Houli Wine

Kidney and Liver Tonifying Pills，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，Symptoms include a burning sensation in the eyes, blurred vision, deafness and tinnitus, fatigue and weakness, night sweats and aversion to drafts, unsteady gait, swaying of both feet, frequent startling while lying down, weakness in the feet and knees, and emaciation from the waist down.

Iron Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，Deafness. For adults and children aged 10 and older suffering from deafness, suppurating ears, or sores behind the ears.

Night-Closing Branch Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 311.，In cases of falls from horses accompanied by stagnant blood accumulating in the abdomen and stomach, causing difficulty in defecation, taking medication often leads to vomiting, as the blood congeals into lumps that press against the heart.

Essence-Preserving Decoction，*Bu Ju Ji*, Volume 19 of the First Collection.，For nocturnal emissions and seminal leakage.

Wound-Washing Decoction，*Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 7.，For contusions, fractures, dislocations, and lacerations or wounds from sharp objects.

Fragrant Black Bean and Gypsum Decoction，From *Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，Heat accumulated in the lungs and viscera, causing sudden onset of red spots.

Wax and Ghee Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For lung damage with unceasing vomiting of purplish-black blood.

Large Areca Nut Pills，Quoted from *Fan Wang’s Formulas* in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，For edema in the elderly and children; deficiency-type edema; and edema caused by a severe illness leading to shortness of breath.

Zhishi-Da Huang Decoction，From *Yu Heng on Shā and Distension*, Volume 2.，Toxic heat from shā has accumulated in the large intestine.

Angelica and Myrrh Pills，*Essentials for Childbirth and Lactation*.，For women with deficiency of true qi and extreme weakness, with very little blood and qi, unable to nourish the body, resulting in the absence of menstruation, or episodes of chills and fever, and reduced appetite; lethargy and a tendency to lie down, leading to consumptive disease.

Decoction for Clearing Metal and Bai Bu，From *Essentials of Treating Deficiency* (Vol. 2).，Chronic cough due to deficiency-related wasting disease.

Huang Tang，*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.，

Galangal Wine，From *Formulas for Emergencies*, cited in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*.，For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, and foul-smelling flatulence. For lactate stone attacks, muscle cramps, and shortness of breath.

Cane Sugar and Coptis Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，For acute conjunctivitis.

Shengsheng Dan，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For watery diarrhea, dysentery, and malaria.

Perilla Seed Throat-Relieving Decoction，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Throat abscess: redness, swelling, and pain in the throat, with no distinct shape.

Ten-Leaf Powder，*Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For throat disorders caused by unknown fire toxins, presenting with severe swelling and redness.

Yiwei Dan，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 21.，For imbalance between cold and heat.

Intestinal-Moistening Ointment，*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For dysphagia, dry and hard stools, food and drink passing back up after a long time, as well as vomiting in the evening after breakfast or in the morning after dinner.

Pimpinella and Poria Powder，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Excess fluid. Spleen deficiency fails to regulate fluid, causing blood and fluid to disperse between the skin and the gastrointestinal tract, manifesting as edema and difficulty urinating, followed by the cessation of menstruation.

Touhong Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For spleen pain, gastric reflux, diaphragmatic qi stagnation, watery diarrhea, and chronic dysentery; as well as for women suffering from stabbing pain caused by blood and qi stagnation.

Liver and Kidney Nourishing Decoction，Formula attributed to Guan Youbo, cited in Chapter 4 of *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，For chronic, protracted hepatitis with long-term abnormal liver function, classified as liver-kidney yin deficiency. Symptoms include soreness and weakness in the lower back and legs; pain in the hepatic region upon exertion; restless sleep with frequent dreams; … Read more

Tao’s Chai-Ge Jie-Ji Decoction，From *Six Treatises on Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，For combined disorders of the Three Yang channels, presenting with headache, fever, restlessness, insomnia, aversion to cold without sweating, dry throat, deafness, pain in the eye sockets, epistaxis, and a pulse that is floating, full, and tight. Currently used for exogenous febrile diseases, Salmonella infections, … Read more

Chuanxiong-Xin Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For wind-heat ascending to the head, causing muscle twitching, dizziness with a sensation of spinning, and blocked ears with muffled hearing.

Amber Pill for Separating the Clear from the Turbid，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For damp-heat and toxic fire descending from the Liver Meridian, causing painful, turbid dysuria and difficulty urinating, as well as severe heat in lower-body sores resulting in swelling, pain, and ulceration.