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Rhinoceros Horn and Coptis Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Heat is congested in the viscera, rising to affect the pericardium, causing mental confusion and delirium; in severe cases, the patient becomes silent as a corpse—what the common people call the “obscured consciousness” syndrome.

Sanqing Jiuku Dan，From *A Rational Analysis of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23.，For sudden swelling and pain behind the ear and along the jawline caused by stagnant heat in the Yangming channel; also treats parotitis.

Stalactite Porridge，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other medications.

Rosin Powder，From *Easy and Convenient Remedies*, Volume 5.，For infantile birth toxins, scalp sores, and all types of damp sores in both men and women.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Dampness，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 2.，For stroke-induced paralysis and pain in the tendons and bones.

Wind-Dispelling and Cough-Relieving Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For headache and fever due to cold damage, aversion to wind and chills, nasal congestion with a heavy voice, cough with clear nasal discharge, copious white, slippery, and thin phlegm; or spontaneous sweating with severe coughing; or absence of sweating with wheezing; with a thin, white, … Read more

Astragalus Four Substances Decoction，*Compendium of Gynecology*, Volume 13.，Postpartum Deficiency of Qi and Blood.

Charred Underwear Powder，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，In cases of cold damage where the balance of yin and yang is disrupted, the patient experiences heaviness in the body, shortness of breath, abdominal cramping in the lower abdomen, or a pulling sensation in the genital area accompanied by stiffness; heat surges upward to the chest; the head feels … Read more

Jade-Inlaid Powder，From *The New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 39, citing *Formulas from the Spiritual Garden*.，For adults and children alike suffering from bone or foreign objects stuck in the throat, or bamboo or wooden splinters lodged in the throat that cannot be dislodged.

Cinnamon Bark and Pinellia Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 47); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 203).，For cholera with muscle cramps.

Pinellia Decoction，*Bo Ji*, Volume 3.，For cold in the stomach with acid regurgitation, vomiting and aversion to food, as well as cough due to the Triple Burner following alcohol consumption, and abdominal distension with loss of appetite.

Jiongzhu Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 7.，Cough, regardless of whether it is acute or chronic; asthma, whether acute or chronic.

Secretly Transmitted Cornus Fruit Internal Dissolving Pills，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 18.，Kidney deficiency allows pathogenic factors to invade, causing lingering pain; the scrotum may become enlarged, or sores may develop that ooze yellow fluid.

Decoction for Clearing the Organs and Eliminating Toxins，From *New Book on Treating Illnesses at Home*, citing *Rules for Medical Treatment and Prescriptions*.，For severe diarrhea caused by extreme heat.

Eight Winds Life-Sustaining Decoction，From *Qianjin* (Volume 8, Annotations), citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For sudden hemiplegia, with stiffness and rigidity in the hands and feet preventing flexion or extension; a cold body; alternating between lucidity and confusion; a rigid, unresponsive body with inability to speak; a condition teetering between life and death; incoherent, indescribable ramblings; opisthotonos; or symptoms … Read more

Jingjin Dixian Pills，Formula attributed to Tao Yinju, cited in *Yi Jian* (see *Yongle Dadian*, vol. 11620).，For men and women suffering from the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” with deficient kidney qi. Symptoms include mental exhaustion, difficulty walking, loss of appetite, ringing in the ears and blurred vision, and dry skin. For women with cold internal … Read more

Tong Sheng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，For deficiency-cold in the middle jiao, with persistent diarrhea and dysentery, and pain in the abdomen and around the navel.

Minor Gentian Pills，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 13, citing *Xuankan Chanshi Fang*.，For bone-steaming fever, restlessness in the hands and feet, mental distress, emaciation, and loss of appetite.

Liver-Clearing and Pain-Relieving Eye Wash Formula，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For eye disorders.

Decoction to Clear Heat and Stop Diarrhea，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*.，For children with fever, thirst, restlessness, and diarrhea.

Xiao Hong Sheng，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For all types of sores, ulcers, carbuncles, and boils—especially when they are in the early stages and beginning to discharge pus.

Polygonum cuspidatum Root Powder，*Traditional Chinese Medicine: Surgery*.，Burns.

Stomach Pain Tablets，”Henan Provincial Drug Standards.”，Stomach pain, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, and hyperacidity.

Women’s Blood-Nourishing Pills，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，For women with blood deficiency, irregular menstruation that comes and goes intermittently, scanty and pale menstrual flow, abdominal pain and lower back soreness, mental fatigue, afternoon hot flashes, coughing, and spontaneous sweating.

Toad Ash Pills，From *Shenghui*, Chapter 86.，For acute malnutrition in children. Worms cause sores in the mouth; the limbs are emaciated and weak, and the abdomen is distended with prominent tendons.