Snake Skin Powder

Poria Decoction for Draining Dampness，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 12.，Jaundice; vomiting; chills and fever; scanty urination.

Ginseng Qing Shen Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For cases where, after a carbuncle has ulcerated and discharged pus, residual toxins remain, causing restlessness in the palms, soles, and chest, mental confusion and agitation, and slurred speech.

Qu Ye Decoction，From *Puji Fang*, Volume 23, citing *Shibian Liangfang*.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, poor digestion in the epigastric region, and slow digestion of food.

The Drunken Potion，Formula from *History of the Song Dynasty: Biography of Qian Yi*, Volume 462; name cited in *Yicaoting*.，For those with stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi, whose eyes remain wide open and cannot close.

Heart-Nourishing Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，For persistent eye pain that has lasted for a long time and resulted in loss of vision.

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

Chuanlian Zhike Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Abdominal distension due to spleen excess, with intermittent abdominal heat.

Toxicity-Clearing Pill，Formula from *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22; name cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 285.，For abscesses and boils accompanied by constipation.

Zhonglü Pills，From *Formulas for the Family School*.，For water retention and obstruction of urination and defecation.

Two-Horn Disinfecting Powder，*Formulas of the Hall of Sowing Blessings*, Volume 3.，All types of unexplained swellings and abscesses, “fish-mouth” and “fecal” toxins, and syphilitic nodules.

Pill for Expelling Impurities and Resolving Phlegm，*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Swelling caused by phlegm enveloping stagnant blood.

Zijin Niuxi Powder，*The Standard of Medical Practice: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 3.，For swelling and abscesses in the hands—including those where the fingers are bent—and all types of swollen, toxic, and painful lumps on the feet.

Fragrant Sandalwood Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，Disharmony of the spleen and stomach; cold in the stomach causing loss of appetite; inability to taste food; fullness and distension with discomfort.

Decoction for Treating One-Sided Headaches，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For migraines accompanied by drooling and excessive saliva, caused by phlegm-induced pain.

Fangfeng-Zhishi Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 3, citing *Jiyuan Fang*.，For vertigo with a sensation of falling, spinning vision and dizziness, and headache.

Ointment for Damp Sores with Realgar，From *Zhao Bingnan’s Collection of Clinical Experience*.，For acute eczema (rheumatic sores), creeping rash (burn-like sores), and seborrheic dermatitis (facial heat and wind-toxin).

Euphorbia and Yanhua Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 54); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 191).，For 10 types of water-retention disorders characterized by swelling, distension, shortness of breath, and inability to sleep.

Perilla Seed Decoction，From *Shenshi Fang*, cited in Volume 9 of *Wai Tai*.，For coughs accompanied by a sensation of qi rising and causing fullness, or qi stagnation, restlessness, shortness of breath, and vomiting.

Atractylodes and Scutellaria Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 16.，After dysentery has subsided following treatment with the Peony Decoction, this formula is particularly suitable for further harmonization; also for dysentery following a rash.

Formula for Steaming the Navel with Seeds，From *Extensive Collection of Clinical Experience*, Volume 3.，For men with cold-induced impotence and weakness, accompanied by cloudy white discharge and nocturnal emissions; for women with a cold and deficient uterus, accompanied by red or white vaginal discharge.

Rescue and Revive Pill，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 1.，In the winter months, in cases of typhoid fever, after sweating and vomiting, followed by further purgation and emesis, yet the body remains feverish as if on fire, with cold extremities and a faint, gasping breath.

Water-Expelling Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 133.，Used for water-toxin-induced sores accompanied by persistent swelling and pain.

Cimicifuga and Astragalus Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Retained urine, with a trickling, obstructed flow.

Ice-Sulfur Powder，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Rheumatic stagnation gives rise to “button-like rashes”; if left untreated for a long time, they become itchy like tinea.

Qianli Guang Wash，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Eczema, dermatitis.