Formula for Treating Fluid Retention

Beech Bark Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 36, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For thirst and dysentery in children.

Two Insect Ointment，*Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 148.，For snake bites causing toxic qi to attack the heart, resulting in confusion and dizziness.

Newly Modified Eight-Ingredient Rehmannia Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Shortness of breath due to kidney qi deficiency; shortness of breath worsens with movement; lower back pain and cold feet; difficulty urinating; kidney fluid rising to the surface as phlegm, coughed up as froth with a salty taste.

Wan Ying Wu You San，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 3.，

Liver-Draining Four-Ingredient Decoction，*The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Excessive wind-heat in the postpartum period.

Divine Qi-Restoring Decoction，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，This formula capitalizes on the winter season when the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian (Cold Water) and the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian (Water) are at their peak. The “Son” (Bladder) nourishes the “Mother” (Kidney), causing the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian to become excessive and, in … Read more

Rash-Resolving and Cooling Decoction，*Pediatric Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Clears heat and detoxifies. Treats wind-rash. Indicated for cases of intense pathogenic heat, high fever with thirst, restlessness, bright red or dark purple rashes that are densely clustered, scanty yellow urine, a red tongue, and a yellow, rough coating.

Soybean Roll Powder，*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 3.，For fever caused by accidental ingestion of heat-inducing medications.

Great Wind-Calming Pearl，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，For cases where pathogenic heat has lingered for a long time, depleting true yin; or due to improper treatment of the exterior or reckless purgation; resulting in mental fatigue, emaciation, a weak pulse and vital energy, a crimson tongue with scant coating, and a … Read more

Lianluo Pills，*Classified Treatises on the Treatment of Diseases*, Volume 3.，Mass and fullness.

Baixiao Powder，From *Compilation of Various Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，Effective for all types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, including abscesses on the face and back, wandering abscesses, boils, and carbuncles.

Lentil Powder，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 20); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 201).，For cholera.

Pine Branch Wine，*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 3.，White Tiger Decoction for rheumatic arthritis, wandering pain, or a sensation like crawling insects, and various types of wind-induced disorders.

Black-Bone Chicken Soup，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with beriberi affecting the heart, causing restlessness and distension in the chest and abdomen.

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

Shāo Bái Powder，From *Essentials of the Crimson Pouch*.，Tooth decay.

Cinnabar and Grass Oil，*Formulas from the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 5.，For those who have ingested poisonous substances or suffer from any type of malignant ulcer.

Decoction for Raising Yang and Lifting Qi，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，For cases of severe deficiency of original qi, or prolapsed rectum that cannot be retracted due to prolonged illness involving diarrhea or dysentery.

Sheep Liver Pills for Clearing the Heart and Brightening the Eyes，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For liver deficiency with excessive fire, manifested as blurred vision, photophobia, tearing in the wind, night blindness, and cataracts.

Old Fan Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 179.，Night sweats in children.

Xiaopin Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 230).，For blood deficiency manifested as intermittent hot flashes, vomiting, spontaneous sweating, generalized aching, cough, and stiffness in the back and spleen region.

White Polygonum Poultice，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 15, citing *Xiaoyan Fang*.，Sudden abscesses and swellings.

Jin Shi San，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 77.，Treats dysentery with rest.

Miraculous Decoction for Lung Abscess，*Essential Readings on Medicine*, Volume 6.，Lung Abscess. Caused by overwork damaging qi and blood, with internal accumulated heat and external exposure to wind-cold; symptoms include chest fullness and tightness, dull pain, dry throat and mouth, occasional discharge of turbid, foul-smelling sputum, and vomiting pus resembling rice porridge—in such cases, the prognosis … Read more

Pills for Clearing Heat, Calming Cough, Resolving Phlegm, and Relieving Asthma，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For shortness of breath, throat discomfort, phlegm-obstructed cough, and dryness and thirst in the mouth and tongue.