Peony Six-He Decoction

Harmonizing the营 Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In the winter months, a patient contracts cold damage; the pathogenic factor attempts to enter the Yangming channel but is rejected by it. By the seventh day, the fever has not subsided, and the patient continues to ramble incoherently.

Enhanced Qingzhou White Pills，*Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 2.，For stroke-induced obstruction, facial paralysis, and hemiplegia.

Hair-Removing Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 9.，For chronic lung pain and prolonged coughing; dreaming of deceased relatives; or dreaming of eating and drinking; loss of vital essence and blood; frequent anger and little sleep; inability to eat; and gradual wasting away; as well as bone-consuming consumptive disease and infection by “ghostly qi.”

Life-Sustaining Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 21.，For stroke-induced lockjaw, with the body stiff and rigid as in opisthotonos, and the patient near death.

Ginseng, Astragalus, Cinnamon, and Schisandra Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 3.，For smallpox lesions with flat tops.

Dried Willow Bark Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 61); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 287).，For an abscess that has not yet formed a head, presenting with redness, swelling, and pain.

Cinnabar Pill，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For chest pain due to qi stagnation, as well as hernias of the small intestine or bladder causing unrelenting pain.

Decoction for Regulating the Two Qi，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Guang Ge.

Raw Jun Powder，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 5; name cited in *New Compilation of Proven Formulas* (Yanfang Xinbian), Volume 11.，For boils, abscesses, sores, and carbuncles accompanied by redness, swelling, and burning pain; for pain in the lower back and legs; and for injuries from falls or blows.

Erlong Ointment，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，Indications: Masses and lumps, abdominal distension and pain, sallow and haggard complexion.

Family Recipe: Yellow Ointment，From *Secret Mirror on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis*, Volume 2.，Genital sores, leg sores, or necrosis of the head and face caused by syphilis.

Exquisite Dysentery-Curing Pills，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 13.，For dysentery.

Snake Shedding Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 378.，For convulsions with profuse salivation.

Bitter Gourd Decoction，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 7; name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Divine Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 147.，For gu poison, vomiting blood, or passing blood in the stool—all presenting symptoms similar to liver gangrene.

Angelica and Safflower Decoction，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 2.，The rash has appeared but then subsided.

Decoction for Clearing Epidemic Fever and Eliminating Toxins，*Yi Zhen Yi De* (Insights on Epidemic Rashes), Volume 2.，All conditions characterized by intense heat, with both exterior and interior symptoms pronounced, accompanied by mania, restlessness, and mental agitation; dry mouth and sore throat; severe fever with dry retching; delirium and insomnia; hematemesis and epistaxis; and the appearance … Read more

Seven-Fragrance Cake，*Clinical Guidelines for Medical Case Studies*, Volume 10.，In the summer months of childhood, consuming cold, damp fruits and vegetables causes dampness to accumulate in the spleen and stomach, leading to diarrhea.

Snake Bite Antidote Pill，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For ulcerated snake bites.

Single-Ingredient Red Adzuki Bean Powder，From *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 6.，For postpartum restlessness, inability to eat, and a sensation of fullness due to deficiency.

Wu Wu Dan，*Science of Traumatic Injuries*.，For conditions such as phlegm discharge, bone-attached ulcers, and scrofula, where necrotic tissue is difficult to remove after ulceration and pus and exudate have not cleared.

Sophora Fruit Powder，*Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 4.，For hematuria, as well as unstoppable uterine bleeding and metrorrhagia in women.

Mind-Refreshing Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 363.，In cases of cranial fissure in infants: due to the mother’s deficient vital energy, cold fetal energy, insufficient paternal essence, inadequate vital energy received in utero, or birth before the kidney energy is fully developed, the infant may present with a pallid complexion, emaciated muscles and slender bones, a … Read more

Dingchen Decoction Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，

Axe-Grinding Pills，From the *Wang’s Collection of Prescriptions*, citing a formula by Han Daochang (see *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 24).，Innocent malnutrition.

Blood-Harmonizing and Pain-Relieving Decoction，Formula attributed to Li Dongyuan, cited in *Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 12.，Pain affects one finger after another in both hands; after the pain subsides, swelling sets in. There is pain deep within the bones, as well as knee pain—when the left knee hurts, the right knee follows. Episodes last from 3 … Read more