ITM's Herbal
Formulas:
Pine Mountain
[for a detailed description of a sample formula please see: Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian]
 ITM developed the Pine Mountain brand of herb formulas in 1996. These are replacements for popular patent remedies, and resolve the problems inherent in most imported patents such as concerns about inclusion of undesired ingredients (e.g., drugs, heavy metals, endangered species, toxic herbs) or improper labeling (e.g., incomplete ingredients list, mislabeled herbs).
Pine Mountain herb tablets are prepared from either extracted herbs or powdered herbs or a combination of the two. The herb materials, obtained from China, are compressed into tablets of 525 mg each. The tablet coatings, made of modified cellulose, are colored with natural colors to yield white, yellow, or red tablets (color coded by the type of formulation). The tablet size is set to three times the typical patent formula pill size of 175 mg.
The formulas are available to licensed health
care providers who are already educated in the field of traditional
Chinese medicine for prescription to their patients. We provide
a partial list of practitioners who are trained to prescribe
Chinese herbs.
The practitioner is responsible for determining which formula
is most suitable to use, the dosage to be used, the duration
of use, the appropriate point to change formulas, and the
contraindications for using the formulas in various situations.
The practitioner is also responsible for explaining to the
patient, as appropriate, the formula's ingredients, their
actions, expected effects, potential for adverse effects,
and the diagnostic indicators that led to selection of the
formula. The practitioner, based on training and experience,
will respond to any other concerns that the patient may raise
while using the formulas.
The Pine Mountain formulas currently produced are these:
| Pine Mountain Formula |
Replaces |
Ba Zhen Wan
(Tang-kuei-Codonopsis Formula) |
Women's Precious Pills |
Bi Yan Pian
(Magnolia Flower-Xanthium Formula) |
Bi Yan Pian and Bi Yuan Wan and other sinus formulas |
Bu Nao Wan
(Schizandra-Zizyphus Formula) |
Cerebral Tonic Pills, Healthy Brain Pills |
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
(Astragalus-Ginseng Formula) |
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan |
Cordyceps Tablets
(Cordyceps-Eleuthero-Rhodiola) |
Replaces single herb products made with eleuthero
(Wu Jia Sheng), cordyceps, or rhodiola. |
Dan Shen Pian
(Salvia Extract Tablets) |
Dan Shen Tabletco |
Er Chen Wan
(Citrus-Pinellia Formula) |
Er Chen Wan |
Gui Pi Wan
(Ginseng-Longan Formula) |
Gui Pi Wan |
Hua Zhi Ling
(San-chi and Sanguisorba Formula) |
Fargelin for Piles and other hemorrhoid formulas |
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Pian
(Pogostemon and Perilla Formula) |
Replaces formula by the same name, as well as Pill
Curing |
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
(Rehmannia Eight Formula) |
Sexoton, Golden Book Tea |
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
(Rehmannia Six Formula) |
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Six Flavor Tea |
Long Dan Xie Gan Wan
(Gentiana-Chrysanthemum Formula) |
Long Dan Xie Gan Wan |
Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
(Rehmannia-Lycium Formula) |
Ming Mu Di Huang Wan |
Ping Chuan Pian
(Apricot and Morus Formula) |
Ping Chuan Wan |
Qian Jin Zhi Dai Wan
(Indigo and Sepia Formula) |
Chien-Chin-Chih-Tai-Wan |
Ren Shen Feng Wang Pian
(Ginseng-Royal Jelly Formula) |
Ginseng-Royal Jelly and other general tonics sold
in liquid, capsule, and pill. |
Sheng Fa Wan
(Ho-shou-wu and Rehmannia Formula) |
Alopecia Areata Pill and other hair formulas |
Shu Gan Wan
(Cyperus-Corydalis Formula) |
Shu Gan Wan |
Tian Ma Gou Teng Pian
(Gastrodia and Uncaria Formula) |
Tian Ma Gou Teng Wan, Tian Ma Mi Huan Jun, and other
gastrodia formulas. |
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
(Rehmannia and Biota Formula) |
Heavenly Emperor's Pills |
| Tien-chi Ginseng Tablets, Raw |
Tien-chi Ginseng Tablets |
Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan
(Black Chicken Formula) |
Black Chicken White Phoenix Pills |
Xiao Yao Wan
(Bupleurum-Tang-kuei Formula) |
Bupleurum Sedative Pills |
Yao Tong Pian
(Eucommia and Psoralea Formula) |
Anti-lumbago Pills, Sciatica Pills, and other back
pain formulas. |
Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian
(Lonicera and Forsythia Formula) |
Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian |
Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
(Anemarrhena-Phellodendron Formula) |
Chih-Pai-Ti-Huang Wan, Eight Flavor Tea |
ITM publishes a book, A
Bag of Pearls (2004),
that provides important background information related to
the Pine Mountain formulas (and other ITM formulas). All practitioners
who prescribe Pine Mountain formulas should possess and refer
to the most recent version of this book. Non-practitioners
may obtain this book for their personal reference, but are
cautioned that the information is couched in terms usually
learned only during formal training in traditional Chinese
medicine.
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