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White Quartz Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 17.，For lung invasion by cold pathogens, presenting with cough, nasal congestion, turbid sputum and nasal discharge, hoarse and broken voice, and chills.

Fever-Reducing Ginseng Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 112.，Eye pain with a pricking sensation, redness, swelling, and the formation of opacities.

Miraculous Pill for Expelling Stagnant Blood，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For sudden falls, fractures, or injuries resulting from being trapped.

Zi Xuan Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Zixuan. During the 4th–5th months of pregnancy, the “Lord” and “Minister” fires nourish the fetus; however, due to a pre-existing excess of fire, the fetal qi becomes disharmonious and rises upward, causing distension, fullness, and pain in the chest and heart area.

Water-Cleansing Decoction，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For all cases of putrefaction in the throat accompanied by an unbearable foul odor.

Yiyun Powder，From *The New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 12.，Ocular opacities following smallpox.

Difuzi Decoction，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 36 of *Wai Tai*.，For children with difficulty urinating.

Forsythia Decoction for Reducing Swelling，From *Collected Insights from Clinical Practice*.，For all cases of “crane-knee wind” (swelling and pain in both knees, inability to walk, with symptoms milder during the day and worse at night).

Clam Ointment，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，Chilblains.

Ointment for Boils，From *Chuanya Neibian*, Volume 2.，For boils on the back.

Decoction for Restoring Vitality，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，A woman whose menstrual period arrives earlier than usual and experiences extremely heavy flow is often thought to suffer from extreme blood heat. Yet who would have known that this is actually due to an excess of water and fire in the kidneys? When fire is … Read more

Lotus and Green Onion Decoction，From *New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 7.，Constipation in the elderly and those with deficiency.

Chaihu Jia Xixin Decoction，*Commentary on the Treatise on Malaria*.，Shaoyin Persistent Malaria.

Formula No. 2 for Treating Malaria，*The Great Treasure of Public Health*, Volume 1.，Malaria, including intermittent malaria, tertian malaria, and epidemic malaria.

The Drunken Potion，Formula from *History of the Song Dynasty: Biography of Qian Yi*, Volume 462; name cited in *Yicaoting*.，For those with stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi, whose eyes remain wide open and cannot close.

Earth Horse Mane Pills.，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.，For children with injury to the spleen and stomach accompanied by uncontrollable vomiting.

Blood-Regulating Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For dysentery characterized by red stools without white discharge.

Sour Water Porridge，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 261), citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For children with nighttime crying, difficulty urinating, and abdominal pain.

Kidney-Strengthening Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Decline of kidney yin, swelling of hands and feet, abdominal distension resembling ascites, puffiness of the face and eyes, skin that appears to be oozing fluid; when pressed with a finger, it does not feel like mud but sinks inward to form a pit; upon lifting the finger, … Read more

Decoction for Relieving Muscle Tension and Regulating the Middle Burner，From *Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 10.，Typhoid fever complicated by food stagnation.

Gardenia and Cimicifuga Decoction，*Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 3.，For jaundice, where the face and eyes are entirely yellow like gold, and the urine is concentrated and scant, and other treatments have proven ineffective.

Thin White Cudrania，From *Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 4.，For boils and abscesses.

Stomach Qi Pills，*San Yin*, Volume 11.，Excessive worry and anxiety lead to stagnation of spleen and lung qi, causing phlegm and fluid to accumulate and stagnate in the stomach and intestines. Qi becomes depressed in the Yin, while cold condenses in the Yang; the Yin and Yang become disordered, resulting in alternating vomiting and diarrhea, cold … Read more

Raw Lotus Root Juice Drink，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，Women who, while in bed after childbirth, have a habit of eating hot noodles, drinking alcohol, and eating meat may develop thirst and restlessness.

Yi Lang Er Zi Powder，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang* (Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Mansion), Volume 3.，For various parasitic worms.