Summer Heat Decoction

Digestive Decoction，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Pain caused by indigestion, with a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, bloating, and the urge to vomit but inability to do so.

Dingkun Pill，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，For women with general weakness, irregular menstrual cycles, menstrual cramps, lower back pain, and leukorrhea.

Eye-Washing Cimicifuga Decoction，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 108.，For redness and ulceration of the eyes caused by toxic pathogens following an epidemic illness.

Digu Powder，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 12.，Lung heat manifesting on the skin, worsening in the evening, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, and profuse sweating.

Spleen-Nourishing Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，When kidney water is depleted, stomach earth is deficient, and spleen fire rages, it leads to unstoppable spitting of blood; however, if only a mouthful is spat and not much more, the condition appears mild but is actually severe.

Hand-Rubbed Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 7.，When smallpox lesions are about to erupt, heat-toxin and stagnant blood may cause abdominal pain and prevent eruption, with the pain localized in the epigastric region.

Ulcer-Healing Ointment，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For all types of abscesses.

Miraculous Diuretic Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，Impaired bladder qi transformation leading to urinary retention.

Single-Ingredient Essence-Preserving Decoction，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For nocturnal emissions and seminal leakage.

Hundred Flowers Toxin-Removing Powder，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju* (Vol. 190), citing *Yan Xia Sheng Xiao*.，For sores and swellings.

Powder for Heat Rash，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，For heat rash and diaper rash (diaper dermatitis).

Cicada Shedding and Fishing Vine Decoction，From *A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，Abdominal pain and crying due to fright.

Lianfen Powder，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 16.，For tinea and damp sores.

Seven-Ingredient Pinellia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 176.，For children with shortness of breath and unrelenting coughing and retching.

Angelica Dahurica Stomach Wind Decoction，*Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Qi deficiency with wind-heat in the Yangming meridians of the hands and feet, manifesting as numbness of the face and eyes, or locked jaw, or eye twitching.

Shangqing Bai Fuzi Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For severe wind-phlegm conditions characterized by headache, dizziness, vertigo with a sensation of fainting, retching and nausea, mental confusion and restlessness, clouded consciousness, fatigue and pain in the limbs, stiffness in the neck, and numbness in the hands and feet.

Ya’an Powder，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 1.，For “crow-bite” sores.

Pill for Lifting the Intestines，From *Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 12.，

Chronic Hepatitis Pills，*Beijing Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*.，Chronic hepatitis, protracted hepatitis, generalized weakness, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, and pain in the hepatic region.

Stick-Head Ointment，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For injuries caused by a cane, especially those where the severity of the blow has led to a life-threatening condition.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness, Nourishing Tendons, and Nourishing Blood，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 10.，Pain radiating throughout the body indicates a deficiency of both qi and blood, accompanied by heat and dampness.

Accumulation-Resolving Decoction，From *Liu’s Simple Formulas*, cited in Volume 1 of *The Great Treasure of Health*.，For food stagnation.

Dazhi Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，

Zhishi-Banxia Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，

Xing Su Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For a heavy, rumbling cough; chest fullness and shortness of breath; a sallow, puffy complexion; nasal congestion with clear nasal discharge; aching and pain in the limbs and joints; as well as the onset of beriberi, characterized by swollen and weak legs, pain, and alternating chills and fever.