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