Mysterious Formula

Warming and Tonifying Xiaoyao Powder，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 5.，For lockjaw dysentery and chronic dysentery.

Dampness-Removing and Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Hao Yazi Sheng* (Volume 12).，In hot summer weather, heat damages vital energy, causing numbness in the hands.

Black Sesame Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 63.，For all types of boils and abscesses on the back.

Secret-Recipe Intestinal Wind Powder，*The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 2.，For intestinal wind and hemorrhoidal fistulas, regardless of how long the condition has persisted.

Patch for Malignant Nodules Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 277.，Malignant nodule swelling.

Pearl and Gold Pill (Long-Acting Formula)，*A Concise Guide to Dermatology in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For vitiligo.

Family-Treasured, Miraculous Dragon’s Blood Ointment，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 29.，Effective for all types of abscesses, boils, and toxic sores.

Wild Carrot Paste，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Alopecia areata.

Astragalus Toli Decoction，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 4.，Ulceration of a breast tumor.

Shen-Tian Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 134.，For injuries caused by hot liquids or fire, and for sores and boils caused by heat toxins.

Rehmannia Pill，From *Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 12, citing *Trusted and Effective Formulas*.，Deficiency of blood and qi, inability to lift the limbs, and heat and pain in the bone marrow. Lower back and abdominal pain before and after childbirth, and all types of pain related to blood deficiency.

Wind-Dissolving Powder，From *The Complete Collection of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 139.，For lacerations.

Menstrual Regulation and Leucorrhea Relief Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For women with leukorrhea resulting from severe deficiency of the Kidney Meridian, accompanied by cold and dampness and a decline in fire.

Paste for Regulating the Middle, Clearing Heat, and Resolving Dampness，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Indicated for conditions of dampness stagnation in the spleen and stomach accompanied by internal heat.

Gold and Silver Foil Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 59.，For kidney deficiency. Symptoms include dry mouth, dry and sore eyes, impotence, burning pain in the hands and feet, and frequent urination.

Qilin Jie Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For all types of abscesses and swellings that have ruptured into open sores with pus mixed with thin, clear fluid.

Cow Bile Diaphragm-Opening Decoction，*Treasury of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 8.，For cases of wind-stroke diagnosed within 1–2 days as a “full” pattern, caused by wind-phlegm.

Talc and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Volume 2)，Clears heat and removes dampness; promotes circulation and facilitates diuresis. Indicated for summer-heat and latent summer-heat affecting all three burners, manifested by a grayish-white tongue, chest fullness and oppression, tidal fever, vomiting and nausea, restlessness and thirst, spontaneous diarrhea, sweating, and scanty urine.

Cress Seed Pills，Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 10), citing *Cui’s Formulas*; name found in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 183).，For cough due to lung heat, accompanied by shortness of breath and severe wheezing, inability to sit or lie down, swelling of the body and face, and severe distension that prevents the intake of food and drink.

Ginger and Aconite Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 2.，For cold phlegm and stagnant qi, chest fullness and shortness of breath, vomiting of frothy sputum and headache, and indigestion; also indicated for sudden stroke; for malaria in Lingnan, internal weakness with fever, or alternating chills and fever, phlegm-induced vomiting, headache and body aches, or profuse … Read more

“Removing the Fire from Under the Cauldron” Powder，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，For stomatitis caused by deficient fire. Symptoms include a pale-red mouth, white patches with fine spots throughout the mouth, mild ulceration, visible cracks, night sweats, no thirst, loose stools, frequent urination, a red tongue without coating, and a weak pulse.

Diaphragmatic Qi Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3.，Five types of diaphragmatic qi stagnation: obstruction of the Triple Burner, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, pain radiating from the back to the lower back, distension of the heart and abdomen, stabbing pain in the flanks, inability to swallow food or drink, obstruction and … Read more

Life-Taking Golden Pill，From *Simple Formulas*, citing a secret formula from the *Huang Yi Chuan* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 258).，For acute and chronic convulsions in children that cannot be treated with other medicines.

Formula for Applying Realgar to Sores，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 140.，For injuries caused by poisoned arrows or venomous snake bites.

Talc and Akebia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 184.，Rush stone causes agitation; dysuria with a burning sensation.