Water-Fire Elixir

White Tiger Combined with Liu Yi Powder，*Southern Needle for Treating Dysentery*.，For summer heat and cholera, characterized by fever with cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, thirst, and scanty, reddish urine.

Pills for Raising Yang and Regulating the Menstrual Cycle，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For scrofula.

Three Sages Decoction (Pills)，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 18); name cited in *Yixue Zhengzhuan* (Vol. 4).，Exhaustion-induced fever gives rise to parasites, which manifest as a disease in the lungs.

Divine Skin-Transforming Powder，*Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 15.，For scrofula and intractable sores.

Kelp Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 15.，For women with stagnant qi in the chest.

Xiao Dingxiang Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，For distension and fullness of the Triple Burner, disharmony of qi in the chest and diaphragm, and cold qi rising from the primordial organs causing confusion and drowsiness.

Curcuma Paste，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 8.，For all types of swollen abscesses and wounds from beatings.

Diuretic and Qi-Boosting Pill，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Following an episode of eye pain, kidney pathogenic factors invade the heart; the outer corners of both eyes turn completely black; there is no pain or discomfort, and vision remains unaffected; hair stands straight as iron rods; the patient appears dazed as if intoxicated, and remains … Read more

Turmeric Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 80.，For retained lochia after childbirth causing pain in the chest and abdomen.

Realgar Cake Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 307.，For snake bites where the patient is near death.

Barley Decoction Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 14), citing *Mr. Mao’s Prescriptions*.，For pediatric typhoid fever complicated by convulsions.

Ginseng, Perilla, and Pinellia Decoction，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，Cough with phlegm, difficulty swallowing or breathing, wheezing and fullness in the chest, and impaired circulation of qi.

Xi-Tong Pills，From *Collected Works on Saving the World and Nourishing Life*.，Men and women suffering from rheumatism, or those who drink excessively and are exposed to wind—where internal dampness and external pathogens spread to the meridians and collaterals of the limbs, causing a sensation of congestion and discomfort—may experience weakness, soreness, and pain in both feet, … Read more

Tianyuan Jiesui Dan，From *Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For men aged 17–18 or 20–30 who suffer from a deficiency of yang and original qi, resulting in smallpox lesions that appear densely clustered and contiguous, and who seek a potent and invigorating remedy.

Milk-Promoting Decoction，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，Nasal sores. Sores form inside the nose, causing unbearable itching; speech becomes slurred, and the voice is muffled.

Seven Treasures Light Blue Pill，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 14, citing a formula by Master Han Dongwang.，For infants with “bianzheng” syndrome, as well as during the febrile stage of typhoid fever, rashes, chickenpox, nighttime crying and screaming, residual heat from various forms of fright, mouth sores, and red urine.

Scattered Flower Pills，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 3.，

Gualou Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For common cold with flank pain, where the exterior syndrome has already resolved but internal qi disharmony causes pain; confirmed to be due to dry phlegm and retained fluid, resulting in flank pain.

Jinggu Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 296.，All types of hemorrhoids.

Pain-Relieving Qianghuo Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 3.，Wind-heat attacking the area, causing swelling and pain at the tooth root.

Siwu Decoction for Treating Dysuria，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，Heat accumulation in the bladder causing difficulty urinating.

Hua-Se Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 85.，Postpartum blood stasis has not yet resolved, causing a sense of oppression, mental confusion, and qi stagnation to the point of near-death.

Fire-Suppressing Pill，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For abdominal pain that comes and goes intermittently due to fire.

Huayan Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，A breast abscess that had already healed, resulting in severe deficiency of qi and blood; subsequently, due to careless sexual activity, it recurred and became ulcerated, transforming into a breast cancerous mass. This formed countless small ulcerated openings—resembling tubes but not tubes, resembling fistulas but not fistulas—ultimately taking … Read more

Wan Ying Pill for Reducing Abdominal Distension，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Indicated for jaundice progressing to ascites; shortness of breath and chest tightness; epigastric pain with gastric reflux; malnutrition-induced distension with heat accumulation; jaundice and swelling due to physical exhaustion; and lockjaw dysentery.