Seven-Generation Pills

Yu Lin Gu Ben Ointment，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For kidney deficiency and physical weakness, nocturnal emissions and seminal leakage, testicular torsion and hernias, lower back pain and weak legs, as well as women’s dysmenorrhea and leukorrhea.

Six-Ingredient Yang-Restoring Decoction，From *Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 1.，After sexual intercourse, cold invades the lower abdomen through a state of deficiency.

Enhanced Siwu Erchen Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 31.，For yin deficiency where heat rises from the lower abdomen and surges upward, causing shortness of breath.

Mu Xiang Zhi Ke Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，For distension and pain due to qi stagnation in a weakened constitution.

Pill to Nourish the Kidneys and Ward Off Pathogenic Factors，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，For Shaoyin spasm disorders caused by exposure to damp-heat and wind, leading to epileptic convulsions, with the body curled up and the legs contracted, rendering the patient unable to bend forward or backward.

Mao Gen and Orange Peel Decoction，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of cold damage occurring in spring or summer, where a cold stomach causes hiccups.

Nourishing Vitality and Relaxing Tendons Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 7.，For dry cholera.

Roasted Pork Liver Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For women suffering from postpartum dysentery with red and white discharge, lower back and abdominal pain, and an inability to eat.

Jade Lip Balm，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 15, citing a formula by Wang Zhongcheng.，For goose-foot-shaped tinea lesions that have not healed even after sycosis has resolved.

Zhi Ni Wan，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For stagnant cold, accumulated fluid, and vomiting of phlegm and water—regardless of whether the condition is cold or hot—when the patient is unable to eat.

Dingpi Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.，For fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm.

Chicken Egg Honey，Formula from *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 3; name cited in *Complete Record of the Medical Section*, Volume 421.，Various fevers in children.

Ginger and Sugar Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For the elderly suffering from shortness of breath, coughing, severe heat, inability to eat or drink, vomiting immediately after eating, and abdominal distension.

Heart-Calming Silver Flake Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 11, citing *Formulas for Infants and Children*.，Once the epilepsy has subsided, be mindful of any residual ailments.

Donkey-hide Gelatin Chess Pieces，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.，For diarrhea and dysentery.

Ban Huang Pills，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.，Cough due to heat phlegm. Heat phlegm stagnates internally, causing coughing, a flushed face, chest fullness, and persistent heat in the chest, abdomen, and flanks, though the feet may occasionally feel cold; the pulse is洪滑 (hong-hua).

Ginger, Cinnamon, Poria, and Amomum Decoction，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 10.，Indigestion.

Liver-Calming and Wind-Subduing Decoction，From *A Synthesis of Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For internal stroke syndrome. The pulse is string-like, long, and forceful, or strong in the upper part and weak in the lower part; the patient experiences dizziness in the head and eyes; or pain and fever in the brain; or distension in the … Read more

Hundred-Point Ointment，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，For a long-standing corneal opacity that has come to obscure the pupil, causing blurred vision and a hazy, cloud-like appearance.

Tonifying Cistanche and Otter Liver Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 86.，Kidney deficiency with consumptive syndrome, lower back pain and deafness, yellowing of the eyes and eye pain, a persistently sallow or dark complexion, weakness and restlessness in the limbs, phlegm-fluid retention with qi stagnation, and aching pain in the joints.

Highly Effective Aster Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 25.，Masses and lumps as large as a fist or palm, or as large as a cup or bowl; as well as jaundice, with vomiting upon waking in the morning, pain rising to the heart and diaphragm, pain and distension in both flanks extending to the ribs and spine, … Read more

Quick-Wind Ointment，From *Fu’s Formulas for Saving Infants*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 384).，Various types of fever.

One-Dot Snow，From Volume 2 of *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, citing a formula by Tao Zanzhong.，For a locked or swollen throat.

Shen’s Blood Mass Pills，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 14.，Weakness of the internal organs, irregular fluctuations between cold and heat, or the retention of wind-cold internally, leading to undigested food; when the circulating blood and qi throughout the body encounter this condition, they congeal and form a mass; or … Read more

Xuan Shen Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 46.，Consumptive diseases. Chills and high fever, dry mouth and throat, spontaneous sweating and restlessness, heavy cough with blood streaks in sputum, severe emaciation and fatigue.