Eight-Flavor Tea

【Formula】Chuanxiong, Schizonepeta 120g each, White Angelica, Notopterygium, Licorice 60g each, Asarum 30g, Saposhnikovia 30g, Peppermint 240g. (Recorded in "Formulary of the Bureau of Taiping People's Welfare Pharmacy")

【Usage】Grind the above eight ingredients into fine powder. Take 2 qian each time with plain tea. Several times a day.

【Effect】Treats headache due to external wind pathogenic factors.

Tianzhong Tea

【Formula】Prepared Pinellia, Prepared Magnolia Bark, Apricot Kernel (peeled), Fried Radish Seed, Tangerine Peel 90g each, Schizonepeta, Betel Nut, Elsholtzia, Dried Ginger, Fried Plantain Seed, Notopterygium, Peppermint, Fried Immature Bitter Orange, Bupleurum, Areca Peel, Fried Green Tangerine Peel, Fried White Mustard Seed, Polyporus, Saposhnikovia, Hogfennel Root, Fried White Peony, Pubescent Angelica, Fried Perilla Seed, Agastache, Platycodon, Chinese Lovage, Akebia Stem, Perilla, Alisma, Fried Atractylodes (White and Red) 60g each, Fried Barley Sprout, Fried Medicated Leaven, Fried Hawthorn Fruit, Poria 12g each, White Peony Root, Licorice, Fried Tsaoko Cardamom, Gentiana Macrophylla, Chuanxiong 30g each, Black Tea 300g. (Recorded in "Shen's Zunsheng Book")

【Usage】Decoct Areca Peel in water, filter, and reserve the juice. Grind the remaining ingredients into coarse powder, mix with the Areca Peel juice, then dry. Wrap in gauze bags, 9g each, for later use. Use one bag each time, steep in boiling water for 5–10 minutes, drink as tea, twice daily.

【Effect】Dispels wind-cold, treats wind-cold type common cold with chills, fever, headache, limb soreness, chest fullness, and nausea.

Five Spirit Tea

【Formula】Schizonepeta, Perilla Leaf, Fresh Ginger 10g each, Brown Sugar 30g, Tea 6g. (Recorded in "Collection of Folk Prescriptions")

【Usage】Gently decoct Schizonepeta, Perilla Leaf, Fresh Ginger, and Tea for 15–20 minutes, then add brown sugar until dissolved. Take twice daily, drink as desired.

【Effect】Dispels wind-cold, relieves cold and pain. Suitable for wind-cold type cold, chills, body aches, and absence of sweating.

Chuanxiong and Scallion White Tea

【Formula】Tea, Chuanxiong, Scallion White in appropriate amounts. (Recorded in "Daily Materia Medica")

【Usage】Decoct tea with Chuanxiong and Scallion White and drink.

【Effect】Stops headache due to cold, or treats headache due to heat toxin.

Gypsum Tea

【Formula】Raw Gypsum 60g, Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea Powder 3g. (Recorded in "Taiping Holy Prescriptions for Universal Relief")

【Usage】Pound gypsum into powder, decoct with water, and reserve the liquid. Use the decoction to brew the purple bamboo shoot tea powder and drink.

【Effect】Treats influenza. Has the effect of clearing heat and purging fire.

Scallion and Fermented Soybean Formula

【Formula】Tea Powder 10g, Gypsum 60g, Gardenia Fruit 5 pieces, Peppermint 30g, Schizonepeta 5g, Fermented Soybean 15g, Scallion White 3 stalks. (Recorded in "Taiping Holy Prescriptions for Universal Relief")

【Usage】Decoct in water and drink frequently as tea, preferably warm.

【Effect】Releases the exterior with pungent-warm herbs. Suitable for externally contracted wind-cold with body heat and headache.