Recipe for Roasted Sophora Branches

Aconite and Poria Decoction，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 2.，For cases of deficient qi and excessive blood, where yang cannot overcome yin, presenting with eye pain and aversion to cold.

Five-Spirit Pill，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，Snakebites.

Three-Ingredient Pain-Relieving Formula，From *Pu Fuzhou’s Medical Experience*.，For headaches caused by hemiplegic stroke that have not responded to prolonged treatment.

Yi Ying Nei Tuo Powder，*Bu Ju Ji*, Volume 10 of the First Collection.，For cases of yin deficiency combined with external invasion by cold pathogens, where the body is unable to expel the pathogen.

Divine Fragrance and Sacred Atractylodes Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Cold-damp cholera. Caused by excessive consumption of raw, cold, or greasy foods, overuse of purgative and tonifying herbs, or cold invading the Taiyin channel, resulting in damage to the yang of the spleen and kidneys, manifested as vomiting and diarrhea, fullness and distension in … Read more

Decoction for Tonifying Qi, Nourishing Yin, and Strengthening the Spleen，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Deficiency of both qi and yin in the spleen and stomach, palpitations and restlessness, pain in the lower back and legs.

Ginseng, Licorice, and Platycodon Decoction，From *The Heart Book for Saving Infants*, Volume 2.，For wind-heat common cold, with intense heat pressing on the body; toxic heat from smallpox lesions rising upward; swelling and pain in the throat; stagnant phlegm; coughing with loss of voice; and reduced appetite.

Spirit-Preserving Pill，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，

Xiangzhong Pill，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Abdominal distension and swelling.

Tonifying Goji-Longan Wine，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*.，For pathogenic factors affecting the five viscera, emotional distress and overwork, chest pain, excessive thirst, and restlessness.

Tongjin Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For all types of swelling and distension, as well as rheumatic beriberi that has developed into swelling.

Shi Zheng Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Shortness of breath; fatigue in the limbs.

Fire-Clearing and Vitality-Preserving Ointment，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 7.，Cough due to yin deficiency; hemoptysis caused by fire.

Coptis and Scutellaria Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，For Yangming warm disease characterized by dry retching, a bitter taste in the mouth, and thirst, where purgation is not yet indicated.

Immediate Throat-Opening Drink，*Guide to Throat Disorders*, Volume 4.，For acute conditions such as a swollen and painful throat with inability to swallow liquids.

Three-Yellow Decoction for Draining the Heart，*Essentials of the Golden Chamber*，Purges fire and eliminates toxins; dries dampness and dispels heat.Indicated for internal excess fire that forces the blood to flow erratically, resulting in hemoptysis, epistaxis, constipation, and dark urine; accumulated heat in the Triple Burner causing redness and swelling of the eyes, and sores on the … Read more

Formula for Opening the Orifices and Unblocking the Ears，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Deafness and blocked ears.

Xiao Jue San，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage contracted in winter, with fever lasting 12 days; the disease has already affected the liver; the pathogenic heat is extremely deep; vital energy is deficient; the patient is on the verge of collapse but has not yet experienced it.

Enhanced Longdan Xiegan Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi*.，Liver disease.

Formula for Internal Resolution of Scrofula，From *Eight Notes on Nourishing Life*, Volume 18.，For scrofula.

Ganzi Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 388.，Constipation in children.

Myrrh Pain-Relieving Powder，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For severe abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, and a tight,涩, and stagnant pulse.

Fragrant Pork Jerky，From *Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 6.，For children with toxic conditions in the stomach, intestinal irritation with diarrhea, refusal to eat due to clenched jaws, or severe cases where the mouth and eyes remain tightly closed.

Almond and Coix Seed Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，A mixed invasion of wind, summer-heat, cold, and dampness; qi fails to disperse properly; coughing and a sensation of swelling in the head; lack of appetite; white tongue coating; limbs feel as if paralyzed.

Modified Four Reversals Decoction，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，For elderly patients with cold damage (shanghan) presenting with aversion to cold without fever, heaviness of the body with a desire to lie down, and cold extremities.