Duhuo Decoction

Cinnamon Twig and Transformative Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，Excessive sweating after childbirth, blood deficiency giving rise to wind, clenched jaw and grinding of teeth, opisthotonos—this is known as spasm disorder.

Life-Sustaining Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 21.，For stroke-induced lockjaw, with the body stiff and rigid as in opisthotonos, and the patient near death.

Zhu Xi San，*Effective Remedies*, Volume 10.，For “Zhong’e,” “Zhongwu,” and “Ghost Qi”—symptoms manifest when, late at night, one goes to the toilet, ventures into the wilderness, wanders through empty, cold rooms, or enters places where no one goes, and suddenly sees ghostly apparitions or inhales foul odors through the nose and mouth. The patient suddenly collapses … Read more

Qi-Regulating, Wind-Dispelling, Life-Sustaining Pill，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，Severe leprosy.

Scallion Juice and Oil，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For sudden, severe pain caused by parasitic infestation, with the jaw clenched so tightly that the patient feels on the verge of death.

Xiaochuan Dan，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，A phlegm mass forms in the neck and nape, hard as stone; over time, it transforms into scrofula, oozing pus and blood. Before one mass has dissipated, another grows; before one has healed, another ulcerates—sometimes below the ear, sometimes in the clavicular fossa, or above and below … Read more

Four Ling Combined with Ling-Shao Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Vol. 2).，For cases of loose stools that are not well-formed, with a tendency toward constipated stools, abdominal cramping, and scanty urine.

Decocted Achyranthes Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，For kidney qi deficiency complicated by wind-pathogen invading the upper body and ascending to the ears, causing a constant ringing like a cicada’s chirp and eventually leading to hearing loss.

Coptis and White Wuti Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 397.，For children with red-and-white dysentery.

Anemarrhena and Bupleurum Decoction，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 19), citing *Essentials for Nourishing Life*.，For adults and children with excess heat, red eyes, mouth sores, as well as restlessness and thirst following typhoid fever, and heat in the hands and feet.

Kongqing and Cassia Seed Ointment，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 112.，For cataracts, internal opacities, and corneal haze—regardless of whether symptoms are associated with cold, heat, wind, or tearing—provided the pupil remains intact.

Myrrh Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.，For young women with irregular menstruation, accompanied by qi attacking the chest and abdomen; menstruation that is intermittent or continuous, with blood that is either red or white; a sallow complexion; and a lack of appetite.

Preparation Method for Shrunken Cardamom，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 13.，

Decoction for Nourishing Both Heart and Kidney，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，Fire stagnates within the heart, causing insomnia at night, a lack of saliva in the mouth, a dry tongue—which may be cracked or develop sores.

Ginseng and Poria Paste，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 13.，For adults and children with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as diarrhea associated with smallpox or measles.

Formula for Internally Resolving Swelling and Toxins，*Shenghui*, Volume 64.，Toxic swelling.

Peppermint and Xuanming Powder，*Traditional Chinese Medicine: Laryngology*.，To treat wind-heat toothache.

Quick-Wind Ointment，From *Fu’s Formulas for Saving Infants*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 384).，Various types of fever.

Detoxifying Powder，From *Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 12.，Boils caused by smallpox toxin.

Peony, Zhi Shi, and Atractylodes Pills，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For food stagnation with fullness and distension, as well as in children with severe abdominal distension and frequent pain due to disharmony of the spleen and stomach.

Modified Spleen-Clearing Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 197.，Malaria.

Musk, Alum, and Realgar Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，For loose teeth, exposed gums and alveolar bone, toxic wind affecting the alveolar sockets, erosion and ulceration, and inability to eat.

Yi Qi Dan，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Deficiency-cold of the spleen and kidneys, frequent loose stools, abdominal pain, impotence, and aversion to cold.

Ganlu Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For wind-obstruction with phlegm-heat, restlessness and irritability in the chest and diaphragm, restless sleep at night, delirium and mania, red eyes and nosebleeds, dry mouth and throat; and heatstroke.

Modified Shou Xiao Pills，*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 4.，For children with “Wood Kidney” syndrome presenting with painless testicular swelling.