Southern Star Decoction

Preparation Method for Warmed Pinellia，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，Phlegm and fluid retention.

Ephedra Ointment，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，For all types of pus-filled sores, scabies, and eczema caused by wind, cold, dampness, or toxins—including those resulting from infection—or for sores caused by damp-heat or damp toxins from prolonged sitting on a hard surface.

Sweat-Stopping Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，After a serious illness, when profuse sweating occurs throughout the body without apparent cause and becomes a daily occurrence, this indicates a deficiency of yang qi, causing it to leak outward while the pores are unable to close on their own.

Topical Powder，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For skin diseases and erysipelas.

Ointment for Various Sores，From *Formulas After the Viper Bite*.，For all types of sores.

Single-Ingredient Deer Antler Wine，*The Essentials of Medicine* (Vol. 5).，Dizziness.

Hernia-Expelling Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For hernias caused by upward surging of qi. Constipation; qi surging upward.

Modified Spleen-Regulating, Heat-Clearing, and Dampness-Removing Ointment，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Modified Xi Ben Decoction，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 41.，Lung stagnation.

Yangzang Dan，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For deficiency of spleen qi, chronic, unrelenting diarrhea, and instability of the stomach and intestines, leading to the “Five Types of Diarrhea.”

Xie Bai Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 67.，Apply to injuries from blows, fractures, and gunshot wounds.

Honey-Coated Rhinoceros Horn Pills，From *The Heart Book of Bian Que: Divine Formulas*.，For hemiplegia, facial paralysis, slurred speech, and convulsions in children.

Spirit-Calming Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For all types of coughs.

Jinghuang Powder，From *Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 5.，Sudden vomiting caused by heat in the upper burner.

Rash-Relieving Decoction，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Urticaria.

Goose-Pear Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，For cases where wind-phlegm has entered the lungs, resulting in prolonged, hoarse coughing. For asthma caused by phlegm rising with heat and obstructing the chest and diaphragm.

Qi-Regulating Perilla Decoction，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4.，Disharmony of the spleen and stomach, sensation of obstruction in the chest and diaphragm, pain in the abdomen and flanks, shortness of breath and wheezing, and distension and oppression beneath the heart.

Spleen-Strengthening and Vitality-Consolidating Medicinal Wine，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Lanzhou Formula).，For men and women suffering from phlegm-induced wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, distension of the flanks, pain in the epigastrium, lower back, and legs; and for women with irregular menstruation, abdominal distension, and abdominal coldness.

Pancreas-Clearing Decoction No. 2，*New Acute Abdominal Disorders*.，Acute pancreatitis caused by ascaris in the biliary tract.

Enhanced Decoction of Angelica, White Peony, and Raw Rehmannia，From *Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 4.，Fever associated with smallpox.

Qingjin Ermu Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Pulmonary atrophy. Characterized by frequent coughing with scant sputum, fever in the afternoon, dry mouth, and restlessness.

Three Wonders Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For shortness of breath and blood deficiency with excessive heat.

Decoction for Relaxing the Muscles and Promoting Surface Release，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，For smallpox rashes that have appeared for 1–2 days.

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

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