Substitute-for-Cane Decoction

Bi Lin Dan，From *Experienced Formulas*, cited in Volume 5 of *Classified Materia Medica*.，For profuse phlegm and drooling, or stroke with loss of speech.

Cow Bile and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 5.，For children and young people with abdominal masses accompanied by high fever, indigestion, and sudden onset of illness or sudden onset of qi stagnation.

Decoction for Relieving Exterior Syndromes，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For cases where lower-body sores and fecal toxicity occur simultaneously, accompanied by internal pain in the tendons and bones.

Mud Pills，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For all types of unexplained swellings and abscesses, whether painful or itchy.

Coptis Upper-Clearing Decoction，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Indicated for real fire and internal heat manifesting as dizziness, tinnitus, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, swollen and ulcerated gums, sudden onset of conjunctivitis, severe constipation, and dark yellow urine.

Alligator Dragon Eye-Dotting Formula，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，For a white opacity obscuring the pupil.

Pork Liver and Goji Berry Wine，*Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，Liver deficiency causes tearing when exposed to the wind.

Realgar Cake Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 307.，For snake bites where the patient is near death.

Xiao Dihuang Pills，From *Puji Fang*, Volume 337, citing *Chanyu Baoqing*.，For heartburn during pregnancy, vomiting of clear fluid, and abdominal pain preventing eating.

Musk and Cinnabar Pills，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 8.，Swelling at the base of the tongue.

Phlegm-Resolving and Fire-Clearing Decoction，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 5.，Epigastric distension and discomfort.

Tonic for Nourishing Tendons and Promoting Blood Circulation，From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 10.，Traumatic injuries.

Jaundice Decoction，From *The Authentic Treatise on Pulse and Symptoms*, Volume 1.，For jaundice.

Mengjiang Huanglian Pills，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 4.，For cases where cold foods during pregnancy have injured the spleen, pungent and sour foods have damaged the stomach, and imbalances between cold and heat have caused fetal instability, stagnation of qi and blood, and intermittent red or white diarrhea—with intestinal rumbling, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, and anal … Read more

Qianghuo Fire-Dispelling Decoction，From *Shen Rou’s Five Books*, Volume 5.，Lack of yang in the lower jiao, with yin fire surging upward, causing swelling and pain throughout the head.

Sesame Oil and Wine，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 92.，For stroke with facial paralysis.

Late Silkworm Sand Soaked in Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 69.，For women suffering from stroke-induced hemiplegia, with stiff and contracted limbs and stubborn paralysis.

Xun Gao Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，When the sovereign fire is deficient and the fire in the kidneys becomes agitated, blood flows from both eyes and may even spurt out; in women, this causes amenorrhea, while in men, it results in a dry mouth and parched lips.

Lung-Opening Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 180.，For children with cold in the lungs, characterized by thick nasal discharge, listlessness, and loss of appetite for milk and food.

Plantain Leaf Soup，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 98); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (No. 190).，For heat-induced dysuria with bloody urine and pain; edema; diarrhea; jaundice; redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes; and cough with excessive phlegm.

Hundred-Herb Ash Powder，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 10.，Uncontrollable postpartum bleeding.

Decoction for Consolidating the Essence and Eliminating Toxins，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.，For cases where the color of smallpox lesions turns grayish-white due to diarrhea during the “nourishing serum” stage of the disease.

Lingji Pills，From *The Song of Life Preservation* (Baoming Ge Kuo), Volume 14.，When beriberi spreads through both feet and ascends to cause pain in the lower back and legs, making it impossible to turn over in bed.

Five Generals Pills，From *Ren Cun Fang*, cited in Volume 246 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，For cold-damp beriberi, swelling of the feet and knees, weakness and heaviness in the feet, and inability to lift them.

Agarwood and Astragalus Powder，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 15).，For children with disharmony of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, emaciation, night sweats, bone-consuming fever with excessive thirst, loss of appetite for breast milk or food, abdominal distension with diarrhea, and qi deficiency with weakness.