🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Herbal Prescription (1)
【Formula Name】Heart Failure Formula One.
【Composition】Astragalus 10–15g, Codonopsis 10g, Leonurus 10–12g, Eupatorium 10g, Prepared Aconite Slice 6–10g, Pinellia Ternata (processed) 10g, Schisandra 4–10g.
【Usage】Decoct and take warm, in divided doses.
【Therapeutic Method】Tonify Qi and activate blood, warm Yang and promote urination.
【Indications】Heart failure.
【Additions/Modifications】If severe vomiting occurs, add Bambusa vulgaris leaf sheath and ginger; if coughing with shortness of breath preventing lying down, add Perilla seed, Ginkgo seed, and processed Ephedra; if edema is obvious and accompanied by expectoration of thin white foam, add Atractylodes, Poria, Alisma, Plantago Seed, Perilla seed, and White Mustard Seed to strengthen spleen, promote diuresis, and remove phlegm; if Yang deficiency is prominent with cold limbs, add Cynomorium, Epimedium, Psoralea, or increase Cinnamomum twig; if Yin deficiency signs appear, remove aconite slice and add Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra; if Yang collapse occurs, use Shengmai San combined with Sini Tang to tonify Qi and rescue from collapse.
【Source】Complete Collection of Chinese Herbal Formulas.
Herbal Prescription (2)
【Formula Name】Heart Failure Formula Two.
【Composition】Aconite (pre-boiled for 3 hours) 15–30g, Codonopsis 24g (or Ginseng 6g), Cinnamomum twig 9g, Ligusticum chuanxiong 12g, Red Peony Root 15g, Safflower 6g, Descurainia fruit 12g, Plantago Seed 30g, Fried Glycyrrhiza 9g.
【Usage】One dose per day, concentrated decoction to 200ml, taken in three doses. A course lasts 7–10 days. After effectiveness, rest for one day before continuing 1–2 courses. After heart failure resolves, switch to Gui Pi Tang, Shengmai San, or Xiangsha Liujunzi Tang for post-treatment adjustment.
【Therapeutic Method】Warm Yang and tonify Qi, activate blood and promote diuresis.
【Indications】Congestive heart failure.
【Additions/Modifications】If oliguria and obvious edema, add Trachelospermum jasminoides and Stephania root, each 12g; if palpitations and insomnia, add Ziziphus seed 15g and Amber 6g; if severe shortness of breath, add Astragalus 15g; if excessive phlegm, add Pinellia 12g and Tangerine peel 9g; if loose stools and poor appetite, add Atractylodes 15g and Amomum 6g; if ascites, add Black and White Croton seeds 6g; if spontaneous sweating, add Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell, each 30g; if red tongue and dry mouth, remove Cinnamomum twig and add Ophiopogon japonicus 15g and Schisandra 6g.
【Source】Complete Collection of Chinese Herbal Formulas <Heart Failure>