HERB FORMULAS

SHEN LING BAI ZHU SAN - 參苓白術散 - GINSENG, PORIA AND ATRACTYLODIS MACROCEPHALAE POWDER - GINSENG AND ATRACTYLODES FORMULA

English: Ginseng, Poria and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Powder
Also Known As: Ginseng and Atractylodes Formula

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 3-15g Strongly tonifies Spleen and Lung Qi.
 With Bai Zhu, tonifies the transformation and transportation functions of the Spleen.
With Bai Zhu and Fu Ling and Zhi Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency with anorexia, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal distention and fatigue.
(Rx. Codonopsis) (Dang Shen) (18-30g) (Substitutes for Ren Shen.)
(Rx. Pseudostellariae) (Tai Zi Shen) (18-30g) (Substitutes for Ren Shen.)
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 3-15g Strengthens the Spleen and dries Dampness.
With Fu Ling and Yi Yi Ren, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with Dampness.
With Fu Ling and Zhi Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
With Ren Shen, Fu Ling, Yi Yi Ren and Sha Ren, for diarrhea due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with Dampness.
Poria Fu Ling 3-15g Dries Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and transforms Phlegm.
 With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and dries Dampness.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for a weak and deficient Spleen with fatigue, anorexia and loose stools.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 1.5-9g Harmonizes, warms and strengthens the Middle Jiao.
With Dang Shen, for anorexia, fatigue and loose stools due to Spleen Deficiency.
Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 1.5-15g Tonifies the Spleen and Lungs and stops diarrhea.
With Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency with loose, watery stools.
With Dang Shen, for Spleen and Kidney Deficiency with fatigue, weakness, anorexia, and watery stools.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for decreased appetite and lack of energy due to Spleen Deficiency.
Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou 4-20g Strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
With Lian Zi, strengthens the Spleen and stops diarrhea.
With Bai Zhu and Shan Yao, for diarrhea or vaginal discharge due to Spleen Deficiency.
With Ren Shen, Fu Ling, Bai Zhu and Yi Yi Ren, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with Dampness.
Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi 4-20g Tonifies the Spleen and astringes diarrhea.
With Ren Shen, Bai Zhu and Shan Yao, for chronic Spleen Deficiency diarrhea.
With Dang Shen, Fu Ling and Bai Zhu , for Spleen Deficient diarrhea with poor appetite.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 5-30g Strengthens the Spleen, drains Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen Deficiency with Excess Dampness and edema.
With Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency diarrhea.
with Fu Ling, Bai Zhu and Shan Yao, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with loose stools and reduced appetite.
Fr. Amomi Sha Ren 2-6g Aromatically transforms Dampness, moves Qi and stops diarrhea, allowing the formula to tonify without stagnating.
With Bai Zhu and Dang Shen, for abdominal pain and diarrhea due to Dampness Obstructing the Spleen and Stomach and morning sickness.
With Bai Zhu and Ren Shen, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 2-9g Unblocks Lung Qi and expels Phlegm.
With Zhi Gan Cao, disseminates Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, resolves toxicity, and expels pus for productive cough with hoarseness, pain and swelling of the throat due to Wind-Heat and Lung abscess with expectoration of pus and pain in the chest and flanks.
With Zhi Gan Cao and Yi Yi Ren, for Lung abscess with chest pain, fever, cough with foul-smelling, yellow, sticky sputum.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Augments Qi
  • Strengthens the Spleen
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Stops diarrhea

SYNDROMES

  • Lung and Spleen Qi Deficiency
  • Dampness due to Spleen Qi Deficiency
  • Atrophy disorder (Wei Syndrome) due to Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Loose stools or watery diarrhea
  • Weak extremities
  • Weight loss
  • Distention and a stifling sensation in chest and epigastrium
  • Pale wan complexion
  • Abdominal distention
  • Indigestion
  • Vomiting
  • Fatigue
  • Chills
  • Maybe vomiting
  • Leukorrhea
  • Reduced appetite
  • Borborygmus
  • Edema
  • Reduced appetite
  • Diarrhea with onset of menstrual flow
  • Cough with copious sputum
  • Leukorrhea in obese women
  • T: Pale or Pale red
  • C: White - maybe greasy
  • P: Thready and even or Even and Deficient

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Excess syndromes.
  • Modify for concurrent Heat from Yin Deficiency.
  • Use with caution during pregnancy.
  • Use with caution for those with Exterior or Interior Heat conditions.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For coughing up copious, watery sputum with generalized weakness and a stifling sensation in the chest: For Qi Stagnation:
+ Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For a dusky-yellow color of the skin and eyes with lethargy, focal distention in the epigastrium, hypochondriac pain and nausea:
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Frigid Extremities Powder
Si Ni San
For postpartum fever with spontaneous perspiration:
For diabetes mellitus:
+ Tangkuei Decoction to Tonify the Blood
Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For strengthening the formula's ability to benefit the Spleen and resolve Dampness:
 + Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin
For Interior Cold with abdominal pain:
For reduced appetite:
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang + Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui + Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
For childhood nutritional impairment:
+ Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
For chronic proteinuria with edema of the legs and signs of Spleen Deficiency:
+ Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For loose stools with Damp-Heat:
For Phlegm Accumulation:
+ Rz Coptidis Huang Lian + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
For constant diarrhea:
For frequent urination:
+ Sm. Euryales Qian Shi
+ Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren + Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
For Food Stagnation with vomiting and diarrhea:
For indigestion in children:
+ Calm the Stomach Powder
Ping Wei San
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
For vomiting:
 + Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
- Rx Platycodi Jie Geng
For abdominal fullness due to Stagnation of Dampness and Qi:
For nasal congestion, chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + Per, Arecae Bing Lang
+ 6g. Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For nasal congestion, chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis with sticky white Phlegm that is copious and very persistent:
For nasal congestion, chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis with Phlegm-Heat or if the congestion is severe or provoked by trigger foods:
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + 6g. Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 6g. Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 12g Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 12g Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
or
+ 6g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi + 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 6g Flos Magnoliae Xin Yi Hua + 6g. Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For nasal congestion and sinusitis due to Spleen Qi Deficiency:
+ Six Major Herb Combination
Liu Jun Zi Tang
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For a stronger effect:
+ 10g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 3g Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin + Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
For severe nasal congestion:
For fibromyalgia due to Damp Stagnation Blocking the Channels:
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ Pinellia Decoction to Extend Life
Yan Nian Ban Xia Tang
+ Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ Three Painful Obstruction Decoction
San Bi Tang
+ Flos Magnoliae Xin Yi Hua
For fibromyalgia due to Spleen and Kidney Deficiency:
+ Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ Drive out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
For obesity with diarrhea and sliminess in the mouth:
+ Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia
Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
or
+ 9g Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ Drive out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
+ 9g Fol. Nelumbinis He Ye
For acne:
+ Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia #2
Ming Mu Di Huang Tang #2
+ Sargassum Hai Zao
For chronic rhinitis:
For hordeolum:
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan
For hordeolum with dyspepsia:
 - Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao - Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
- Sm. Amomi Sha Ren
- Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
- Sm. Amomi Sha Ren
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + 6g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 10g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ 6g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng + 6g Hb Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 10g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ 10g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 6g Hb Schizonepetae Jing Jie
For hordeolum with Heat:
+ 10g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 10g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 10g Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu - Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
+ 10g Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha - Sm. Amomi Sha Ren
+ 10g Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 6g Endothelium Cornu Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin + 6g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For severe Dampness or Phlegm Accumulation:
+ 12-15g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu + 6g Hb Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 10g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ 9-12g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + 10g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 10g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
or
+ Six Gentlemen Decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
+ 10g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
With Fluid retention, puffy eyes or edema:
For signs of Spleen Yang Deficiency:
 + More (18g) Poria Fu Ling
+ 6-12g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + 9-12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 9-12g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 6-0g Rz. Zingiberis Preparata Pao Jiang
For Spleen Deficiency with Liver Qi Stagnation:
+ 9-12g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
or
 + 12-15g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Prepared Aconite Pill to Regulate the Middle
Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
For Wei Qi Deficiency:
For chronic, recalcitrant diarrhea:
+ 15-30g Prepared Rx. Astragali Zhi Huang Qi
+ 9-12g Sm. Euryales Qian Shi
+ 6-9 Roasted Chebulae Wei He Zi + 6-9g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
For Food Stagnation:
For frequent diarrhea, rectal prolapse hemorrhoids:
+ 15 Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ 15-30g Dry-fried Fr. Hordei Germinatus Chao Mai Ya + 30g Prepared Rx. Astragali Zhi Huang Qi
+ 15g Dry-fried Massa Medicata Fermentata Chao Shen Qu + 9-12g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ 6-9g Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma
For Intestinal candidiasis:
or
+ 6-9g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
+ 9-12g Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
For giardia:
+ 6g. Hb. Menthae Bo He + 15g Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao
For anorectic dysentery:
+ 6-9g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang + 6-9g Bul. Allii Sativi Da Suan
+ 3g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
For optic atrophy:
+ 9-12g Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 9-12g Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
For Wei Syndrome with Food Stagnation:
+ 6-9g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + 12g Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ 12g Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
For chills and cold extremities:
+ 6g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + 12g Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
+ 6g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
For Qi and Blood Deficiency:
 + 12g Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Gu Ya
+ 12g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 12g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For Stomach cancer:
+ Decoction of Two Old Drugs
Er Chen Tang
For myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue, and Epstein-Barr virus syndrome:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao - Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng - Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
+ Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen - Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
+ Fr. Jujube Da Zao - Fr. Amomi Shan Ren
For myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue, and Epstein-Barr virus syndrome with a stronger effect:
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
- Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen - Fr. Mume Wu Mei
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao + Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ 9g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
+ 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao + Rx. Arisaematis Preparata Zhi Tian Nan Xing
+ 9g Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ 6g Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu + Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
+ 9g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + Hb. Sargassii Hai Zao
+ 9g Poria Fu Ling + Concha Ostreae Mu Li
For chronic fatigue, chronic tonsillitis, sore throat and post-glandular fever:
 + Hb. Solani Nigri Long Kui
+ Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao
+ 6g Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For chronic fatigue, chronic tonsillitis, sore throat and post-glandular fever frequent colds:
+ 6g Sm. Oroxyli Mu Hu Die
+ 3g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + 6g Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For chronic fatigue, chronic tonsillitis, sore throat and post-glandular fever with copious Phlegm:
 + 6g Sm. Oroxyli Mu Hu Die
+ 3g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
+ 6g Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 6g Sm. Oroxyli Mu Hu Die + 9g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ 3g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
For chronic fatigue, chronic tonsillitis, sore throat and post-glandular fever with swollen glands:
+ 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For chronic glomerulonephritis:
 + 6g Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
- Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi + 6g Sm. Oroxyli Mu Hu Die
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + 3g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + 9g Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
+ 30g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 30g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao + 12g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+15g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 9g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi
+ 15g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
For chronic glomerulonephritis with severe albuminaria:
+ 9g Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi - Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
For chronic glomerulonephritis with severe upper body edema:
 - Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
- Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi + 45g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + 30g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng +15g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 45g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi + 15g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
+ 30g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao
+15g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 9g Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi
+ 15g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji + 9g Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou
+ 9g Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi + 9g Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
+ 9g Hb. Ephedrae Ma Huang
+ 9g Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
For chronic glomerulonephritis with lower body edema:
For chronic pancreatitis:
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren - Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
+9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu - Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
+ 9g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao - Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
+ 9g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 3g Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou + 45g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 30g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao
For chronic sinusitis:
 +15g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi + 15g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 9g Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi
+ 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 9g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao + 6g Sm Zanthoxyli Jiao Mu
For chronic sinusitis with severe nasal congestion:
 + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For chronic sinusitis with severe nasal congestion:
+ 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 9g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi
+ 9g Rx. Agastaches Huo Xiang + 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 3g Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin + 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao
For chronic sinusitis with white nasal discharge alternating with yellow nasal discharge:
 + 6g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
+ 3g Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin
+ 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For chronic sinusitis with frequent, easy contraction of Wind pathogens:
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ 6g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 12g Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao + 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao
For chronic sinusitis with an enduring cough and profuse Phlegm:
 + 6g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 6g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For chronic sinusitis with a headache, heavy-headedness and dizziness:
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 20g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ 9g Rx. Asteris Zi Wan + 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + 6g Fr. Jujube Da Zao
+ 9g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi + 9g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
For sinusitis with Blood Stagnation:
+ 9g Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi + 9g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ 9g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao + 9g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
For sinusitis with persistent, copious, sticky white Phlegm:
For sinusitis with Phlegm-Heat or if provoked by trigger foods:
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ two or three of the following:
12g Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 12g Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
6g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi
For gout:
 6g Flos Magnoliae Xin Yi Hua
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
For paralysis with chest and abdominal distention and oppression, nausea, a poor appetite and a slimy feeling in the mouth:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou + 9g Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi + 9g Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + 6g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For predominant Yang Deficiency:
+ 15g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji - Sm. Dolichorus Bai Bian Dou
- Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
+ 12g Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bi Xie - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 6g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
+ 12g Talcum Hua Shi
+ 9g Fr. Chaenomelis Mu Gua + 6g Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
+ 9g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For strangury:
- Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
+ 9g Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao - Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 9g Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + 9g Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao
+ 9g Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan +9g Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren
+ 6g Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou
+ 9g Rx. Linderae Wu Yao
For polymyositis/dermatomyositis:
For polymyositis/dermatomyositis with an aversion to Cold and cold limbs:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi + 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with weakness due to Qi and Blood Deficiency:
+ 6-9g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 9g Rz. Zingiberis Recens Gan Jiang
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with Cold-Dampness:
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ double (30g) Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ double (20g) Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
+ double (20g) Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao + 9g Rx. Clematidis Wei Ling Xian
+ 9g Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii Qiang Huo
+ 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 15g Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang + 9g Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo
+ 9g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with Wind-Damp-Heat:
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with pain in the upper body:
 - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi + 9g Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao
+ 9g Rz. Curcumae Longae Jiang Huang + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 9g Ram. Mori Sang Zhi
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with pain in the lower body:
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with Liver Qi Stagnation:
 - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng + 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
+ 9g Fr. Chaenomelis Mu Gua
+ 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu + 9g Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with chest and abdominal oppression and distention:
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with rib and flank pain:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi + 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
+9g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For chronic polymyositis/dermatomyositis with lower abdominal or menstrual pain:
 + 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For cervicitis or cervical polyps with severe Dampness, a headache, a fat tongue with a thick coat and a slippery pulse:
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 15g Caulis Spatholobi Sang Ji Sheng + Sm. Sinapis Bai Jie Zi
+ 15g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
For cervicitis or cervical polyps which lasts a long time with thick sputum and leukorrhea:
+ 9g Rx. Linderae Wu Yao + Fr. Rosae Laevigatae Jin Ying Zi
For ulcerative colitis:
 + Stamen Nelumbinis Lian Xu
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
+ 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + Concha Ostreae Mu Li
For ulcerative colitis with latent Heat:
For ulcerative colitis with severe diarrhea:
 - Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
- Fr. Amomi Sha Ren - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 9g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ 30g Halloysitum Rubrum Chi Shi Zhi + 6g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
For ulcerative colitis with devitalized eating and drinking:
+ 9g Sm. Myristicae Rou Dou Kou
For AIDS/HIV/ARC:
 - Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng - Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 9g Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin
For diarrhea in AIDS/HIV:
- Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
For tongue pain and swelling:
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 10g Fr. Luffae Retinervus Si Gua Luo
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
For tongue pain with ulcerations:
For tongue pain with a poor appetite:
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi + 10g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For tongue pain with abdominal pain:
For tongue pain with loose stools:
 + 10g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
+ 10g Fr. Tsaoko Cao Guo + 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 10g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu