六味地黄丸（仲阳） 治肝肾不足，真阴亏损，精血枯竭，憔悴羸弱，腰痛足酸，
自汗
盗汗，水泛为痰，发热咳嗽，头运目眩，耳鸣耳聋，遗精便血，消渴淋沥，失血失音，舌燥
喉痛，虚火牙痛，足跟作痛，下部疮疡等症。
熟地（八两） 山萸肉（酒润） 山药（各四两） 茯苓（乳拌） 丹皮 泽泻（各三两）
上蜜丸梧子大，空心盐汤下。如用作汤，分两酌定。
崔氏八味丸（金匮） 治命门火衰，不能生土，以致脾胃虚寒，饮食少思，泄泻腹
胀，或元阳虚惫，阳痿精寒，脐腹疼痛，夜多漩溺，膝酸腰软目昏等症。
即前六味加肉桂附子各一两。
七味丸 治肝经气虚，筋无所养，变为寒症，以致筋骨疼痛，脚软懒行，及伤寒
服凉药过多，水中无火，手足牵引，肝经血虚，以致火燥筋挛，变为结核瘰 等症。
即前六味加肉桂一两。
都气丸 治劳嗽，益肺之源，以生肾水也。
即前六味加五味子。
八仙长寿丸 治虚损劳热。
即前六味加五味子二两，麦冬三两。
明目地黄丸（东垣） 治肾虚目昏。
即前六味加柴胡五味归身，朱砂为衣。
滋肾生肝饮（养葵） 治血虚气滞，或肩背绊痛，或胃脘当心而痛，或肝火郁于胃
中，以致倦怠嗜卧，饮食不思，
口渴咽燥，及妇人小便自遗，频数无度。
即前六味加柴胡五味白术当归甘草
滋阴肾气丸 治目神水宽大渐散，或如雾露中行，渐睹空中有黑花，视物二体。
久则光不收，及内障瞳神淡白。
即前六味去萸肉，加柴胡五味归身生地，朱砂为衣。
知柏八味丸 治阴虚火动，骨痿髓枯。
即前六味加知母黄柏各二两。
加味地黄丸 治肝肾阴虚，耳内痒痛出水，或眼昏痰喘，或热渴便涩等症。
即前六味加生地柴胡五味。
左归饮（景岳） 治肾水干枯，虚火上蒸脾胃，阴土受亏，以致饮食不进，大便燥
结，
甚至三阳癃闭，将成噎膈。治之于早，无不愈也。当以此方加归芍，治伤寒舌黑唇焦，大渴
引饮，此必服攻伐寒凉之药过多也，此方救之。治疟疾而兼燥症，热重寒轻者，此方更宜。
熟地（三四钱或加至一二两） 山萸肉（一二钱，畏酸者少用之） 山药（二钱） 茯苓（钱
半） 甘枸杞（二钱） 甘草（一钱）
水二盏，煎七分，食远服。
如肺热而烦者，加麦冬二钱。血滞者，加丹皮二钱。心热而躁者，加元参二钱。血热妄
动者
，加生地三四钱。阴虚不宁者，加女贞子二钱。上实下虚者，加牛膝二钱以导之。血虚而燥
滞者，加当归二钱。脾热易饥者，加白芍二钱。肾虚骨蒸多汗者，加地骨皮二钱。
左归丸（景岳） 治真阴肾水不足，不能滋养营卫，渐至衰弱，或虚热往来，自汗
盗汗
，或神不守舍，血不归原，或遗淋不禁，或口燥舌干，或腰酸腿软，或昏运眼花耳聋。凡精
髓内亏，津液枯竭等症，俱宜速壮水之主，以培左肾之元阴，而精血自充矣。此方主之。
大熟地（八两） 山药 萸肉 枸杞 菟丝子（制） 鹿角胶（切碎炒珠） 龟胶（切碎炒珠
，各四两） 牛膝（酒洗蒸熟，三两，精滑者不用）
蜜丸，每食前滚清汤或淡盐汤送下百余丸。如纯阴失守，虚火上炎者，宜用纯阴至静之
剂，
于本方去鹿胶枸杞，加女贞麦冬三两。如火烁肺金，干咳多嗽者，加百合三两。如气虚者，
加人参三四两。如大便燥结，去菟丝，加肉苁蓉三两。如血虚微滞，加当归四两。如腰膝酸
痛，加杜仲三两，盐水炒用。如脏平无火，而肾气不充者，加破故纸、莲肉、去心胡桃肉各
四两，龟胶不必用。
上丸，五液皆主于肾，故凡属阴分之药，无不皆走肾。有谓必须导引者，皆见之不广尔
。
右归饮（景岳） 此益火之剂也。凡命门之阳衰阴胜者，宜此方加减主之。如治阴
盛格阳，真寒假热等症，宜加泽泻二钱，煎成，用凉水浸冷服之，尤妙。
熟地（三四钱或加至一二两） 萸肉（一钱） 山药（二钱） 杜仲（姜制，二钱） 枸杞（二
钱） 炙甘草（一二钱） 肉桂（一二钱） 制附子（一二三钱）
水二盏，煎七分，食远服。如气虚血脱，或厥或昏，或汗或运，或虚狂，或短气者，必
大加
人参白术，随宜用之。如小腹多痛，加吴茱萸六七分。如火衰不能生土，为呕哕吞酸者，加
炮姜二三钱。如阳衰中寒，泄泻腹痛，加人参、肉豆蔻，随宜用之。如淋带不止，加破故纸
一钱。如血少血滞，腰膝软痛者，加当归二三钱。
右归丸（景岳） 治元阳不足，或先天禀衰，或劳伤过度，以致命门火衰，不能生
土，
而为脾胃虚寒，饮食少进，或呕恶膨胀，或反胃噎膈，或怯寒畏冷，或脐腹疼痛，或大便不
实，泻利频作，或小水自遗，虚淋寒疝，或寒侵溪谷，而肢节痛痹，或寒在下焦，而水邪浮
肿，总之真阳不足者，必神疲气怯，或心跳不宁，或四肢不收，或眼见邪祟，或阳衰无子等
症，速宜益火之源，以培右肾之元阳，而神气自强矣。八味丸治之不愈者，宜服此，或用右
归饮。
大熟地（八两） 山萸肉 山药 枸杞 菟丝（制） 杜仲（姜炒） 鹿角胶（炒珠，各四两）
当归（三两，便溏勿用） 附子（制） 肉桂（各二两）
蜜丸，服如前法。或丸如弹子大，每嚼服二三丸，白汤下，其效尤速。如阳衰气虚，必
加人
参以为之主，盖人参之功，随阳药则入阳分，随阴药则入阴分。欲补命门之阳，非加人参不
能捷效。如阳虚精滑，或带浊便溏，加补骨脂酒炒三两。如飧泄肾泄不止，加五味子三两，
肉豆蔻三两，面炒去油用。如饮食减少，或不易化，或呕恶吞酸，皆脾胃虚寒之症，加干姜
三四两炒黄用。如腹痛不止，加吴茱萸二两，汤炮半日炒用。如腰膝酸痛，加胡桃肉连皮四
两。如阴虚阳痿，加巴戟肉四两，肉苁蓉三两，或加黄狗外肾一二副，以酒煮烂捣入之。
人参固本丸（千金） 治肺劳虚极，脾虚烦热，或小便短赤，大便闭结，此阴虚有
火之圣药也。
人参（二两） 天冬 麦冬 生地 熟地（各四两）
蜜丸。
天王补心丹（道藏） 治思虑过度，阴血不足，怔忡健忘，心口多汗，大便或秘或
结，口舌生疮等症。
生地（四两） 柏子仁 当归（酒洗） 酸枣仁（各五钱） 天冬（一两） 麦冬（一两） 人参
（五
钱） 元参（五钱） 丹参（五钱） 五味（一两） 桔梗（五钱） 茯苓（五钱，一用茯神） 远志
肉（五钱）
蜜丸弹子大，朱砂为衣，临卧灯心汤下一丸，或噙含化。一方有石菖蒲四钱，无五味子
。一方有甘草。
龟鹿二仙膏 治瘦弱少气，梦遗泄精，目视不明，精竭之症。
鹿角（十斤） 龟板（五斤） 枸杞（一斤） 人参（一斤）
先将鹿角龟板锯截刮净，水浸桑火熬成膏，再将人参枸杞熬膏和入，每晨酒服三钱。
扶桑丸（胡僧） 除风湿，起羸 ，驻容颜，乌须发，却病延年。
嫩桑叶（去蒂洗净，曝干为末，一斤） 黑芝麻（名巨胜子，淘净，四两）
用白蜜一斤，将芝麻擂碎，熬浓汁，蜜和炼至滴水成珠，入桑叶末为丸。一方桑叶为末
，芝麻蒸捣等分，蜜丸，早盐汤下，晚酒下。
益气聪明汤（东垣） 治内障目昏，耳鸣耳聋。
黄 人参（各五钱） 葛根 蔓荆子（各三钱） 白芍 黄柏（各二钱） 升麻（钱半） 炙
甘草（一钱）
每四钱，临卧服，五更再服。
玉屏风散（得效） 治自汗不止，气虚表弱，易感风寒。
黄 （炙） 防风（各一两） 白术（炒，二两）
为末，每服三钱。
苓术菟丝丸 治脾肾虚损，不能收摄，以致梦遗精滑，困倦等症。
茯苓 白术（各四两） 菟丝子（倍用） 莲肉（去心，四两） 杜仲（酒炒，三两） 山药（
二两） 五味子（酒蒸，一两） 炙草（五钱）
上用山药末，以陈酒煮糊为丸，桐子大，空心白滚汤或酒下百余丸。
桑螵蛸散（寇氏） 治小便数而欠，能安神魂，补心气，疗健忘。
人参 茯苓（一用茯神） 石菖蒲（盐炒） 远志 桑螵蛸（盐炒） 龙骨（ ） 龟板（酥炙
，一用鳖甲） 当归
等分为末，临卧服二钱，人参汤下。
四君子汤 治一切阳虚气弱，脉来虚软，脾衰肺损，饮食少思，体瘦而黄，皮聚
毛落，言语轻微，四肢无力，及脾胃不和，泄痢虚饱。
人参 白术（土炒） 茯苓（各二钱） 甘草（一钱）
加姜枣煎服。
异功散 调理脾胃。
即前四君子加陈皮。
六君子汤 治脾胃气虚，饮食不进，致成痰癖，不时咳唾，或胃气虚寒，动成呕
恶。凡虚疟及诸病后宜之。
即前四君子加陈皮半夏。
香砂六君子汤 治虚寒胃痛，或腹痛泄泻。
即前六君子加香附砂仁。
六神散（无择） 治小儿表热去后，又发热者。
即前六君子加山药扁豆。
八珍汤 治气血两虚，及胃损，饮食不为肌肤。
即前四君子合后四物汤。
十全大补汤 治真阴内竭，虚阳外鼓。
即前八珍汤加黄 肉桂。
补中益气汤 治烦劳内伤，身热心烦，头痛恶寒，懒言恶食，脉洪大而虚，气短
而渴
，或阳虚自汗，或气短不能举元，致疟痢脾虚，久不能愈，一切清阳下陷。中气不足之症。
黄 （蜜炙） 人参 甘草（炙） 白术（土炒） 陈皮 当归（各五分） 升麻 柴胡（各三
分）
姜三片，枣二枚煎服。如血不足，加当归。精神短少，加人参五味。肺热咳嗽，去人参
。嗌
干，加葛根。头痛，加蔓荆子。痛甚，加川芎。脑痛，加 本、细辛。风湿相搏，一身尽痛
，加羌活防风。有痰，加半夏生姜。胃寒气滞，加青皮蔻仁木香益智。腹胀，加枳实浓朴木
香砂仁。腹痛，加白芍甘草。热痛，加黄芩。能食而心下痞，加黄连。咽痛，加桔梗。有寒
，加肉桂。湿胜，加苍术。阴火，加黄柏知母。阴虚，去升麻、柴胡，加熟地、山萸、山药
。大便秘，加酒煨大黄。咳嗽，春加旋复、款冬，夏加麦冬、五味，秋加麻黄、黄芩，冬加
麻黄不去根节。天寒加干姜。泄泻，去当归，加茯苓、苍术、益智。如冬月恶寒发热无汗，
脉浮而紧，加麻黄。若脉浮而缓有汗，加桂枝、白芍。
调中益气汤 治脾胃不调，胸满肢倦，食少短气，口不知味，及食入反出。
即前补中益气汤去当归白术，加木香苍术。
四物汤 治一切血虚，及妇人经病。
当归（酒洗） 生地（各三钱） 白芍（二钱） 川芎（钱半）
如凉血，心加黄连，肝条芩，肺枯芩，大肠实芩，胆黄连，肾膀胱黄柏，脾生地，胃大
黄，
三焦地骨，心胞丹皮，小肠栀子木通。如清气心与胞络加麦冬，肺枳壳，肝柴胡青皮，脾白
芍，胃干葛石膏，大肠三焦连翘，小肠赤茯，膀胱滑石琥珀。血虚，加龟板。血燥，加人乳
。血瘀，加桃仁红花韭汁童便行之。暴血，加薄荷元参散之。血不止，加炒蒲黄京墨。久不
止，加升麻引血归经。妇人经血紫黑，脉数为热，加芩连。血淡脉迟为寒，加桂附。人肥有
痰，加半夏南星橘红。人瘦有火，加黑栀知母黄柏。郁者，加木香砂仁苍术神曲。瘀滞，加
桃仁红花延胡肉桂。气虚，加参 。气实，加枳朴。王海藏加芩术，名温六合汤。治经水过
多，加栀连，名热六合汤。治血热妄行，加姜附，名寒六合汤。治血海虚寒，加艽羌，名风
六合汤。治血虚风痒，加陈朴，名气六合汤，治气郁经阻。
知柏四物汤 治阴虚有火。
即前四物加知母黄柏。
羌防四物汤 治风虚眩晕，风秘便难。
即前四物加羌活防风。
元戎四物汤 治血结便秘，扑损瘀血。
即前四物加桃仁红花。
加味四物汤（薛氏） 治血虚有热。
即前四物加丹皮山栀。
当归补血汤（东垣） 治伤于劳役，肌热面赤，烦渴引饮，脉大而虚。
黄 （炙，一两） 当归（酒洗，二钱）
空心服。
归脾汤（济生） 治思虑过度，劳伤心脾，怔忡健忘，惊悸盗汗，发热体倦，食少
不眠
，或脾虚不能摄血，致血妄行，及妇人经带，或心脾伤痛嗜卧，肢体作痛，大便不调，或瘰
流注，不能消散溃敛。
黄 （蜜炙） 当归（酒洗） 龙眼肉（各二钱） 枣仁（炒研） 白术（土炒，各钱半） 人参
茯神（各一钱） 远志（去心，八分） 木香（磨冲） 甘草（各五分）
姜枣煎。如肺肾受伤，加麦冬五味。肝肾受伤，加白芍，更为有益。如从怫郁而起，则
加柴
胡丹皮山栀。如非二阳之病至怔忡，去木香加枸杞。如梦遗，加熟地五味白芍牡蛎。如挟心
包有余之火，加黄连生地。有痰，加贝母。如挟相火者，加黄柏知母麦冬。
加味归脾汤（薛氏） 治血热。
即前归脾汤加丹皮山栀。
黑归脾汤 治阴虚血少。
即前归脾汤加大熟地，亦有将全料炒黑用者。
人参养营汤 治脾虚食少无味，身倦肌瘦，肺虚色枯气短，毛发脱落，小便赤涩
Liuwei Dihuang Wan (Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill) [from Qian Yi's *Xiao'er Yaozheng Zhijue*]: Treats insufficiency of the Liver and Kidney, depletion of True Yin, exhaustion of Essence and Blood, emaciation and weakness, lower back pain and soreness of the feet, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, phlegm caused by water overflowing, fever with cough, dizziness and vertigo, tinnitus and deafness, spermatorrhea and hematochezia, Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst) with dysuria, blood loss and aphonia, dry tongue and sore throat, toothache due to deficient fire, pain in the heels, sores and ulcers in the lower body, and other symptoms.
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang) (8 liang), Cornus Fruit (Shan Yu Rou) (moistened with wine), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) (each 4 liang), Poria (Fu Ling) (mixed with milk and stir-fried), Moutan Bark (Dan Pi), Alisma Rhizome (Ze Xie) (each 3 liang).
Grind into powder and make pills the size of wutong seeds. Take on an empty stomach with salted water decoction. If used as a decoction, adjust the dosages accordingly.
Cui Shi Bawei Wan (Eight-Ingredient Pill of Master Cui) [from *Jin Gui Yao Lue*]: Treats decline of Fire at the Gate of Life (Ming Men), failure to warm Earth (Spleen/Stomach), resulting in deficiency-cold of the Spleen and Stomach, poor appetite, diarrhea, and abdominal distension; or exhaustion of Primordial Yang, impotence and cold semen, pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, frequent nocturnal urination, soreness of the knees and weakness of the lower back, and blurred vision.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui) and Prepared Aconite Root (Zhi Fu Zi), each 1 liang.
Qiwei Wan (Seven-Ingredient Pill): Treats Qi deficiency of the Liver Channel, where sinews lose nourishment, transforming into a cold syndrome, leading to pain in bones and sinews, weak legs and reluctance to walk; as well as after excessive use of cooling medicines for Shang Han (Cold Damage), causing lack of Fire in Water, and traction/spasms of hands and feet; or Blood deficiency of the Liver Channel, leading to dryness-fire contracting sinews, transforming into tubercles and scrofula.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui) 1 liang.
Duqi Wan: Treats laborious cough, benefiting the source of the Lung to generate Kidney Water.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi).
Baxian Changshou Wan (Eight-Immortal Longevity Pill): Treats deficiency damage and劳热 (deficiency heat).
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi) 2 liang and Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) 3 liang.
Mingmu Dihuang Wan (Eyesight-Improving Rehmannia Pill) [from Li Dongyuan]: Treats blurred vision due to Kidney deficiency.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui Shen), coated with Cinnabar (Zhu Sha).
Zishen Shenggan Yin (Kidney-Nourishing Liver-Generating Decoction) [from Yang Kui]: Treats Blood deficiency with Qi stagnation, or binding pain in shoulders and back, or pain in the epigastrium overlying the heart, or Liver Fire郁结 (stagnating) in the Stomach, leading to fatigue and desire to lie down, poor appetite, thirst and dry throat, as well as urinary incontinence and frequency in women.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), and Licorice Root (Gan Cao).
Ziyin Shenqi Wan (Yin-Nourishing Kidney-Qi Pill): Treats widening and gradual dispersion of the Shen Shui (spiritual water in the eye), or vision as if walking in fog and dew, gradually seeing black spots in the air, and diplopia.
Over time, the light fails to converge, and internal cataracts with pale white pupils appear.
This consists of the previous six ingredients minus Cornus Fruit (Shan Yu Rou), plus Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui Shen), and Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang), coated with Cinnabar (Zhu Sha).
Zhibai Bawei Wan (Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Eight-Ingredient Pill): Treats hyperactive fire due to Yin deficiency, bone萎 (atrophy/withering), and marrow exhaustion.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhi Mu) and Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo), each 2 liang.
Jiawei Dihuang Wan (Modified Rehmannia Pill): Treats Liver-Kidney Yin deficiency, itching and discharge from ears, or blurred vision with phlegm-asthma, or heat-thirst and difficult urination.
This consists of the previous six ingredients plus Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang), Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), and Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi).
Zuo Gui Yin (Left Restoring Decoction) [from Zhang Jingyue]: Treats dried-up Kidney Water, with deficient fire steaming upwards to the Spleen and Stomach, damaging Yin Earth, leading to inability to eat, dry constipation, and even obstruction of the Three Yang channels, potentially developing into Ye Ge (dysphagia/choking). If treated early, there is no case that does not heal. One should add Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) and White Peony Root (Bai Shao) to this formula to treat black tongue and scorched lips with intense thirst and desire to drink after Shang Han, which must be due to excessive use of attacking and cold-cooling medicines; this formula rescues it. For malaria combined with dryness syndrome, where heat is heavy and cold is light, this formula is even more suitable.
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang) (3-4 qian, or increase to 1-2 liang), Cornus Fruit (Shan Yu Rou) (1-2 qian, use less if sourness is disliked), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) (2 qian), Poria (Fu Ling) (1.5 qian), Goji Berry (Gou Qi Zi) (2 qian), Licorice Root (Gan Cao) (1 qian).
Decoct two cups of water to seven-tenths. Take far from meals.
If Lung heat causes irritability, add Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) 2 qian. If Blood stagnation, add Moutan Bark (Dan Pi) 2 qian. If Heart heat causes restlessness, add Scrophularia Root (Xuan Shen) 2 qian. If Heat in Blood moves recklessly, add Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang) 3-4 qian. If Yin deficiency causes unrest, add Glossy Privet Fruit (Nv Zhen Zi) 2 qian. If upper excess and lower deficiency, add Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi) 2 qian to guide downwards. If Blood deficiency with dryness-stagnation, add Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) 2 qian. If Spleen heat causes easy hunger, add White Peony Root (Bai Shao) 2 qian. If Kidney deficiency causes bone-steaming and profuse sweating, add Cortex Lycii (Di Gu Pi) 2 qian.
Zuo Gui Wan (Left Restoring Pill) [from Zhang Jingyue]: Treats insufficiency of True Yin and Kidney Water, failing to nourish Ying and Wei, gradually leading to weakness, or alternating deficient heat, spontaneous sweating, and night sweats, or Spirit not guarding its residence, Blood not returning to its origin, or involuntary spermatorrhea and dysuria, or dry mouth and tongue, or sore lower back and soft legs, or dizziness, blurred vision, and deafness. For all symptoms such as internal depletion of Essence and Marrow, and exhaustion of Jin-Ye (Body Fluids), one should quickly strengthen the Master of Water to cultivate the Primordial Yin of the Left Kidney, so that Essence and Blood will naturally fill. This formula governs.
Large Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang) (8 liang), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao), Cornus Fruit (Yu Rou), Goji Berry (Gou Qi), Dodder Seed (Tu Si Zi) (processed), Deer Antler Glue (Lu Jiao Jiao) (chopped and stir-fried until popping), Tortoise Plastron Glue (Gui Jiao) (chopped and stir-fried until popping, each 4 liang), Achyranthes Root (Niu Xi) (wine-washed and steamed, 3 liang, do not use if essence slips easily).
Make honey pills. Take over 100 pills before each meal with boiling clear soup or light salted soup. If Pure Yin is lost and deficient fire flares upward, use a pure Yin and extremely quiet agent; remove Deer Antler Glue and Goji Berry from this formula, add Glossy Privet Fruit (Nv Zhen Zi) and Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) 3 liang. If Fire scorches Lung Metal causing dry cough and much sputum, add Lily Bulb (Bai He) 3 liang. If Qi is deficient, add Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) 3-4 liang. If dry constipation, remove Dodder Seed (Tu Si Zi) and add Cistanche Stem (Rou Cong Rong) 3 liang. If slight Blood deficiency and stagnation, add Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) 4 liang. If sore and painful waist and knees, add Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong) 3 liang, stir-fried with salt water. If Zang-Fu are peaceful without fire but Kidney Qi is insufficient, add Psoralea Fruit (Po Gu Zhi), Lotus Seed (Lian Rou), and Walnut Meat (Hu Tao Rou) de-husked (each 4 liang); Tortoise Plastron Glue is not needed.
The above pills: The Five Fluids are all governed by the Kidney, so all herbs belonging to the Yin aspect travel to the Kidney. Some say guidance exercises are necessary; this shows limited insight.
You Gui Yin (Right Restoring Decoction) [from Zhang Jingyue]: This is a formula to benefit Fire. For cases where Yang of the Gate of Life declines and Yin prevails, this formula with modifications is appropriate. For treating Yin excess repelling Yang, true cold with false heat, etc., add Alisma Rhizome (Ze Xie) 2 qian. After decocting, immerse in cold water to cool before taking; this is especially excellent.
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang) (3-4 qian, or increase to 1-2 liang), Cornus Fruit (Yu Rou) (1 qian), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) (2 qian), Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong) (ginger-processed, 2 qian), Goji Berry (Gou Qi Zi) (2 qian), Roasted Licorice Root (Zhi Gan Cao) (1-2 qian), Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui) (1-2 qian), Prepared Aconite Root (Zhi Fu Zi) (1-3 qian).
Decoct two cups of water to seven-tenths. Take far from meals. If Qi deficiency and Blood collapse, or syncope/coma, or sweating or dizziness, or false mania, or shortness of breath, one must greatly add Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) and Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), using them as appropriate. If frequent pain in the lower abdomen, add Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu) 6-7 fen. If Fire decline fails to warm Earth, causing vomiting, hiccups, and acid regurgitation, add Roasted Ginger (Pao Jiang) 2-3 qian. If Yang decline with middle cold, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, add Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) and Nutmeg (Rou Dou Kou), using them as appropriate. If leukorrhea and dribbling urine do not stop, add Psoralea Fruit (Po Gu Zhi) 1 qian. If Blood is scanty and stagnant with soft and painful waist and knees, add Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) 2-3 qian.
You Gui Wan (Right Restoring Pill) [from Zhang Jingyue]: Treats insufficiency of Primordial Yang, or congenital endowment decline, or excessive labor injury, leading to decline of Fire at the Gate of Life, failure to warm Earth, resulting in deficiency-cold of Spleen and Stomach, reduced food intake, or nausea, bloating, or reverse flow and dysphagia, or aversion to cold, or umbilical and abdominal pain, or loose stools with frequent diarrhea, or spontaneous urinary leakage, deficiency-dribbling and cold hernia, or Cold invading溪谷 (valleys/clefts) causing joint pain and bi-syndrome, or Cold in the Lower Jiao causing water retention and edema. In short, those with insufficiency of True Yang must have mental fatigue and cowardly Qi, or palpitations and unrest, or limbs unable to gather/support, or seeing evil spirits, or impotence due to Yang decline. Quickly benefit the Source of Fire to cultivate the Primordial Yang of the Right Kidney, so that Spirit and Qi will become strong. If Bawei Wan fails to cure, take this formula, or use You Gui Yin.
Large Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang) (8 liang), Cornus Fruit (Shan Yu Rou), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao), Goji Berry (Gou Qi), Dodder Seed (Tu Si) (processed), Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong) (ginger-fried), Deer Antler Glue (Lu Jiao Jiao) (fried until popping, each 4 liang), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) (3 liang, do not use if stools are loose), Prepared Aconite Root (Fu Zi), Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui) (each 2 liang).
Make honey pills. Take as previously described. Or make pills the size of bullet seeds, chew 2-3 pills each time, swallow with white soup; the effect is particularly rapid. If Yang decline and Qi deficiency, one must add Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) as the master herb, because the function of Ginseng enters the Yang aspect with Yang herbs and the Yin aspect with Yin herbs. To tonify the Yang of the Gate of Life, adding Ginseng is essential for swift effect. If Yang deficiency with seminal emission, or turbid leukorrhea and loose stools, add Psoralea Fruit (Bu Gu Zhi) wine-fried 3 liang. If undigested food diarrhea or Kidney diarrhea does not stop, add Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi) 3 liang and Nutmeg (Rou Dou Kou) 3 liang, fried in flour to remove oil. If food intake decreases, or digestion is difficult, or nausea and acid regurgitation occur, these are symptoms of Spleen-Stomach deficiency-cold; add Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang) 3-4 liang, stir-fried yellow. If abdominal pain does not stop, add Evodia Fruit (Wu Zhu Yu) 2 liang, soaked in soup for half a day then fried. If sore and painful waist and knees, add Walnut Meat (Hu Tao Rou) with skin 4 liang. If Yin deficiency with impotence, add Morinda Root (Ba Ji Tian) 4 liang and Cistanche Stem (Rou Cong Rong) 3 liang, or add 1-2 pairs of Yellow Dog Testicles (Huang Gou Wai Shen), boiled in wine until soft and mashed in.
Renshen Guben Wan (Ginseng Root Nourishing Foundation Pill) [from *Qian Jin Fang*]: Treats extreme deficiency of Lung Labor, Spleen deficiency with vexatious heat, or short dark urine, or fecal impaction. This is the sacred medicine for Yin deficiency with Fire.
Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) (2 liang), Anemarrhena Rhizome (Tian Dong), Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di) (each 4 liang).
Make honey pills.
Tianwang Buxin Dan (Emperor of Heaven’s Heart-Nourishing Pill) [from *Dao Zang*]: Treats excessive thinking, insufficiency of Yin and Blood, palpitations and amnesia, excessive sweating at the heart region, constipation or hard stools, mouth and tongue sores.
Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang) (4 liang), Biota Seed (Bai Zi Ren), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) (wine-washed), Sour Jujube Seed (Suan Zao Ren) (each 5 qian), Anemarrhena Rhizome (Tian Dong) (1 liang), Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) (1 liang), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) (5 qian), Scrophularia Root (Xuan Shen) (5 qian), Salvia Root (Dan Shen) (5 qian), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi) (1 liang), Platycodon Root (Jie Geng) (5 qian), Poria (Fu Ling) (5 qian, sometimes use Fushen), Polygala Root (Yuan Zhi Rou) (5 qian).
Make honey pills the size of bullet seeds, coated with Cinnabar (Zhu Sha). Take one pill before sleep with Decocction of Juncus Effusus (Deng Xin Tang), or hold in mouth to dissolve. Another version has 4 qian Acorus Rhizome (Shi Chang Pu), no Schisandra Berry. Another version has Licorice Root.
Guilu Erxian Gao (Tortoise and Deer Two Immortals Paste): Treats emaciation and shortness of breath, dream emission and seminal leakage, blurred vision, and exhaustion of Essence.
Deer Antler (Lu Jiao) (10 jin), Tortoise Plastron (Gui Ban) (5 jin), Goji Berry (Gou Qi) (1 jin), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) (1 jin).
First, saw and scrape clean the deer antler and tortoise plastron, soak in water, and simmer with mulberry wood fire into paste. Then decoct Ginseng Root and Goji Berry into paste and mix in. Take 3 qian with wine every morning.
Fusang Wan (Mulberry Pill) [from Hu Seng]: Dispels Wind-Damp, strengthens the emaciated, preserves youthfulness, blackens beard and hair, eliminates disease, and prolongs life.
Young Mulberry Leaf (Nen Sang Ye) (remove stems, wash clean, sun-dry and powder, 1 jin), Black Sesame Seed (Hei Zhi Ma) (named Ju Sheng Zi, washed clean, 4 liang).
Use 1 jin of white honey. Pound sesame seeds, boil to thick juice, mix with refined honey until it forms pearls when dropped in water. Add mulberry leaf powder to make pills. Another version: mulberry leaf powder and steamed-pounded sesame seeds in equal parts, honey pills. Take with salted soup in the morning, with wine in the evening.
Yiqi Congming Tang (Qi-Boosting and Hearing-Improving Decoction) [from Li Dongyuan]: Treats internal cataracts with blurred vision, tinnitus, and deafness.
Astragalus Root (Huang Qi), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) (each 5 qian), Kudzu Root (Ge Gen), Vitex Fruit (Man Jing Zi) (each 3 qian), White Peony Root (Bai Shao), Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) (each 2 qian), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Sheng Ma) (1.5 qian), Roasted Licorice Root (Zhi Gan Cao) (1 qian).
Take 4 qian each time before sleep, and again at the third watch (Wu Geng).
Yupingfeng San (Jade Windscreen Powder) [from *Jisheng Fang* / *Defang Fang*]: Treats incessant spontaneous sweating, Qi deficiency with weak exterior, susceptibility to Wind-Cold.
Astragalus Root (Huang Qi) (roasted), Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng) (each 1 liang), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu) (stir-fried, 2 liang).
Grind into powder. Take 3 qian each time.
Lingzhu Tusizi Wan: Treats Spleen-Kidney deficiency damage, failure to secure and contain, leading to dream emission and seminal slip, fatigue, etc.
Poria (Fu Ling), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu) (each 4 liang), Dodder Seed (Tu Si Zi) (double amount), Lotus Seed (Lian Rou) (de-heartened, 4 liang), Eucommia Bark (Du Zhong) (wine-fried, 3 liang), Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) (2 liang), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi) (wine-steamed, 1 liang), Roasted Licorice (Zhi Cao) (5 qian).
Use Chinese Yam powder,煮糊 (boil into paste) with aged wine to make pills, size of wutong seeds. Take over 100 pills on an empty stomach with plain boiling water or wine.
Sangpiaoxiao San (Mantis Egg Case Powder) [from Kou Zongshi]: Treats frequent urination with small volume, calms Spirit and protects Heart Qi, treats amnesia.
Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Poria (Fu Ling) (sometimes use Fushen), Acorus Rhizome (Shi Chang Pu) (salt-fried), Polygala Root (Yuan Zhi), Mantis Egg Case (Sang Piao Xiao) (salt-fried), Dragon Bone (Long Gu) (calcined), Tortoise Plastron (Gui Ban) (butter-fried, sometimes use Softshell Turtle Carapace), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui).
Grind into equal parts powder. Take 2 qian before sleep, with Ginseng Root decoction.
Sijunzi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction): Treats all cases of Yang deficiency and weak Qi, soft and deficient pulse, Spleen decline and Lung damage, poor appetite, emaciation with sallow complexion, tight skin and falling hair, faint voice, weakness in four limbs, as well as Spleen-Stomach disharmony, diarrhea/dysentery, deficiency-fullness.
Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu) (earth-fried), Poria (Fu Ling) (each 2 qian), Licorice Root (Gan Cao) (1 qian).
Add Ginger and Jujube, decoct and take.
Yigong San (Benefiting Function Powder): Regulates Spleen and Stomach.
This is the previous Sijunzi Tang plus Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi).
Liujunzi Tang (Six Gentlemen Decoction): Treats Spleen-Stomach Qi deficiency, inability to eat, leading to formation of Tan Xi (phlegm-rheum), occasional coughing up of sputum, or Stomach Qi deficiency-cold, frequently causing nausea and vomiting. Suitable for deficiency-malaria and post-illness conditions.
This is the previous Sijunzi Tang plus Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi) and Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia).
Xiangsha Liujunzi Tang (Cyperus and Amomum Six Gentlemen Decoction): Treats deficiency-cold stomach pain, or abdominal pain with diarrhea.
This is the previous Liujunzi Tang plus Cyperus Rhizome (Xiang Fu) and Amomum Fruit (Sha Ren).
Liushen San (Six Gods Powder) [from Wuze]: Treats children who develop fever again after the exterior heat of a disease has subsided.
This is the previous Liujunzi Tang plus Chinese Yam (Shan Yao) and Lablab Bean (Bian Dou).
Bazhen Tang (Eight Treasures Decoction): Treats dual deficiency of Qi and Blood, and Stomach damage, where food cannot transform into flesh and muscle.
This combines the previous Sijunzi Tang with the following Siwu Tang.
Shiquan Dabu Tang (Ten Complete Great Tonifying Decoction): Treats internal exhaustion of True Yin and external bulging of deficient Yang.
This is the previous Bazhen Tang plus Astragalus Root (Huang Qi) and Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui).
Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Middle-Boosting Qi-Enriching Decoction): Treats internal injury from fatigue and overwork, fever and irritability, headache and aversion to cold, reluctance to speak and eat, large and deficient pulse, shortness of breath and thirst, or spontaneous sweating due to Yang deficiency, or shortness of breath unable to support Yuan Qi, leading to spleen deficiency from prolonged malaria/dysentery that does not heal, all cases of sinking of Clear Yang and insufficiency of Middle Qi.
Astragalus Root (Huang Qi) (honey-roasted), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Licorice Root (Gan Cao) (roasted), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu) (earth-fried), Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) (each 5 fen), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Sheng Ma), Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu) (each 3 fen).
Decoct with 3 slices of Ginger and 2 Jujubes. If Blood is insufficient, add Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui). If spirit is lacking, add Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) and Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi). If Lung heat cough, remove Ginseng Root (Ren Shen). If throat dry, add Kudzu Root (Ge Gen). If headache, add Vitex Fruit (Man Jing Zi). If severe pain, add Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuan Xiong). If brain pain, add Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome (Gao Ben) and Asarum Root (Xi Xin). If Wind-Damp combing causing whole-body pain, add Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiang Huo) and Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng). If phlegm, add Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia) and Ginger. If Stomach Cold with Qi stagnation, add Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi), Cardamom Seed (Kou Ren), Aucklandia Root (Mu Xiang), and Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yi Zhi). If abdominal distension, add Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi), Magnolia Bark ( Hou Po), Aucklandia Root (Mu Xiang), and Amomum Fruit (Sha Ren). If abdominal pain, add White Peony Root (Bai Shao) and Licorice Root (Gan Cao). If hot pain, add Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin). If able to eat but epigastric fullness, add Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian). If sore throat, add Platycodon Root (Jie Geng). If Cold, add Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui). If Dampness prevails, add Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (Cang Zhu). If Deficient Fire, add Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) and Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhi Mu). If Yin deficiency, remove Cimicifuga Rhizome (Sheng Ma) and Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), add Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang), Cornus Fruit (Shan Yu Rou), and Chinese Yam (Shan Yao). If severe constipation, add Rhubarb (Da Huang) wine-baked. If cough, add Inula Flower (Xuan Fu Hua) and Farflower Bud (Kuan Dong) in Spring, Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) and Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi) in Summer, Ephedra Stem (Ma Huang) and Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin) in Autumn, Ephedra Stem (Ma Huang) retaining roots and nodes in Winter. If cold weather, add Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang). If diarrhea, remove Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui), add Poria (Fu Ling), Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (Cang Zhu), and Alpinia Oxyphylla Fruit (Yi Zhi). If winter chills, fever, and no sweat with floating-tight pulse, add Ephedra Stem (Ma Huang). If floating-slow pulse with sweat, add Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi) and White Peony Root (Bai Shao).
Tiaozhong Yiqi Tang (Regulating Middle Qi-Enriching Decoction): Treats Spleen-Stomach disharmony, chest fullness and limb fatigue, poor appetite and shortness of breath, loss of taste, and regurgitation of food.
This is the previous Buzhong Yiqi Tang removing Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) and Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), adding Aucklandia Root (Mu Xiang) and Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (Cang Zhu).
Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction): Treats all Blood deficiency and women’s menstrual diseases.
Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) (wine-washed), Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang) (each 3 qian), White Peony Root (Bai Shao) (2 qian), Ligusticum Rhizome (Chuan Xiong) (1.5 qian).
To cool Blood: add Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian) to Heart, Tugeli Scutellaria Root (Tiao Qin) to Liver, Kuchuri Scutellaria Root (Ku Qin) to Lung, Real Scutellaria Root (Shi Qin) to Large Intestine, Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian) to Gallbladder, Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo) to Kidney/Bladder, Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di) to Spleen, Rhubarb (Da Huang) to Stomach, Cortex Lycii (Di Gu Pi) to Sanjiao, Moutan Bark (Dan Pi) to Pericardium, Gardenia Fruit (Zhi Zi) and Wood Vetch Root (Mu Tong) to Small Intestine.
To clear Qi: add Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) to Heart/Pericardium, Fructus Aurantii (Zhi Ke) to Lung, Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu) and Green Tangerine Peel (Qing Pi) to Liver, White Peony Root (Bai Shao) to Spleen, Kudzu Root (Gan Ge) and Gypsum (Shi Gao) to Stomach, Forsythia Fruit (Lian Qiao) to Large Intestine/Sanjiao, Red Poria (Chi Fu) to Small Intestine, Talcum (Hua Shi) and Amber (Hu Po) to Bladder.
For Blood deficiency, add Tortoise Plastron (Gui Ban). For Blood dryness, add Human Milk. For Blood stasis, add Peach Kernel (Tao Ren), Safflower (Hong Hua), Leek Juice (Jiu Zhi), and Child’s Urine (Tong Bian) to promote flow. For sudden bleeding, add Mint (Bo He) and Scrophularia Root (Xuan Shen) to dissipate. For unceasing bleeding, add Stir-fried Lygodium Spore (Chao Pu Huang) and Beijing Inkstone (Jing Mo). For long-term unceasing bleeding, add Cimicifuga Rhizome (Sheng Ma) to guide Blood back to vessels. For women with purple-black menstrual blood and rapid pulse indicating Heat, add Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin) and Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian). For pale blood and slow pulse indicating Cold, add Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi) and Aconite Root (Fu Zi). For obese people with Phlegm, add Pinellia Tuber (Ban Xia), Arisaema Rhizome (Nan Xing), and Tangerine Peel (Ju Hong). For thin people with Fire, add Black Gardenia (Hei Zhi Zi), Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhi Mu), and Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo). For stagnation, add Aucklandia Root (Mu Xiang), Amomum Fruit (Sha Ren), Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome (Cang Zhu), and Medicated Leaven (Shen Qu). For stasis, add Peach Kernel (Tao Ren), Safflower (Hong Hua), Corydalis Rhizome (Yan Hu), and Cinnamon Twig (Rou Gui). For Qi deficiency, add Ginseng Root (Ren Shen) and Astragalus Root (Huang Qi). For Qi excess, add Immature Bitter Orange (Zhi Shi) and Magnolia Bark (Hou Po). Wang Haicang adds Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin) and Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu), naming it Wen Liuhe Tang. Treats menorrhagia, adds Gardenia (Zhi Zi) and Coptis (Huang Lian), naming it Re Liuhe Tang. Treats reckless bleeding due to Blood Heat, adds Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang) and Aconite (Fu Zi), naming it Han Liuhe Tang. Treats deficiency-cold of Blood Sea, adds Notopterygium (Qiang Huo) and Saposhnikovia (Qiang Huo - note: text says Qiong Qiang, likely typo for Qiang Huo/Qiong Qiang), naming it Feng Liuhe Tang. Treats Blood deficiency with Wind-itch, adds Chen Pi and Hou Po, naming it Qi Liuhe Tang, treating Qi stagnation and menstrual obstruction.
Zhibai Siwu Tang (Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Four Substances Decoction): Treats Yin deficiency with Fire.
This is the previous Siwu Tang plus Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhi Mu) and Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo).
Qiangfang Siwu Tang (Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia, and Four Substances Decoction): Treats Wind-deficiency vertigo and Wind-constipation.
This is the previous Siwu Tang plus Notopterygium Rhizome (Qiang Huo) and Saposhnikovia Root (Fang Feng).
Yuanrong Siwu Tang (Yuanrong Four Substances Decoction): Treats Blood knot with constipation and traumatic bruising/blood stasis.
This is the previous Siwu Tang plus Peach Kernel (Tao Ren) and Safflower (Hong Hua).
Jiawei Siwu Tang (Modified Four Substances Decoction) [from Xue Ji]: Treats Blood deficiency with Heat.
This is the previous Siwu Tang plus Moutan Bark (Dan Pi) and Gardenia Fruit (Shan Zhi).
Danggui Buxue Tang (Angelica Sinensis Tonifying Blood Decoction) [from Li Dongyuan]: Treats injury from labor, skin heat and red face, vexatious thirst with desire to drink, large and deficient pulse.
Astragalus Root (Huang Qi) (roasted, 1 liang), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) (wine-washed, 2 qian).
Take on an empty stomach.
Guipi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction) [from *Jisheng Fang*]: Treats excessive thinking, injuring Heart and Spleen through labor, palpitations and amnesia, fright palpitations and night sweats, fever and body fatigue, poor appetite and insomnia, or Spleen deficiency failing to control Blood leading to reckless bleeding, as well as women’s menstrual disorders, or Heart-Spleen pain with desire to lie down, limb pain, irregular bowel movements, or scrofula and flowing abscesses that cannot dissipate, suppurate, or heal.
Astragalus Root (Huang Qi) (honey-roasted), Angelica Sinensis Root (Dang Gui) (wine-washed), Longan Aril (Long Yan Rou) (each 2 qian), Sour Jujube Seed (Zao Ren) (stir-fried and ground), Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (Bai Zhu) (earth-fried, each 1.5 qian), Ginseng Root (Ren Shen), Fushen (each 1 qian), Polygala Root (Yuan Zhi) (de-hearted, 8 fen), Aucklandia Root (Mu Xiang) (ground and mixed in), Licorice Root (Gan Cao) (each 5 fen).
Decoct with Ginger and Jujube. If Lung and Kidney are injured, add Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong) and Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi). If Liver and Kidney are injured, add White Peony Root (Bai Shao), which is more beneficial. If arising from depression, add Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu), Moutan Bark (Dan Pi), and Gardenia Fruit (Shan Zhi). If not a disease of the Two Yangs leading to palpitations, remove Aucklandia Root (Mu Xiang) and add Goji Berry (Gou Qi). If dream emission, add Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang), Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi), White Peony Root (Bai Shao), and Oyster Shell (Mu Li). If accompanied by excess Fire of Pericardium, add Coptis Rhizome (Huang Lian) and Prepared Rehmannia Root (Sheng Di Huang). If phlegm, add Fritillaria Bulb (Bei Mu). If accompanied by Minister Fire, add Phellodendron Bark (Huang Bo), Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhi Mu), and Ophiopogon Tuber (Mai Dong).
Jiawei Guipi Tang (Modified Restore the Spleen Decoction) [from Xue Ji]: Treats Blood Heat.
This is the previous Guipi Tang plus Moutan Bark (Dan Pi) and Gardenia Fruit (Shan Zhi).
Hei Guipi Tang (Black Restore the Spleen Decoction): Treats Yin deficiency and Blood scarcity.
This is the previous Guipi Tang plus large amounts of Prepared Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang). Some versions stir-fry the entire mixture until black.
Renshen Yangying Tang (Ginseng Nourishing Harmony Decoction): Treats Spleen deficiency with poor appetite and tasteless food, body fatigue and emaciation, Lung deficiency with sallow complexion and shortness of breath, hair loss, and dark, difficult urination.