Herbal Formulas
Classic and modern herbal combinations explained.
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Bao He Wan (Preserve Harmony Pill): TCM's Classic Digestive Formula
Discover Bao He Wan (保和丸), one of TCM's most trusted formulas for food stagnation, bloating, and indigestion. Learn about its ingredients, mechanism, and clinical applications.
Ma Huang Tang (Ephedra Decoction): TCM's Classic Formula for External Cold
Learn about Ma Huang Tang (麻黄汤), Zhang Zhongjing's legendary formula for treating Wind-Cold external pathogens. Understand its ingredients, mechanism, and why it remains clinically relevant today.
Gui Pi Tang: TCM's Formula for Overthinking, Insomnia, and Mental Fatigue
Learn about Gui Pi Tang (Restore the Spleen Decoction) — the classic TCM formula for anxiety, insomnia, poor memory, and fatigue caused by excessive thinking and Spleen-Heart Blood deficiency.
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan: TCM's Most Famous Kidney Yin Tonic
Learn about Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill) — the classic TCM formula for Kidney Yin deficiency, addressing night sweats, lower back pain, tinnitus, and aging concerns.
Si Jun Zi Tang: The Four Gentlemen Decoction — Foundation of TCM Tonifying Formulas
Learn about Si Jun Zi Tang (四君子汤), the foundational Qi-tonifying formula in TCM. Understand its composition, mechanism of action, clinical applications, and the many derived formulas it has inspired.
Si Wu Tang (Four-Substance Decoction): The Essential Blood Tonic Formula of TCM
Learn about Si Wu Tang, the most famous Blood-tonifying formula in TCM — its ingredients, benefits for women's health, and how to use it for menstrual and skin issues.
Xiao Yao San (Free and Easy Wanderer): TCM's Classic Stress and Mood Formula
Discover Xiao Yao San, one of the most popular TCM formulas for stress, mood swings, PMS, and digestive issues caused by Liver Qi stagnation and Spleen deficiency.
Yin Qiao San: TCM's Go-To Formula for Early Stage Colds and Flu
Learn about Yin Qiao San — the classic TCM formula for the early stages of Wind-Heat colds, with sore throat, fever, and yellow phlegm. Keep it in your medicine cabinet.