First master the eight (8) hemostatics that also cool blood (凉血止血药). They are useful in treating hemorrhage due to heat in the blood.
While they all have the function, some have more specific areas they treat:
daji, baimaogen and baimaogen are broad hemostatics
huaihua and diyu are very good for blood in the stool
cebaiye is also astringent
zhumagen is [...]
肠痈之为病，其身甲错，腹皮急，按之濡，如肿状，腹无积聚，身无热，脉数，此为肠内有痈脓，薏苡附子败酱散主之。
Here’s a line containing information on chang yong (肠痈) — or intestinal abscess — where pus has already formed. A rough translation: the body is dry, abdomen skin is tight, however when pressure is put on it, there is softness, as if there were a swell, but not a growth in the abdomen, no body [...]
肠痈者，少腹肿痞，按之即痛，如淋，小便自调，时时发热，自汗出，复恶寒。其脉迟紧者，脓未成，可下之，当有血。脉洪数者，脓已成，不可下也。大黄牡丹汤主之。
This line is about treatment of intestinal abscess (肠痈) in the situation where pus has not been discharged. A rough translation: A person with intestinal abscess, a glomus-swell in the shaofu-abdomen; when pressure is applied there is pain like in lin disease (where there is pain when urinating), [but] urination is smooth, [there is] occasional [...]
Three guiding principles:
生津润燥
宣肺布津
通络行滞
Proposed formula template:
君：麦冬，南沙参，乌梅肉：清虚而不腻
臣：紫菀：润肺开肺，使道路通而不结
佐：生石膏
佐使：甘草
保和丸，治一切食积。 (line from 《丹溪心法》)
Baohe wan is a medical formula created by Zhu Danxi used to treat what is termed food stagnation (食积). Especially useful if one feels a bloating sensation in the stomach after a meal, a sign of possible indigestion. We already have the TCM explanation for this formula make-up. It would hence be more [...]
There are several ways of treating acne. While many of them concentrate on getting rid of the heat or damp-heat – whether it is Lung heat or Yang Ming heat, we also can consider building the Spleen to get rid of damp, especially if the person has a pallid and scalloped tongue.
To Treat Lung Heat:
The [...]