Gentian Rub

Golden Needle Pills，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 13.，For cases of yang depletion with stagnant qi, where the chest and abdomen are unbearably distended.

Realgar Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with chronic, persistent dysentery, emaciation, high fever, dry and brittle hair, and inability to eat or drink.

Skin-Regenerating Powder，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，For a back abscess nearing recovery, where yin deficiency fails to support yang, causing the wound to remain open.

Newly Revised Rhubarb (Shuchong) Decoction，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark and dull; the neck is long and thin; the neck veins pulsate; the limbs are thin and weak; only the abdomen is distended, … Read more

Northern Mugwort Decoction，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 22.，For abscesses and carbuncles where the wound is cold and stagnant, with scant pus and blood, pale flesh, and prolonged failure to heal.

Scallion Oil，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，Retained placenta.

Pi-Sui Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，Chronic thirst.

“Lift-Head” Herb Paste，*Surgical Mysteries Revealed*, Volume 12.，For scrofula that has already ruptured.

Jade Spoon Opening Powder，*Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Throat inflammation, throat abscess, tonsillitis.

Mild Warming Meridian Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.，A young woman experiencing her first menstrual cycle; due to inadequate care, she contracted a cold, causing disharmony in her blood and qi. She presents with distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, aversion to cold and fever, and widespread pain in the head and … Read more

Ginseng, Chuanxiong, and Fuzi Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 43.，For headache caused by deficiency-cold with thunder-like sounds, lumps on the head and face, and hearing thunder in the ears.

Eye-Brightening and Water-Nourishing Pills，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.，Deficiency of the liver and kidneys, blurred vision, frequent seeing of dark spots, and often accompanied by cold tears.

Seven-Red Pill，From *Formulas of the Huizhiting Hall*, Volume 2.，Food stagnation in the diaphragm.

Salicylic Acid and Dried Plum Paste，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Corns.

Ginseng, Red Fuling, Jujube, and Mugwort Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing Zhang Zhixing’s empirical formula.，Prolonged metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, with extreme deficiency of nutritive blood and instability of the Chong and Ren meridians. Symptoms include sudden bleeding after menstruation has ceased, followed by massive hemorrhage; blood flows like a torrent; the complexion is ashen; … Read more

Plum and Jujube Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 208), citing *Formulas for Protecting Life*.，Persistent watery diarrhea.

Fish Scale Decoction，Formula by Zhou Mingqi, cited in Volume 2 of *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Generalized cutaneous keratosis.

Purple Cardamom Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Fushun Formula).，Weak stomach, loss of appetite, fullness and distension after meals, persistent belching, sallow and emaciated complexion, or symptoms resulting from overeating or binge drinking, such as hiccups, epigastric fullness, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, acid regurgitation, indigestion, and qi stagnation-induced stomach pain.

Platycodon and Er Chen Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.，Fire-induced wheezing.

Depression-Relieving Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 8.，Scrofula due to stagnation in the liver and gallbladder.

Goose Wing Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 38.，Lüshi induces agitation, leading to accumulated heat, phlegm, and fluid retention, with a sensation of fullness and obstruction in the chest and unceasing vomiting.

Wanbi Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 79.，For all types of gunshot wounds.

Kudzu Root, Ginger, and Fermented Soybean Decoction，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Epidemic fever with fatigue and high fever, accompanied by lower back and back pain in the evening, and stiffness and heaviness in the head and neck.

Shuqi Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Feverish spells in children. High fever in a 100-day-old infant, where breathing is labored, the eyes remain closed, and the urine is reddish-yellow.

Shan Dougen Formula，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 60.，Heat-induced obstruction of the throat.