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Heat-Clearing and Calming Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，For acute convulsions characterized by sudden onset of high fever, restlessness, flushed face and red lips, phlegm congestion with shortness of breath, clenched jaws, difficulty with urination and defecation, and a洪数 pulse.

Skin-Cleansing and Toxin-Expelling Decoction，*The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Rash*, Volume 2.，For smallpox lesions that have already erupted or are about to erupt, caused by wind-heat, resulting in blocked pores.

Decoction for Treating Dysentery and Stabilizing the Fetus，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，Indicated for diarrhea during pregnancy, lower back pain with qi stagnation, tenesmus, and lower abdominal pain.

Gengyi Rhubarb Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in Volume 30 of *The New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For children with a distended abdomen accompanied by rumbling sounds, as well as internal heat causing hard stools and inability to defecate.

Rescue-Right Decoction，*Formulas from the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，After a stroke, the right hand is numb, or saliva drips from the corner of the mouth, and the patient is unable to speak.

Eight-Ingredient Tissue-Regenerating Powder，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Harbin Formula).，When the toxic energy from the ulcer has been completely eliminated but new tissue has not formed, and the wound has not healed for a long time.

Scutellaria Diaphragm-Regulating Pills，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For heat in the chest and phlegm above the diaphragm.

Goji and Chrysanthemum Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，

Three-Ingredient Emergency Powder，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 2).，For sudden death due to external pathogenic factors, extreme fever, severe agitation, shortness of breath with reverse flow of qi, and all sudden and acute diseases of the heart and abdomen; for excessive water intake that fails to be promptly digested, causing it to surge up the throat, … Read more

Atractylodes Wine，*Compendium for Prolonging Life*, Volume 2.，Various forms of rheumatism, sores and ulcers, and heavy sensation in the legs due to beriberi.

Modified Wuyao Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For premature menstruation caused by qi stagnation, characterized by severe abdominal and chest distension before, during, or after menstruation, with blood clots present, a pale tongue, and a string-like and涩 pulse.

Calm-Mind Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，In men, excessive mental exertion leads to heart deficiency, restlessness of the heart, upward surging of heart fire, a disruption of the balance between water and fire, and the wide opening of the kidney gate, resulting in nocturnal emission. Symptoms include thirst, a dry tongue, a red … Read more

Eight Immortals’ Miraculous Response Pill，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 18.，For men, women, and children suffering from external pathogens or internal injuries that cause food and fluid to stagnate in the stomach and intestines, leading to the formation of worms and masses, nausea, vomiting, acid regurgitation, abdominal discomfort, malaria, dysentery, jaundice, edema, abdominal distension, and … Read more

Frankincense Divine Response Powder，*The Rhinoceros Candle Illuminating the Origins of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 30.，Pain under the ribs following a fall or blow.

Goat Horn Bu Zhong Decoction，From *Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，Deficiency of the middle jiao complicated by hernia, with one-sided testicular descent, distension, and pain.

Ancient Coin Bone-Setting Formula，*Yi Tong*, Volume 79.，For bone fractures.

Ningzhen Pill，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Shengsheng’s Book* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 149).，Treats men whose Three Dan fail to condense, resulting in unstable true qi, thin and watery semen, loss of appetite, lethargy in the limbs, and drowsiness with a strong desire to sleep. If the Upper Dan fails to condense, one is frequently prone … Read more

Minor Longevity Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 265.，

Cicada and Silkworm Powder，From *Essentials of Medical Literature* (Yilin Cuanyao), Volume 9.，For children with clenched mouths, a yellowish-red complexion, a stiff tongue and blue lips, rapid and labored breathing, an inability to cry, a pursed mouth and furrowed brow, and an inability to drink milk; in severe cases, abdominal distension with visible blue veins, spasms, … Read more

Coptis and Pig Gallbladder Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 173.，For children with the “Five Wasting Diseases,” who are emaciated and lack appetite for breast milk or food.

Pill for Retracting the Fistula，From *Secret Formulas of Miraculous Medicines*, Volume 2.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Phellodendron Seed Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 61.，Chest pain.

Needle-Substitute Powder，From *Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 11.，For abscesses and carbuncles with a head that has not ruptured, as well as furuncles and acute toxic swellings occurring on the limbs, where the condition is mild and slow-progressing, and the patient fears needle treatment.

Gallbladder-Nourishing Pills，*Treatise on Ophthalmology: Longmu* (Volume 4).，Pain in the “crab’s eye,” external opacities.

Pills for Restoring Youth，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 221), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，