Herbal Formulas
Classic and modern herbal combinations explained.
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Ping Wei San: TCM's Classic Formula for Dampness in the Spleen and Stomach
Learn about Ping Wei San (平胃散), the essential TCM formula for drying dampness and revitalizing the Spleen. Understand its ingredients, clinical uses for bloating and digestive sluggishness, and how it differs from other dampness formulas.
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang (甘麦大枣汤): The Three-Ingredient Formula That Calms the Heart and Stops Tears
Discover Gan Mai Da Zao Tang, the simplest classic TCM formula with only three ingredients — Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Dates. Learn how it calms the spirit, treats anxiety, emotional instability, and the ancient 'Zang Zao' organ-restlessness syndrome.
You Gui Wan (右归丸): The Right-Restoring Pill for Kidney Yang Deficiency, Cold Extremities, and Fatigue
Discover You Gui Wan, the classic TCM formula that powerfully tonifies Kidney Yang and warms the body. Learn how it treats cold hands and feet, lower back pain, fatigue, infertility, and Kidney Yang deficiency.
Bai He Gu Jin Tang (百合固金汤): The Lily Bulb Formula for Dry Cough, Lung Yin Deficiency, and Hoarseness
Learn about Bai He Gu Jin Tang, the classic TCM formula that nourishes Lung and Kidney Yin, resolves dry cough, and treats hoarseness, bloody sputum, and sore throat from Yin deficiency.
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (天王补心丹): The Emperor's Heart-Nourishing Elixir for Insomnia and Anxiety
Discover Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan, the classic TCM formula that nourishes Heart Yin and Blood, calms the spirit, and treats insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, and mental exhaustion. Learn its 14 herbs, clinical uses, and modern applications.
Si Ni San (Frigid Extremities Powder): Unlocking Liver Qi to Warm the Limbs
Learn about Si Ni San (四逆散), a classic TCM formula from the Shanghan Lun that treats cold hands and feet caused by Liver Qi stagnation — not Yang deficiency. Understand its ingredients, mechanism, and clinical uses.
Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction): TCM's Most Famous Harmonizing Formula
Explore Xiao Chai Hu Tang (小柴胡汤), the legendary Shaoyang harmonizing formula from the Shanghan Lun. Learn its ingredients, mechanisms, clinical uses for alternating fever-chills, rib pain, and nausea.
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang (桂枝芍药知母汤): TCM Formula for Chronic Joint Pain with Cold-Damp and Heat
Learn about Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang, the classic Shanghan Lun formula for chronic joint pain combining cold-damp obstruction with heat transformation — treating swollen, painful joints that are stiff and warm.
Wu Ling San (五苓散): TCM's Classic Formula for Water Retention, Edema, and Fluid Metabolism Disorders
Learn about Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria), the most important TCM formula for promoting urination, resolving edema, and restoring fluid metabolism — used for water retention, urinary difficulty, and damp-fluid accumulation.
Bai Tou Weng Tang (白头翁汤): TCM's Classic Formula for Heat-Toxin Dysentery and Bloody Diarrhea
Learn about Bai Tou Weng Tang, the definitive TCM formula for heat-toxin dysentery — bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and tenesmus caused by damp-heat in the intestines, with its powerful heat-clearing and toxin-resolving herb combination.