By Pattern By Symptom By Formula ---------------------- Arouse Power Bend Bamboo Benefit the Sinews Break into a Smile Breaking Clouds Bright Spirit Brighten the Eyes Brocade Sinews Buddha's Hand Calm the Shen Central Mansion Chemo-Support Children's Herbal Sentinel Clear Channels Clear Lustre Clear Qi Clear the Root Clear the Soul Clear Yang Drain Fields Drain Fire Ease the Muscles Expel Toxic Heat Expel Wind-Cold Expel Wind-Heat Freeing the Sun Glorious Sea Harmonize the Centre Herbal Sentinel - Yang Herbal Sentinel - Yin Invigorate the Root Jade Screen Jade Spring Limpid Sea Nourish the Root Nourish the Root & Clear Wind Nourish the Soul Open the Heart Peaceful Sunset Prosperous Earth Radio Support Red Stirring Release Constraint Ringing Metal Root the Spirit Searching Soul Separate Clear & Turbid Settling the Soul Smooth Passage Soothe the Centre NEW Soothe the Shen Stir Field of Elixir Strengthen the Root Tonify Qi & Ease the Muscles Water Passages Welcome Fragrance		By Pattern By Symptom By Formula ---------------------- Clear Empty-Heat & Cool the Menses Clear the Moon Clear the Palace Cool the Menses Drain the Jade Valley Drain Redness Ease the Journey - Yang Ease the Journey - Yin Female Treasure Free Flow Free-Flowing Sea Freeing Constraint Freeing the Moon Growing Jade Harmonizing the Moon Heavenly Empress Invigorate Blood & Stem the Flow Nourish Yin & Restrain the Flow Penetrating Vessel Planting Seeds Precious Sea Restrain the Flow Stir Field of Elixir Unicorn Pearl Warm the Mansion Warm the Menses Warm the Palace

Jade Spring

Bei Sha Shen Radix Glehniae Mai Men Dong Radix Ophiopogonis Yu Zhu Rhizoma Polygonati odorati Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Sang Ye Folium Mori Bian Dou Semen Dolichoris Lablab Tian Hua Fen Radix Trichosanthis Lu Gen Rhizoma Phragmitis Tai Zi Shen Radix Pseudostellariae Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis Fu Ling Poria Zhi Mu Radix Anemarrhenae Shan Yao Rhizoma Discoreae

Pattern: Stomach-Yin deficiency, Spleen-Yin deficiency, Lung-Yin deficiency, Stomach Empty-Heat. Action: Nourish Stomach-, Spleen- and Lung-Yin, clear Stomach Empty-Heat. Indications: Excessive hunger, dry mouth, desire to drink in small sips, dry lips, tiredness, mental restlessness, poor digestion, slight burning epigastric pain, mouth ulcers, dry stools, circumscribed skin rashes on the front of the leg, diabetes. Tongue: Dry, either no coating or rootless coating in the centre, Stomach crack in the midline or scattered small cracks; it may be slightly red in the centre. Pulse: Floating-empty on the right middle position. Classical antecedent: Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang (Glehnia-Ophiopogon Decoction). Back to Top

Limpid Sea

Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum Fu Ling Poria Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Da Zao Fructus Jujubae Wu Mei Fructus Mume Zhu Ru Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Gua Lou Fructus Trichosanthis Gan Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis

Pattern: Phlegm (damp, cold or hot) in the Middle and Upper Burner. Actions: Dry Dampness and resolve Phlegm. Indications: Cough with abundant sputum, catarrh in the chest, nose or throat, white or yellow sputum, a feeling of oppression of the chest, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, dizziness, insomnia, lipomas. Tongue: Pale, swollen with a sticky-white coating in case of Damp- or Cold-Phlegm, or red, swollen with a sticky-yellow coating in case of Hot-Phlegm. Pulse: Slippery and slow in case of Cold-Phlegm, or slippery and rapid in case of Hot-Phlegm. Classical antecendent: Er Chen Tang (Two Old Decoction). Back to Top

Nourish the Root

Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae Shan Yao Rhizoma Discoreae Shan Zhu Yu Fructus Corni Gou Qi Zi Fructus Lycii chinensis Huai Niu Xi Radix Achyranthis bidentatae Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae Mai Men Dong Radix Ophiopogonis Huang Jing Rhizoma Polygonati Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis Preparata Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis Tian Men Dong Radix Asparagi Di Gu Pi Cortex Lycii

Pattern: Kidney-Yin deficiency. Action: Nourish Kidney-Yin and Essence, strengthen the will-power. Indications: Dizziness, tinnitus, sore back and legs, night-sweating, dry mouth and throat in the evening, feeling of heat and vague anxiety in the evening, 5-palm heat (a feeling of heat in palms, chest and soles), thirst with desire to drink in small sips, exhaustion, depression, dry stools, lower backache, infertility, insomnia (waking up during the night), blurred vision, dry skin and hair, dryness of the vagina, dry eyes, thin body, scanty-dark urine. Tongue: This could range from a nearly normal-coloured body (tending to red) with rootless coating to a red body without any coating at all, depending on the degree of Yin deficiency and Empty-Heat. The less the coating, the deeper the Yin deficiency, and the redder the tongue body, the stronger the Empty-Heat. Pulse: Floating-empty, or weak on both rear positions and relatively overflowing on both front ones, or fine and rapid if there is pronounced Empty-Heat. Classical antecedent: Zuo Gui Wan (Restoring the Left [Kidney] Pill). Back to Top

Nourish the Root and Clear Wind

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae preparata Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae Yu Zhu Rhizoma Polygonati odorati Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae alba Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan Zhi Mu Radix Anemarrhenae Wu Jia Pi Cortex Acanthopanacis Mu Gua Fructus Chaenomelis Sang Ji Sheng Herba Taxilli Qin Jiao Radix Gentianae macrophyllae Wei Ling Xian Radix Clematidis Xi Xian Cao Herba Siegesbeckiae Hai Feng Teng Caulis Piperis kadsurae Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis Preparata

Pattern: Chronic Wind-Damp Painful Obstruction (Bi) Syndrome occurring against a background of Kidney-Yin deficiency. Action: Nourish the Kidneys and Liver, strengthen bones and sinews, expel Wind-Dampness from the joints. Indications: Lower backache, knee-ache, sciatica, ache in joints, dizziness, tinnitus, night-sweating, diminished sexual performance or desire, poor memory, blurred vision, dry eyes, dry skin. Tongue: Red without coating or with a rootless coating. Pulse: Weak on both rear positions or floating-empty. Back to Top