Formulas Name : Peony Decoction
Chinese Name : 芍药饮子
Half a liang of red peony root, 1 liang of white poria, 1.5 fen of licorice (roasted), 1 fen of Han fangji, and 1 areca nut.
From *Formulas for Childbirth*.
Take 2 qian per dose; add 5 stalks of lampwick and 1.5 zhan of water; decoct until reduced to 7 fen; strain; and take while hot, mixed with Amber Powder.
Peony Decoction，From *Formulas for Childbirth*.，
Donkey-hide Gelatin Chess Pieces，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.，For diarrhea and dysentery.
Throat-Clearing Compound，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Localized pharyngeal diphtheria, mild toxic diphtheria, acute tonsillitis, and pharyngitis.
Reed Ash Ointment Recipe，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 182.，For red rashes in children caused by urinary tract infections, extending from the ankles to the thighs.
Raw Rehmannia and Lycium Bark Decoction，*Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 2.，After the measles have subsided, fever recurs 6–7 days later.
Pregnancy-Stabilizing and Fire-Nourishing Decoction，From *New Compilation for Longevity*.，Deficiency-cold in the lower jiao and decline of Mingmen fire result in an inability to sustain the fetus, leading to frequent fetal descent in the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy, along with persistent abdominal distension. Initially, there is spotting; in severe cases, heavy bleeding occurs, accompanied by … Read more
Huiyang Pill，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 2.，For yin-deficiency syndromes, cold and numb hands and feet, and pain in the chest and abdomen.
Secret-Transmitted Toxin-Extracting Pill，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For sores and abscesses.
Decoction for Nourishing the Metal Element，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 24.，Dry and sore throat, with fluid depletion and internal heat, indicating that the Metal element of the Lung is being overpowered.
Seizure-Calming Four Substances Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum convulsions with a weak, faint, and涩 pulse.
Radish Paste，*Effective Remedies*, Volume 13.，For lockjaw in adults and children.
Goral Antler Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 69.，Hemoptysis.
Danggui-Ginseng Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Qingdao Formula).，Swelling and turbid urine.
Spleen-Regulating Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，Dysregulation of the zang-fu organs; the liver overpowers the spleen, causing dampness to descend, resulting in chronic, persistent diarrhea.
Decoction for Dispelling Yin and Restoring Vitality，From *Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Those with kidney bi often experience distension, with the buttocks feeling as if they were the heels and the spine as if it were the head.
Rhubarb and Vinegar，From *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 6.，Postpartum retained lochia.
Erqi Xiangru Decoction，From *Lingnan Health Prescriptions*, Middle Volume.，For all types of summer heat toxicity.
Poria Heart-Nourishing Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For profuse sweating from the heart.
Schisandra Pill，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Diarrhea due to deficiency of both the spleen and kidney; diarrhea occurs repeatedly at the fifth watch, or pain arises around the navel, radiating to the lower back; the abdomen and knees feel cold, and the pulse at the Shou-zhong position is soft.
Dragon Palace Decoction，*Short Paths in Surgical Treatment of Ulcers*, Middle Volume.，Kidney abscess.
Gong Palace Decoction，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions: Ten Thousand Gold Formulas*, Volume 1.，For prolonged, intermittent menstrual bleeding without abdominal pain; also treats hematuria and leukorrhea.
Harmonizing Blood with Mugwort and Aconite Decoction，*The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，For all cases of irregular menstruation—whether early or late—and prolonged infertility.
Gua Sha Dan，*Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.，For men and women suffering from various deficiencies and weakness, restlessness of the heart, disturbed sleep, pain in the hands and feet, stiffness in the lower back and knees, and difficulty walking; for women with edema affecting the heart, causing vomiting of medicine and food, … Read more
Ma Yao，*Secret Transmission of Experienced Treatments for the Throat*.，
Peng’e-Shu Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 184), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For all types of cold-induced qi disorders, sudden, severe chest pain so intense it feels as if one is about to die; or chronic abdominal pain that recurs periodically.
Hai Xian Ointment，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 8.，For various sores caused by wind-induced damage, as well as abscesses, boils, and swollen, toxic lesions.
Peony Decoction,