Sweet Bean Decoction

Modified Danggui Longhui Pills，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 103.，Ear disorders.

Three Cardamom Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For those whose spleen and stomach have been excessively chilled, resulting in fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, discomfort in the chest, a sensation of food getting stuck in the chest after eating, shortness of breath, complete loss of appetite, a pale complexion, and gradually weakening … Read more

Abdominal Calming Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，Postpartum lower abdominal pain due to blood deficiency; the pain subsides upon pressure.

Blood-Activating Ointment，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For contusions and bruises, boils, abscesses, and carbuncles—whether already ruptured or not—characterized by severe redness, swelling, and protrusion; those that have become ulcerated over time; and those that have failed to heal for a long period.

Cicada Shell Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 83.，For children with cough and phlegm congestion who refuse to breastfeed or eat.

Yuan Shuang Pill，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，In cases of sudden, severe throat obstruction with phlegm surging like a tide, where life hangs by a thread.

Stomach-Protecting Chengqi Decoction，*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 2.，For cases of warm disease where, several days after purgation, the fever has not subsided or has not fully subsided, accompanied by a dry mouth and throat, a dry black or golden-yellow tongue coating, and a deep, forceful pulse.

Mangxiao Purple Pills，From *Qianjin*, Volume 5.，For children with undigested food, stagnant qi, phlegm-fluid retention, alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, and emaciation.

Tianming Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For swelling.

Sulfur Cake Pills，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 15.，Scabies. Cases that have persisted for many years without healing, often leading to emaciation, and where the entire household has been infected.

Vinegar-Boiled Sanling Pills，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 14.，Effective for all types of abdominal masses, whether chronic or recent.

Formula for Dissolving Dual Pathogenic Stagnation，*Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 3.，Postpartum malaria.

Gypsum and Two Mother Decoction，*Explanation of the Classic of Warm-Heat Diseases*.，For those with stomach fire who cough before noon.

Silver-White Powder，From *Discussions on the Care of Infants*, Volume 20.，Vomiting and retching; persistent retching.

Mysterious Decoction，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 4.，If the patient must not lie down—and experiences shortness of breath when lying down—it is because water qi has risen upward and overwhelmed the lungs; the lungs, filled with water, become buoyant, obstructing the free flow of qi, and the pulse is deep and large.

Camphor Ointment，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 32); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 74).，For sudden redness of the eyes caused by wind-toxin, accompanied by swelling, dryness, and pain.

Dayan Honey Decoction，From *Qianjin* Volume 8 (with small-character annotations), citing *Xiaopin Fang*.，For pathogenic wind causing colicky abdominal pain; also for “flying corpse” and “escaping and rushing” syndromes, which occur unpredictably and, upon onset, cause a sense of pressure and fullness in the heart, with the area under the ribs feeling as if pierced by an … Read more

Enhanced Ginseng and Aconite Qi-Restoring Powder，*De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 16.，Men and women suffering from internal cataracts in the eyes, with wind in the brain, resulting in dim vision, no eye discharge, dilated pupils, and a runny nose with clear discharge. This is caused by deficiency of the Kidney meridian and exhaustion of primordial qi.

Ginseng and Pinellia Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 1.，In cases of heart deficiency, when startle-induced qi is disturbed and wind-pathogen takes advantage of the vulnerability to invade—whether due to qi disturbance, startle, or a slight fever entering the Heart Meridian—the patient will experience mental confusion, excessive salivation, and twitching of the … Read more

Aconite and Sulfur Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For vitiligo spots.

Huangzhi Decoction，From *The Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 15.，Fish-mouth sores.

Trichosanthes Root Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，The “Three Consumptions” resulting from water deficiency and fire excess.

Hu Yan Ointment，From *Li Ye*.，For cases where the abscess has already ruptured.

Wan’s Spots-Resolving Decoction，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren* (Volume 2).，Measles and Smallpox.

White Bamboo Wash，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema.