This popular variant of Si Wu Tang (Dang-gui Four Combination) was first recorded in 1742. It was traditionally used for menstrual cramping pain in...

This formula may now be prescribed for male and female reproductive health. The formula combines herbs that tonify the Kidney Yang with herbs that...

This formula was traditionally used for the treatment of the lesser Yang syndrome (shao yang bing zheng). In general, the common clinical feature m...

This is a popular variant of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, which was first recorded in 1777. This variant focuses more on Liver Blood and Liver Yin defici...

This formula is traditionally used for chronic digestive disorders due to interior retention of Damp due to Spleen Qi deficiency. The Damp obstruc...

This formula has traditionally been used in Chinese Medicine for acute conditions affecting the nasal passages.

This formula is based on Cang Er Zi San (1253). The original formula traditionally dispels pathogenic Wind (both Wind-Heat and Wind-Cold) that has ...

This formula was designed to treat Defense aspect syndrome (wei fen zheng) due to Wind-Warm or Wind-Heat. The defensive Qi protects the Exterior of...

This formula is a variant of the formula that was originally devised by Li Gao (a.k.a. L. Dong- yuan), and first appeared in his ‘Treatise on the ...

The original formula of this variant was designed to treat disorders due to Heat Toxin or Fire Toxin, which are accompanied by some degree of Bloo...

This is a simple formula with a clear-cut single action: clearing Heat Toxin (or Fire Toxin). Clinically this formula may be used alone, or as a b...

This formula was devised by Zhang Jie-bin (a.k.a. Zhang Jing-yue) and is a variant of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Rehmannia Six Formula), from which the...

  This formula was originally recorded in the ‘Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases’ (shang han lun), by Zhang Zhong-jing (circa 150 – 219 C.E.). It ...

This formula was originally created by Hong Ji (a.k.a. Hong Jiu-You).  The formula is effective for a wide range of disorders that arise from Hear...

This is a simple formula consisting of three ingredients only. It was designed to promote resistance against attack by exogenous pathogens by toni...

This formula was originally used for a combination of symptoms which may be due to the effects of prolonged worrying or excessive mental activity, ...

This formula is based on a combination of Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Major Herbs Formula) and Si Wu Tang (Dang Gui Four Combination), together with two a...

The formula, developed by Li Gao (a.k.a. Li Dong-yuan), was originally described in the context of the treatment of febrile illness due to Qi defic...

  The formula name means ‘the eight precious (herbs) formula’ because it contains the eight most effective tonifying herbs for the Qi and the Bloo...

The Ginseng & Atractylodes Formula (Shen Ling Bai Zhu San) is a well designed formula with a mild and balanced action that may be taken by all ...

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang has a broad range of applications. The common feature that underlies its many and varied indications is that the disorders ma...

There are several different formulas by the name of Jian Pi Wan (‘Strengthen the Spleen Pill’), all of which have the same clinical actions. It wa...

This is a modern formulation that is based on traditional principles as well as modern research. According to traditional theory, loss of reproduct...

This formula was first recorded in the ‘Formulary of the Tai Ping Welfare Dispensary Bureau’ (tai ping hui min he ji ju fang), 1151 CE, a compilat...