Recipe for Ox Saliva

Liver-Gallbladder Nourishing Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Weakness of gallbladder qi, inability to sleep at night, tossing and turning restlessly, or sleeping only briefly before being startled awake, or falling back asleep only to feel as if being seized.

Five-Smoke Divine Pill，*Selected Essays on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 5.，For chronic, intractable sores that have formed fistulas and have not responded to any other treatments.

Cicada Shell Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.，For all types of wind-induced wasting in children, characterized by progressive emaciation, fever, anxiety, head-shaking, nose-rubbing, restlessness in the limbs, yellowish-black skin, and dry, brittle hair, which has not healed over a long period.

Astringent Transformation Pill，*Essentials of the Six Meridians in Ophthalmology*，External eye opacities.

Black Ointment Decoction，From *Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 26.，For nosebleeds caused by a febrile illness, with a floating and rapid pulse.

Suhe Ointment，From *The Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 3.，External hemorrhoids.

Unparalleled Toxin-Dispelling Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 189), citing *The Classic of Xiu Yue and Lu Ban*.，Leg ulcers. Abscesses and boils without a head, presenting only with swelling and pain.

Wash for Cane Wounds，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 75.，Injuries caused by being crushed.

Abdominal Skin and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，Pain in the chest and diaphragm, acid regurgitation, and a feeling of fullness.

Shi Junzi Decoction，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 2.，For children aged 3–5 years who, due to malnutrition and parasitic infestation, appear emaciated as if suffering from consumption, have a sallow and withered complexion, and exhibit redness, swelling, or protrusion in the eyes.

Golden Dragon Pills，From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Effective for all types of carbuncles, swellings, and toxic sores; falls, sprains, and strains; chest and flank pain; and abscesses close to the bone. Also treats scrofula of all sizes in men and women, as well as tubercles, nodules, phlegm-qi stagnation, hardened masses that have become … Read more

Diuretic Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 133), citing *Effective Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，All types of dysuria.

Flesh-Nourishing Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For children suffering from the “Five Wasting Diseases” with jaundice and emaciation, who have long refused to eat properly, with swelling in both hands and feet, and who experience restlessness, thirst, and a desire to drink water.

Qi-Nourishing Decoction，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For cold qi rising to attack the heart and abdomen, causing distension and stabbing pain in the flanks, a bitter taste in the mouth with loss of appetite, belching and acid regurgitation, phlegm-induced vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and loss of appetite; or … Read more

Miraculous Asafoetida Powder，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 6.，For epigastric fullness and abdominal masses.

Rhinoceros Horn and Ligusticum Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 110.，Tightening of the eyelids, ingrown eyelashes, and spasms.

Jujube Seed Powder，*San Yin*, Volume 14.，For edema caused by water retention, affecting all ages—regardless of whether the condition is chronic or acute.

Large Bamboo Leaf Decoction，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 16 of *Wai Tai*.，For consumptive disorders with external heat, following various illnesses; consumptive restlessness preventing sleep; bone-penetrating fever; a sallow-yellow complexion; dry mouth and irritability; shortness of breath and weakness; loss of appetite; failure to gain weight despite eating; phlegm-heat in the chest; and a sensation … Read more

Male Mouse Droppings Decoction，From *The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 18.，For post-exhaustion syndrome.

Running Horse Anise Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 7.，Kidney deficiency complicated by cold; small intestine colic; abdominal distension and pain.

Glutinous Rice Pills，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Night blindness.

Ji Yin Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，From *The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，Throat disorders.

Wood Fragrance and Tangerine Peel Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, abdominal distension with poor appetite, or swelling of the face and feet, accompanied by scanty, reddish urine.

Liver-Soothing Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 24.，

Xuanshuang Ointment，*Yi Bian*, Volume 3.，Hemoptysis and Deficient Cough.