No.   Name   Combination   Action   Indication   Thumbnail
129   Ephedra, Aconite and Asarum Decoction   Ephedrae Herba; Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata; Asari Radix et Rhizoma   Assists yang to release the exterior.   1. This formula is indicated for patterns of yang-deficiency with externally contracted wind-cold. Signs and symptoms include fever, severe aversion to cold that does not
improve even with thick layer of clothes and a quilt, lassitude, lethargy, and a deep and tiny pulse.
2. It is also indicated for a sudden loss of voice. Signs and symptoms include a sudden onset of a harsh voice, loss of voice, severe sore throat, aversion to cold, fever, lassitude, and lethargy. A pale tongue with a white coating and a deep and forceless pulse.
 
130   Ephedra Decoction   Ephedrae Herba; Cinnamomi Ramulus; Armeniacae Semen Amarum; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma   Induces sweating to release the exterior, diffuses the lung to calm labored breathing.   Ma Huang Tang is indicated for an externally contracted wind-cold exterior-excess pattern. The symptoms are aversion to cold, headache, generalized body pain, absence of
sweating, and labored breathing. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is superficial and tight.
 
131   Original Qi-Restoring and Blood-Moving Decoction   Bupleuri Radix; Trichosanthis Radix; Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Carthami Flos; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Manis Squama; Rhei Radix
et Rhizoma; Persicae Semen
  Invigorates blood and dispels stasis, soothes liver and unblocks the collaterals.   Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang is indicated for injuries from falls, fractures, contusions, and strains, as well as, patterns of blood stasis marked by unbearable hypochondriac pain
due to obstructive stasis.
 
132   Universal Relief Toxin-Removing Beverage   Scutellariae Radix; Coptidis Rhizoma; Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium; Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; Scrophulariae Radix; Bupleuri
Radix; Platycodonis Radix; Forsythiae Fructus; Isatidis Radix; Lasiosphaera Calvatia; Arctii Fructus; Menthae Haplocalycis Herba; Bombyx Batryticatus; Cimicifugae Rhizoma
  Clears heat, resolves toxins, scatters wind, and disperses swelling.   This formula is indicated for swollen-head infection (also referred to as massive head scourge). The symptoms are redness, swelling, and pain in the head and face, failure
to open the eyes, red, swollen, and sore throat, aversion to cold with fever, thirst, a red tongue with a yellow coating, and a forceful rapid pulse.