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Rehmannia and Perilla Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 49.，For pulmonary atrophy with wheezing and cough, thick and sticky nasal discharge and sputum, and difficulty swallowing.

Pills for Dissolving Nodules and Draining Fluid，From *Compendium of Pills, Elixirs, Ointments, and Powders*, citing a formula by Li Dongyuan.，For damp-heat and various forms of dampness combined, manifesting as heaviness and pain in the lower back and knees, and swelling in the legs and feet.

Enhanced Magnolia and Scutellaria Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For food and fluid stagnation, chest fullness and constriction, depressed mood with abdominal pain, and distension of the flanks.

Stalactite Porridge，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other medications.

Decoction for Dispelling Yin and Promoting Drainage，From *Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，There is slight swelling above the eye sockets, as if the patient has just woken from sleep; the neck pulse is throbbing; there is occasional coughing; coldness in the groin and thighs; swelling of the lower legs; and the abdomen is distended. Edema … Read more

Secret-Efficacy Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Symptoms include abdominal distension, scanty and painful urination, a protruding navel, shortness of breath, and inability to sleep at night.

Jurchen Powder，*Yi Shuo*, Volume 9, citing *Ming Yi Lu*.，Mental distress and resentment, resulting in a darkened complexion.

Mysterious Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 314.，For all types of abscesses and boils that have already ruptured, causing unbearable pain day and night, with pus unable to drain.

Jianzhi Pills，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 5.，

Decoction for Expelling Phlegm and Dampness，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 167.，For phlegm-fluid retention, headache, back pain, and aversion to food with vomiting.

Xiangping Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For edema, pneumothorax, and hematoma.

Enhanced Anemarrhena Powder，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Dryness and thirst during pregnancy, with intermittent pain in the throat.

Spleen-Regulating and Toxin-Clearing Decoction，*Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 4.，Both eyelids are swollen like balls, with slight damp-heat; in severe cases, there is tearing and redness and swelling.

Mallow Soup，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with dysuria, difficult and scanty urination, restlessness, heat, dryness, and pain, and chills in the limbs. Extremely effective for treating complete urinary retention.

Si Xian Dipsacus Pill，*Ben Shi*, Volume 4.，For wind-deficiency and qi-deficiency of the liver and kidneys, inability to plant the feet or knees on the ground, pain in the lower back and spine, wind-toxin flowing into the lower meridians, difficulty walking or standing still, and dribbling urine.

Small Turtle Shell Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 15.，For women with chronic deficiency, characterized by red and white vaginal discharge, pain in the lower back and legs, a sallow complexion, and weakness in the limbs.

Medicinal Decoction，From *One Hundred Effective Surgical Treatments*, Volume 2.，Plum-Kernel-Like Dyspnea.

Sacred Gold Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For stagnant phlegm and old fluid retention, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, vomiting, nausea, headaches, and a complete inability to eat.

Chuan Da Huang Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 27.，For consumptive disease with bone fever, restlessness of the mind, difficulty with urination and defecation, and pain in the limbs.

Uncharred Wood Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For cases of typhoid fever where sweating has occurred or has not yet occurred, accompanied by restlessness, agitation, and confusion.

Magnetite Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 59.，Abscesses and boils resulting from diabetes.

Areca Nut and Aconite Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 182.，For chronic qi disorders with intermittent episodes, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, sudden loss of breath, and a hard, distended abdomen—conditions deemed untreatable by physicians—indicating the presence of intestinal parasites.

Magnolia and Cardamom Powder，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Caused by deficiency of the spleen and stomach, resulting from the consumption of raw or cold foods.

Fox Liver Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 367.，For spasm disorders and stroke affecting the heart and lungs.

Spleen-Nourishing Powder，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 2.，For regurgitation of food, acid regurgitation upon eating, and spitting of yellow fluid, where previous treatments have failed to cure the condition.