“A Thousand Gold Is Not Worth a Cake”

Trichosanthes Seed Powder，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 54.，For early-stage scrofula with swelling, pain, chills and fever, and restlessness in the limbs.

Huangfeng Chrysanthemum Decoction，From *Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 2.，For the initial stage of pterygium invading the cornea.

Decoction for Calming Turmoil，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage occurring in the winter months, where, after sweating and vomiting, a major purgation is administered, yet the body remains feverish as if on fire, with cold extremities and a faint, gasping breath, as if on the verge of death.

Powder for Cleansing Impurities and Rinsing the Mouth，*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.，White-powder leprosy, which appears like white powder with skin as pale as frost: After taking Zhui Feng Powder for three days, the lips swell, blood bleeds from between the teeth, the entire body feels as if being stabbed by knives, and there is bad … Read more

Five-Spice Ruyi Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For pain in the chest and abdomen.

Summer Kidney-Tonifying Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Kidney deficiency.

Ji Yin Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For kidney deficiency with essence depletion, excessive sexual exertion, nocturnal emissions, insomnia and forgetfulness, weakness of tendons and bones, bone-consuming fever, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, and cold hands and feet.

Lily Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 46.，For coughing with shortness of breath, restlessness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and chest congestion.

Cow Bile Antiseptic Ointment，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，All types of erysipelas in children.

Agastache Soup，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the elderly with weak spleen and stomach qi, poor appetite, and emaciation.

Artemisia Leaf Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，For fistulas.

Pill for Collapsed Qi，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Effective for all types of qi disorders.

Jinbao Banquet Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 275.，For all malignant and toxic sores, snakebite sores, and carbuncles.

Sorghum Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 90.，For children’s festering sores and malignant ulcers.

Xiangru Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2.，For heatstroke and dampness-induced disorders, characterized by fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

Purple Kudzu Plaster Formula，*Qian Jin*, Volume 22.，For various types of swelling.

Cistanche and Achyranthes Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.，For a cold and deficient bladder with frequent urination.

Calm-the-Mind Pills，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For epilepsy and mania caused by phlegm-fire.

Instant Relief Powder for Low Back Pain，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 7.，Lower back pain.

Angelica Dahurica and Cuttlefish Bone Pills，From *Song’s Gynecology*.，Leucorrhea.

Xiangke Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 13.，Small intestine colic, with severe, cramping pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, pain and heaviness in the groin and thighs, and loss of consciousness.

Warming and Pungent Dispersing Formula，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 15.，In the summer months, one may catch a cold, resulting in chills and fever, heaviness of the body, dizziness, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

Pills to Calm the Spirit and Soothe the Heart，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 6.，For palpitations.

Cooling and Internal-Resolving Ointment，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 8.，For boils, back abscesses, carbuncles, and large and small furuncles.

Decoction for Genital Swelling，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For various swellings and pains that do not subside, or for stiffness of tendons and meridians preventing flexion and extension.