Ten-Ingredient Tonifying Decoction

Peony and Dried Ginger Decoction，From *Yunqi Zi’s Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For intermittent abdominal pain and clear urine following sweating or purgation due to cold damage.

Seven Sages Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage in winter, where pathogenic factors cause stagnation of liver qi that fails to disperse; whenever the pathogen is lodged between the half-exterior and half-interior stages, presenting with cold extremities, a pale face, and cold hands, while the feet are hot.

Realgar Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with chronic, persistent dysentery, emaciation, high fever, dry and brittle hair, and inability to eat or drink.

Ginseng, Atractylodes, Bupleurum, and Poria Decoction，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 3.，Wind-heat in the Liver Meridian, with the Spleen’s earth element being overpowered; symptoms include a tendency to anger, convulsions during sleep, itching all over the body, and a lack of appetite; or, in cases of sores and ulcers accompanied by Spleen Qi deficiency and … Read more

Nao Zhu Dan，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 1.，For various wind-phlegm conditions, headaches, dizziness, stagnant qi, and chest and diaphragm discomfort.

Yijin Sanfeng Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，For headaches due to qi deficiency and wind-cold invasion, accompanied by fever, night sweats, and aversion to wind.

Raw Rehmannia Powder，*Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum excessive blood loss, abdominal pain, and a rapid, deficient pulse.

Formula for Removing Stars and Replacing Constellations，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox* (Vol. 4).，For smallpox lesions in the eye.

Qi Bao Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，For qi stagnation in the diaphragm causing vomiting and retching, fullness and distension in the chest and heart region, and inability to swallow food or drink. For all forms of qi stagnation, abdominal masses, fullness and distension in the chest and heart region, abdominal oppression, and shortness of breath; as … Read more

Cunjin Ingot，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For all types of hemorrhoids and fistulas that have persisted for a long time without healing.

Xianluan Labor-Inducing Formula，From Volume 5 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.，

Lead Sulfate Powder for Calming the Heart，From *Shenghui*, Volume 83.，For children with wind-heat in the heart and lungs who experience frequent startles.

Miraculous Black Bean Powder，From *The Sand-Script Treatise on Pathogenesis*, Volume 2.，For pain caused by sudden falls or injuries.

Boil-Extraction Pill，*Collected Commentaries on the Golden Mirror of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 6.，Smallpox and boils.

Purple Aster and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 65.，Qi stagnation in the lungs and incessant coughing in the throat are both caused by deficiency of the lungs, leading to invasion by pathogenic factors, or by cold in the stomach and heat above the diaphragm.

Modified Shengma-Ge Gen Decoction，*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 2.，For pediatric convulsive erythema, where convulsions precede the appearance of erythematous nodules.

Hawthorn and Atractylodes Ointment，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Spleen deficiency leading to overeating and food stagnation resulting in dysentery.

Decoction for Clearing Cough, Quenching Thirst, Suppressing Fire, and Resolving Phlegm，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For cough.

Secret Ointment for Traumatic Injuries，*Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 8.，Traumatic injuries; also treats severe pain, sprains, and contusions, as well as blood stasis and stagnant qi.

Fangfeng Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 374, citing *Ren Cun’s Formulas*.，For infantile convulsions and lethargy with inability to sleep.

Ear Oil，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Beijing Formula).，For ear sores accompanied by pus or fluid discharge, swelling, pain, and itching.

Cold-Descending Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Hemoptysis or epistaxis, with a pulse that is洪滑而长 (vigorous, slippery, and long), or extending upward to the fish-interval; this is due to heat causing the stomach qi to fail to descend.

Decoction for All Diseases Pills，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 29.，For men and women suffering from the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries.”

Amomum and Scallion White Decoction，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，Abdominal pain during pregnancy.

Nine-Ingredient Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Heat accumulation in the middle jiao causing obstruction; blockage of communication between upper and lower parts; inability to vomit or pass stool; abdominal distension and shortness of breath.