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Neem and Sichuan Pepper Decoction，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For pain caused by parasitic infestation.

Si Fang San，*Science of Traumatic Injuries*.，Joint pain resulting from old injuries or exposure to wind, cold, and dampness.

Weighing Hammer Wine，*Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 238, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*，Postpartum blood masses; pain in the lower back.

Intestinal Abscess Pills，From *New Acute Abdominal Disorders*.，Acute appendicitis.

The “One-Drink-Black” Formula，*Shenghui*, Volume 41.，

Seven Seeds Powder，*Qianjin*, Volume 2.，For men suffering from wind-deficiency causing blurred vision, deficiency of essence and vital energy, and infertility. For women who are unable to conceive due to the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries” or general debility and various ailments.

Cinnabar and White Angelica Powder，From *The Complete Collection on Survival from Cold Damage*, Volume 2.，Typhoid fever with night sweats, caused by yin deficiency and internal heat.

Roasted Liver Powder，From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 228.，Excessive consumptive disease, weakness, and loose stools.

Taibai Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 45.，Spleen deficiency with cold, accompanied by rumbling in the abdomen.

Azurite Ointment，From *Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 6.，A yellow membrane on the eye that extends to the outer cornea. Caused by wind-cold in the kidneys and extreme heat in the stomach, this condition presents with intermittent pain at the onset, followed by redness, dryness, and tearing. Gradually, a … Read more

Astragalus and Raw Rehmannia Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 10.，Rheumatism. Failure of yang qi to rise, fatigue in the limbs, wandering body pain, sweating in the genital area, and reluctance to speak.

Hair-Massaging Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 41.，

Ginseng Lung-Regulating Decoction，*Li’s Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.，Chronic, persistent wheezing.

Diao Teng Da Huang Decoction，From *General Treatise on Cold-Induced Diseases*, Volume 5.，For children with persistent Shanghan presenting with convulsions, delirium, mania, and tidal fever; as well as for children with food stagnation causing convulsions, epilepsy, refusal to take breast milk or food, fever, and crying.

Dougang Pills，From *Ten Effective Formulas for Bowel Disorders*, cited in Volume 38 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，Bleeding after a bowel movement.

Meteor Powder，From *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 27, citing *Nine (艹龠) Health Preservation Formulas*.，For children with deficient and cold stomach qi, accompanied by phlegm, vomiting, and regurgitation.

Goat Liver Pills，From *Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica*, citing *Chuanxin Fang* (see *Classified Materia Medica*, Volume 7).，For deficiency of the Liver Meridian, with wind-toxin rising to the head, causing blurred vision, photophobia with tearing, difficulty opening the eyes due to dryness and stickiness, corneal opacities leading to blindness, and pterygium.

Black Plum Pills，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Liver-related heat manifesting as malaria-like symptoms causes the patient’s complexion to turn ashen, with shortness of breath and a suffocating sensation, appearing as if dead; or, in cases of prolonged fever with slight tremors resembling malaria, the condition may persist for years without resolution.

Throat Fungus Decoction，From *New Treatise on Fungal Infections*.，Fungal sores cause the throat to gradually rot away, making it difficult to swallow food and drink.

Ginger and Sweet Orange Decoction，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，For various types of abscesses and boils where toxic qi surges upward to the throat, causing obstruction and difficulty in breathing in the chest and diaphragm.

Gekko Antidote for Shortness of Breath，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For postpartum shortness of breath with impending depletion of qi and blood.

Immortal-Transmitted Coral and Purple Gold Ointment，From Xue Xun’s Military Formulas, cited in Volume 6 of *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*.，For long-standing or recent cases of internal eye opacity and blindness, shifting cloud-like opacities, sudden onset of “fire eyes,” cold tears when exposed to wind, fear of sunlight and sensitivity to light, and deficiency of the liver … Read more

Fog-Dispelling and Disinfecting Decoction，From *Throat Medicine for Bestowing Blessings*, Volume 3.，For the early stages of epidemic diphtheria, characterized by chills, fever, headache, back distension, pain in the joints throughout the body, and mental fatigue—when the disease has not yet penetrated to the interior.

Coptis and Dragon Bone Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，After several days of an epidemic, there is a severe purgation, followed by intermittent episodes of febrile dysentery.

Paper Mulberry Branch Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 80.，Edema caused by witchcraft.