Cimicifuga and Scrophularia Decoction

Bamboo Bark Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 123.，A sensation of something stuck in the throat, with inability to speak or breathe.

Pain-Relieving Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 56.，Nine types of chest pain.

Bi Xiao San，From *Medical Records for the Common People*, Volume 8.，For women with swollen breasts, regardless of whether the swelling is internal or external.

White Frost Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 10), citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，

Bing Shuang Mei Su Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hohhot Formula).，Summer-heat and dampness.

Coptis Upper-Clearing Decoction，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Indicated for real fire and internal heat manifesting as dizziness, tinnitus, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, swollen and ulcerated gums, sudden onset of conjunctivitis, severe constipation, and dark yellow urine.

Huanglian Qingxin Decoction，*Supplement to the Inner Canon*, Volume 2.，Leucorrhea, nocturnal emission, and seminal leakage.

Dingyu Liujun Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 42.，Vomiting due to severe cold.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn Pills，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 10.，For cataracts with an inverted pupil; caused by deficiency of both qi and blood, stagnation of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi, leading to the liver and kidneys being affected by wind-pathogen, resulting in a skewed pupil and cataract.

Chuanxiong-Danggui Baoyuan Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 57.，For smallpox with deficiency of qi and blood, where, at the time of the “guangjiang” stage, the pustule is round and full but shows no red halo at the base.

Chain-Relieving Decoction，Formula attributed to Qi Zhongxian, cited in Volume 1 of *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Streptomycin poisoning presenting with dizziness, head shaking, muscle stiffness, and restlessness—attributed to a disorder of the “mutual fire” of the Shao Yang channel within the San Jiao.

Jinhua Dan，*Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，Effective for all types of mouth sores and chronic, non-healing sores.

Neem Root Worm-Expelling Pills，*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.，For abdominal distension and pain caused by parasitic infestation.

Stomach-Clearing and Fire-Purging Decoction，From *Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 10.，Residual toxins remaining after smallpox manifest as oral sores.

Tonifying Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 219), citing *Formulas from the Hall of Auspicious Bamboo*.，For pain in the lower back and knees.

Che’ao Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 128.，Breast abscesses and all types of swollen, toxic sores.

Poria and Atractylodes Powder，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 32, citing *Shen Shi’s Formulas*.，Gray hair and hair loss.

Fragrant Snake Wine，From *Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.，For “Finger-Amputation Leprosy,” in which the tendons and bones first rot, followed by damage to the ten fingers—beginning with swelling of the fingers and the oozing of fluid from beneath the nails—the fingers will fall off joint by joint within a year; this formula also treats syphilis, all … Read more

Scorpion-Aconite Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 81, citing *Continuation of Formulas for Saving Lives*.，For headaches caused by qi deficiency.

Borax Powder，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Pain and obstruction in the throat and pharynx.

Warming the Middle and Regulating Qi Decoction，*Complete Book of Experienced Treatments for Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Ulcers caused by wind-toxin.

Three Whites Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 66).，Wounds from sharp objects.

Enhanced Zi Jin Dan，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Asthma caused by cold affecting both the exterior and interior.

Platycodon and Scrophularia Decoction，From *Selected Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For cases of stagnant and rising lung qi with nasal congestion and profuse nasal discharge.

Ginseng and Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，Headache; mild pain upon exertion; loss of appetite; lethargy in the limbs; restlessness, heat, and shortness of breath; loss of sense of taste; abdominal rumbling; slightly loose stools; general drowsiness and lethargy; feeling thirsty but aversion to cold foods.