Ephedra and Licorice Decoction

Decoction for Reducing Swelling，*Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For hematoma.

Aconite, Coix Seed, and Patrinia Powder，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，In cases of intestinal abscess, the body appears scaly and irregular, the abdominal skin is taut, and upon palpation it feels soft and swollen; there is no abdominal mass, no fever, and the pulse is rapid. This indicates the presence of pus from an abscess … Read more

Silkworm Sand Soaked in Wine，From *The Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 6.，For stroke, with facial paralysis and drooling from the corner of the mouth.

Mountain Goat Wine，From *The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 12.，For an arrowhead that cannot be removed, or injuries from falls or blows.

Honeysuckle Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，Blow on the mixture until it forms a lump.

Fire-Suppressing and Moisturizing Decoction for the Buttocks，*The True Selection of Surgical Formulas*, Volume 1.，Early-stage stork-beak abscess: swelling at the tip of the coccyx resembling a fish’s bladder, red in color, firm, and painful.

Gecko Decoction，From *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 3, citing *The Blue Sack Formulas*.，Fever due to overwork.

Cotton-Persimmon Pills，The formula is from *Zongfutang Fang* (Volume 2); the name is found in *Weisheng Hongbao* (Volume 2).，For intestinal bleeding.

Forsythia and Lo Lu Decoction，From *A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 4.，For children with boils, erysipelas, abscesses, sore throat, and swollen cheeks.

Astragalus and Angelica Decoction，*Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 14.，A woman experiences urinary incontinence after childbirth, with a slightly puffy face and mild fever in the afternoon; this indicates that the bladder was injured by the midwife.

Tonifying Deer Antler Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 26.，Extreme depletion of vital essence; exhaustion of bone marrow.

Castor Bean Pills，Formula from *Zhi Zhi* (Vol. 21); name cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 54).，For chronic deafness.

Xiao Wujin Pills，From *The Secret Manual of Ningkun*, Volume 1.，Pre-pregnancy vaginal bleeding; menstrual-like bleeding during pregnancy, occurring once at the expected time.

Miraculous Goose Ointment，From Volume 15 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, citing a formula by Chen Xiaoxuan.，Alopecia areata.

Zeqi-Eucommia Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 15.，In summer, if a child is suddenly exposed to cold, the cold invades the stomach, causing sudden watery diarrhea; if the cold affects the limbs, it causes high fever. If the fever persists for days and continues for about a month, the condition may progress to generalized weakness, abdominal … Read more

Proven Malaria Pill，From *San Yin*, Volume 6.，Ghost Malaria.

Malaria-Dispelling Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，In the spring, after catching a cold for 8–9 days, the illness presents with malaria-like symptoms: fever and aversion to cold, with more fever than chills, and no vomiting.

Cow Bile and Pig’s Blood Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 378.，For pediatric convulsions and epilepsy with uncontrollable spasms.

Cooling the Fetus Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Internal heat causing restlessness of the fetal qi.

Decoction for Nourishing Both Heart and Kidney，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，Fire stagnates within the heart, causing insomnia at night, a lack of saliva in the mouth, a dry tongue—which may be cracked or develop sores.

Qingjin Ointment，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For chronic coughs with phlegm and wheezing that have not responded to other treatments, as well as long-standing, intractable cases, or for those who can tolerate alcohol and suffer from chronic coughs.

Cinnamon Twig, Dried Ginger, and Aconite Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.，Cold and dampness injure yang, causing stiffness in the meridians; aversion to cold without thirst; slow pulse; pale tongue or white, slippery coating.

Chewed Leek White Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 124.，For fish bones stuck in the throat.

Coptis Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 67.，After an umbilical abscess has ruptured, with long-standing damp-heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines, the navel area is neither painful nor swollen but is intensely itchy, with occasional discharge of yellow fluid.

Hundred Flowers Decoction Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For lung deficiency with superimposed heat, manifested as coughing and shortness of breath, restlessness and palpitations in the chest, fatigue and aching limbs, dry throat and mouth, excessive saliva and frothy sputum (which may contain foul-smelling substances), emaciation, fever, loss of appetite, and a tendency to lie down.