Gānqiāngmáfù Decoction

Single-Leaf Dan，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 28.，Worms in hemorrhoids that cause pain and itching by gnawing and eroding the tissue.

Secretly Transmitted Flying Step Pills，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For all types of rheumatism, paralysis, and gout.

Liu Qinu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.，For all postpartum ailments and to promote blood circulation.

Cold-Resisting Ointment，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 10.，For those with a weak constitution who experience chills in the back, or who are reluctant to remove clothing even in summer; for women who, after childbirth, have had wind invade their meridians, resulting in persistent cold pain; or for cold pain in the … Read more

Great Tonifying Original Qi Pill，*Ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fu Yi*, Volume 4.，Arthralgia.

Cardamom Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *San Yin*, Volume 11.，For deficiency-cold in the zang-fu organs, severe diarrhea leading to extreme emaciation, and for women suffering from life-threatening, profuse postpartum diarrhea.

Sodium Silicate and Pig Gallbladder Paste，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox scars that have not healed and have developed sores.

Harmonizing the Middle and Strengthening the Spleen Pills，*Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For stomach deficiency with loss of appetite despite hunger.

Four Substances Decoction Combined with Huanglian Jiedu Decoction，*Collected Works on the Care of Infants and Young Children*, Volume 6.，For women with excessive internal heat and severe toxicity, accompanied by fever from smallpox or measles, and menstrual flow that does not arrive on schedule.

Great Warming Meridian Decoction，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 11.，For women with deficiency of qi and blood, resulting in irregular menstruation; or red or white vaginal discharge; or discharge trickling like plum juice; or discharge in patches; with intervals of 2–3 months; gradually developing tidal fever; reduced appetite; fatigue in the limbs; and, … Read more

Tiger Tibia Pills，Formula from *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 4; name cited in *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 57.，For weakness, numbness, and pain in both feet caused by damp-heat, or a sensation as if being roasted by fire, radiating upward from the ankles to the thighs and hips.

Anise Seed Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 95.，Difficulty urinating.

Whitehead-on Decoction with Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin，*The Golden Cabinet*, Volume 2.，For women suffering from extreme debility due to postpartum diarrhea; feverish diarrhea with a sensation of heaviness in the lower abdomen, bloody stools, and restlessness preventing sleep.

Qingxi’s Secret-Transmitted Alum Essence Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 66.，Throat Eczema. Caused by excessive consumption of roasted and pickled foods, medicinal wine, and pungent spices, leading to heat accumulation in the stomach. Stomach fire ascends to the lungs, resulting in a dry throat and pharynx. Initially, there is an itching sensation; subsequently, a dark, wood-red, … Read more

Ox Horn (Jue Si) Pills，*The Jade Compendium of Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Persistent retained lochia, uncontrollable uterine bleeding, severe abdominal cramping, and rapid breathing.

Instant-Relief Ointment，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 20.，For floating opacities, speck-like opacities, or a hazy film obscuring the eye—which may come and go, gradually grow larger, and impair vision by invading the cornea.

Yin-Nourishing Powder，From *Pulse Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments*, Volume 1.，For a floating Yang pulse with deficient Yin, accompanied by hemoptysis or epistaxis.

Empty Intestine Pills，From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*.，Deficient heat in the lungs, with constipation.

Clear Discharge Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，In women with extreme internal heat, vaginal discharge is black in color; in severe cases, it resembles ink, with a particularly foul odor. There is abdominal pain, and urination feels as if pierced by a knife. The vulva is red and swollen. Over time, the patient … Read more

Ginseng and Atractylodes Spleen-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 4.，

Seven-Ingredient Dampness-Eliminating Decoction，From *Dànliáo*, cited in *Pǔjì Fāng*, Volume 118.，For conditions caused by cold and dampness, manifesting as heaviness and body aches, open pores with sweating, loose stools, urine that is either scanty or profuse, soreness in the lower back and legs, swelling in the legs and knees, and vomiting due to stomach cold.

Iron Powder Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 53); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 176).，For unrelenting thirst and mental agitation.

Decoction for Clearing the Diaphragm and Expelling Phlegm，From *Xuanming Lun*, cited in Volume 43 of *Yitong*.，Stomach fire caused by rich, greasy foods; heat-phlegm above the diaphragm; phlegm that cannot be coughed up or spat out; thick and sticky sputum when coughing or spitting.

Skin-Renewing Powder，*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 9.，For severe, chronic cases of wind-disease that have persisted for many years without resolution, leading to the loss of eyebrows, collapse of the nasal bridge, and swelling and rupture of the forehead and skull.

Ginseng and Magnolia Bark Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，