Pepper and Cinnabar

Golden Lid Powder，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.，For smallpox lesions that have become gangrenous and refuse to heal, causing the skin to peel off.

Decayed Tortoise Pill，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 7.，For stroke, with trembling of the hands and feet, and dragging of the limbs.

Lung-Clearing and Hemostatic Decoction，From *Yi Pan Zhu*, Volume 3.，Epistaxis.

Flower Snake Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，Various types of wind disorders, chronic numbness and paralysis, stiffness and pain, and malignant sores, scabies, and ringworm.

Cold-Dispelling and Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 3.，Pathogenic factors causing chest constriction; obstruction of stomach yang; fullness and distension in the epigastric region; fatigue in the limbs.

Watermelon Paste，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，For coughs with excessive phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, dry mouth and throat, and vomiting due to stomach heat.

Ginseng and Geji Pills，*Yi Ji*, Volume 9.，For women with deficiency of qi and blood, a cold and deficient uterus, and seminal leakage preventing conception; also for men with declining vitality and seminal leakage leading to premature ejaculation.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Cinnamon-Houpo Decoction，From *Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 3.，Retained fluid. Fullness and distension epigastrically, accompanied by retching and dizziness.

Ginseng, Poria, Aconite, and Atractylodes Decoction with Ginger，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cases in the depths of winter where internal cold causes alternating vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by fever.

Angelica, Oat, and Yuru Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，For poisoning from salt brine, characterized by a salty taste in the mouth, excessive thirst, abdominal pain, and death with the body curled up and legs drawn in.

Toxicity-Removing Wash Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 3.，Scrofula and various types of sores and swellings.

Heart-Nourishing Wine，From *Compilation of Extraordinary Formulas*, Volume 2.，Palpitations; restlessness of the mind.

Decoction for Clearing Toxins with Modifications，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，For cases of shanghan where, after sweating or purgation, the fever persists, the headache remains unresolved, the pulse is rapid and full, the patient still feels restless and agitated, and thirst is unrelenting.

Siwu Xiaofeng Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 73.，For red and white wandering wind that stagnates in the blood and manifests as a red rash.

Cinnamon and Poria Decoction for Regulating the Middle，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 7.，Cholera.

Decoction of Minor Pinellia with Poria，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，For sudden vomiting, epigastric fullness, fluid accumulation in the diaphragm region, and dizziness with palpitations. Accompanied by phlegm-fluid retention, profuse sweating, and difficulty urinating.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Relieving Stagnation，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，Chronic hepatitis, heat-stagnation pattern. Pain in the liver region, sensation of heat, heat in the palms and soles, red tip of the tongue, and a string-like, faint, and rapid pulse.

Cooling and Detoxifying Decoction，From *Jin Jian*, Volume 59.，For cases of severe internal heat due to toxic rashes, or when the rash has already broken out externally and ascended to the throat, causing mild swelling and pain or, in severe cases, difficulty swallowing even liquids.

Qi-Nourishing and Spirit-Calming Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Caused by the combined influence of the Seven Emotions and the Six Excesses, resulting in heart deficiency, frequent dreaming at night, restless sleep, confusion, fright, and phlegm-induced convulsions.

Raw Rhino Horn Powder，*Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children with bone-wasting fever and emaciation, flushed cheeks and thirst, day-and-night tidal fevers, night sweats, heat in the palms and soles, fatigue in the limbs, and failure to gain weight despite ample food intake; as well as residual fever that persists after a serious illness, or … Read more

Astragalus Protecting the Original Qi Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Goiter complicating smallpox. For cases where the goiter ulcerates 3–4 days after the onset of smallpox.

Five Spicy Herbs to Relieve Diaphragmatic Stagnation Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Chronic cold accumulation, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, distension and fullness in the flanks, vomiting and nausea, belching with a sour taste and regurgitation of acid, fatigue, and loss of appetite.

Minor Purple Twin Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 88.，For children with undigested food accumulating over time, forming stagnant qi; experiencing discomfort and tightness in the flanks; shortness of breath preventing food intake; and a distended, hard abdomen.

Bingliu Powder，From *Ji Ming Lu*.，For lower-body sores.

Dried Indigo Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 178.，For infants between 100 and 200 days old suffering from diarrhea resembling fish brains, mixed red and white diarrhea, and abdominal pain accompanied by frequent crying.