Three-Bean Decoction (Powder)

Blue Alum Powder，From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.，For damp-heat jaundice, characterized by yellowing of the face, body, and fingernails, fatigue, a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, and bloating immediately after eating.

Apricot Kernel Powder，From *Formulas for Guiding the Way to Complete Life*, Volume 4.，Cough with counterflow of qi, labored breathing with shortness of breath, flared nostrils; the patient is unable to lie flat; a sound like a waterfowl in the throat, coming and going intermittently.

Horn Soap Bark Pills，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For sycosis and tinea, as well as goose-foot eczema.

Hai Tong Pi Wine，Quoted from *Collected Effective Formulas for Wind Disorders* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 13879.，For damp-bi syndrome characterized by weakness in the hands and feet, contracture of tendons and vessels, pain and numbness in the joints with loss of strength, and inability to walk.

Five-Spice Qi-Regulating Pills，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all cases of food stagnation and qi stagnation, disharmony of the five viscera, obstruction of the nine orifices, constipation, chest fullness and distension, and pain in the heart and stomach caused by qi.

Safflower and Cimicifuga Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 403.，For children with rashes, smallpox, or pockmarks, accompanied by intermittent fever, restless crying, irritability and thirst, and difficulty in eruption due to cold stagnation.

Elixir for a Hundred Illnesses，From *Special Treatise on Smallpox*, Volume 2.，Swelling of the head, face, and entire body following smallpox.

Highly Effective Golden Needle Powder，From *Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 11.，For abscesses, boils, and swellings on the back—whether already ruptured or not.

Beetle Pills，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，Scrofula.

Modified Nourish Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction，*Outline of the Treatment of Throat Rash Syndrome*.，Indicated for epidemic diphtheria and diphtheria with internal and external necrosis, accompanied by fever and a yellow tongue coating, or a deep red tongue—conditions where diaphoresis is contraindicated.

Shijun Powder，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 8.，Pain caused by intestinal parasites.

Ju Yong San，*Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For dysuria and general difficulty in urination.

Kochia Powder，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 25, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For bloody dysentery.

Chongxu Zhibao Dan，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For diaphragmatic qi stagnation with phlegm-fire.

Secretly Transmitted Bamboo Leaf Ash Pills，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For hemorrhage.

Hua Teng Xie Li Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 14.，For boils on the back and various sores and abscesses in their early stages.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Securing Essence，*Collected Essays on Medical Exploration*, Volume 6.，Menorrhagia. Prior to the onset of this condition, when the “Tian Kui” (female essence) is discharged, it appears as purple-black clots; this is caused by stagnant heat in the lower jiao. When accumulated heat persists for a long time, the blood flows uncontrollably, … Read more

Zelkova Leaf Topical Application Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 129.，For bone abscesses.

Burdock Muscle-Relieving Decoction，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Compilation of Formulas*, Volume 1.，For wind-heat affecting the head and face, or phlegm-toxin in the neck and nape; wind-heat tooth abscess; early-stage ulcerative throat sores or scarlet fever; characterized by a tight, string-like, and rapid pulse; aversion to cold and a sensation of head distension; red skin … Read more

Five-Spirit Pill for Malaria，Formula by He Lianchen, cited in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，San-yin malaria, commonly known as “four-day, two-head” malaria, results from cold-dampness injuring the spleen and internal stagnation of spleen yang; if left untreated for a long time, it often develops into chronic malaria.

Tissue-Regenerating Formula Ding，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 2.，Ulcer with a hard discharge tube that has emerged but has not yet closed.

Eye-Clarifying Powder，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 7 (with famous formulas from various authors added by Wu Zhige).，External eye disorders. When wind-toxin ascends, causing eye pain, redness, and swelling; or itching and erosion of the eyelids and inner corners of the eyes, often accompanied by hot tears, blurred vision, and dryness.

Immortal Formula for Preserving Life Decoction，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For all types of heat-toxin-induced abscesses, boils, sores, and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain, whether pus has formed or not.Idiopathic malignant sores, back abscesses, brain abscesses, temple abscesses, buttock abscesses, gangrenous ulcers, scrofula, syphilis, anal abscesses, scrotal abscesses, mastitis, smallpox carbuncles … Read more

Floating Duckweed, Pueraria Root, and Pinellia Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 2.，For warm epidemics with Yangming meridian symptoms accompanied by vomiting.

Depressing-Qi-Relieving Paulownia Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Stagnant Fire. When desires go unfulfilled, extreme stagnation gives rise to fire, leading to restlessness, mental agitation, body heat, and irritability.