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Imperial Favor Pills,*Formulas for Reliable and Practical Use*, Volume 2.,For deficiency of nutritive and defensive qi, where wind-pathogen invades the viscera; when the stomach and intestines are weak and undigested residues are not properly retained, resulting in stools that are red or white, or containing pus and blood; accompanied by pain in the navel and … Read more
Ma Huang Bai Zhu San,From *San Yin*, Volume 6.,Malaria. Caused by exposure to wind, cold, heat, or dampness that does not remain in the meridians but combines with the defensive qi, resulting in a disease that recurs daily with alternating chills and fever. Also treats epidemic diseases.
Qi-Regulating and Spleen-Nourishing Pills,*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.,Excessive worry damages the spleen, leading to stagnation of spleen qi, which gives rise to a fleshy mass—soft as cotton and swollen like a steamed bun. Due to spleen qi deficiency, the mass gradually enlarges over time and may cause mild pain or be painless.
Cramp-Relieving Decoction,From *The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,Leg pain with muscle cramps, radiating upward into the abdomen.
Lu Zu’s Formula for Boils on the Back,From *Formulas of the Huizhiting*, Volume 3.,For boils and abscesses on the back.
Hei Gui Pi Decoction,*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.,Yin deficiency with blood deficiency.
Medicinal Decoction,From *One Hundred Effective Surgical Treatments*, Volume 2.,Plum-Kernel-Like Dyspnea.
Decoction for Consolidating the Roots and Regulating Dizziness,From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 6.,For dizziness due to qi deficiency.
Great Nine Treasures Decoction,From *Dànliáo Fāng*, cited in Volume 11 of *Yǒnglèi Qián Fāng*.,Stroke caused by qi obstruction.
Bitiandan,From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 2.,Effective for chronic and recent cases of “rotten eyelid” (eyelid inflammation).
Hundred-Efficacy Decoction,From *New Treatise on Fungal and Contagious Diseases*.,For syphilis, genital sores, and fecal toxicity.
Pill for Prolonging Life and Promoting Progeny,From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 4.,Men with extreme yang deficiency who struggle to conceive suffer from an excessive and intense “ministerial fire” that scorches the true yin, leading to extreme yang—which becomes hyperactive; or they may be excessively rigid, causing an imbalance between victory and defeat, resulting in childlessness.
Three-Juice Pills,*Yi Tong*, Volume 46.,For consumptive wasting disease caused by a contagious pathogen.
Decoction for Disinfecting and Removing Corneas,From *Compendium of Masi Syndrome*, Volume 4.,For numbness with red veins in the eyes.
Shenqu Bu Zhong Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.,For deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, slow digestion, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, a bitter taste in the mouth with loss of appetite, nausea and sourness in the throat, fatigue and a desire to lie … Read more
Ke Te Cake,*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 2.,For thirst and cough.
Depressing-Qi-and-Harmonizing-the-Middle Decoction,*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.,Fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, with internal heat causing restlessness at night; lying down exacerbates the oppression.
Xuanfu Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 89.,For stroke: loss of consciousness, profuse drooling, locked jaw, inability to speak, and limp, dragging limbs.
Priceless Treasure,From *Shanghan Biaoben*, Volume 2.,For the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, weakness in the limbs, heaviness and fatigue in the legs, aching joints, a dull complexion, erectile dysfunction, deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, and nocturnal emission.
Zengsun Si Jin Pills,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.,For wind, cold, and dampness invading the meridians, manifesting as pain or numbness; and for various types of leg pain caused by edema.
Phellodendron Bark Pills,Formula by Lu Yifeng, cited in *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 35.,For various deficiency-related conditions characterized by bloody or white, turbid discharge.
Aconite and Glutinous Rice Decoction,From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 1).,Cold qi in the abdomen, rumbling and sharp pain, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, and vomiting.
Wu Mo Decoction with Additions,*Medical Convenience*, Volume 3.,Qi stagnation caused by emotional distress, manifesting as distension and pain, or as wandering, surging, or piercing pain. Sudden death resulting from intense rage is termed “Qi Jue.”
Kongqing Powder,Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 56); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 254).,For sudden illness or external pathogenic factors causing near-death conditions.
Cinnabar, Alum, Beeswax, and Pomegranate Peel Pills,From *Medical Records for the Masses*, Volume 7.,Effective for all cases of chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other medications; also treats both bloody and mucoid dysentery.
Fire-Relieving and Heart-Nourishing Decoction,Postpartum yin deficiency with internal heat, presenting as a state resembling madness but not true madness, is a case of “false madness” caused by blood deficiency and should not be regarded as a pattern of excess.