Traditional Chinese Medicine/Formula Design

There are 64 therapeutic methods in the design of TCM formulas*: ../Relieving The Exterior With Pungent And Warm Herbs/ ../Relieving The Exterior With Pungent And Cool Herbs/ ../Reinforcing The Defensive Qi By Consolidating Superficial Resistance/ ../Lowering Adverse Flow Of Qi By Warming The Lung/ ../Lowering Adverse Flow Of Qi By Clearing Away Heat From The Lung/ ../Removing Phlegm By Eliminating Dampness/ ../Resolving Phlegm By Clearing Away Heat/ ../Relieving Cough By Tonifying The Lung/ ../Stopping Cough By Astringing The Lung/ ../Relieving Cough By Dispersing The Lung/ ../Moistening The Lung By Removing Dryness/ ../Inducing Diuresis By Removing Heat From The Lung/ ../Strengthening The Spleen By Warming The Middle-jiao/ ../Clearing Away Heat With Pungent And Cold Herbs/ ../Removing Stagnated Heat With Bitter Herbs/ ../Removing Stagnancy By Promoting Digestion And Eliminating Undigested Food/ ../Reinforcing The Spleen By Invigorating Qi/ ../Rescuing The Collapse By Invigorating Qi/ ../Lowering Flow Of Qi By Regulating Middle-jiao/ ../Dispersing And Descending Method With Bitter And Pungent Herbs/ ../Clearing Away Heat And Dispelling Dampness/ ../Inducing Diuresis By Strengthening The Spleen/ ../Nourishing Stomach-yin/ ../Purgative Method With Bitter And Cold Herbs/ ../Removing Stagnancy By Warming Yang/ ../Relieving Constipation By Loosening The Bowels/ ../Stopping Dysentery By Clearing Away Heat/ ../Inducing Astringency By Warming The Middle-jiao/ ../Arresting Bleeding By Warming The Spleen/ ../Harmonizing The Liver And Spleen/ ../Both Invigorating Qi And Tonifying Blood/ ../Expelling Cold By Warming The Channels/ ../Regulating The Liver By Enriching The Blood/ ../Removing Stasis By Activating Blood Flow/ ../Arresting Bleeding By Clearing Away Heat/ ../Soothing The Liver By Regulating Qi/ ../Stopping Endogenous Wind By Calming The Liver/ ../Relieving Convulsion By Stopping Endogenous Wind/ ../Treating Shaoyang Disease By Mediation/ ../Clearing Away Heat By Nourishing Yin/ ../Subduing Pain By Eliminating Obstruction/ ../Cooling Blood By Clearing Up Yingfen/ ../Clearing Away Heat From Both Qifen And Xuefen/ ../Inducing Resuscitation By Clearing Away Heat/ ../Inducing Resuscitation By Eliminating Phlegm/ ../Nourishing The Heart And Tranquilizing The Mind/ ../Tranquilizing The Mind With Heavy Materials/ ../Subduing Swelling And Dissolving Lumps By Clearing Away Heat And Removing Poison/ ../Restoring Yang For Resuscitation/ ../Restoring Physiological Coordination Between The Heart And The Kidney/ ../Nourishing Yin By Tonifying The Kidney/ ../Warming And Nourishing Kidney Yang/ ../Astringing Emission By Reinforcing The Kidney/ ../Inducing Diuresis By Warming Kidney-yang/ ../Treating Stranguria By Inducing Diuresis And Clearing Away Heat/ ../Simultaneous Treatment Of Both Lung And Kidney Diseases/ ../Strengthening The Spleen By Warming The Kidney-yang/ ../Clearing Away Summer Heat/ ../Resolving Dampness With Aromatic Herbs/ ../Softening Hard Lumps By Resolving Phlegm/ ../Relieving Colic By Expelling Intestinal Parasites/ ../Removing Obstruction By Activating Yang/ ../Expelling Pathogenic Factors From Both The Interior And Exterior/ ../Clearing The Upper And Warming The Lower Part Of The Body/ Ref: Liu Gongwang, "Fundamentals of Formulas of Chinese Medicine (Clinical Essentials of Contemporary Series Chinese Medicine) (English and Chinese Edition)". Hua Xia Publishing House (October 4, 2002). ISBN: 7508019954