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Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang - harmonises the Stomach and disperses water and focal distension with belching and rumbling.
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Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang (Licorice Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium)
Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang - harmonises the Stomach and tonifies the qi for focal distension with marked deficiency (and mouth/genital ulcers).
Read More »Huang Lian Tang (Coptis Decoction)
Huang Lian Tang - harmonises by clearing heat above and warming cold below for upper-heat/lower-cold patterns.
Read More »Hei Xiao Yao San (Black Rambling Powder)
Hei Xiao Yao San - spreads the Liver, strengthens the Spleen and nourishes the blood (Xiao Yao San plus Shu Di).
Read More »Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang (Bupleurum and Cinnamon Twig Decoction)
Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang - harmonises the lesser yang and releases the exterior for combined taiyang and shaoyang patterns.
Read More »Dang Gui Shao Yao San (Tangkuei and Peony Powder)
Dang Gui Shao Yao San - harmonises the Liver and Spleen, nourishes the blood and drains damp for Liver-Spleen disharmony in gynaecology.
Read More »Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang (Artemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear the Gall Bladder)
Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang - clears Gall Bladder heat and transforms phlegm-damp for damp-heat in the shaoyang.
Read More »Da Chai Hu Tang (Major Bupleurum Decoction)
Da Chai Hu Tang - harmonises lesser-yang and drains interior heat for combined shaoyang and yang-ming excess.
Read More »Tong Xie Yao Fang (Important Formula for Painful Diarrhoea)
Tong Xie Yao Fang - harmonises the Liver and Spleen for diarrhoea with abdominal pain (Liver overacting on Spleen).
Read More »Si Ni San (Frigid Extremities Powder)
Si Ni San - spreads Liver qi and harmonises the Liver and Spleen; for cold limbs from constrained yang.
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