Jianruan Decoction

Modified Qingmuxiang Pills，From *Jin Xiao Fang*, citing a formula by Wu Yi (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 18).，Effective for all types of beriberi; when symptoms arise, they manifest as a sensation of rising pressure, constipation, and a sense of discomfort. It also treats sudden chest pain and coldness in the lower back and kidney region.

Asthma-Relieving and Lung-Soothing Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 159.，For men and women suffering from chronic cough, with shortness of breath and labored breathing, unable to sleep, and with a condition that has persisted for years without resolution, gradually leading to facial and bodily edema.

Honeysuckle Dew，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Summer heat, boils and abscesses, and heat toxins.

Baby-Protecting Precious Pills，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 5.，For infants with fever due to wind-phlegm, convulsions, malnutrition, vomiting, diarrhea, and food stagnation.

Decoction for Dispelling Stasis, Clearing Heat, and Relieving Pain，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*, Volume 2.，For blood stasis complicated by stagnant fire, manifesting as pain in the heart and stomach, distension and oppression in the epigastrium that cannot be pressed, vomiting of purplish-black blood clots, retrograde menstruation, or a sensation of burning heat in the … Read more

Yuan Nian Da Feng Decoction，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，For severe wind disorders.

Crucian Carp Pills，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 5.，(Kou Gou) Shortness of breath. When the Lung Meridian has long been affected by pathogenic factors, the initial symptoms include a chill rising from the back, cold as ice and snow. Gradually, shortness of breath sets in, with interrupted breathing; phlegm and saliva obstruct the … Read more

Medicine for Sores Caused by Dingzi，From *Secret Transmission from the Blue Sack*.，Boil.

Kidney-Tonifying and Fertility-Promoting Formula，*Obstetrics and Gynecology*.，Infertility. Deficiency of kidney yin and yang, accompanied by frequent urination.

Decoction for Relaxing the Muscles and Promoting Surface Release，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，For smallpox rashes that have appeared for 1–2 days.

Zhucong Decoction，*The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 7.，Blood deficiency with qi stagnation, ear distension and fontanelle pain, as if bitten by insects or with pus discharge.

Luffa Soup，*Ming Yi Za Zhu* (Miscellaneous Writings of a Ming Physician), Volume 6.，Toxicity from smallpox lesions.

Thin-Pox Dragon-Phoenix Ointment，*Feng’s Treasure Trove: Smallpox* (Volume 14).，

Golden Powder and Rehmannia Ointment，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 172.，For children with epigastric distension and malnutrition-induced thirst.

Divine Sand Pill，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 13.，For all cases of cold-induced heart pain, small intestine pain, and bladder pain that cannot be relieved.

Modified Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Stagnation，*Definitive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 3.，Dysentery following smallpox.

Barley Bran Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 32.，Following an episode of cold damage, food is not properly digested, and there is a sensation of fullness in the abdomen and flanks.

Dang Gui Ming Dan，From *The New Book for the Young* (Volume 10), citing *Formulas from the Spiritual Garden*.，For sudden onset of cold-induced convulsions, heart-related epilepsy, infantile “heavenly hook” syndrome, febrile convulsions, and malnutrition-induced fever.

Wood Fragrance and White Atractylodes Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，

Ginseng, Astragalus, Atractylodes, and Aconite Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For stroke with signs of collapse.

Essence-Nourishing and Qi-Enhancing Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Deafness following an illness.

Tonifying Zhongru Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 70.，For women with deficiency of the Blood Sea, where Qi rises and attacks the lungs, causing occasional shortness of breath, restlessness, loss of appetite, and weakness in the limbs.

White Tiger Detoxifying and Nourishing Yin Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing *Twelve Secret Formulas for Laryngology*.，Diphtheria, scarlet fever, laryngitis, and all forms of laryngeal obstruction and tonsillitis.

Raw Lacquer Paste，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For masses in both men and women.

Bitter Herb Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 29.，For epistaxis due to cold damage, with bleeding of 1–2 dou that will not stop.