Heart Four Formulas
1. Sheng Mai Yin (Sheng Mai Decoction): Suitable for Heart Qi Deficiency, presenting symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, palpitations, and spontaneous sweating.
2. Shen Fu Qiang Xin Wan (Ginseng and Aconite Heart-Strengthening Pill): Suitable for Heart Yang Deficiency, with symptoms like palpitations, cold limbs, and pale complexion.
3. Ren Shen Yang Rong Wan (Ginseng Nourishing Pill): Suitable for Heart Blood Deficiency, often manifesting as palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, and a sallow complexion.
4. Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (Heavenly Emperor Heart-Supplementing Pill): Suitable for Heart Yin Deficiency, with symptoms including irritability, insomnia, heat in the palms and soles, and night sweats. When cough and wheezing prevent lying down to sleep, there is a lesser-known ‘general’ among cough remedies.
Liver Four Formulas
1. Chai Hu Shu Gan Wan (Bupleurum Liver-Soothing Pill): Suitable for Liver Qi Stagnation, commonly presenting as rib-side distension and emotional depression.
2. Dan Zhi Xiao Yao Wan (Moutan and Gardenia Free and Easy Pill): Suitable for Liver Fire Excess, with symptoms such as dizziness, bitter mouth, dry throat, irritability, and anger.
3. Yang Xue Rong Jin Wan (Blood Nourishing and Tendon Strengthening Pill): Suitable for Liver Blood Deficiency, presenting as numbness in limbs and muscle cramps.
4. Tian Ma Gou Teng Guo (Gastrodia and Uncaria Granules): Suitable for Liver Yang Rising, with symptoms including dizziness, tinnitus, and red face and eyes.
Spleen Four Formulas
1. Si Jun Zi Wan (Four Gentlemen Pill): Suitable for Spleen Qi Deficiency, commonly presenting as poor appetite and fatigue.
2. Liang Jun Zi Wan (Six Gentlemen Pill): Suitable for Phlegm-Damp Obstruction of the Spleen, with symptoms such as cough with copious phlegm and chest tightness.
3. Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan (Aconite and Ginseng Regulating Pill): Suitable for Spleen Yang Deficiency, presenting as cold abdominal pain and preference for warmth and pressure.
4. Ren Ling Bai Zhu San (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Powder): Suitable for Spleen Deficiency with Dampness, with symptoms such as poor appetite, loose stools, and shortness of breath with cough.
Lung Four Formulas
1. Bu Fei Wan (Lung-Supplementing Pill): Suitable for Lung Qi Deficiency, commonly presenting as shortness of breath and weak cough.
2. Yin Huang Granules (Silver and Yellow Granules): Suitable for Heat in the Lungs, with symptoms such as cough with yellow phlegm and dry mouth and throat.
3. Bai He Guo Jin Pian (Lily Solid Gold Tablets): Suitable for Lung Yin Deficiency, presenting as dry cough with little phlegm and dry throat pain.
4. Tong Xuan Li Fei Wan (Open and Clear Lung Pill): Suitable for Cold in the Lungs, with symptoms such as heavy cough and clear, thin phlegm.
Kidney Four Formulas
1. Liang Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill): Suitable for Kidney Yin Deficiency, commonly presenting as soreness in the lower back and knees, dizziness, and tinnitus.
2. Jin Kui Shen Qi Wan (Golden Cabinet Kidney Qi Pill): Suitable for Kidney Yang Deficiency, with symptoms such as cold pain in the lower back and knees, and cold limbs.
3. Wu Zi Yan Zong Wan (Five Seeds Pill): Suitable for Kidney Essence Deficiency, presenting as impotence, infertility, and premature ejaculation.
4. Gui Lu Er Xian Wan (Tortoise and Deer Antler Two Immortals Pill): Suitable for Kidney Yin and Yang Deficiency, with symptoms such as soreness in the lower back and knees, cold limbs, dizziness, and tinnitus.