decoction
Spleen-Warming
Decoction
Three
Herbs Emergency Pills
Section
3 Moistening Purgative Formula
Five
kinds of Kernels Pills
Hemp
Seed Pills
Jichuan
Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Three Digestant Formulae
Harmony-Preserving
Pills
Unripened
Bitter Orange Stagnation-Dispelling Pills
Aucklandia
and Areca Seed Pills
Unripened
Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pills (Associated Formulae: Peptogenic Pills;
Tangerine, Pinellia, Orange and Atractylodes Pills; Aucklandia, Amomum, Orange
and Atractylodes Pills)
Spleen-Strengthening
Pills
Unripened
Bitter Orange stuffiness-Relieving Pills
In
Summary
Chapter
Four Mediative Formulae
Section
1 Formulae for Mediating Shaoyang
Minor
Bupleurum Decoction (Associated Formula: Bupleurum, Orange and Platycodon
Decoction)
Major
Bupleurum Decoction
Sweet
Wormwood and Gallbladder-Clearing Decoction
Section
2 Formulae for Harmonizing the Liver and Spleen
Cold
Limbs Powder (Associated Formula: Bupleurum Liver-Soothing Powder)
Merry
Life Powder (Associated Formulae: Modified Merry Life Powder; Merry Life Powder
with Rehmannia)
Section
3 Formulae For Regulating Gastrointestines
Pinellia
Heart-Purging Decoction (Associated Formulae: Ginger Heart-Purging Decoction;
Licorice Heart-Purging Decoction; Coptis Decoction)
In
Summary
Chapter
Five Heat-Clearing Formulae
Section
1 Formulae for Clearing Away Heat form the Qi Stage
White
Tiger Decoction (Associated Formulae: Ginseng Plus White Tiger Decoction; Cassia
Plus White Tiger Decoction; Atractylodes plus White Tiger Decoction)
Lophatherum
and Gypsum Decoction
Capejasmine
and Prepared Soybean Decoction (Associated Formulae: Licorice plus Capejasmine
and Prepared Soybean Decoction; Fresh Ginger plus Capejasmine and Prepared
Soybean Decoction; Capejasmine and Magnolia Decoction; Capejasmine and Dry
Ginger Decoction)
Section
2 Formulae for Clearing the Nutrient Stage and Cooling Blood
Decoction
for Clearing Ying-Stage (Associated Formula: Palace-Clearing Decoction)
Rhinoceros
Horn and Rehmannia Decoction (Associated Formula: Antipyretic and Antitoxic
Decoction)
Section
3 Formulae for Clearing Away Heat and Poison
Coptis
Detoxicating Decoction (Associated formula: Heart-Purging Decoction)
Everyone¡¯s
Detoxicating Decoction
God¡¯s
Life-Saving Decoction
Four
Powerful Herbs Decoction
Bovine
Gall-Stone Pills
Section
4 Formulae for Clearing Away Visceral Heat
Fire-Inducing
Powder
Gentian
Liver-Purging Decoction (Associated Formula: Chinese Angelica, Gentian and Aloes
Pills)
Blue-Purging
Pills
White-Purging
Powder
Reed
Rhizome Decoction
Stomach-Clearing
Powder
Fairy
Decoction
Peony
Decoction (Associated Formulae: Scutellaria Decoction)
Pueraria,
Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction
Pulsatilla
Decoction
Section
5 Formulae for Clearing Away Summer-Heat
Collateral-Clearing
Decoction
Six-To-One
Powder (Associated Formulae: Primordial Qi-Tonifying Powder; Green Jade Powder;
Peppermint Powder)
Cassia
Twig and Poria Sweet Dew Decoction
Summer-Heat-Clearing
and Qi-Tonifying Decoction
Section
6 Formulae for Clearing Away the Deficient Heat
Sweet
Wormwood and Turtle Shell Decoction
Bone-Clearing
Powder (Associated Formula: Large-Leaf Gentian and Turtle Shell Powder)
Chinese
Angelica and Six Yellow Herbs Decoction
In
summary
Chapter
Six Interior-Warming Formulae
Section
1 Formulae for Warming the Middle to Dispel Cold
Middle-Regulating
Pills (Associated Formulae: Cassia Twig and Ginseng Decoction: Aconite
Middle-Regulating Pills; Unripened Bitter Orange Middle-Regulatin Pills; Coptis
Middle-Regulating Decoction; Middle-Regulating and Phlegm-Resolving Pills)
Evodia
Fruit Decoction
Minor
Middle-Strengthening Decoction (Associated Formulae: Astragalus
Middle-Strengthening Decoction; Chinese Angelica Middle-Strengthening Decoction)
Major
Middle-Strengthening Decoction
Magnolia
Middle-Warming Decoction
Section
2 Formulae for Restoring Yang to Rescue Collapse
Cold
Limbs Decoction (Associated Formulae: Ginseng plus Cold Limbs Decoction: Poria
Cold Limbs Decoction; Spring Onion Decoction; Pig¡¯s Bile plus Spring Onion
Decoction)
Ginseng
and Aconite Decoction (Associated Formulae: Astragalus and Aconite Decoction;
Atractylodes and Aconite Decoction)
Divine
Black Bird Decoction (Associated Formula: Aconite Decoction)
Section
3 Formulae for Warming Meridians to Expel Cold
Chinese
Angelica Cold Limbs Decoction (Associated Formula: Five Herbs Decoction
Including Astragalus and Cassia Twig)
Yang-Harmonizing
Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Seven Tonic Formulae
Section
1 Formulae for Tonifying Qi
Four
Gentlemen Decoction (Associated Formulae: Marvelous Effect Powder; Six Gentlemen
Decoction, Six Gentlemen Decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum)
Ginseng,
Poria and Bighead Atractylodes Powder
Middle-Reinforcing
and Qi-Benefiting Decoction
Jade
Screen Powder
Pulse-Activating
Powder
Section
2 Formulae for Tonifying Blood
Four
Herbs Decoction (Associated Formulae: Shengyu Decoction; Peach Kernel and
Sefflower plus Four Herbs Decoction)
Chinese
Angelica Blood-Tonifying Decoction
Backing
To the Spleen Decoction
Roasted
Liquorice Decoction
Section
3 Formulae for Tonifying Both Qi and Blood
Eight
Treasures Decoction (Associated Formulae: Ten Strong Tonic Herbs Decoction;
Ginseng Nutrition Decoction)
Taishan
Rock Powder
Section
4 Formulae for Tonifying Yin
Rehmannia
Bolus with Six Herbs (Associated Formulae: Anemarrhena, Phellodendron and
Rehmannia Pills; Qi-Receiving Pills)
Major
Yin-Replenishing Pills
Bone-strengthening
Pills
Yiguan
Decoction
Section
5 Formulae for Tonifying Yang
Kidney-Qi
Bolus (Pills) (Associated Formulae: Life-Preserving Kidney-Qi Pills; Ten Tonic
Herbs Pills)
Backing
To the Right Decoction (Associated Formula: Backing To the Right Pills)
In
Summary
Chapter
Eight Astringing Formulae
Section
1 Formulae for Consolidating the Exterior to Stop Sweating
Oyster
Shell Powder
Section
2 Formulae for Astringing the Lung to Stop Cough
Nine
Immortal Powder
Section
3 Formulae for Consolidating the Intestines to Stop Diarrhea
Immortal
Viscera-Nourishing Decoction
Four
Miraculous Herbs Pills
Section
4 Formulae for Consolidating the Essence to Stop Emission and Enuresis
Golden
Lock Pills For Consolidating the Essence
Mantis
Egg-Case Powder
Section
5 Formulae for Uterine Bleeding and Vaginal Discharge
Pills
for Arresting Uterine Bleeding
Chong
Meridian-Consolidating Decoction
Zhenglin
Pellets
Treating
Morbid Leukorrhea Decoction (Associated Formulae: Yihuang Decoction; Morbid
Leukorrhea-Eliminating Decoction)
In
Summary
Chapter
Nine Sedative Formulae
Section
1 Sedative Formulae with Heavy Herbs
Cinnabar
Mind-Calming Pills (Mind-Tranquilizing Pills)
Magnetite
and Cinnabar Pills
Section
2 Sedative Formulae with Tonic Herbs
Wild
Jujube Seed Decoction
Heaven
King Heart-Nourishing Pellets
Liquorice,
Wheat and Date Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Ten Formulae for Resuscitation
Section
1 Cool-Natured Formulae for Inducing Resuscitation
Peaceful
Palace Bovine Gall-Stone Pills
Violet
Snow Pellets
Real
Treasure Pellets
Section
2 Warm-Natured Formulae for Inducing Resuscitation
Storax
Pills
In
Summary
Chapter
Eleven Formulae for Regulating Qi
Section
1 Formulae for Activating Qi
Stagnation-Relieving
Pills
Pinellia
and Magnolia Decoction
Unripened
Bitter Orange, Macrostem and Cassia Twig Decoction (Associated Formulae:
Trichosanthes, Macrostem and Liquor Decoction; Trichosanthes, Macrostem and
Pinellia Decoction)
Liver-Warming
Decoction
Tiantai
Linderae Powder
Tangerine
Seed Pills
Section
2 Formulae for Lowering the Adverse Flow of Qi
Perilla
Seed Qi-Lowering Decoction
Asthma-Relieving
Decoction
Inula
and Red Ochre Decoction
Tangerine
Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction
Clove
and Persimmon Calyx Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Twelve Formulae for Regulating Blood
Section
1 Formulae for Promoting Circulation to Remove Stasis
Peach
Kernel Purgative Decoction
Recovery
Blood-Activating Decoction
Blood-House
Stasis-Dispelling Decoction (Associated Formulae: Orifice-Dredging and
Blood-Activating Decoction; Under-Diaphram Stasis-Dispelling Decoction; Lower
Abdomen Stasis-Expelling Decoction; Blood Stasis-Relieving Decoction for
Pantalgia)
Yang-Invigorating
Decoction for Recuperation
Qili
Powder
Laughing
Powder
Red
Sage Decoction
Meridian-Warming
Decoction
Blood-Regeneration
and Stasis-Removing Decoction
Effective
Collaterals-Activating Pellets
Section
2 Formulae for Arresting Bleeding
Ten
Charred Herbs Powder
Four
Fresh Herbs Pills
Hemoptysis
Decoction
Sophora
Flower Powder
Field
Thistle Decoction
Yellow
Earth Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Thirteen Formulae for Eliminating dampness and Facilitating Diuresis
Section
1 Formulae for Drying Dampness Resolving the Turbidness
Stomach-Calming
Powder
Agastache
Genuine-Qi Powder (Associated Formula: Six Harmony Decoction)
Section
2 Formulae for Clearing Away Heat and Excreting Dampness
Oriental
Wormwood Decoction
Three
Kinds of Kernels Decoction
Sweet
Dew Detoxicating Pellets
Coptis
and Magnolia Decoction
Eight
Correction Powder
Two
Wonderful Herbs Powder (Associated Formulae: Three Wonderful Herbs Pills; Four
Wonderful Herbs Pills)
Section
3 Formulae for Facilitating Diuresis to Removing Dampness
Poria
Powder with five Herbs (Associated Formulae: Poria Powder with Four Herbs;
Weiling Decoction, Oriental Wormwood plus Poria Powder with Five Herbs)
Polyporus
Decoction
Five
Kinds of Peels Powder
Tetrandra
and Astragalus Decoction
Section
4 Formulae for Warming and Resolving Water-Dampness
Poria,
Cassia Twig, Bighead Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction (Associated Formula:
Licorice, Dried Ginger, Poria and Bighead Atractylodes Decoction)
Spleen-Reinforcing
Decoction
Wolly
Yam Decoction for Clearing Turbid Urine
Section
5 Formulae for Facilitating Diuresis by Purgation
Ten
jujubes Decoction
Boat-And-Cart
Pills
Section
6 Formulae for Expelling Wind and Dampness
Notopterygium
Damp-Removing Decoction (Associated Formula: Blockage-Relieving Decoction)
Pubescent
Angelica and Loranthus Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Fourteen Formulae for Eliminating Phlegm
Section
1 Formulae for Drying Dampness and Resolving Phlegm
Two
Vintage Herbs Decoction (Associated Formulae: Phlegm-Dispelling Decoction,
Phlegm-Dispelling Decoction; Golden Water Six Gentlemen Decoction)
Gallbladder-Warming
Decoction
Section
2 Formulae for Clearing Away Heat and Resolving Phlegm
Qi-Clearing
and Phlegm-Resolving Pills
Minor
Chest-Congestion Decoction
Phlegm-Expelling
Pills
Section
3 Formulae for Moistening Dryness and Resolving Phlegm
Fritillary
Bulb and Trichosanthes Fruit Powder
Section
4 Formulae for Warming and Resolving Cold-Phlegm
Poria,
Licorice, Schisandra, Ginger and Asarum Decoction
Three
Kinds of Seeds Decoction for Parents
Section
5 Formulae for Dispelling Wind and Resolving Phlegm
Pinellia,
Bighead Tractylodes and Gastrodia Decoction
Cough-Stopping
Powder
In
Summary
Chapter
Fifteen Formulae for Wind
Section 1
Formulae for Dispelling Exogenous Wind
Wind-Dispelling
Powder
Wry
Eace Powder
Yuzhen
Powder
Tea-Blended
Ligusticum Powder
Minor
Collateral-Activaing Pellets
Section
2 Formulae for Stopping Endogenous Wind
Antelope¡¯s
Horn and Uncaria Stem Decoction
Liver-Subduing
and Wind-Stopping Decoction
Gastrodia
and Uncaria Decoction
Major
Wind-Stopping Decoction
Rehmannia
Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Sixteen Formulae for Dryness
Section
1 Formulae for Dispersing Exogenous Dryness
Apricot
and Perilla Powder
Mulberry
and Apricot Decoction
Dryness-Clearing
and Lung-Rescuing Decoction
Section
2 Formulae for Nourishing Yin to Moisten Dryness
Yin-Nourishing
and Lung-Clearing Decoction
Lily
Metal-Consolidating Decoction
Ophiopogon
Decoction
Yuye
Decoction
Body
Fluid-Increasing Decoction
In
Summary
Chapter
Seventeen Parasite-Expelling Formulae
Black
Plum Pills
Baby-Nourishing
Pills
Silk
Pouch Pills
Anthelmintic
Pills
In
Summary
Chapter
Eighteen Emetic Formulae
Muskmelon
Pedicel Powder (Associated Formula: Three Sages Powder)
Emergency
Phlegm-Diluting Powder
Emetic
Salt Solution
In Summary
Appendix
One Index of Formula Names
Appendix Two Pinyin-English
Cross Reference of Formula Names
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