Gate-Opening Pill

Shen’s Mulberry Tip Decoction，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 13.，For numbness of the nail beds at the tips of all ten fingers.

Wind-Dispelling Pill，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Pediatric wind-epilepsy. Liver-epilepsy, characterized by a pale face with upward-rolling eyes, clenched fists and feet, convulsive spasms, and backward-bending limbs; also effective for treating spasms.

Pills of Various Minerals，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For severe wind-induced disorders.

Oil Ointment，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 9.，For abscesses in the throat where medication cannot be administered, or in cases of laryngeal obstruction.

Decoction of Cinnamomum Twig with Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For men with seminal emission, women with erotic dreams, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and enuresis. A taut and tight sensation in the lower abdomen, coldness in the genitalia, dizziness (or, according to one version, pain around the eyes), hair … Read more

Zhi-Pu Decoction，From *Gujin Yiche* (Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 1.，In cases of typhoid fever that has progressed to the interior stage, presenting with fever, dry mouth, chest fullness, and restlessness; in severe cases, delirium and pulling off clothing; for cases of interior excess.

Life-Saving Ointment，From *Hong’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 2.，For swollen and toxic sores on the back, and all types of abscesses and boils.

Family-Transmitted Great Bright Ointment，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，Indications: corneal opacities, corneal erosion, red opacities, pterygium, hemorrhage in the pupil, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision, and persistent pain.

White Honey Paste，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For chronic or recent coughs accompanied by shortness of breath, restlessness and heat in the chest, and spitting of pus and blood.

Da Guanzhong Pingwei Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 83.，Women with parasites in the genital tract, experiencing intermittent pain and itching.

Cough-Relieving Taihe Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，For children with colds and coughs, internal heat and fever, excessive phlegm, wheezing and shortness of breath, vomiting and nausea, and restlessness.

Tissue-Regenerating Yu Hong Ointment，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，Boils and abscesses on the back, various types of ulcerations, and wounds caused by poisonous sticks.

Blistering Ointment，From *Ophthalmology Essentials*, Volume 4.，For cataracts, glaucoma, epidemic conjunctivitis, conjunctival inflammation, and smallpox lesions affecting the eyes.

Dai-Hui-Hu-Huanglian Pills，From *Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For feverish wasting in children.

Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For unbearable pain in the chest and abdomen resembling a food-induced illness; or for sudden onset of severe food-induced illness causing agitation and stabbing pain so intense it feels like death.

Five-Spirit Cicada Shedding Pills，Formula from *Continuation of Stories of Medical Practice* (Xu Ben Shi), Volume 5; name cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pu Ji Fang), Volume 163.，For chronic or recent coughs.

Cinnamon Twig and Astragalus Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，In cases of yellow sweat, the lower legs feel cold. If the body feels heavy but the heaviness subsides immediately after sweating, the patient will eventually experience body twitching; once twitching occurs, chest pain follows, and sweating will occur from the waist up but not below. … Read more

Black Ox Powder，Formula by Li Yanshou, cited in Volume 41 of *Compendium of Materia Medica*.，For dysentery with red and white stools, lockjaw dysentery, and diarrhea.

Ox Tooth Powder，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，Effective for all types of abscesses and toxic sores, large sores in their early stages, dysentery, sores on the head, and cracked feet.

Rehmannia Ointment，From *Essentials for Childbirth and Lactation*.，Women who suffer from a deficiency of vital energy and blood, irregular menstruation, restlessness and fever due to deficiency, emaciation, physical weakness and exhaustion, loss of appetite, and are at risk of developing a chronic wasting disease.

Qi-Dispersing Fragrant Perilla Decoction，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 9.，In cases of swelling caused by qi stagnation, the pulse is deep and hidden; there may be abdominal distension or shortness of breath.

Needle-Substitute Powder，From *The Secret Book of Throat Disorders*, Volume 1.，For a tonsillar abscess that has formed pus but has not yet ruptured.

Stomach-Relieving Agarwood and Ginseng Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，

Lithospermum and Wood Fragrance Decoction，*Direct Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For uncomfortable eruptions and loose stools.

Yellow Butter Pill，*Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 1.，For Taiyin warm disease on the fourth day, characterized by abdominal distension, a dry throat, and sudden onset of thirst.