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Li, Dongcheng
Rel ext. Clear Heat Drain dow nward Hamonize Drain dampness

Wind-cold Gui Zhi Jia Shao Yao Clear Qi Heat Clear Organs Heat Clear deficiency heat Purge Heat Shao Yang Transform Dam p
Tang ( Cinnamon Tw ig Accum ulation Turbidity
Ma Huang Tang Decoction plus Bai Hu Tang Ma Xing Shi Gan Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang Xiao Chai Hu Tang
(Ephedra Decoction) Peony) (White Tiger Tang (Artemisia Annua and Da Cheng Qi Tang (Minor Bupleurum Ping Wei San
Gui Zhi Tang Decoction) (Ephedra, Apricot Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell (Major Order the Qi Decoction) (Calm the Stomach
(Cinnamon Tw ig Wind-heat Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Kernel, Gypsum and Decoction) Decoction) Da Chai Hu Tang Pow der)
Decoction) Tang Licorice Decoction) Qing Gu San Xiao Cheng Qi Tang (Major Bupleurum Huo Xiang Zheng Qi
Ge Gen Tang Sang Ju Yin (White Tiger plus Dao Chi San (Cool the Bones (Minor Order the Qi Decoction) San
(Kudzu Decoction) (Mulberry Leaf and Ginseng Decoction) (Guide Out the Red Pow der) Decoction) Hao Qin Qing Dan (Agastache Pow der to
Chrysanthemum Pow der) Tang Rectify the Qi)
Xiao Qing Long Decoction)
Bai Hu Jia Cang Zhu Tiao Wei Cheng Qi
Tang ( Minor Blue- Tang Long Dan Xie Gan Clear Nutritive & Cool Tang ( Regulate the (Sw eet Wormw ood
Yin Qiao San
Green Dragon (Honeysuckle and (White Tiger plus Tang ( Gentiana Blood Stomach and Order and Scutellaria
Decoction) Forsythia Powder) Atractylodis Longdancao the Qi Decoction) gallbadder-clearing Clear Dam p-heat
Cang Er Zi San Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang Decoction) Decoction to Drain the Qing Ying Tang Zeng Ye Cheng Qi decoction)
(Xanthium Pow der) (Bupleurum and Kudzu Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang Liver) (Clear the Nutritive Level Tang Ba Zheng San
Chuan Xiong Cha Decoction) (Lophatherus and Qing Wei San Decoction) (Increase the Fluid Liver & Spleen (Eight-herb pow der for
Sheng Ma Ge Gen Tang (Clear the Stomach Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang rectification)
Tiao San (Cimicifuga and Kudzu
Gypsum Decoction) and Order Qi
(Ligusticum Zhi Zi Chi Tang Pow der) (Rhinoceros Horn and Decoction) Si Ni San
Decoction) Prom ote Urination &
Chuanxiong Pow der (Gardenia and Yu Nv Jian Rehmannia Decoction) Liang Ge San (Frigid Extremities
to be Taken w ith Prepared Soybean (Jade Woman (Cool the Diaphragm Pow der) Drain Dam p
Tonify def.
Green Tea) Decoction) Decoction) Pow der) Xiao Yao Wan
Xing Su San Xie Bai San Da Huang Mu Dan (Rambling Pow der) Wu Ling San
Ren Shen Bai Du San Clear summer heat (Five-Ingredient
(Apricot Kernel and (Ginseng Pow der to Clear Toxic Heat (Drain the White Tang Chai Hu Shu Gan San
Perilla Leaf Pow der) Pow der) (Rhubarb and Moutan (Bupleurum Pow der Pow der with Poria)
Overcome Pathogenic Zhu Ling Tang
Xiang Su San Huang Lian Jie Du Zuo Jin Wan Liu Yi San bark Decoction) to Spread the Liver)
Influences) (Six to one pow der) (Polyporus Decoction)
(Cyperus and Per illa Jin Fang Bai Du San Tang ( Coptis (Left Metal Pill) Huang Long Tang Tong Xie Yao Fang
Leaf Pow der) Decoction to Relieve Bai Tou Weng Tang Bi Yu San (Yellow Dragon (Important For mula Wu Pi San
(Schizonepeta and (Five- Peel Pow der)
Toxicity) (Pulsatillae decoction) (Jasper Pow der) Decoction) for Painful Diarrhea)
Ledebouriella Pow der Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang
(Wind-cold) Appendix: Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin Xie Bai San Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang
to Overcome (Stephania and
(Universal Benefit (purging w hite (Clear summer heat & Moisten Intestines & ST & LI
Da Qing Long Tang Pathogenic tonifying qi decoction) astragalus decoction
Influences) Decoction to pow der) Unblock Bow els
(Major Bluegreen Eliminate Toxin) Xie Huang San Xiang Ru San Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang Fang Ji Fu Ling Tang
Dragon Decoction) Yin Qiao Bai Du San (stephania and poria
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin (purging the yellow (Mosla Pow der) Ji Chuan Jian (pinellia decoction to
Ma Huang Jia Zhu (Honeysuckle and decoction)
Forsythia Pow der to (Five-Ingredient pow der) (Benefit the River drain the epigastrium)
Tang Decoction to Yin Qiao Ma Bo San (Flow ) Decoction) Gan Cao Xie Xin
(Ephedra Decoction Overcome Pathogenic
Influences) Eliminate Toxin) (Honeysuckle, forthia, Ma Zi Ren Wan Tang (Licorice
plus Atractylodis) Xie Xin Tang and puffball pow der) (Hemp Seed Pill) Decoction to Drain the
Ma Xing Yi Gan Zai Zao San
(Renew al Pow der) (Drain the Wu Ren Wan Epigastrium)
Tang Epigastrium Clear Dam p Heat (Five Kinds of Kernals Sheng Jiang Xie Xin
(Ephedra, Apricot Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
(Modified Decoction) Pill) Tang ( Fresh Ginger
Kernel, Coicis, and Qing Wen Bai Du Yin Er Miao San Run Chang Wan Decoction to Drain the
Licorice Decoction) polygonatum
Odoratum) (Clear epidemics and (Tw o-Marvel Pow der) (Moisten the Epigastrium)
San Ao Tang overcome toxin Shao Yao Tang Intestines Pill from
(Three-Unbinding Ma Huang Xi Xin Fu
decoction) (Rambling Pow der) Master Shen’ book)
Decoction) Zi Tang
(Ephedra, Asarum, Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin Chen Hao Tang
Hua Gai San Yin (Artemisia Warm Purgative
(Canopy Pow der) and Prepared Aconite
(Sublime formula for Yinchenhao
Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Decoction)
sustaining life) Decoction) Da Huang Fu Zi Tang
Tang Si Miao Yong An Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan (Rhubarb and Aconite
Ext.-Int. Excess
(Nine Herb Tang (Sw eet dew special decoction)
Decoction w ith Ge Gen Huang Lian (Four-valiant pill to eliminate toxin) Wen Pi Tang
Notopterygium) Huang Qin Tang decoction for w ell San Ren Tang (Warming spleen
Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen (Kudzu, Coptis, and being) (Three nut decoction) decoction)
Tang Scutellaria Decoction) Wei Jing Tang
(Cinnamon Tw ig Fang Feng Tong (Reed decoction) Drive Out Excess
Decoction plus Sheng San Water
Kudzu) (Siler and Platycodon
Gui Zhi Jia Hou Po Pow der) Shi Zao Tang
Xing Z i Tang (Ten Jujube
(Cinnamon Tw ig decoction)
Decoction plus Da Xian Xiong Tang
Magnolia) (Major decoction of
Chest Congestion)
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Moisten Dryness Warm Interior Tonify Def. Regulate Qi Inv g Blood Bld stasis

Warm & Transform Disperse & Moisten Warm Middle & Tonify Qi Tonify Qi & Blood Tonify Yang Move Qi Invg Blood
Dam p Dryness Dispel Cold Bld stasis
Si Jun Zi Tang Gui Pi Tang Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan Yue Ju Wan
Zhen Wu Tang Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang Li Zhong Wan (Four-Gentleman (Restore the Spleen (Kidney Qi Pill from (Escape Restraint Pill) Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
(True Warrior (Eliminate Dryness (Regulate the Middle Decoction) Decoction) the Golden Cabinet) Ban Xia Hou Po Tang (Peach Pit Decoction to
Decoction) and Rescue the Order the Qi)
Pill) Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang Shi Quan Da Bu Tang Er Xian Tang (Pinellia & magnolia
Du Huo Ji Sheng Lungs Decoction) Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Wu Zhu Yu Tang (Tonify the Middle and (All Inclusive Great (Tw o-Immortal decoction)
(Drive Out Stasis in the
Tang (Angelica Sang Xing Tang (Evodia Decoction) Augment the Qi Tonifying Decoction) Decoction) Nuan Gan Jian Mansion of Blood
Pubescens and (Mulberry Leaf and Xiao Jian Zhong Tang Decoction) Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang You Gui Wan (Warm the Liver Decoction)
Sangjisheng Apricot Kernel (Minor Construct the Sheng Mai San (Tangkuei Decoction to (Restore the Right Decoction) Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
Decoction) Decoction) Middle Decoction) (Generate the Pulse Tonify the Blood) (Kidney) Pill) Tian Tai Wu Yao San (Drive Out Blood Stasis
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Xing Su San Da Jian Zhong Tang Pow der) Tai Shan Pan Shi San You Gui Yin (Top-quality Lindera Below the Diaphragm
Zhi Mu Tang (Apricot kernel and (Major Construct the Shen Ling Bai Zhu (Pow der that Gives the (Restore the Right Pow der) Decoction)
(Cinnamon Tw ig, perilla leaf pow der) Middle Decoction) San (Ginseng, Poria Stability of Mount Tai) (Kidney) Decoction) Gua Lou Xie Bai Bai Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Peony, and Huang Qi Jian Zhong and Atractylodes Zhi Gan Cao Tang Ji Sheng Shen Qi Jiu Tang (Drive-Out Blood Stasis in
Anemarrhena Enrich Yin & the Lower Abdomen
Tang Macrocephala (Honey-Fried Licorice Wan (trichosanthes
Decoction)
Decoction) Moisten Dryness (Astragalus Decoction Pow der) Decoction) (Kidney Qi Pill From macrostem and Shen Tong Zhu Yu
Juan Bi Tang to Construct the Du Qi Wan Ba Zhen Tang For mulas to Aid the liquor)
(Remove Painful Bai He Gu Jin Tang Tang (Drive Out Blood
Middle) (Capital Qi Pill) (Eight- Treasure Living) Liang Fu Wan Stasis from a Painful
Obstruction (lily metal- Gan Cao Gan Jiang Liu Jun Zi Tang Decoction) Tu Si Zi Wan (Galangal & Cyperus Body Decoction)
Decoction from consolidating Tang (Six-Gentleman Dec.) Ren Shen Yang Yin (Cuscuta Seed Pill) Pill) Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang
Medical Revelations) decoction) (Licorice and Ginger Xiang Sha Liu Jun Z i Tang ( Ginseng Zan Yu Dan Jin Ling Z i San (Revive Health by
Qiang Huo Sheng Mai Men Dong Tang Decoction) Tang decoction to nourish the (Special Pill to Aid (Melia Toosendan Invigorating the Blood
Shi Tang (Ophiopogonis (Six-Gentleman Dec. nutritive Qi) Fertility) Pow der) Decoction)
(Notopterygium Decoction) Warm channels and with Aucklandia and Shi Xiao San
Decoction to Bu Fei E Jiao Tang disperse cold Amomum) Tonify Yin Descend Qi (Sudden Smile Powder)
Overcome (tonify the lung and Xiang Sha Yang Wei Bu Yang Huan Wu
Dampness) decoction w ith ass- Dang Gui Si Ni Tang Wan Liu Wei Di Huang Wan Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang Tang (Tonify the Yang to
Bei Xie Fen Qin Yin hide gelatin) Restore Five (Tenths)
(Tangkui Decoction (Nourish the stomach (Six-Ingredient Pill w ith (Perilla Fruit
(dioscorea Yang Yin Qing Fei Decoction)
for Frigid Extremities) w/ ancklandia & Rehmannia) Decoction for Tong Qiao Huo Xue
hypoglauca Tang Yang He Tang amomum) Qi Ju Di Huang Wan Directing Qi
Tang ( Unblock the
decoction to (Nourish the yin and (Yang-Heartening Bu Fei Tang (Lycium Fruit, Dow nw ard)
separate the clear) clear the lung Orifices and Invigorate
Decoction) (Tonify the Lungs Chrysanthemum and Ding Chuan Tang
Shi Pi Yin decoction) the Blood Decoction)
Dec.) Rehmannia Pill) (Arrest Wheezing Dan Shen Yin
(Bolster the spleen Zeng Ye Tang Rescue Devastated Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan Decoction) (Salvia Decoction)
decoction) (Increase Fluid Yang Tonify Blood (Anemarrhena Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Decoction) Phellodendron and (Tangerine Peel and (Drive out Blood Stasis
Si Ni Tang Si Wu Tang Rehmannia Pill) Bamboo Shaving in Low er Abdomen
(Frigid Extremities (Four-Substance Da Bu Yin Wan Decoction) Decoction)
Decoction) Decoction) (Great Tonify the Yin Xuan Fu Dai Zhe
Shen Fu Tang Shao Yao Gan Cao Pill) Tang Warm Channels &
(Ginseng and Tang ( Peony and Er Zhi Wan (Inula and red ochre Invg Bld Stasis
Pregared Aconite Licorice Decoction) (Tw o-Ultimate Pill) decoction)
Decoction) Tao Hong Si Wu Tang Yi Guan Jian Ding Xiang Shi Di Wen Jing Tang
(Four Substance Dec. (Linking Decoction) Tang (Warm the Menses
with Safflower and Zuo Gui Wan (Clove and Decoction)
Peach Pit) (Restore the Left persimmon calyx Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
Dang Gui Shao Yao (Kidney) Pill) decoction) (Cinnamon Twig and Poria
Pill)
San Zuo Gui Yin
(Tangkuei and Peony (Restore the Left Sheng Hua Tang
(Generation and
Pow der) (Kidney) Decoction) Transformation Decoction)
Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
(Ophiopogon,
Schisandra and
Rehmannia Pill)
Ba Wei Di Huang Wan
(Eight- Ingredient Pill
with Rehmannia)
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Stop Bleeding Stabilize & bind Calm Shen Expel Wind Open orifices Dissolve Phlegm Digestive

Clear Heat & Stop Stabilize Ext. & L U Nourish HT & Calm Release Wind from Heat Closed Disorder Dry Dam p & Extinguish Wind & Reduce Food Stag.
Bleeding Spirit Skin & Channels Transform Phlegm Transform Phlegm
Dang Gui Liu Huang An Gong Niu Huang Bao He Wan
Shi Hui San Tang ( Tangkuei and Suan Zao Ren Tang Xiao Feng San Wan Er Chen Tang Zhi Sou San (Preserve Har mony
(Ten Partially- Six-Yellow Decoction) (Sour Jujube (Eliminate Wind (Calm the Palace Pill (Tw o-Cured (Stop Coughing Pill)
Charred Substances Mu Li San Decoction) Pow der from True with Cattle Gallstone) Decoction) Pow der) Jian Pi Wan
Pow der) (Oyster Shell Pow der) Tian Wang Bu Xin Lineage) Zhi Bao Dan Di Tan Tang Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian (Strengthens the
Huai Hua San Yu Ping Feng San Dan ( Emperor of Xiao Huo Luo Dan (Greatest Treasure (Scour Phlegm Ma Tang Spleen Pill)
(Sophora Japonica (Jade Windscreen Heaven’s Special Pill (Minor Invigorate the Special Pill) Decoction) (Pinellia, Atractylodes Zhi Zhu Wan
Flow er Pow der) Pow der) to Tonify the Heart) Collaterals Special Zi Xue Dan Macrocephala, and (Immature Bitter
Xiao Ji Yin Zi Gan Mai Da Zao Tang Pill) (Purple Snow Special Clear Heat & Gastrodia Decoction) Orange and
(Cephalanoplos (Licorice, Wheat, and Qian Zheng San Pill) Transform Phlegm Atractylodes
Decoction) Asringe LI & Stop Jujube Decoction) (Lead to Sy mmetry Induce Vom iting to Macrocephali Pill)
Si Sheng Wan Diarrhea Huang Lian E Jiao Pow der) Cold Closed Disorder Wen Dan Tang Discharge Phlegm Mu Xiang Bin Lang
(Four Fresh Pill) Tang ( Coptis and Yu Zhen San (Warm the Wan
Si Shen Wan (True Jade Pow der) Su He Xiang Wan
Ke Xue Fang Ass-Hide Gelatin Gallbladder Gua Di Wan (Aucklandia and Betel
(Four-Miracle Pill) (Liquid Styrax Pill)
(Cough of Blood Decoction) Decoction) (Melon Pedicle Nut Pill)
For mulas) Zhen Ren Yang Zang Exitinguish Internal Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan Pow der)
Tang Wind Scour Phlegm & Open
Qing Re Zhi Beng Sedate and Calm the Orifices (Clear the Qi and Expel Parasites
Tang (True Man’s Spirit Transform Phlegm
Decoction to Nourish Tian Ma Gou Teng Wu Mei Wan
(Clear Heat and Stop Tong Guan San Pill)
Excessive Uter ine) the Organs) Zhu Sha An Shen Yin (Gastrodia and (Mume Pill)
Uncaria Decoction) (Open the Gate Pow der)
Tao Hua Tang Wan Transform Cold
(Peach Blossom Ling Jiao Gou Teng
Tonify & Stop (Cinnabar Pill to Calm Phlegm
Decoction) Tang (Antelope Horn
Bleeding the Spirit)
Chai Hu Jia Long Gu and Uncaria Ling Gui Zhu Gan
Jiao Ai Tang Stablize KD Mu Li Tang Decoction) Tang ( Poria,
Zhen Gan Xi Feng
(Ass-Hide Gelatin (Bupleurum Plus Cinnamon Tw ig,
Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan Tang ( Sedate the
and Mugw ort Dragon Bone an Atractylodis
(Metal Lock Pill to Liver and Extinguish
Decoction) Oyster Shell Macrocephalae and
Stabilize the Essence) Wind Decoction)
Huang Tu Tang Decoction) Licorice Decoction)
Sang Piao Xiao San Da Ding Feng Zhu
(Yellow Earth San Zi Yang Qin Tang
(Mantis Egg- Case (Major Arrest Wind
Decoction) (Three-Seed
Pow der) Pearls)
Decoction to Nourish
Suo Quan Wan Di Huang Yin Zi Required For mula for
One’s Parents)
(Shut the Sluice pill) (Rehmannia NCCAOM (160)
Ling Gan Wu Wei
Decoction)
Jiang Xin Tang
Stabilize Wom b & Not Required for
(Poria, Licorice,
Stop Uterine NCCAOM but for class
Schisandra, Ginger,
bleeding study (88)
and Asarum Decoc.)
Gu Jing Wan
Moisten Dryness
(Stabilize the Menses
and Transform
Pill)
Phlegm
Shou Tai Wan
(Fetus Longevity Pill)
Bei Mu Gua Lou San
Wan Dai Tang
(Fritillaria and
(End Discharge
Trichosanthes Fruit
Decoction)
Pow der)
Gu Chong Tang
(Stabilize Gushing
Transform Phlegm
Decoction)
and Dissipate
Yi Huang Tang
Nodules
(Change Yellow
Decoction)
Xiao Ying Wan
(Reduce Scrofula Pill)