Mountain Apricot Decoction

Zixue Pills，From *The Classic of the Cranial Fontanelle*, Volume 1.，For children with the “Five Wàn” syndrome accompanied by abdominal distension and weakness, restlessness and agitation due to Wàn, or occasional dryness and thirst.

Qingrong Decoction，From *New Treatise on Fungal and Infectious Diseases*.，For sycamore-berry-induced skin sores.

Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Coix Seed, and Licorice Decoction，From *The Golden Cabinet*, Volume 1.，Rheumatic conditions caused by sweating in the wind or prolonged exposure to cold, presenting with pain throughout the body, fever, and symptoms that worsen in the late afternoon. Rheumatic urticaria, with symptoms that worsen in the late afternoon.

Perilla Seed Qi-Descending Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 3. An alternative name for “Perilla Seed Decoction” from *Qianjin*, Volume 7.，Cold phlegm obstructing the upper body, causing coughing, shortness of breath, and a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm.

Yanghe Pills，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Tuberculosis of the lymph nodes.

Recipe for Simmered Water Buffalo Meat，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For elderly patients with water retention, characterized by swelling and fullness in the limbs and restless shortness of breath.

Rhubarb Vinegar-Decocted Pills，From *Yifang Leiju*, Vol. 113, citing *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang*.，For chronic conditions that have accumulated over the years.

Precious Yin-Nourishing Pill，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For women suffering from various deficiencies and debility, irregular menstruation, bone-consuming fever and hot flashes, coughing, wheezing, and night sweats.

Large Fruit Honey Decoction，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For cases of latent cold from a previous illness, compounded by postpartum deficiency-cold and blood stasis, which ascends to the heart’s meridians and causes chest pain.

Wuxuan Powder，*Danxi’s Heart Method with Appendices*, Volume 24.，For stroke with phlegm obscuring the orifices of the heart, mania, delirium, mental confusion, deep stupor, and excessive phlegm and saliva; also for treating the five types of epilepsy and heart wind.

Ginseng and Kidney-Drain Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，For severe deficiency and insufficiency, frequent urination, labored breathing, intense thirst with a strong urge to drink, and a sensation of bladder fullness.

Golden Tooth Stone Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，For diabetes with thick, turbid urine resembling flour water—this indicates cold in the kidneys.

Coptis Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 55.，All types of exhaustion-related illnesses, wandering spirits, and ghostly afflictions.

Clove and Aconite Decoction，From *De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 11.，For children suffering from vomiting and diarrhea leading to debility and collapse, which has developed into chronic convulsions.

Ma Bo Ping Wei Powder，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 36.，Dysphagia.

Dampness-Clearing and Palace-Purifying Decoction，From *Haojing Zhizhi*, Volume 2.，Dampness-pathogen obscures the mind, causing mental confusion, deafness, and slurred speech, which worsen in the afternoon, accompanied by white (疒咅).

Stomach-Regulating Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction，*The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For postpartum palpitations with a sense of disorientation, profuse sweating, emaciation and pallor, and loss of yang due to excessive sweating.

Hawthorn-Qu-Atractylodes Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2; name cited in *The Treasure Mirror of Eastern Medicine: Chapter on the Inner Landscape*, Volume 4.，For spleen-related diarrhea. Elderly individuals who are overindulged in care, causing their spleen to be damaged by excessive food and drink, often suffer from frequent diarrhea.

Curcuma Decoction，*Compendium of Epilepsy Disorders*, Volume 4.，Wind-phlegm-induced convulsions.

Lily and Anemarrhena Decoction，From *The Golden Cabinet*, Volume 1.，For lily disease following a sweating treatment.

Flaxseed Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 206.，For retching and vomiting.

Acacia Pod Powder，From *Pocket Formulas*, Volume 3, citing *Ben Shi*.，For dampness in the stomach and intestines, bloating, and bloody stools.

Zhao Fu Ointment，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，Pain and swollen abscesses.

Zhengqi Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For disharmony of qi, stagnation of the five viscera, loss of appetite, typhoid fever, and various forms of diarrhea and dysentery.

Decoction for Clearing Dryness，From *Essentials of Diseases and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Deficiency of qi and blood, compounded by damp-heat, resulting in generalized weakness and soreness; or when damp-heat prevails, causing the Lung (Metal) to be affected by pathogenic factors and the Kidney to lack nourishment, leading to scanty, reddish urine and irregular stools; or soreness and … Read more