Black and White Pills

Scrophularia and Cimicifuga Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 8).，After a stroke, there is a sensation of obstruction and fullness in the throat, swelling behind the epiglottis, and a red tongue; speech is clear and fluent in the morning but slightly hoarse in the afternoon; this is known as “throat obstruction” (喉痹).

Fangfeng Biaotang，*Essentials for the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For fever at the onset of a rash, when no external symptoms have appeared within 2–3 or 4–5 days, or for milk rash or rubella.

Hua Rui Shi Pills，*Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.，In cases where post-epileptic toxins have not been fully cleared and remain stagnant in the Lung Meridian, causing the expectoration of phlegm resembling yellow pus—a sign of developing lung abscess—and where treatment with Mulberry-Coptis Decoction or Stemona Decoction has failed to bring about recovery.

Jin Xian Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 22.，Sores and swellings.

Labor-Inducing Powder，*Secret Transmission from the Blue Sack*.，Difficult labor.

Mercury and Leech Oil，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，

Decoction of Mulberry Twigs，*Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind disorders.

Single-Ingredient Scutellaria Decoction，Formula by Li Gao, cited in Volume 13 of *Compendium of Materia Medica*.，Bone-steaming fever, skin as if scorched by fire, coughing with phlegm, restlessness and thirst, floating and forceful pulse. In cases of wind-induced fatigue where the skin appears scorched by fire but feels cool upon firm pressure, symptoms worsen in the evening, … Read more

Yunlin Moisturizing Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，For physical weakness, low energy, and a lack of appetite.

Skin Rash-Resolving and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，*Complete Book on Measles*, Volume 3.，Rash appears 2–3 days after the onset of diarrhea.

Zhuling Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 2 of *Xiu Zhen*.，Severe pain in the chest and abdomen, extremely urgent.

Gui-Lian Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 141), citing *Shi Yuan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，Imbalance between cold and heat, frequent episodes of bloody and purulent diarrhea, tenesmus, abdominal pain, inability to eat or drink, leading to a critical condition.

Taiyi Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Heat in the Five Hearts.

Aconite Life-Sustaining Pills，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For a 30-year-old suffering from chronic cold, epigastric and abdominal hernias, masses and accumulations, fluctuating pathogenic factors, cold extremities with heart-piercing pain, chronic arthralgia, emaciation, and shortness of breath; or for women with postpartum or lactation-related disorders, fullness and distension in the chest and … Read more

Tongdao Powder，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For critical conditions resulting from severe trauma, with obstruction of urination and defecation.

Pills for Digesting Milk and Food，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 6.，For milk and food stagnation in children.

Modified Fu Shen Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For the early stages of internal injury due to wind-stroke, where the pulse is fine and the patient’s mental state is clear.

Yellow Chalk Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For spleen-related malnutrition with jaundice and body swelling.

Emergency Rescue Pill，From *Collection of Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，For summer heat-induced fever, toxic infections, acute abdominal pain, and loss of consciousness due to qi stagnation.

Ascending and Refining Lingguang Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，All types of wind-heat-induced corneal opacities.

One-Dose Malaria-Curing Pills，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 9.，This formula is effective for malaria, regardless of whether the condition is acute or chronic.

Phellodendron and Atractylodes Decoction，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema.

Qinjiao-Turtle Shell Powder，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.，For yin deficiency and blood deficiency, where an external invasion of wind-pathogen transmits inward and transforms into heat, leading to wind-consumptive disease, bone-steaming fever and tidal fevers, emaciation of muscles and flesh, red lips and flushed cheeks, coarse breathing, mental fatigue and weakness, and night sweats. … Read more

Double Vine Decoction，*Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Dispels wind and overcomes dampness; unblocks the meridians and relieves pain.

Atractylodes and Turmeric Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 83, citing *Dan Liao*.，Pain in the elbow and arm.