Formulas Name : Orchid Decoction
Chinese Name : 兰草汤
Lan Cao.
*The Plain Questions*, Volume 13.
Spleen-related fever. Internal heat with a sweet taste in the mouth and abdominal distension.
Orchid Decoction，*The Plain Questions*, Volume 13.，Spleen-related fever. Internal heat with a sweet taste in the mouth and abdominal distension.
Lung-Nourishing and Cough-Relieving Pill，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，For both acute and chronic coughs, coughing up blood-streaked sputum, consumptive coughs, bone-consuming fever and tidal fevers, wheezing and shortness of breath, emaciation and poor appetite, fatigue and weakness, and night sweats due to consumptive disease.
Sanqing Kuai Ban Red Wax Pills，*Complete Book of Childbirth Rescue*.，For cases where smallpox does not erupt; where it erupts but the pustules are incomplete; where the pustules are complete but lack a dark, thick crust; where the patient experiences restlessness and a sense of fullness; or where there is widespread itching over the entire body, … Read more
Juhong Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，
First Divine-Communing Powder，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 22.，For epidemic toxic dysentery.
Black Rhinoceros Horn Paste，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 106.，Swelling and pain in the throat, double tongue, or stiff tongue.
Calcined Zinc Oxide Lotion，*Science of Traumatology*.，Various acute non-exudative inflammations, simple skin itching, heat rash, etc.
Gen Gong Harm-Eliminating Pill，*Complete Collection on the Preservation of Life in Diphtheria*.，For all cases of diphtheria.
Modified Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，For diarrhea with bloody stools.
Cloud-Dispelling and Cataract-Removing Pill，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，
Bitter Wine Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For Shaoyin syndrome, where a sore has formed in the throat, preventing speech and causing the voice to fail.
Tiger Bone Gel Pills，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 81.，For “crane-knee wind” and various symptoms of paralysis.
Anzhen Decoction，*Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Spleen Bi.
Euryale Seed and Goji Berry Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.，Mixed urine.
Scrofula and Phlegm-Nodule Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Scrofula, phlegm nodules.
Muxiang-Zhike Pills，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 1.，Qi stagnation in the middle jiao, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, slow digestion of food, fatigue in the limbs, vomiting, and nausea.
Newly Modified Kushen Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Wind-induced erythema and sores.
Decoction for Restoring Vital Qi to Treat Night Sweats，*Bianlan*, Volume 3.，Night Sweats.
Muxiang Shijun Pill，*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 12.，For children suffering from malnutrition and emaciation—who, though able to eat, fail to gain weight and experience persistent, unrelenting diarrhea.
Atractylodes and Cardamom Powder，*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 18.，For children with lockjaw dysentery.
Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction，*The Three Causes*, Volume 3.，Pain in the joints of the limbs, emaciation, swelling of the feet as if they were about to fall off, dizziness, shortness of breath, and a mild sensation of nausea.
Eight Winds Fangfeng Powder，*Qianjin*, Volume 8.，When a severe wind invades the lungs, causing lung cold and deficiency, it results in hoarseness, trembling when exerting oneself, and a state of sluggishness, weakness, and emaciation.
Decoction for Clearing Turbidity，Formula attributed to Zhou Xueqiao, as cited in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，Intestinal Colic is caused by dampness suppressing latent heat, compounded by the ingestion of sour, cold, oily, or sweet foods, leading to sudden onset of cholera-like symptoms. The patient feels the urge to vomit but cannot, and the urge to … Read more
Thirst-Quenching Powder，From *Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 4.，For mastitis where pus has already formed, with the breast appearing red and purplish, accompanied by intense thirst and restlessness.
Liver-Calming and Meridian-Relaxing Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Beijing Formula).，Liver qi stagnation, indigestion, a sensation of fullness and rumbling in the stomach, stabbing pain in the flanks, and limb spasms.
Stagnation-Resolving Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Chengde Formula).，
Orchid Decoction,Spleen-related fever. Internal heat with a sweet taste in the mouth and abdominal distension.