Red Safflower Decoction

Cangdu Shenzhuo Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For wind-dampness-induced low back pain in the Great Yin Meridian, where the lower back feels as if a crossbeam were lodged within it.

Twelve-Ingredient Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For weeping during pregnancy and lactation.

Ejiao Si Ling Powder，From *Six Books on Medicine* (Yi Lue Liu Shu), Volume 28.，For pregnancy complicated by spleen deficiency with blood heat, where damp-heat prevents blood from returning to its meridians, resulting in persistent hematuria, fetal instability, and a stringy and涩 pulse.

Human Milk Wine，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For all types of deficiency and debility, as well as the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries.”

Si Miao Powder，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For syphilitic nodules, regardless of how long they have existed, whether they have already ruptured or not.

Like the Divine Support-the-Uterus Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 1.，For the initial stages of boils on the back and similar sores; also treats carbuncles, all types of swollen toxins, and typhoid fever.

Decoction for Nourishing the Tendons and Soothing the Liver，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For tendon disorders.

Qibo’s Divine Powder，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 23.，Boils and abscesses, leprosy, scabies, tinea, wind-induced paralysis, gangrene of bones and flesh, pain in all joints, loss of eyebrows and hair, a sensation of itching and pain throughout the body, eye pain and ulceration of the outer corners of the eyes, deafness, tooth decay, hemorrhoids, and fistulas.

Kidney-Draining Decoction，Volume 17 of *Wai Tai* quotes from *Gujin Luyan*.，Insufficiency of kidney qi.

Zhike Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 21.，For hemiplegia, mental agitation, and slurred speech.

Roasted Rice Soup，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*.，

Goat’s Milk Paste，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 51.，Facial (??) (??).

Zhechong Decoction，*Supplement to the Essentials of the Guanju Formulas*, Volume 9.，For various postpartum disorders caused by retained lochia.

Qi-Nourishing and Spirit-Calming Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Caused by the combined influence of the Seven Emotions and the Six Excesses, resulting in heart deficiency, frequent dreaming at night, restless sleep, confusion, fright, and phlegm-induced convulsions.

Fire-Date Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，Swelling.

Goat Horn Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，For forgetfulness, frequent startle reactions, difficult bowel movements, and mouth sores.

Water-Expelling Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Volume 12).，For children with malnutrition-induced thirst unresponsive to other treatments.

Red Jade Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 272.，For vomiting and persistent nausea caused by abscesses.

Clam Ointment，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Chilblains.

Turtle Head Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 92.，For children with a cold and deficient large intestine and chronic rectal prolapse.

Barley Bran and Ginseng Pills，*Comprehensive Record of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 32.，Used for deficiency-cold of the stomach following typhoid fever, resulting in undigested food remaining in the stomach.

Red Cotton Pill，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, characterized by spasms of the hands and feet, a fixed gaze, abnormal saliva, high fever, and labored breathing, as well as for prenatal epilepsy and stroke.

Fifteen-Ingredient Plantain Seed Pills，From *Formulas of Xu Renze*, cited in Volume 9 of *Wai Tai*.，Cough caused by fluid retention that persists for a long time, gradually developing into edema; its symptoms are not limited to any particular season. The cough continues unceasingly day and night; exposure to any cough-inducing substances causes severe distress. In severe … Read more

Kudzu Root and Curcuma Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 23.，Used for cases of typhoid fever where heat invades the internal organs, causing restlessness, thirst, and incessant drinking of water.

Ginger and Alum Powder，From *The Complete Infant Formulas*, cited in *The Great Yongle Encyclopedia*, Volume 1037.，For childhood febrile rashes, as well as all types of wind rashes and red, itchy swellings.