Traditional Chinese Medicine/Formula Design

There are 64 therapeutic methods in the design of TCM formulas*:


 * 1) ../Relieving The Exterior With Pungent And Warm Herbs/
 * 2) ../Relieving The Exterior With Pungent And Cool Herbs/
 * 3) ../Reinforcing The Defensive Qi By Consolidating Superficial Resistance/
 * 4) ../Lowering Adverse Flow Of Qi By Warming The Lung/
 * 5) ../Lowering Adverse Flow Of Qi By Clearing Away Heat From The Lung/
 * 6) ../Removing Phlegm By Eliminating Dampness/
 * 7) ../Resolving Phlegm By Clearing Away Heat/
 * 8) ../Relieving Cough By Tonifying The Lung/
 * 9) ../Stopping Cough By Astringing The Lung/
 * 10) ../Relieving Cough By Dispersing The Lung/
 * 11) ../Moistening The Lung By Removing Dryness/
 * 12) ../Inducing Diuresis By Removing Heat From The Lung/
 * 13) ../Strengthening The Spleen By Warming The Middle-jiao/
 * 14) ../Clearing Away Heat With Pungent And Cold Herbs/
 * 15) ../Removing Stagnated Heat With Bitter Herbs/
 * 16) ../Removing Stagnancy By Promoting Digestion And Eliminating Undigested Food/
 * 17) ../Reinforcing The Spleen By Invigorating Qi/
 * 18) ../Rescuing The Collapse By Invigorating Qi/
 * 19) ../Lowering Flow Of Qi By Regulating Middle-jiao/
 * 20) ../Dispersing And Descending Method With Bitter And Pungent Herbs/
 * 21) ../Clearing Away Heat And Dispelling Dampness/
 * 22) ../Inducing Diuresis By Strengthening The Spleen/
 * 23) ../Nourishing Stomach-yin/
 * 24) ../Purgative Method With Bitter And Cold Herbs/
 * 25) ../Removing Stagnancy By Warming Yang/
 * 26) ../Relieving Constipation By Loosening The Bowels/
 * 27) ../Stopping Dysentery By Clearing Away Heat/
 * 28) ../Inducing Astringency By Warming The Middle-jiao/
 * 29) ../Arresting Bleeding By Warming The Spleen/
 * 30) ../Harmonizing The Liver And Spleen/
 * 31) ../Both Invigorating Qi And Tonifying Blood/
 * 32) ../Expelling Cold By Warming The Channels/
 * 33) ../Regulating The Liver By Enriching The Blood/
 * 34) ../Removing Stasis By Activating Blood Flow/
 * 35) ../Arresting Bleeding By Clearing Away Heat/
 * 36) ../Soothing The Liver By Regulating Qi/
 * 37) ../Stopping Endogenous Wind By Calming The Liver/
 * 38) ../Relieving Convulsion By Stopping Endogenous Wind/
 * 39) ../Treating Shaoyang Disease By Mediation/
 * 40) ../Clearing Away Heat By Nourishing Yin/
 * 41) ../Subduing Pain By Eliminating Obstruction/
 * 42) ../Cooling Blood By Clearing Up Yingfen/
 * 43) ../Clearing Away Heat From Both Qifen And Xuefen/
 * 44) ../Inducing Resuscitation By Clearing Away Heat/
 * 45) ../Inducing Resuscitation By Eliminating Phlegm/
 * 46) ../Nourishing The Heart And Tranquilizing The Mind/
 * 47) ../Tranquilizing The Mind With Heavy Materials/
 * 48) ../Subduing Swelling And Dissolving Lumps By Clearing Away Heat And Removing Poison/
 * 49) ../Restoring Yang For Resuscitation/
 * 50) ../Restoring Physiological Coordination Between The Heart And The Kidney/
 * 51) ../Nourishing Yin By Tonifying The Kidney/
 * 52) ../Warming And Nourishing Kidney Yang/
 * 53) ../Astringing Emission By Reinforcing The Kidney/
 * 54) ../Inducing Diuresis By Warming Kidney-yang/
 * 55) ../Treating Stranguria By Inducing Diuresis And Clearing Away Heat/
 * 56) ../Simultaneous Treatment Of Both Lung And Kidney Diseases/
 * 57) ../Strengthening The Spleen By Warming The Kidney-yang/
 * 58) ../Clearing Away Summer Heat/
 * 59) ../Resolving Dampness With Aromatic Herbs/
 * 60) ../Softening Hard Lumps By Resolving Phlegm/
 * 61) ../Relieving Colic By Expelling Intestinal Parasites/
 * 62) ../Removing Obstruction By Activating Yang/
 * 63) ../Expelling Pathogenic Factors From Both The Interior And Exterior/
 * 64) ../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