Class Teachings: Formulas

• 'Evil bone water' (Mark Brinson's version): Mentioned as a helpful trauma preparation; learn hot/cold, stasis, damp differentiation.
• After antibiotics — six stages: Antibiotics for Tai Yang conditions leave residual damp/cold and latency; prevent progression with Bai Hu Tang (Yang Ming) or Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Shao Yang). (Lewis)
• An Hun Tang (Zhang Xichun): Zhang Xichun's 'comfort the hun' decoction (Long Yan Rou, Suan Zao Ren, Long Gu, Mu Li, Ban Xia, Fu Ling) nourishes heart blood and calms the spirit — a base for anxiety. (Piao)
• An Xin Tang (Calming the Heart Decoction — Fu Qing Zhu): For postpartum depression/psychosis from blood deficiency with empty heat: Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Sheng Di, Mu Dan Pi, Pu Huang and He Ye (messenger to the Heart). (Maciocia)
• Ancient warming poultice: Chuan Jiao, Rou Gui (cinnamon heart), dried ginger: The earliest poultices used Sichuan pepper, inner cinnamon bark and dried ginger — hot, spicy herbs that stimulate Wei qi — as sinew adjuncts. (Yuen) → Chuan Jiao (Hua Jiao) / Hua Jiao, Gan Jiang, Rou Gui
• Anxiety formulas: By pattern: Gui Pi Tang, Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan, An Shen Ding Zhi Wan, Wen Dan Tang; Suan Zao Ren Tang for anchoring when liver blood deficient. (Lewis)
• Bai Shao & Shao Yao Tang (month 8): Nourishes blood and yin, calms Liver blood/wind, clears heat/toxin and moves the bowels; mother conserves energy for delivery. (Lewis) → Shao Yao Tang, Bai Shao (Yao)
• Ban Xia & millet (Ling Shu) for insomnia: One of the only Ling Shu formulas, for Wei qi unable to enter the yin; running water in preparation is key; arguably the root of Wen Dan Tang. (Rabinowitz) → Wen Dan Tang
• Ban Xia Hou Po Tang vs Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang (plum-pit qi): Hou Po version relaxes diaphragm, esophagus, heart and throat tension laterally; Xie Xin version opens vertically — loss of appetite, 'heart sickness'. → Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
• Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang vs Ban Xia Hou Po Tang (opening the diaphragm): Both open the diaphragm for plum-pit qi: Ban Xia Hou Po Tang laterally (grief), Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang vertically (digestive); introjects are undigested past. → REN-14 Juque, Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
• Bao He Wan (Zhu Danxi): Bao He Wan builds on Er Chen Tang plus food-stasis herbs; Zhu Danxi left the Imperial Academy over patent formulas yet made this one. (Yuen) → Er Chen Tang, Bao He Wan
• Bao He Wan additions: Shan Zha for protein, Lai Fu Zi for fat, Gu Ya/Mai Ya for carbohydrates, Shen Qu for alcohol; short-term use only (3–5 days) as it weakens qi. (Yuen) → Bao He Wan
• Base fu zheng formula: Xi Yang Shen 15 g, Bai Zhu 12 g, E Zhu 6 g, Zhi Shi 6 g, Mai Men Dong 12 g: tonify upright qi, break fire toxins, promote elimination. (Yuen)
• Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang (hemiplegia): A large dose of Huang Qi raises qi to move blood to the brain, with Dang Gui Wei, Chi Shao, Di Long, Chuan Xiong, Tao Ren, Hong Hua; graduate Huang Qi 30→60 g. (Gioioso) → DU-4 Mingmen, Bu Yang Huang Wu Tang / Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang, Huang Qi, Di Long
• Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang (Wang Qingren): For stroke and Parkinson's use very high-dose Huang Qi; hemiplegia = the qi-deficient side; Wang Qingren saw stroke as blood stasis, not wind. (Gioioso) → Bu Yang Huang Wu Tang / Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang
• Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang + Ba Ji Tian for hypothyroidism: Hypothyroid = diminished qi-yang vector across the three burners; Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang raises it, adding Ba Ji Tian for libido and bone health. (Rabinowitz) → Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang 补中益气汤, Ba Ji Tian
• Cang Fu Dao Tan Wan (?) modification: For PCOS-type phlegm in the lower jiao: a month of a phlegm-resolving modification; add Yi Mu Cao and Dang Gui to move liver blood in the endometrium. → Yi Mu Cao, Dang Gui
• Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang: Shang Han Lun formula for Shao Yang with fright and delirious speech, now used for GAD; warm and drying, so not for heart/kidney deficiency. (Piao) → Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
• Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang (Shaoyang pivot) for hyperthyroid: Chai Hu + Huang Qin harmonize Shaoyang, Ban Xia + Fu Ling resolve phlegm/nodules, Da Huang purges Yang Ming heat, Long Gu and Mu Li settle Shen; use Da Huang cautiously long-term. (Rabinowitz) → Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang, Dai Zhe Shi, Da Huang
• Chai Hu Shu Gan San / Xiao Yao San / Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San: Liver-harmonizing, moving formulas to decongest the liver; for heavy bleeding, focus less on blood tonics and more on resolving stagnation. (Lewis) → Xiao Yao San, Chai Hu
• Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San: Used for frontal headaches with stomach/large intestine channel acupuncture; contains green tea, and the classical preparation calls for Chinese ink. → Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San
• Da Huang Mu Dan Tang / Tao Ren formulas for zheng jia: Popular Shang Han formulas for masses/fibroids: rhubarb and peony bark, rhubarb and persica decoctions. (Yuen) → Da Huang Mu Dan Tang, Tao Ren
• Da Yuan Yin (Wu Youke, warm-disease school): Da Yuan Yin (Bing Lang 6 g, Hou Po 3 g, Cao Guo 1.5 g) reaches the membrane source (mo yuan) where pathogens incubate and brings them out. (Yuen) → Da Yuan Yin
• Dan Shen Yin: Dan Shen Yin (Dan Shen, Tan Xiang, Sha Ren added late) treats chest pain from blood stasis, e.g., after heart attack; San Qi or Dang Gui can be added. (Gioioso) → Dan Shen Yin
• Dang Gui Ji Xue Teng Tang (?): Tonify qi, blood and kidneys when large red cells or low potassium come with dizziness, fatigue, pale tongue and eyelids; anchor floating kidney yang. → Dang Gui Ji Xue Teng Tang
• Dayuan Yin, Chai Ge Jieji Tang, Xiao/Da Chaihu Tang, Liang Ge San, Shiwei Wendan Tang: Slide 32: Jiang Baosu's favorite formulas for submerged pathogens (fuxie). (Fruehauf) → Liang Ge San
• Diabetes patterns: Yin-deficient dryness: Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, Mai Wei Di Huang Wan, Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang; spleen qi deficiency with damp: Liu Jun Zi Tang; heat: Yu Quan Wan. (Lewis)
• Die Da Jiu (trauma liniment): For bruising/blood stasis from contusion and pain relief. (Resnick)
• Die Da Wan (hit pill / trauma pill): Die Da Wan treats breaks, sprains, contusions and global trauma; contraindicated with internal bleeding or blood thinners, caution with hypertension, avoid in pregnancy. (Resnick) → Die Da Wan
• Ding Xian Wan (Arrest Seizures Pill): Ding Xian Wan (Tian Ma, Chuan Bei Mu, Ban Xia, Chen Pi, Deng Xin Cao, Hu Po, Zhu Li, Dan Nan Xing) arrests seizures; can be maintenance every third day. (Gioioso) → Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin, Ding Xian Wan, Tian Ma, Hu Po
• Ding Zhi Wan (from the monastery): Ren Shen, Fu Ling, Yuan Zhi, Shi Chang Pu — when the mind lacks strength, confusion, obsessive recycling of thoughts (should be recycling of the will). (Gioioso) → Ding Zhi Wan
• Dragon formula: Dai Ge San + Yinchenhao Tang + Huanglian Jiedu Tang, modified: Dragon formula for acute antibiotic/antiviral use: Qingdai, Haigefen, Yinchenhao, Zhizi, cooked Dahuang, Huangqin, Huanglian, Huangbai, Caowu, Shengjiang, Gancao, Guijianyu. (Fruehauf) → Dai Ge San
• Er Chen Tang (Two-Cured Decoction): Er Chen Tang (Ban Xia, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Gan Cao) is modified by phlegm type: hot add bamboo shavings, Spleen-deficient add Ren Shen + Bai Zhu, dry replace Ban Xia. (Yuen) → Liu Jun Zi Tang, Er Chen Tang, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Gan Cao
• Er Chen Tang + Shi Chang Pu: Adding Shi Chang Pu to Er Chen Tang takes it up to the sensory orifices for confused, foggy people with digestive/small-intestine issues. → Shi Chang Pu, Er Chen Tang
• Er Chen Tang / steam baths for introjected damp: External damp can trigger the psychic states of the pathogen; give it back by steam baths and strengthening spleen qi with damp-draining formulas like Er Chen Tang. → Er Chen Tang
• Er Chen Tang logic: Cold congests fluid into phlegm: Ban Xia for cold-damp phlegm, Fu Ling for dampness, Chen Pi for qi stagnation, Gan Cao harmonizes. (Yuen) → Er Chen Tang
• Er Xian Tang: Used to root kidney yang / support the adrenals in perimenopause, modified as needed. (Lewis) → Er Xian Tang
• Feng Yin Tang (wind-drawing decoction) for epilepsy: Feng Yin Tang's minerals (Long Gu, Mu Li, Han Shui Shi, Shi Gao, etc.) give structure and clear heat for imminent epileptic episodes and paralysis. (Gioioso) → Fen Ying Tang, Zi Shi Ying, Shi Gao
• Fu Ling, Ze Xie, Gui Zhi (+Bai Zhu) — water metabolism (Wu Ling San core): Fu Ling, Ze Xie, Gui Zhi (+Bai Zhu) signal water metabolism: Gui Zhi stokes Kidney fire, Fu Ling reabsorbs, Ze Xie drains, Bai Zhu engages the Spleen. (Rabinowitz) → Wu Ling San, Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan, Gui Zhi, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Ze Xie
• Fu Shen San (Poria Powder): Listed prescription for the Heart-Blood deficiency pattern after childbirth. (Maciocia) → Fu Shen
• Fu zheng therapy (support upright qi): Fu zheng: tonify wei qi in strong patients or postnatal qi in weak ones, then clear fire toxins, then nourish fluids/stomach yin to flush toxins. (Yuen) → Mai Men Dong, Xi Yang Shen, Bai Zhu, E Zhu
• Gu Phase I families: Huanglian, Guizhi, Chaihu, Banxia remedies: Gu Phase I adds Coptis, Cinnamon, Bupleurum and Pinellia formulas, e.g., Wumei Wan, Xiao Chaihu Tang and Banxia Houpo Tang mods to anchor ministerial fire. (Fruehauf)
• Gu Phase II and III (recovery) formulas: Gu Phase II drives out fuxie and gudu while recharging Mingmen fire (Su He Tang); Phase III anchors ministerial fire and replenishes yin and yang (Qianyang Dan). (Fruehauf)
• Gui Pi Tang (?): Formula built around a qi herb (ginseng) and a blood herb (Long Yan Rou) used for low platelets; builds spleen and liver. → Long Yan Rou, Gui Pi Tang
• Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan ('Women's Chamber', Kan Herbs): Resolves phlegm and congealed blood masses in the lower jiao — e.g. fibroids linked to oral fixation; lets people digest introjects. → Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan (version 2)
• Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang (cinnamon twig + dragon bone): For introjected shame: cinnamon twig pushes wei qi back out, peony tonifies blood so they feel comfortable inside, dragon bone gives the shen a center. → Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
• Gui Zhi Tang family as Wei Mai formulas: Chronic fever and chills from Ying-Wei imbalance rather than external invasion make the Gui Zhi Tang family Wei Mai formulas. (Rabinowitz) → Gui Zhi Tang
• High transferrin: Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan + Chi Shao, Mu Dan Pi: High transferrin with low iron = yin-deficient heat: use a heat-clearing yin-nourishing formula plus Chi Shao and Mu Dan Pi, with iron/vitamin C. (Lewis) → Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, Mu Dan Pi, Chi Shao
• Hoxsey formula (red clover) / Essiac: Western anti-cancer formulas (red clover, Essiac) largely promote bowel movement/detox; purging regulates monocytes when the liver is sluggish. (Yuen)
• Huang Lian / Lian Zi Qing Xin Yin / Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang: Coptis for stagnant heat — unfulfilled desire going to heart heat; lotus seed decoction clears the heart; Huang Lian also in Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang. → Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, Huang Lian, Lian Zi
• Jia Jian Su He Tang (Modified Perilla and Mint) — Thunder I and Lightning II: Modified Su He Tang (Zisuye, Bohe, Baizhi, Danggui, Huangqi, etc.) is the core of Gu treatment Phases I and II, also listed for COVID-19 prevention. (Fruehauf) → Jia Jian Su He Tang
• Jiao Ai Tang: Jiao Ai Tang nourishes blood and contains leakage for bleeding in pregnancy; watery/pink = qi deficiency, dark/clotted = stasis, bright red = heat. (Lewis) → Jiao Ai Tang, E Jiao, Ai Ye
• Ku Shen Jiu (Sophora wine) — four-herb version: Alcohol for the nine heart pains: Ku Shen with Long Dan Cao (Gentiana scabra), Sheng Ma (Cimicifuga, the 'ascending root') and Zhi Zi (Gardenia) soaked in alcohol. (Yuen) → Long Dan Cao, Sheng Ma, Ku Shen, Zhi Zi
• Liu Wei Di Huang Wan: The most popular diabetes formula; its Ze Xie is likened to bananas for potassium, balancing sodium lost through diuresis. (Yuen) → Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Ze Xie
• Long Dan Xie Gan Tang: Important when qi stasis is at the deep level (wiry deep pulse), with added blood movers that reach the deep level. (Peck) → Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
• Long Dan Xie Gan Tang: Very cold liver formula for liver fire manifesting as bitterness and resentment. → Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
• Menopause by temperament: Menopause: fire type Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan; wood type Suan Zao Ren Tang or Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San; worry Xiao Yao San; fear straight kidney tonics. (Lewis)
• Middle jiao tonics and blood-moving formulas by jiao: Middle jiao: Four/Six Gentlemen, Ba Zhen, Shi Quan Da Bu Wan; Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang for heart and head stasis, other Zhu Yu Tang formulas by region.
• Neuro formulas: Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin, Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang, Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Wan, Yi Guan Jian, Ding Zhi Wan, Wen Dan Tang: Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin for liver wind, Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang for wind-phlegm, Yi Guan Jian for liver yin, Ding Zhi Wan settles the will. (Shea) → Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang, Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin, Yi Guan Jian, Ding Zhi Wan, Wen Dan Tang, Long Gu, Chai Hu, Mu Li
• Night terrors: drain aggressive energy, possession treatment + Yunnan Bai Yao: Night terrors can resolve within a week after an Aggressive Energy drain, possession treatment and Yunnan Bai Yao.
• Parkinson's strategy: Parkinson's: nourish yin and marrow (Shu Di, Gui Ban) to nourish the brain, transform phlegm, settle wind and tremors; ST-36 and the nine points to return yang. (Gioioso) → Gui Ban
• Ping Wei San: For lymphatic/damp complications in cancer: Hou Po, Cang Zhu, Chen Pi, ginger, Da Zao, Gan Cao; stop when the tongue dries, as long-term aromatics damage qi. (Yuen) → Ping Wei San
• Ren Shen Dang Gui Tang (Ginseng-Angelica Decoction): Ren Shen, Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Shu Di, Mai Men Dong and a small 'spark' of Rou Gui promote qi/blood generation; reduce Rou Gui for yin deficiency. (Maciocia) → Dang Gui Tang, Ren Shen, Rou Gui
• Retained placenta & postpartum bleeding: Expel the placenta first; for postpartum bleeding use SP-10, BL-17, E Jiao, Pu Huang; large doses of Mai Ya inhibit lactation. (Lewis) → SP-10 Xuehai, UB-17 Geshu
• Ripening the baby: Bai Shao, turtle shells, Dan Shen; 'ripen the baby' formula: Tonify qi and blood to fatten the baby (Bai Shao) and make it 'slippery' (turtle shells, Dan Shen) — relatively contraindicated earlier for that reason. (Lewis) → Bai Shao (Yao), Dan Shen, Gui Ban
• San Huang San (three yellows powder): Powdered, applied to infected open wounds in field settings; refer for medical care when possible. (Resnick)
• She Xiang San / Cinnabaris-Musk Powder: Golden Mirror formula for postnatal psychosis: Ren Shen, Huang Qi, Shan Yao, Fu Ling, Yuan Zhi, Fu Shen, Gan Cao, Jie Geng; replace illegal Zhu Sha with Long Chi 12 g. (Maciocia) → She Xiang, Long Chi, Zhu Sha
• Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang (Meridian Passage): In Ted Kaptchuk's 1989 herb class students each took Meridian Passage (a blood-moving patent) and compared experiences. → Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
• Sheng Mai San: Ren Shen, Mai Men Dong, Wu Wei Zi gather zong qi to the chest, regulate heart-lung rhythm, stop sweating and settle palpitations; used for AFib. (Gioioso) → Sheng Mai San
• Shuang Liao Hou Feng San (sore throat powder): Sprayed/applied to the back of the throat; soothing (branch) and antibacterial/antiviral (root). (Resnick)
• Si Wu Tang variation & Precious Sea (Women's Treasure remedy): Blood-nourishing options listed for deficient lactation. (Maciocia) → Si Wu Tang
• Su He Tang (Perilla and Mint Decoction) — Lu Shunde 1823: Lu Shunde's 1823 Su He Tang 'treats all types of Gu', extreme swelling, mania, convulsions, hidden excess heat, and patients who react badly to tonics. (Fruehauf) → Su He Tang
• Su Ye Huang Lian Tang: Directs rebellious qi downward and harmonizes the center (nausea). (Lewis) → Su Ye Huang Lian Tang
• Suan Zao Ren Tang logic: Nourish blood and calm shen (Suan Zao Ren) but also invigorate blood so the person doesn't just 'conk out'. (Yuen) → Suan Zao Ren Tang
• Tai Shan Pan Shi San (Stable as Mount Tai): The most common early-pregnancy formula; Bai Zhu stabilizes, Xu Duan knits the fetus and Huang Qin clears heart heat to prevent miscarriage. (Lewis) → Tai Shan Pan Shi Tang / Tai Shan Pan Shi San, Huang Qin, Xu Duan, Bai Zhu
• Tendon liniment: Warming liniment for cold exposure, osteoarthritis, sore joints; give in small bottles. (Resnick)
• Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin (water-wood split ego state): For hypertension with kidney deficiency and liver yang rising; it tonifies liver and kidney, takes wind out of the head, and reduces arrogance and belligerence. → Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
• Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan: For Heart-Yin deficiency with Kidney-Yin deficiency: nourishes blood and Heart/Kidney yin, calms the Mind, clears empty heat. (Maciocia) → Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
• Tong Ru Dan (Penetrating the Breast Special Pill): Prescription for lactation insufficiency from Qi and Blood deficiency. (Maciocia) → Tong Ru Dan
• Wen Dan Tang for concussion: Wen Dan Tang (Zhu Ru, Zhi Shi, Ban Xia, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Gan Cao) resolves wrong-viscosity phlegm after head trauma; add Yuan Zhi and Shi Chang Pu. (Gioioso) → Shi Chang Pu, Wen Dan Tang, Yuan Zhi
• Wind bi formula (vines, horns, thorns): Gou Teng 9 g, Du Huo 3 g, Qiang Huo 3 g, Ji Xue Teng 12 g, Chuan Xiong 9 g, Bai He 9 g, Zhi Mu 6 g; an odd number of herbs = provoking. (Yuen)
• Wood formulas by pulse: Xiao Yao San / Jia Wei Xiao Yao San / Xiao or Da Chai Hu Tang / Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang / Yi Pearls: Tense→tight wood pulses suggest Xiao Yao San types; tense and pounding suggest Da Chai Hu Tang or Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Tang, very sedating to wood. → Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang, Jia Wei Xiao Yao San (Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San), Da Chai Hu Tang, Xiao Yao San
• Wu Lin San (Gardenia & Poria): Wu Lin San treats bladder infections/prostatitis from lower-jiao damp heat with festering resentment, e.g., UTIs after sex when intimacy agitates heart heat. → Wu Lin San
• Xia Ru Yong Quan San (Promoting Lactation Gushing Spring Powder): Prescription for lactation insufficiency from Liver-Qi stagnation. (Maciocia) → Xia Ru Yong Quan San
• Xiao Cheng Qi Tang (+ Hong Hua per Wang Qingren): Shang Han Lun formula for heat in the heart: Da Huang 2–12 g drains fire and invigorates blood, Zhi Shi 2–15 g dissipates clumps, Hou Po moves qi. (Gioioso) → Xiao Cheng Qi Tang, Hong Hua
• Xiao Tiao Jing Tang (Small Regulating the Menses Decoction): For deficient blood rebelling upward to harass the Heart (postnatal psychosis): Bai Shao, Dang Gui, Mo Yao, Hu Po, Rou Gui, Xi Xin; musk is now forbidden. (Maciocia) → Hu Po
• Xiao Yao San / Jia Wei Xiao Yao San: Pattern-specific liver-harmonizing options for re-establishing cycle rhythm (e.g. after stopping the pill); custom tea for ~3 months. (Lewis) → Jia Wei Xiao Yao San (Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San), Xiao Yao San
• Xiao Yao San / Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan / Gui Pi Tang: Xiao Yao San for liver-spleen disharmony; Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan for heart/kidney yin deficiency; Gui Pi Tang for heart-spleen dual deficiency. (Piao) → Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan, Xiao Yao San, Gui Pi Tang
• Xiao Yao San / Xiao Chai Hu Tang / Si Ni San / Dang Gui Shao Yao San: For the congested liver in perimenopause — the liver's state determines how long perimenopause takes. (Lewis) → Dang Gui Shao Yao San, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, Xiao Yao San, Si Ni San
• Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Wang Qingren): Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang = modified Si Wu Tang (Chi Shao, Sheng Di) + Si Ni San + Tao Ren, Hong Hua, Niu Xi, with Jie Geng as envoy. (Gioioso) → Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
• Ye Tianshi's eight-extra formulas: Ye Tianshi created eight-extra formulas: tonifying for prenatal vessels (Chong, Ren, Du), reducing for postnatal (Qiao, Wei, Dai), for latent heat, autoimmune and slow cancers. (Yuen)
• Yu Quan Wan (Jade Spring Pill): Diabetes formula: Ren Shen + Huang Qi for Spleen and blood sugar, Mai Men Dong for yin, Tian Hua Fen for thirst, Ge Gen for flesh, Wu Mei against polyuria. (Rabinowitz) → Tian Hua Fen, Yi Quan Wan, Wu Mei, Ge Gen
• Yu Ye Tang (Jade Fluid Decoction): High-dose Shan Yao tonifies Spleen yin, with Huang Qi, Zhi Mu, Tian Hua Fen, Ge Gen, Wu Wei Zi (polyuria) and Ji Nei Jin (hardness, bedwetting). (Rabinowitz) → Ji Nei Jin, Yu Ye Tang, Wu Wei Zi, Shan Yao, Zhi Mu
• Yunnan Bai Yao: Contains notoginseng; giving it can reduce a tumor/blood mass; Dr. John Shen referenced in this context. (Yuen) → San Qi
• Yunnan Bai Yao: Yunnan Bai Yao stops bleeding (red pill for extreme trauma); the powder on external cuts is antibacterial and generates flesh when no antibiotics are available. (Resnick)
• Yunnan Bai Yao (San Qi): Moves blood occlusion impeding circulation. (Gioioso) → San Qi
• Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang ('roof tiles' formula): For pending stroke/TIA (Liver yang turning to wind): very high-dose Niu Xi leads blood down, with Mai Ya, shells and hematite as 'lead shoes'. (Gioioso) → Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang, Dai Zhe Shi, Niu Xi / Huai Niu Xi, Mu Li
• Zhi Gan Cao Tang: For irregular heartbeat with qi/blood/yin deficiency and constipation: much of Gui Zhi Tang plus high-dose Sheng Di (48 g), Huo Ma Ren, E Jiao, Mai Men Dong. (Gioioso) → Zhi Gan Cao Tang, Sheng Mai San