Pre-Meal Pills

Tongxuan Qianjin Pill，From *Baotong Miyao*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 266.，For infantile convulsions, malnutrition-related accumulation, and malnutrition-related dysentery.

Modified Four Gentlemen Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.，Abdominal pain due to cold stagnation.

Quansheng Zhibao Pill，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For men with kidney deficiency and seminal emission, accompanied by lower back and leg pain; and for women with postpartum deficiency of blood and qi, accompanied by mental weakness.

Weirui Shouyin Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For women who, after childbirth, experience a mass protruding from the vaginal opening, shaped like a handkerchief, with either corners or a single lobe, due to liver atrophy.

Tiao Yuan Sheng Mai San，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 11.，For cases of inherent deficiency of primordial qi; after the smallpox rash has subsided, the six pulses are deep and fine, and the hands and feet are cold and numb.

Ephedra, Two Cinnamon Twigs, and One Small Qinglong Decoction，*Commentary on the Treatise on Malaria*.，Cold Malaria.

Dragon-Guiding Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For diabetes insipidus with profuse urination—drinking 1 dou and urinating 1 dou—coughing up clear phlegm, a flushed face, red lips, and no dryness of the mouth or tongue.

Ge Ye Ointment，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 276.，For internal and external leg ulcers.

Mallow Seed and Sorghum Decoction，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，Postpartum dysuria with painful and scanty urination.

Purple Soybean Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 3, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，Loss of voice due to stroke; lower back pain with stiffness; women with vaginal discharge of five colors; postpartum stroke, or postpartum body pain caused by exposure to wind while lochia has not yet ceased. Women suffering from severe postpartum stroke, or those with a … Read more

Wu Ji San，*Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine* (1958; 9: 15).，For gastric and duodenal ulcers, including those complicated by bleeding.

Cimicifuga Seed Powder，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 3.，Liver disease causing red eyes, pterygium, and corneal opacities, resulting in blurred vision.

Universal Relief Five-Hoof Ointment，From *Li Ye*.，For difficult and dangerous surgical conditions, as well as all types of unexplained swellings and abscesses, whether developing or fully formed.

Joyful Powder，From *General Essentials of Hygiene*, Volume 7.，For children suffering from wind-cold invasion, presenting with fever, headache, absence of sweating, and aversion to wind; or from warm-heat conditions with nasal congestion, clear nasal discharge, tearing, and sneezing.

Liu’s Poison Dart Ointment，Formula attributed to Liu Jin’an, as cited in *Collection of Plaster Formulas*.，Ulcers of the periosteum in joints; tuberculosis; “opposite-side” and “back-to-back” conditions; lumbar abscesses; traumatic injuries; wounds; carbuncles; malignant sores; genital sores; scrofula; leg sores; breast sores; fasciitis; cold sores; hemorrhoids; hemorrhoidal fistulas; and bone consumption.

Dragon’s Whisker Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 327.，For body pain before and after childbirth.

Dipsacus Decoction Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 4.，Damp-bi syndrome, lower back and leg disorders.

Dampness-Dispelling Decoction，From *Discrimination of Internal and External Injuries*, Volume 2.，Injuries caused by horse milk, as well as cow’s, sheep’s, or goat’s buttermilk, and all cold substances.

Scallion and Black Bean Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For heat-induced dysuria and blood-in-urine.

Decoction for Mouth Ulcers，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，Mouth sores.

Eucommia and Ginseng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 75.，Chronic cold dysentery that has not healed for a long time, with pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, occasional discharge of white pus, and undigested food in the stool.

Enhanced Ginseng and Oat Powder，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Excessive blood loss after childbirth, resulting in deficiency of heart blood; a shriveled, curled, and shortened tongue; slurred, indistinct, and halting speech; and palpitations.

Zhenjin Powder，From *Pocket Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Infantile “Fetal Redness” of the Eyes. If a newborn’s eyes are not washed thoroughly, impure fluid may accumulate in the corners of the eyes, causing the eyelids to become red and ulcerated, a condition that persists into adulthood.

Apricot Leaf Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 24.，Wind-induced urticaria with persistent itching.

Newly Revised Rhubarb (Shuchong) Decoction，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark and dull; the neck is long and thin; the neck veins pulsate; the limbs are thin and weak; only the abdomen is distended, … Read more