A patient reports fatigue and bloating after eating, along with poor appetite, loose bowels and frequent diarrhea. Their abdomen is painful on palpation and they also report abdominal pain before bowel movements. Which formula do you recommend?

Ping Wei San Calm the Stomach Powder

A patient reports recent onset of diarrhea and nausea after returning home from a trip abroad. They report loud and frequent borborygmus, along with fever and chills and headache. Their pulse is floating and slippery and their tongue coating is white and greasy. Which formula do you recommend?

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San Patchouli/Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi

A patient presents with difficult urination. They also have a slight fever, headache, and strong thirst. Their tongue coating is white, thick and greasy, and their pulse is floating and thready. Which formula do you recommend?

Wu Ling San Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria

An elderly patient reports lower back pain. This has been worsening over the past several years and worsens in cold weather. They use a heated blanket at night. They also report notable pains, weakness and stiffness in the legs. The pulse is thin, weak, and slow. The tongue is pale with a white coating. Which formula would you suggest?

Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang Pubescent Angelica and Taxillus Decoction

A patient reports frozen shoulder. Range of motion is restricted and movement is painful. The pain is worse in damp weather. They also report a sensation of heaviness throughout their body. The tongue is pale with a white coating. The pulse is thin. Which formula would you recommend?

Juan Bi Tang Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction

A patient complains of knee and foot pain. The issue is bilateral. The affected areas are red and swollen and feel hot to the touch. You discover that they also have scanty, yellow urination and the tongue has a greasy yellow coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Er Miao San Two-Marvel Powder

A patient presents with acute jaundice symptoms -- yellowed skin, bright yellow urination, and thirst. Their tongue has a greasy yellow coat and their pulse is slippery and rapid. Which formula do you recommend?

Yin Chen Hao Tang Virgate Wormwood Decoction

A patient presents with a cough they have had for two months. They cough large amounts of white phlegm and also report bouts of nausea and dizziness. Their tongue coat is white and greasy and their pulse is slippery. Which formula do you recommend?

Er Chen Tang Two-Aged Herb Decoction

A patient complains of a dry cough. There is some scanty sputum but it is difficult to expectorate. They have a dry throat and a dry, red tongue. The pulse is rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Bei Mu Gua Lou San Fritillaria and Trichosantes Fruit Powder

A patient complains of insomnia occurring for the past several weeks. They appear anxious and are easily startled. They also report dizziness, nausea, and occasional gnawing hunger. Their tongue coat is yellow and greasy, and their pulse is rapid and slippery. Which formula do you recommend?

Wen Dan Tang Warm the Gallbladder Decoction

A patient complains of coughing, with thick yellow sputum. They also report discomfort in the chest and constipation. Their tongue has a greasy yellow coating and their pulse is slippery, rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Xiao Xian Xiong Tang Minor Decoction for Pathogens Stuck in the Chest

A patient complains of a feeling of always being out of breath. This arose two months ago, alongside a cough that occasionally contains sticky yellow phlegm. Their tongue is red and scalloped with a greasy yellow coat, and their pulse is slippery and rapid. Which formula do you recommend?

Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan (Tang) Clear the Qi and Transform Phlegm Pill

A patient presents with chronic diarrhea. Their stools usually occur in the morning and tend to contain mucus and undigested food. Additionally, their legs are swollen (+1 pitting edema) and their extremities are cold to the touch. Their tongue is pale with a white, greasy coat, and their pulse is deep, thready and slow. Which formula do you recommend?

Shen Ling Bai Zhu San Ginseng, Poria, and White Atractylodes Powder

A patient complains of dizziness. They also report headaches, with a heavy sensation, and nausea. Their pulse is slippery and their tongue has a greasy, white coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang Pinellia, White Atractylodes and Gastrodia Decoction

A patient complains of stomach pain following a three-day feast. They suffer from acid regurgitation, repeated belching, and bloating throughout their abdomen. Their tongue coat is yellow and greasy and their pulse is slippery. Which formula do you recommend?

Bao He Wan Preserve Harmony Pill

A patient presents with a painful, knot-like nodule on their neck, that has appeared over the course of several weeks. They also have a dry mouth. Their tongue is red, and their pulse is rapid and wiry. Which formula do you recommend?

Xiao Luo Wan Reduce Scrofula Pill

An elderly patient presents with difficulty breathing. This is accompanied by a sensation of tightness in the chest, nausea and expectoration of white phlegm. The patient also reports diminished appetite and difficult digestion. The tongue coat is white and greasy and the pulse is slippery. Which formula do you recommend?

San Zi Yang Qin Tang Three Seed Decoction to Nourish One's Parents

A patient reports the following issues: nausea, coughing, anxiety, and a sensation of something caught in the throat. The tongue has a greasy white coating and the pulse is wiry. Which formula would you recommend?

Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction

A patient presents with recent onset of a cold, causing difficult breathing and cough with watery phlegm. They also report chronic low back and knee pain, as well as urinary difficulty and fatigue. Their tongue is pale with a white, greasy coat. Which formula do you recommend?

Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward

A patient presents with a hard, painful nodule in their neck. Their tongue coat is thin and greasy, and their pulse is wiry and slippery. Which formula do you recommend?

Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang Sargassum Decoction for the Jade Flask

A patient complains with difficulty breathing, particularly wheezing. They also report fever and chills, thirst, and expectoration of yellow phlegm. Their tongue coat is thin and whitish-yellow, and their pulse is floating and rapid. Which formula do you recommend?

Ding Chuan Tang Arrest Wheezing Decoction

A patient presents with wheezing and significant white phlegm that is difficult to expectorate. They also report nausea and a feeling of dryness in their throat. The tongue coat is peeled. Which formula do you recommend?

Jin Shui Liu Jun Jian Six Gentlemen of Metal and Water Decoction

A patient presents with sharp chest pain, which is so intense that the patient has difficulty lying down. This is accompanied by wheezing and coughing, a white, greasy tongue coating, and a submerged, wiry pulse. Which formula do you recommend?

Gua Lou Xie Bai Ban Xia Tang Tricosanthes Fruit, Chinese Garlic, and Wine Decoction

A patient reports seizures during which they often lose consciousness. This can be accompanied by vomiting of white phlegm and incontinence. Their tongue coat is greasy white, and their pulse is wiry, slippery and rapid. Which formula do you recommend?

Ding Xian Wan Arrest Seizures Pill

A patient presents with mania and irrational behavior, including sudden bouts of extreme, violent anger. This is accompanied by severe palpitations, anxiety, and insomnia with disturbed dreams. The tongue coat is yellow, thick and greasy, and the pulse is slippery, rapid and forceful. Which formula do you recommend?

Gun Tan Wan Flushing Away Rolling Phlegm Pill

A patient reports blood in their stools occurring over the past two weeks. This is accompanied by irritability, fever, and red eyes. The tongue coat is greasy and yellow. Which formula do you recommend?

Xie Xin Tang Drain the Epigastrium Decoction

A patients reports edema. It is chronic, gradually worsening over the past few years. It is mostly in the legs and it does pit. They also report fatigue, coldness, abdominal bloating, poor appetite and loose BM. The pulse is deep and weak and the tongue is pale with a thick white coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Shi Pi Yin Bolster the Spleen Drink

A patient reports edema, primarily in the arms and legs. They also report a heavy feeling in their body, fullness in the abdomen, sleepiness, poor appetite and occasional nausea. The urine is scanty and clear. The tongue has a white greasy coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Wu Pi San Five Peel Powder

A patient reports edema, mostly in the face. Onset was 2 days ago, and they also report strong chills, body aches, and wheezing. The pulse is floating and tight. Which formula would you recommend?

Ma Huang Jia Zhu Tang Ephedra Decoction plus Atractylodes

A patient presents with facial edema that arose in the past week. They also report sore and heavy limbs as well as difficult urination, and slight fever and chills. Their pulse is floating, slippery and submerged. Which formula do you recommend?

Yue Bi Jia Zhu Tang Maidservant from Yue's Decoction plus Atractylodes

A patient has a primary complaint of dizziness. Other signs/symptoms include shortness of breath and coughing up thin, clear fluid. The tongue is pale with teethmarks and a wet, white coating. The pulse is slippery. Which formula would you recommend?

Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Atractylodes, and Licorice Decoction

A patient presents with edema throughout their body that arose a week after contracting a cold. This is accompanied by a feeling of heaviness, wheezing and fever/chills without sweating. Their tongue coat is moist and their pulse is floating and tight. Which formula do you recommend?

Xiao Qing Long Tang Minor Blue-Green Dragon Decoction

A patient presents with nausea and vomiting of clear fluids, accompanied by vertigo and epigastric distension. Upon questioning, they report having no thirst. Their tongue coat is white and greasy and their pulse is wiry. Which formula do you recommend?

Xiao Ban Xia Jia Fu Ling Tang Minor Pinellia plus Poria Decoction

A patient presents with recent onset of fever with cough. The tongue coat is thin and white, and their pulse is floating and rapid. Which formula do you recommend?

Sang Ju Yin Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Drink

A 64-year old patient presents to the clinic with chronic lower back pain. They also report tinnitus, night sweating and dizziness, and dry eyes. Their tongue is red with no coat, and their pulse is thin and weak. Which formula do you recommend?

Zuo Gui Wan Restore the Left [Kidney] Pill

A 40 yo patient, AFAB, reports chronically dry eyes. Other signs/symptoms include: scanty menstruation, thinning hair, dizziness, and hot flashes with night sweating. The pulse is thin and weak and slightly rapid; the tongue is red with little coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill

The patient is a 10yo AMAB. The parent reports chronic loose BM. Other signs/symptoms include poor appetite, low energy, and excessive salivation to the point of drooling. The pulse is weak; the tongue is pale and puffy, with teethmarks and a thick white coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Liu Jun Zi Tang Six-Gentlemen Decoction

A patient presents with extremely frequent urination, about once every 30 minutes. They also report excessive salivation and are frequently spitting. They also report loose bowel movements, no apparent thirst, and a dry throat. Their hands and feet are cold on palpation. Their tongue is pale and moist with no coat and pulse is submerged and slow. Which formula do you recommend?

Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang Licorice and Ginger Decoction

A patient presents with diarrhea and loose stools accompanied by abdominal pain and bloating. Their tongue is pale with a white coating and their pulse is submerged and thin. Which formula would you recommend?

Li Zhong Tang Regulate the Middle Pill

A patient reports bleeding gums, accompanied by fever and dry mouth. They also tend toward constipation and favor cold beverages. Their tongue is red with little coating, and their pulse is slippery, large and rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Qing Wei San Clear the Stomach Powder

A pt. reports chronic sinusitus. Signs and symptoms include: sticky yellow green mucus, post-nasal drip, headache, poor appetite, and lack of thirst. The tongue is red with a yellow coating, the pulse is rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Cang Er Zi San Xanthium Powder (maybe combined with San Ren Tang)

A patient reports recent onset of a fever with slight chills and thirst. Upon examination, their throat appears red and is reportedly sore. Their tongue tip is red and their pulse is floating and rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Yin Qiao San Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder

A patient presents with a hacking cough lasting about a month. This is accompanied by headaches, irritability, thirst and a dry throat. Their tongue is dry with no coat, and their pulse is deficient, big and rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Qing Zao Jiu Fei Tang Clear Dryness and Rescue the Lungs Decoction

A patient presents with a headache, chills, and painful, sore body and limbs. The tongue coating is white and the pulse is wiry, thin and soggy. Which formula would you recommend?

San Ren Tang Three-Seed Decoction

A patient presents with a recent onset cold, with fever and chills and generalized body aches. They are not sweating and do not report thirst. Their tongue is red with a thin, white coat and their pulse is floating and tight. Which formula would you recommend?

Ma Huang Tang Ephedra Decoction

A patient presents with a fever and chills, accompanied by full-body aching and edema. They do not sweat but they are thirsty and irritable. Their tongue coat is thin and white, and their pulse is floating, tight, and rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Da Qing Long Tang Major Blue-Green Dragon Decoction

A patient complains of headache, neck stiffness and back pain, both upper and lower. This began a few days ago. They report feeling chilled. They report no sweating and they are not thirsty. The pulse is floating and the tongue coating is white. Which formula would you recommend?

Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness

A patient comes in complaining of frequent colds. They flinch when sitting under the air conditioning unit in the clinic. Their complexion is pale and shiny. Their tongue is pale with a white coating, and their pulse is floating, deficient and soft. Which formula would you recommend?

Yu Ping Feng San Jade Windscreen Powder

A patient enters the clinic with a recent onset cold, with fever and chills and a stiff neck along with a slight headache. They also report nasal congestion. Their tongue is pale with a thin white coat, and their pulse is floating and moderate. Which formula would you recommend?

Gui Zhi Tang Cinnamon Twig Decoction

A patient reports high fever accompanied by profuse sweating. They are irritable and very thirsty. Their pulse is strong. Which formula would you recommend?

Bai Hu Tang White Tiger Decoction

An elderly patient presents with intermittent uncontrolled sweating following onset of a cold. The patient has a history of arthritis. They also report urinary difficulty. Their tongue is pale with a white coating, and their pulse is floating. Which formula would you recommend?

Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang Stephania and Astragalus Decoction

A pt. complains of disturbed sleep due to night sweating. They awaken feeling feverish and sweating. They also report dry mouth, thirst, constipation, and dark scanty urine. The pulse is rapid and the tongue is red and dry with no coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang Tangkuei and Six-Yellow Decoction

A patient comes in with various complaints, including fatigue, shortness of breath, poor sleep, inabilty to concentrate, prolonged menstruation, and poor appetite. They also have slight edema of the face and limbs, which has developed gradually. The tongue is pale with teethmarks; the pulse is thin and weak. Which formula would you recommend?

Gui Pi Tang Restore the Spleen Decoction

A patient presents with fever accompanied by profuse sweating. They also report being very thirsty and irritable. Their urine is dark and scanty, and their pulse is deficient and rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang Clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi Decoction

A patient presents with a recent onset of fever and chills, with symptoms worsening in the afternoon. They also have headaches and a stifling sensation in the chest. Their tongue coating is white and thin, and their pulse is moderate and soggy. Which formula would you recommend?

Huo Po Xia Ling Tang Patchouli, Magnolia Bark, Pinellia and Poria Decoction

A patient presents to clinic seeking assistance with emotional instability, including irritability, anger and frustration. The patient also experiences headaches, nausea, and a feeling of fullness in the chest and hypochondria. Urination is difficult. The pulse is wiry and the tongue coat is thin and white. Which formula would you recommend?

Xiao Chai Hu Tang Minor Bluepleurum Decoction

A 45 y/o patient presents with blood in their urine. This is accompanied by burning pain upon urination, mouth sores, and strong thirst for cold beverages. The tongue body is red and the pulse is rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Dao Chi San Guide out the Red Powder

A patient reports burning urination that is frequent, dark, scanty and strong-smelling. This is accompanied by lower back pain, nausea, dry mouth, and thirst with little desire to drink. The tongue is red with a greasy yellow coat and the pulse is slippery and rapid. Which formula would you recommend?

Ba Zheng San Eight-Herb Powder for Rectification

A patient complains of burning urination. Urination is difficult and scanty. Upon palpation and questioning you discover the following: hypochondriac pain; red eyes, occasionally painful; outbursts of anger; wiry rapid pulse; red tongue with yellow coating. Which formula would you recommend?

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Gentian Decoction to Drain the Liver

A patient comes in with chronic UTI. Their urine is dark, burning and frequent. This is accompanied by irritability, restlessness, anxiety and lower back pain. The tongue is red with a scanty coat and the pulse is thin, weak, and rapid. Which formula do you recommend?

Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan (Tang) Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Rehmannia Pill (Decoction)

A patient comes in with urinary irregularity. They feel urgency to urinate every 20-30 minutes, and their urine is cloudy and dense. Which formula would you recommend?

Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin Tokoro Drink to Separate the Clear

A patient comes in with dizziness and tinnitus occurring for the past 3 years. They also report ongoing soreness of their waist and low back, along with frequent and clear urination. Their tongue body is pale and their pulse is submerged and frail. Which formula would you recommend?

Wu Bi Shan Yao Wan Incomparable Dioscorea Pill

A patient reports incontinence and rectal prolapse. This is accompanied by a desire for warm beverages, loose stools and reduced appetite. The tongue is pale and swollen and the pulse is large but forceless. Which formula would you recommend?

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang Tonify the Middle to Augment the Qi Decoction

A patient reports exhaustion following a chronic illness spanning 3 years. Their hands and feet are cold upon palpation, and their legs have slight edema. They also report loose stools with undigested food particles and occasional incontinence. Their tongue is pale and their pulse is deep and slow. Which formula would you recommend?

You Gui Wan Restore the Right [Kidney] Pill

A patient complains of edema, of several years duration. They also report a sensation of heaviness and loose BM. Urination is scanty and hesitant. Which formula would you recommend?

Zhen Wu Tang True Warrior Decoction

A patient complains of acid reflux and GERD. This is accompanied by emotional instability, frustration/anger, frequent sighing and chest pain. They also have a slight fever. Their tongue is pink with a thin white coat and their pulse is tight and wiry. Which formula would you recommend?

Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang Bupleurum Powder to Dredge the Liver

A patient complains of asthma-like symptoms, including shortness of breath and wheezing. This is accompanied by inhibited urination and lower back pain. The tongue is pale and swollen with a thin, white and moist coating, and the pulse is empty and frail. Which formula would you recommend?

Shen Qi Wan Kidney Qi Pill

A patient reports frequent urination with cloudy urine and a feeling of incompleteness to their urination. They are also extremely fatigued, falling asleep frequently while at work. They feel anxious and frustrated by the condition which seems to make their symptoms worse. Their tongue is pale and their pulse is weak. Which formula would you recommend?

Sang Piao Xiao San Mantis Egg-Case Powder

A patient reports extreme urinary frequency, up to several times per hour. The urine is usually clear and profuse. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is submerged and frail. Which formula would you recommend?

Suo Quan Wan Restrict the Fountain Pill