Mangcao Decoction

Yellow Medicinal Powder，From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Fractures*.，Injuries from falls or blows; lacerations of the skin and flesh; partial tears of muscles and tendons. Stagnation of corrupted blood; abscesses and gangrene; severe pain; or injuries from physical labor resulting in pain in the shoulders, back, and limbs; post-injury stroke; paralysis and numbness of the … Read more

Oil Ointment，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 9.，For abscesses in the throat where medication cannot be administered, or in cases of laryngeal obstruction.

Wind-Dispelling Qianghuo Powder，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，Fever with convulsions in children.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Due to the depletion of kidney yin, which fails to nourish the heart, phlegm invades the heart, causing sudden confusion and a stroke. This results in convulsions of the hands and feet and a crooked mouth and eyes; however, the patient’s mental clarity remains intact, … Read more

Decoction for Calming the Mind and Strengthening the Qi，*Gu’s Medical Path* (Vol. 4).，For difficult childbirth resulting from the mother’s youth and physical frailty, leading to fear and timidity during labor.

Papaya and Cinnamon Bark Decoction，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*，For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.

Five-Steps Calcination，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 4.，For redness, swelling, pain, and itching of the eyes; corneal opacities, pterygium, and red or white corneal opacities.

Cowhide Ointment，From *Formulas After the Viper*.，For “crane’s knee” arthritis and dampness-related conditions.

Saliva-Expelling Powder，Formula from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 11), citing *Formulas from Clinical Experience*; name found in *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 17).，For infantile convulsions.

Wu Xin Tea，From *Emergency Moxibustion Methods*.，For headaches.

Miraculous Heart-Protecting Powder，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 12.，For carbuncle toxins attacking the heart, nausea with loss of appetite, and all types of swollen toxins.

Three-Ingredient Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，

Extremely Effective Single-Wuwei Ointment，From *Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 11.，For toxic, hard, and painful abscesses or boils on the back.

Spleen-Strengthening and Dampness-Dispelling Decoction，From *Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Trichiasis (entropion with ingrown eyelashes). Redness and soreness in both eyes; photophobia and sensitivity to light; tightness in the upper and lower eyelids with loose skin; ingrown eyelashes irritating the eyeball, leading to the formation of a white membrane; and frequent flow of hot tears.

Labor-Inducing Life-Saving Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 356.，

Divine Efficacy Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，A lump in a woman’s breast, initially the size of a coin, causing no pain or itching; after three to five years, the surrounding area becomes red and swollen; when it ulcerates, there is no pus, only clear fluid oozing out, forming a depression resembling a cave.

Decoction for Tonifying Deficiency and Restoring Vital Energy，*De Xiao* (Effective Formulas), Volume 8.，For anxiety, worry, and excessive mental strain; erratic mood swings; loss of appetite due to overwork; or irregular diet leading to muscle wasting; deficiency of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi; invasion by external pathogens entering the meridians; resulting in headache, dizziness, and confusion; … Read more

Yirong Xian Dan，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，

Miraculous Ear-Clearing Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Deafness.

Decoction for Regulating Stagnation，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 8.，Persistent abdominal pain due to chronic dysentery.

Family-Secret Divine Atractylodes Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Wind-heat cholera. Headache, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, cramping pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, and in severe cases, muscle spasms.

Pill for Relieving Abdominal Masses，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine* (Suzhou).，Masses and accumulations.

Modified Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For postpartum cases where excessive consumption of hot and toxic foods is followed by the ingestion of raw or cold foods, resulting in an imbalance between hot and cold and leading to dysentery characterized by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Single-Ingredient Ma Tong Bath Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 5.，Child with abdominal distension.

Spleen-Nourishing and Vitality-Supporting Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Hangzhou Formula).，For weakness of the stomach and spleen, impaired digestion, a sensation of fullness in the chest, sallow complexion and emaciation, loose stools, as well as morning sickness in pregnant women, malnutrition in children, and fatigue with loose stools.