Ephedra Formula

Peach Gum Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 21); name cited in *Weisheng Zongwei* (Vol. 8).，For stone-induced dysuria and blood in the urine; for sores, rashes, black nightmares, and convulsions with life-threatening distress.

Ginseng and Cimicifuga Decoction，From Dongyuan’s formula, cited in *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 23.，Bowel movements 3–4 times a day, loose but not excessive; occasional diarrhea with abdominal rumbling; yellow urine.

Great Warming Pills，From *Tan Huo Dian Xue*, Volume 2.，For sores in the mouth and on the tongue that do not respond to cooling medications.

Pig Stomach Paste Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For deficiency syndromes.

Mo Ji Pills，Formula from *Xu Ben Shi* (Vol. 10); name cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 380).，For children with malnutrition, jaundice, emaciation, and regurgitation of food.

Pill of Revival and Supreme Holiness，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，Unspecified swollen abscess.

Decoction for Clearing Dryness and Relieving Muscle Tension，From *Differential Diagnosis of Various Fevers in Children*.，For autumn dryness with dry heat and absence of sweat, accompanied by vomiting, thirst, or cough; occasionally with chills resembling malaria; where treatment with exterior-releasing herbs alone is ineffective, and the fever persists for half a month to a month.

Shenmiao Decoction，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 3.，For unbearable toothache radiating to the head and face, accompanied by fever and swelling.

Fragrant Sulfur Cake，From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 2.，For cold and dampness.

Astragalus Paste-Decoction Pills，From *Yuanrong*.，Upper-burner heat, coughing, nosebleeds, heart heat with palpitations; spleen-stomach heat, sweet taste in the mouth, hemoptysis; liver-gallbladder heat, weeping with a bitter taste in the mouth; kidney heat, mental instability; in the upper part, alcohol toxicity, diaphragmatic heat with thirst; in the lower part, blood stasis, five types of dysuria, and menorrhagia. … Read more

Warm-the-Middle Rhubarb Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，For children with sudden cold-induced diarrhea of food and water, or cold-induced diarrhea of breast milk, with green, hardened masses that do not dissipate; or for cold-induced solid mass causing vomiting and diarrhea, dry retching, and restlessness; as well as for cold stagnation causing red or white vaginal discharge.

Decoction of Ejiao，From *The Precious Mirror of Childbearing*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 328.，For all uterine disorders in women.

Yuan Zhu Dan，*Revised and Expanded Essentials for Treating Boils*, Volume 2.，Ulceration in the throat.

Cypress Leaf and Deer Antler Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，For qi deficiency of the Chong and Ren meridians, pain in the navel and abdomen, and irregular vaginal discharge of red and white discharge.

Qi-Resolving Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 168.，For men and women suffering from chronic conditions resulting from long-term excessive consumption of tea, alcohol, or food leading to the formation of stagnant masses, regardless of the season.

Three Frost Pills，From *The New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 29, citing *The Zhang Family Tradition*.，For children with bloody or white diarrhea, or multicolored dysentery.

Enhanced Ru Sheng Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 106.，All throat and pharynx disorders.

White Jade Toad Pills，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For leprosy.

Ginseng and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，Hemoptysis.

Gambir Decoction with Wine Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 177), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For abscesses and swellings; deep ulcers extending to the bone; abdominal swellings where the skin remains cool and retains its normal color; all life-threatening conditions, including fistulas or chronic wasting diseases that have persisted for years; breast abscesses in women that … Read more

Dai Zhen Ointment，*Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，For hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Thistle Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For unstoppable epistaxis due to cold damage, accompanied by hemoptysis.

Xiu Shan Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，Intestinal wind with bloody stools.

Yellow-White Ointment，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，For leg ulcers.

Nourishing and Strengthening Earth Pills，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，Annual Pattern Note: Summer. In early summer, when pathogenic qi is prevalent, rashes may appear throughout the body. In some cases, the rash may subside prematurely due to wind, but the rash may not fully subside, causing heat toxins to attack … Read more