Coptis and Red Rice Decoction

Decoction of Antelope Horn，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，For stroke-induced paralysis of the limbs.

Dusheng Dan，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 14.，For smallpox in children.

Dragon’s Tooth and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 28.，For sudden convulsions due to cold damage, accompanied by high fever throughout the body.

Spleen-Clearing and Fire-Reducing Decoction，From *The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，Spleen deficiency with internal heat, combined with external invasion of wind-heat, causing a prickling pain in the throat. Accumulated heat in the Spleen meridian leads to sores on the hard palate, resembling millet grains or pearls, which may be yellow or white; foul-smelling breath; … Read more

Hookworm Pills，Formula adapted from Chen Zhangwei, as cited in *Therapeutic Methods and Formulas*.，Hookworm infection. Symptoms include palpitations and shortness of breath; sallow or swollen limbs and complexion; or a craving for raw rice, soil, and other non-food items. Also treats chronic cholecystitis of the damp-heat pattern.

Decoction for Restoring Yang and Aiding Childbirth，From *Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Cold invasion during pregnancy.

Fuzheng Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，Wind invades the meridians, causing facial paralysis.

Xiaobiao Powder，From *The Secret Book of Throat Disorders*, Volume 2.，In cases of throat disorders where excessive bitter-cold medications have been taken, a fleshy mass may form in the throat—either growing horizontally or extending downward—causing slight pain; this is called “throat protrusion.”

Empirical Lizhong Anti-Bloating Pills，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Phlegm-induced distension. Damp phlegm combined with qi stagnation obstructs the chest and abdomen, causing central fullness and abdominal distension, shortness of breath and wheezing, difficulty with urination and defecation, and even swelling of the face and limbs.

Enhanced Erchen Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 105.，Swelling and lumps under the tongue the size of a nut, or a double tongue, a stiff tongue, and sores throughout the mouth.

Stomach-Warming Emergency Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 184.，Effective for all types of cold-induced disorders, chest pain, shortness of breath, vomiting, and cholera.

Wu Xin Tea，From *Emergency Moxibustion Methods*.，For headaches.

Toad and Musk Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，Chronic, oozing sores.

Rheumatic Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 185.，For wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, pain in the lower back and legs, and inability to walk; for women with postpartum deficiency of blood and qi who have contracted wind, cold, and dampness, presenting with a tight jaw, stiff neck, and pain and numbness in the lower back and legs.

Gan Ting Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，Syphilis.

Yi Lü San，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，For injuries to the eyelids causing redness, swelling, and pain.

Calcined Zinc Oxide Lotion，*Science of Traumatology*.，Various acute non-exudative inflammations, simple skin itching, heat rash, etc.

Yupingfeng Powder，From *Jiu Yuan Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 150.，For exterior deficiency with spontaneous sweating and susceptibility to wind pathogens; or for skin withering caused by damage from wind, rain, cold, and dampness.

Chinese Yam and Egg Yolk Porridge，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For chronic diarrhea with loose stools and lack of bowel control.

Qi-Nourishing Decoction，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For cold qi rising to attack the heart and abdomen, causing distension and stabbing pain in the flanks, a bitter taste in the mouth with loss of appetite, belching and acid regurgitation, phlegm-induced vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and loss of appetite; or … Read more

Modified Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 83.，Severe wind syndrome, hair loss, and cracked skin.

Universal Ointment，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Fushun Formula).，For abscesses, back boils, oral ulcers, goiters, wandering abscesses, and all types of surgical ulcers and malignant sores: apply to unruptured lesions to resolve them, and to ruptured lesions to promote healing.

Four Gentlemen with Chuanxiong and Danggui Decoction，*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For the 4th–5th month of pregnancy, when fetal qi is disharmonious, rising upward to the heart and chest, causing distension, fullness, and pain—a condition known as “zi xuan”—due to spleen deficiency and restlessness.

Mu Xiang Quick-Qi Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 182.，Discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Bear Bile Life-Saving Powder，From *Lu Fu’s Prohibited Formulas*.，For extreme fever in typhoid fever leading to delirium, where the patient fails to recognize relatives or strangers, and dry heat is at its peak.