Family Recipe: Yellow Ointment

Polygonum Leaf Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 65.，For unspecified sores.

Zhenkan Powder，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Hangzhou Formula).，Fluid retention and distension. The abdomen is abnormally enlarged, swollen and hard as a drum; there is counterflow of qi, shortness of breath, and a sensation of fullness; urination and defecation are obstructed; and the face and eyes are edematous.

Hair-Removing Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 9.，For chronic lung pain and prolonged coughing; dreaming of deceased relatives; or dreaming of eating and drinking; loss of vital essence and blood; frequent anger and little sleep; inability to eat; and gradual wasting away; as well as bone-consuming consumptive disease and infection by “ghostly qi.”

Cough-Clearing Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Hemoptysis.

Rhubarb and Poria Pill，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，For women with chronic masses or stagnant blood that interfere with pregnancy.

Bai Jingyu’s Eye Medicine，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For acute conjunctivitis, characterized by a reddened cornea, itching around the eyes, and ulceration accompanied by swelling and pain.

Lianfu Liuyi Decoction，From *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 4, citing a formula by Danxi.，Indicated for severe epigastric pain and vomiting of acidic fluid caused by excessive liver fire. Currently used for chronic gastritis, hyperacidity, and similar conditions.

Dubu Powder，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 14, citing *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond the Canon*.，Pain in the heart and spleen caused by qi stagnation; stagnation in the epigastric region; a single point of pain in the soft area of the chest—arising from qi and cold—which may persist for life.

Plum Antler Pills，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For unstoppable bleeding.

Aconite and Wood Fragrance Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，After the water retention has been expelled, use this formula to tonify the body, eliminate food stagnation, and restore appetite. It is indicated for cases where water retention has already been resolved but the symptoms remain erratic.

Ginger Pingwei Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 301.，For kidney-wind sores and dampness in the lower body.

Er Chen Shuang He Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Hernia that flares up upon exertion or exposure to wind and cold, with swelling and a sensation of heaviness and pain in the scrotum.

Aloe Vera Pills，Formula by Master Mao, cited in Volume 24 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，Pediatric malnutrition.

Wind-Dispelling and Meridian-Regulating Decoction，From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For children with vomiting and diarrhea, alternating chills and fever, vomiting of phlegm mixed with foam, or green, frothy diarrhea.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Damp-heat lower back pain, with a heavy, sinking sensation as if weighed down by a belt worth several thousand qian.

Ginseng, Poria, and Amber Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 17).，Painful urination, unbearable pain in the penis, and radiating pain extending to the flanks.

Jue Ming Dan，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 18 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children whose eyes have been affected by toxic fumes following a rash or smallpox.

Thin-Skin Ointment，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，For chronic eczema with thickened skin lesions.

Baozhen Pills，*Zhunsheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.，For the “Nine Defects” of the male reproductive system: a weak penis that fails to erect; an erect penis that lacks fullness; a full penis that fails to follow the proper course; a penis that follows the course but lacks substance; a substantial penis that lacks firmness; a firm penis that … Read more

Cooling Marrow Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，When kidney yin fails to restrain fire, resulting in nightly fever as intense as fire; by the fifth watch, the body grows cool; sweating occurs intermittently; one feels an internal burning sensation in the bone marrow; appetite gradually diminishes; and phlegm is coughed up like white … Read more

Formula for Hen，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For palpitations following a traumatic injury, with a sensation of fullness in the chest, as if startled by a cart.

Lisheng Heding Dan，Quoted from Zhu Bing’s formula in Volume 18 of *Bai Yi*.，Difficult labor, obstetric complications, and retained dead fetus.

Integrated Sanhe Fetal-Preserving Pills，*Collected Works on Infant Care*, Volume 1.，For those with a history of habitual miscarriage.

Junjzi Cake，From *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, cited in *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 166.，For ascariasis.

Shengjin Touguan Powder，From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 54), citing *The Family Treasure of Health Preservation*.，For long-standing, intractable deafness.