Extraordinary Formulas from the Inner Court

Yuanming Vinegar，*The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，String-like throat inflammation, phlegm obstruction in the throat.

Modified Ziwan Decoction，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 12.，A cough during pregnancy caused by wind-cold invading the lungs is termed “pregnancy cough” (zi sou).

Ginseng and Coptis Powder，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 4.，For children with heat stagnation in the Heart Meridian, manifesting as night crying.

Ji Ji Decoction，*Yuan Zhong Can Xi*, Volume 1.，After a serious illness, the yin and yang fail to support one another: yang may tend to escape upward, manifesting as shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, eyes rolling upward, or a sensation of the heart trembling as if a banner were hanging; yin may tend to escape downward, … Read more

Raw Carp Soup，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 22, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For a threatened miscarriage.

Decoction with Modifications for Strengthening the Essence and Marrow，From *Yi Jian Fang*.，For cases where cold and dampness combine, causing bodily discomfort and pain, as well as weakness and pain in the legs; or for qi deficiency with dizziness, where walking on damp ground causes a sensation of heaviness in the lower back and weakness in … Read more

Mantis Ointment，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 72.，For vitiligo.

Formula for Reducing Smallpox with Toad，*Feng’s Treasure Trove: Smallpox* (Volume 14).，

Arsenic Sulfide and Aconite Root Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 90.，For deficiency-related cold qi causing sudden, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, and heavy, aching pain in the lower back and hips.

Miraculous Mulberry Chicken Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 60.，For hemorrhoids with unstoppable bleeding.

Qi-Regulating Areca Nut Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 50.，Difficulty swallowing, chest and diaphragm congestion, inability to eat or drink, rumbling in the abdomen, and constipation.

Decoction for Dispelling Yin and Eliminating Toxins，*The Profound Secrets of the Celestial Caverns*, Volume 5.，Boils on the shoulder and upper back that have already ruptured, presenting with yin-type symptoms.

Wax and Oil Ointment，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 6.，For suppurating sores that persist due to dampness.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Relieving Stagnation，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，Chronic hepatitis, heat-stagnation pattern. Pain in the liver region, sensation of heat, heat in the palms and soles, red tip of the tongue, and a string-like, faint, and rapid pulse.

Wujia Siling Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For injuries caused by falls or blows.

Liver-Harmonizing and Kidney-Nourishing Rehmannia Pills，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest*, Volume 11.，For consumptive disorders.

Chicken Heart Paste，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，For children with skin rashes or floating opacities in the eyes; for adults with red eyes followed by opacities resembling a nail.

Acacia Branch Paste，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，For wind-heat ascending to the head, causing swollen and painful teeth.

Two Fritillaria and Two Ophiopogon Pills，From *Zheng Yin Mai Zhi*, Volume 2.，Internal injury with dry phlegm; coughing and wheezing; rising phlegm-fire; coughing that starts and stops intermittently; inability to expel phlegm; persistent coughing; flushed face and rising qi.

Enhanced Danggui Liu Huang Decoction，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 4.，Night sweats.

Hemp Seed Wine，From *Zhang Wenzhong’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 19 of *Wai Tai*.，For ascending beriberi, swollen feet, and numbness in the lower abdomen; also for headaches.

Enhanced Scutellaria and Coptis Four-Ingredient Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 48.，Postpartum rectal bleeding.

Aconite Root Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，Insects in the ear.

Qing Shen Gan Lu Pills，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.，For men and women suffering from deficiency-related wasting diseases, provided the condition has not yet progressed to severe bone wasting or significant muscle wasting.

Toxicity-Resolving Decoction，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For children whose smallpox eruption is delayed due to obstruction by wind-cold.