Library

San Yin Shu Da Huang Tang (Three Causes Prepared Rhubarb Decoction): Treats lower back pain and stiffness resulting from falls or sprains, where the body cannot flex or extend.
Ingredients: Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, stir-fried), Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, each half tael).
Usage: Cut the herbs, soak in water overnight. Strain at Wugeng time (3–5 a.m.) and take the decoction in one dose.
Note: This formula follows the therapeutic principles of the Yangming channel.

Hezi Yishen San (Hezi Kidney-Benefiting Powder):
Ingredients: Gan Sui (Kansui Radix).
Usage: Grind into fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose. Slice a pig kidney longitudinally, marinate thoroughly with salt and Sichuan pepper, mince it, mix with the powder inside, wrap in a lotus leaf, roast until cooked, chew while taking with wine.
Note: This formula follows the therapeutic principles of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney channel.

Ju Fang Xiao Qi Xiang Wan (Prescription Bureau Small Seven-Aromatic Pills): Treats all types of qi-stagnation lower back pain caused by depression, anger, worry, overthinking, sprains, or contusions.
Ingredients: Ding Pi (Cortex Citri Reticulatae Viridis), Xiang Fu (Cyperí Rhizoma), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, each 1 liang 2 qian); Peng Zhu (Curcumae Rhizoma), Sha Ren (Amomi Fructus, each 2 qian); Gan Song (Nardostachyos Radix et Rhizoma, 8 qian); Yi Zhi Ren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus, 6 qian).
Usage: Grind into powder, moisten with water, steam steamed-bun dough to make pills the size of mung beans. Take 20–30 pills per dose with rice drink.

Yi Jian Zhi Qiao Tang (Yi Jian Bitter Orange Decoction): Treats pain arising from qi movement in the waist and back.
Ingredients: Zhi Qiao (Aurantii Fructus, 5 liang), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma).
Usage: Grind into powder, mix with scallion white decoction, take 1–2 qian. Lie down immediately after ingestion for a short period.
Note: The above formulas follow the therapeutic principles of the Taiyin channel.

Yuan Rong Jia Wei Si Wu Tang (Yuan Rong Modified Four Substances Decoction): Treats lower back pain due to blood stasis.
Modification: Add Tao Ren (Persicae Semen) and Hong Hua (Carthami Flos) to this base formula.
Note: This formula follows the therapeutic principles of the Jueyin channel.

Dong Yuan Di Long San (Dong Yuan Earthworm Powder): Treats injuries from beating or falling from heights, where evil blood stagnates in the Taiyang channel, causing severe pain in the lumbar spine, shins, arms, or inner thighs that is unbearable, accompanied by nasal congestion.
Ingredients: Zhong Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 4 fen), Tao Ren (Persicae Semen, 6 pieces), Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, 2 qian); Du Huo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix), Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex, each 1 qian); Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba, 0.5 qian); Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 1 fen); Di Long (Pheretima, 4 fen); Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, 1 qian); Su Mu (Sappan Lignum, 6 fen).
Usage: Cut the herbs, take 5 qian per dose, decoct in water and drink.
Note: This formula originates from the therapeutic principles of the Taiyang channel.

Jisheng An Jiu Zhi Zhui Duo Shan Na Xue Qi Ning Zhi Yao Tong (Jisheng An Nine-Treatment Formula for Lower Back Pain Due to Falls, Sprains, and Blood-Qi Stagnation):
Ingredients: [Original text missing main herb name] (0.5 tael), Mo Yao (Myrrha), Ru Xiang (Olibanum, each 2.5 qian); Bu Gu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried), Wei Ling Xian (Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma), Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex, stir-fried), Gui (Cinnamomi Ramulus), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, each 0.5 tael).
Usage: Grind into powder, bind with wine paste to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 70 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine or salt water.

Dong Yuan Chen Tong Wan (Dong Yuan Pain-Chasing Pills): Treats severe lower back pain from contusions and sprains that is unbearable.
Ingredients: Bai Wo Ju Zi (Lactucae Semen, stir-fried yellow), Bai Su Mi (Setariae Italicae Semen, stir-fried), Ru Xiang (Olibanum), Mo Yao (Myrrha, each 1 qian), Wu Mei (Mume Fructus, 1 piece).
Usage: Grind into powder, bind with steamed-bun dough to make pills the size of a marble. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with warm wine on an empty stomach.
Note: This formula originates from the therapeutic principles of the Jueyin channel.

Tonifying Formulas

Ju Fang Qing E Wan (Prescription Bureau Green-Elder Pills): Treats lower back pain due to Kidney deficiency, or pain caused by wind-cold invasion where blood and qi clash.
Ingredients: Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex, stir-fried with ginger juice, 1 jin), Po Gu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried, 8 liang), Hu Tao (Juglans Regia, 20 pieces).
Usage: Grind into powder, make a paste with 4 liang of garlic, mix to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine. Alternative method: bind with wine paste without garlic.

Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang (Astragalus Middle-Nourishing Decoction): Treats various deficiencies in men and women, heavy body, shortness of breath, and stiff/painful waist and back.
See the "Tonifying Deficiency" section for the formula.

San Yin An Shen Wan (Three Causes Kidney-Anchoring Pills): Treats lower back pain due to Kidney deficiency.
Ingredients: Po Gu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried), Hu Lu Ba (Trigonellae Foenum-Graeci Semen, stir-fried), Hui Xiang (Foeniculi Fructus, stir-fried), Chuan Lian Zi (Toosendan Fructus, stir-fried), Xu Duan (Dipsaci Radix, stir-fried, each 3 liang); Tao Ren (Persicae Semen, stir-fried), Xing Ren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum, stir-fried), Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma), Fu Ling (Poria, each 2 liang).
Usage: Grind into powder, bind with honey to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills on an empty stomach with salt water.

Bai Yi Xuan Fang Bu Sui Dan (Hundred-One Selected Prescriptions Marrow-Supplementing Pill): Treats lower back pain in the elderly due to weakness and Kidney injury, where the body cannot flex or extend.
Ingredients: Du Zhong (Eucommiae Cortex, stir-fried), Po Gu Zhi (Psoraleae Fructus, stir-fried, each 10 liang; grind together with 5 liang of Sesame Seed until the sesame turns black and makes no popping sound, then discard the sesame); Lu Rong (Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, 1 liang, singe off hair, soak in wine, and roast); Mo Yao (Myrrha, 1 liang, separately ground).
Usage: Mix evenly. Soak 30 walnuts, peel them, and pound into a paste. Add a little flour, cook into a paste, and form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 100 pills with warm wine or salt water.

Mo Yao Gao (Waist-Massaging Paste): Treats lower back pain due to cold-dampness from Shanghan (Cold Damage).
Ingredients: Fu Jian (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata tip), Wu Tou Jian (Aconiti Radix Preparata tip), Nan Xing (Arisaematis Rhizoma, each 2.5 qian); Sha Jiang (Zedoary Rhizome, 1 qian); Xiong Huang (Realgar), Zhang Nao (Camphora), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos, each 1.5 qian); She Xiang (Moschus, 5 grains).
Usage: Grind into powder, bind with refined honey to make a paste. Take a amount the size of a marble, dissolve in ginger juice, place in the palm, warm over fire, and massage the waist.
Note: This method is equivalent to moxibustion. For moxibustion, select two points of Shenshu (BL23) and one point of Yaoshu (DU2), as detailed in *Zisheng Jing*.