# Traditional Chinese Medicine/Formula Design

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Glossaries
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