Jiao Shen Decoction

Ginseng and Astragalus Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (cited in *The Standard Rules: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 3).，For consumptive disease with external heat, emaciation, fatigue in the limbs, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, dry throat and red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fevers, night sweats, loss of appetite, and coughing up pus and blood.

Lize Tongqi Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，Inability to perceive odors.

Shengshui Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Dampness attacks the heart, causing phlegm to be coughed up all day long; even a small amount of tea causes a hard, constricting sensation beneath the heart, shortness of breath, and aversion to water.

Abalone and Hemp Seed Soup，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 7.，

Calcium Carbonate Pills，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 5.，Infants are prone to startle easily from birth.

Dendrobium Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 52.，Deficiency of kidney qi, resulting in bone atrophy, emaciation, and weakness; tinnitus in both ears; in severe cases, leading to deafness; and shortness of breath.

Five Saints Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 1.，Beriberi. Caused by sitting or standing on damp ground, or by walking in the heat and removing shoes or wearing wet shoes, allowing wind-dampness to invade the body. During an attack, walking is difficult and the pain is unbearable.

Decoction for Draining Pus, Nourishing Internally, and Dispersing，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 15, citing *Jiyuan Fang*.，For abscesses and sores with unceasing discharge of pus and blood, accompanied by a hollow sensation and pain within the sore.

Modified Fumai Decoction，From *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*, Volume 2, citing *Verified Prescriptions* (Yanfang Chuanxin).，For cases of damp-heat transforming into dysentery, characterized by defecation without straining, no pain upon abdominal palpation, defecation occurring dozens of times a day, cramping and soreness in the lower abdomen and lower back, inability to sit or stand, cessation of … Read more

Jin Shang San，From *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 2.，Injuries caused by knives, sickles, or axes.

Chicken Droppings Elixir，*The Plain Questions*, Volume 11.，For all types of swelling in the abdomen and limbs, whether due to water retention, gas accumulation, or dampness.

Miraculous Taiyi Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 314.，For all types of abscesses, boils, and malignant sores.

Modified Qingpi Decoction，*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For malaria characterized by chills followed by fever.

Stomach-Supporting Ointment，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10 (Newly Added Formulas of the Chunyou Era).，For children with deficient stomach qi, refusal to take milk or food, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, green stools after breastfeeding, occasional night crying, or abdominal pain due to cold retained from the womb.

Dongyuan’s Decoction for Clearing Summer Heat and Tonifying Qi，The formula is from Volume 4 of *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*; its name is cited in *Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*.，For patterns of damp-heat where damp-heat has injured the qi, presenting with fatigue in the limbs, diminished vitality, fever with a high … Read more

Aconite and Angelica Pill，*Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，For wind-cold affecting the stomach and intestines, presenting with bloody stools, cold hands and feet, and a faint, thready pulse.

Shui Zhu Pills，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8, citing *The Introduction*.，For chronic syphilis with intractable sores that do not heal.

Xuanfu Flower Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，Upon first arriving in the Jiangling region, the patient has not yet acclimated to the local climate and soil; food and drink do not agree with them. Combined with spleen dampness, beriberi has manifested, accompanied by occasional chest tightness, swelling of the face, legs, and knees, fatigue, blue-black lips and … Read more

Kudzu Root and Curcuma Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 23.，Used for cases of typhoid fever where heat invades the internal organs, causing restlessness, thirst, and incessant drinking of water.

Wu Xian Powder，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 7).，For cold-syndrome typhoid fever with cold extremities.

Diaphragm Toxin Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For chest constriction due to cold damage, with hard, painful pressure beneath the heart.

Ninghuo Dan，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，For a springtime common cold with a floating pulse, fever, thirst, dry nose, and nosebleeds.

Mu Xiang Fu Zi Decoction，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For acute stroke with loss of speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, and paralysis of the limbs.

Puxiang Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For cold-induced distension; in the elderly or deficient individuals with internal cold and lower-jiao deficiency, presenting with distension of the chest and abdomen, aversion to food, and a floating, slow, and weak pulse.

Grape-Based Dispersing Powder，*Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，For swollen and painful gums that are on the verge of forming an abscess.