Modified Ba Zhen Decoction

Traditional Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，For lung cold combined with external and internal pathogenic factors, stagnant fluid and cold phlegm, cough, inability to speak, a sensation in the mouth as if holding frost or snow, tightness and oppression in the throat resembling a plum pit, obstruction and inability to swallow, diaphragmatic distension and fullness; as well … Read more

Toad Head Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.，For the Five Wasting Diseases in children. Symptoms include dry, bristling hair; emaciation and restlessness; and a distended abdomen with thin legs.

Decoction for Dispersing Stagnant Qi，*Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.，For stagnant qi congested in the epigastric region, accompanied by mild pain in the lower abdomen, fullness and distension beneath the heart, loss of appetite, food not digesting even after eating, and persistent sensation of fullness.

Essence-Nourishing and Heart-Nourishing Pills，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，For all kinds of deficiency and debility, cold essence that fails to consolidate, pain or weakness in the lower back and kidneys, as well as mental restlessness, confusion, and unease—all symptoms of deficiency.

Siwu Decoction with Polygala and Dendrobium，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Excessive blood loss after childbirth, followed by resuming physical labor too soon, resulting in physical weakness and fever.

Lingxian Longcao Decoction，*Selected Proven Formulas*.，Unidentified swellings and abscesses that are neither painful nor itchy; phlegm nodules and scrofula; breast lumps; wheezing, coughing, and phlegm-related wheezing; vomiting of phlegm and saliva; masses and accumulations that are hard and difficult to resolve; a dark tongue with a greasy coating; and a slippery pulse.

Universal-Effect Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 21.，For cases of typhoid fever that have progressed beyond the typical course, presenting with fullness and distension in the chest and heart, restlessness, and delirium—indicating accumulated heat and toxic qi; as well as for women with blood-wind or blood-qi disorders, irregular menstrual cycles, and accumulated cold and heat.

Toxic-Expelling Miraculous Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 80.，For scrofula with intense fever and a strong pulse.

Formula for Applying Condensed Water Stone，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For severe leprosy.

Floating Duckweed and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 2.，For warm epidemics with Taiyin meridian syndrome, presenting with abdominal distension and a dry throat.

Realgar and Pinellia Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 5.，For internal deficiency of the five viscera, stroke-induced stupor, and excessive salivation with stagnant qi.

Di Bian Zhu Powder，*Medical Compendium*, Volume 93.，Malignant sores.

Chu Root Powder，From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，Watery diarrhea. Characterized by abdominal cramping, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, and frequent trips to the toilet.

Cinnabar and Red Lead Powder，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox where toxic qi attacks internally, causing mental confusion, fever, delirium, hallucinations of ghosts or spirits, muttering in sleep, or frantic running about, searching for clothes, or groping the bed.

Universal Bone and Tendon Ointment，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For pain in the lower back and legs caused by exposure to wind or cold, numbness in the tendons and bones, and abdominal distension and fullness.

Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Children*, cited in Volume 22 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For emaciated children with abdominal masses, hardness and fullness in both flanks, intermittent pain, and failure to gain weight despite eating.

Menstrual Regulation and Fertility Formula，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.，

Five Immortals Ointment，*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.，Effective for all types of masses, stagnant qi, abdominal masses, distended abdomen with visible blue veins, shortness of breath with qi stagnation, or fever, cough, hemoptysis, and epistaxis.

Blood-Activating, Tendon-Relaxing, and Pain-Relieving Wash，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Skin diseases, pain in tendons and bones.

Raw Reed Root Porridge，From *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 244, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For children with vomiting and restlessness accompanied by fever.

Ten-Ingredient Dan Zhai Formula，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Compilation of Formulas*, Volume 2.，For chronic ulcers and extensive sores; cases where accidental ingestion of mercury or bismuth has caused the throat to rot and the nose to collapse, accompanied by aching in the joints and bones throughout the body, or where the affected areas are … Read more

Pinellia “Drawing the Sword” Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For women with abdominal masses, blood stagnation, and sour fluid regurgitation.

Ke Te Ling，Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical General Factory.，Chronic bronchitis.

Xiao Chen She Decoction Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 13).，Chronic undigested food stagnation, fullness, oppression, and body heat.

Modified Perilla and Fetal Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 14.，For cholera during pregnancy characterized by severe chills and fever, a struggle between pathogenic and healthy forces, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, vomiting or diarrhea, damage to both qi and blood, and distress to both mother and fetus.