Hair Ash Decoction

Tissue-Regenerating Cuttlefish Bone Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 64.，For chronic sores with intermittent pain and unceasing discharge of pus and fluid.

Prepared Rehmannia Paste，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Fever due to blood deficiency; insufficiency of vital essence; soreness and weakness in the lower back and legs. General physical weakness and blood deficiency, as well as conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth in women.

Decoction of Golden Bamboo Membrane and Ophiopogon，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 23 of the First Collection.，For all cases of consumptive diseases and phlegm-fluid retention characterized by hoarseness and inability to speak, particularly those that are difficult to treat.

Five-Harmony Decoction，*Formulas for Reliable and Practical Use*, Volume 4.，Weakness of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, vomiting, and a sensation of fullness and oppression. Discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, and stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen.

Secret-Transmitted Soft-Shelled Turtle Soup，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，Dysentery.

Five-Flavor Astragalus Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (Volume 12).，For consumptive syndrome resulting from coughing up blood, accompanied by eye pain, fatigue in the limbs, and weakness in the feet and knees.

Double-Resolving Tongsheng Powder，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Leg Wind. Sudden redness and swelling on the inner and outer sides of both legs, resembling a cloud formation, accompanied by burning heat and pain.

Three-Part Tea，From *Rumen Shiquin*, Volume 15.，For those with cough, phlegm, and shortness of breath.

Oil Formula，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 1, citing *Cui’s Formulas*.，For typhoid fever on days 3–5, with signs of jaundice.

Bone-Penetrating Wind-Subduing Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Qingdao Formula).，Wind-phlegm, numbness of tendons and bones, muscle cramps and spasms.

Liver-Clearing and Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Liver heat causing weakness and atrophy, with stabbing pain in the flanks.

Danxing Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Exogenous wind-stroke with excessive phlegm and saliva.

Pediatric Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For wind-phlegm cough.

Eight-Treasure Cloud-Dispelling Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Datong Formula).，For sudden onset of “fire eye,” characterized by hot tears making it difficult to open the eyes, a cloudy film over the cornea, and redness, swelling, and pain.

Shui Mei Pills，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 8.，For sudden onset of wind-cold with tightness and obstruction in the throat.

Yellow Earth Powder，*Three Causes*, Volume 18.，Sudden external pathogenic invasion in children.

Aconite and Ephedra Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 2.，For conditions caused by cold and dampness, manifesting as stupor, dizziness, and weakness; or stiffness and rigidity in the lower back and spine; dry mouth; slurred speech; distension in the chest and abdomen (or lower abdomen); shortness of breath due to rising qi; and inability to move.

Lu Yuan Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For painful sores caused by damp-heat.

Qilin Jie Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 80.，For postpartum stasis of blood causing stabbing pain, pain in the epigastrium, and hardness below the navel.

Jingluan Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Dysentery.

Ginseng, Poria, Cinnamon, and Atractylodes Decoction，From *Bian Zheng Lu*, Volume 9.，In cases of exogenous cold pathogenic factors, the fire of the Pericardium and Mingmen meridians becomes deficient. It is as if a bundle of qi rises from below the heart, extending all the way to the scrotum; this is called “Ben Tun,” meaning it rushes … Read more

Young Deer Antler Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For children with insufficient fetal qi and deficiency of essence and blood, this formula alleviates a large head.

Peach Kernel Decoction Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 79.，Postpartum retained lochia that has congealed into masses, accompanied by emaciation and weakness.

Cinnamon Twig Powder，*Ben Shi*, Volume 7.，Due to a fright injuring the liver, there is unrelenting pain inside the rib cage.

Chaihu-Gui Zhi-Gan Jiang Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 7.，Male Malaria. Predominantly cold with little heat, or cold without heat.