Clear and Drain Fluids

Reduced-Ingredient Kidney Qi Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，During pregnancy, frequent and scanty urination, followed by an inability to urinate; distension and pain in the lower abdomen, making it impossible to lie down; pale complexion; edema of the face and limbs; general fatigue; dizziness and aversion to cold; soreness and weakness in the lower back and … Read more

Wolf’s-bane Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，For boils on the back. The sore resembles a bunch of grapes; after rupturing, it leaves countless sores.

Decoction of Ten Barks and Five Seeds，*Feng’s Treasure Chest*, Volume 14.，For all types of distension and swelling, as well as qi deficiency with abdominal fullness and isolated abdominal distension.

Spirit-Restoring Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 300.，Cracked hands and feet, resembling steamed pears, persist even in spring and summer.

Cough-Relieving Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For lung fire causing nighttime wheezing and coughing that persists for a long time.

Jinlian Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.，For children with internal stagnation manifesting as high fever, red eyes, mouth sores, restlessness and oppression, a dry throat with excessive thirst, and persistent tidal fevers.

Fenxiao Daoqi Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 41, citing *Faming*.，Excessive accumulation of qi and phlegm, with difficulty in urination and defecation.

Dew-Covered Bee Hive Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 183), citing *Divine and Ingenious Formulas for Complete Cure*.，For the five types of hemorrhoids with unstoppable bleeding.

Jiefen Powder，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，Women with deficiency of kidney water and internal heat in the bone marrow, presenting with a dry mouth and tongue, bone-steaming night sweats, a burning sensation throughout the body, and coughing up phlegm, will find it extremely difficult to conceive.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Head Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 400.，Various childhood diseases involving “corpse-like” symptoms.

Yin-Nourishing and Spleen-Tonifying Decoction，*The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，Excessive worry leading to mental exhaustion, or irregular diet damaging the spleen, or unchecked anger damaging the liver,resulting in the Liver’s Wood element overpowering the Spleen, which in turn stirs Fire. This manifests as heat in the right flank; or a lightning-like sensation of heat … Read more

Danggui-Chishao Decoction，From *Direct Pointers to Hao Jing*.，Abdominal pain due to bloody dysentery, accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, results from damp-heat injuring the blood aspect of the small intestine.

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Stroke. The patient’s vital energy is not yet depleted; suddenly struck by wind-pathogen, they collapse abruptly, spew phlegm and saliva, become delirious and scream, sit and stand on their own, walk unaided, fail to recognize people, develop spots on the body, which turn into sores and boils after … Read more

Medicinal Ling Sha Dan，From *Ru Yi Fang*, cited in Volume 36 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，For gastric reflux and vomiting following the retention of cold fluid in the viscera.

Xiaohuang Decoction，Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *Selected Readings from Original Works of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Persistent jaundice that does not subside. Symptoms include yellowish-red urine accompanied by a burning sensation, frequent urination, painful urination, dry stools, occasional fever, a slightly yellow tongue coating, and a string-like and rapid pulse, indicating damp-heat descending to the lower … Read more

Juzhen Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，For women who are emaciated and weak after a miscarriage, suffering from pain in all joints, unable to eat or drink, and unresponsive to all other medicines.

Warming the Interior Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Indicated for chronic internal cold, stagnation of fluid retention, excess Yin and deficiency of Yang, weakened digestive energy, failure to distinguish between clear and turbid substances, weakness of the stomach and intestines, combined cold and dampness, frequent diarrhea, inability to eat, lethargy with a tendency to lie down, and … Read more

Mulberry Ear Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 161.，For unstoppable postpartum bleeding.

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

Daliang’s Mysterious Left Meridian Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 3.，Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot, causing stiffness and pain in the hands and feet, difficulty walking, aversion to cold with fever, spontaneous sweating and aversion to wind, dizziness, heaviness in the lower back, and sharp pain in the joints; … Read more

Stone Stem Powder，*Three Causes*, Volume 18.，In women, blood stagnation at the uterine orifice may manifest as masses in the abdomen or flanks, accompanied by distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, with swelling and tension resembling a stone-filled sac—commonly known as “blood gu.”

Clear Wind Pain-Relieving Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 65.，Toothache.

Citrus Peel and Schisandra Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，Coughing and vomiting.

Grass-Knot Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 253.，

Dragon Flower Pollen Powder for Cleaning Teeth，From *Shenghui*, Volume 34.，