Water Buffalo Head Formula

Boil-Resolving Life-Saving Decoction，From *Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，All types of abscesses and toxic infections.

Xiao Xianxiong Decoction with Scutellaria and Zhi Shi，From *Explanation of Warm-Heat Syndromes*.，Internal invasion of wind-heat, with hardness and pain beneath the heart.

Raw Rehmannia and Peony Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，Shanghan (Cold Damage). Disruption of the exterior-interior order; sweat has not been fully released, leaving residual heat that may generate toxins, or result in stiffness and pain in the hands and feet, with inability to extend the limbs.

Water-Adjusted Ointment，From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 278), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For wind-heat swellings and toxic abscesses that have not yet formed a head.

Menstrual-Regulating Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For children with stiff and constricted tendons and meridians that cannot relax, weakness in the hands and feet, emaciation and lack of strength, one-sided paralysis and inability to lift limbs following convulsions, and delayed walking.

Lime and Chinese Chive Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 302.，Wounds.

Dali Zhong Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 44.，For spleen deficiency with fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, cramping pain in the heart and abdomen, and loss of appetite.

Miraculous and Effective Formula，Formula by Zhu Yuanti, cited in Volume 2 of *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.，For jaundice.

Ginger and Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 5.，For chronic malaria that does not resolve, with episodes occurring every 3–5 days.

Zhao’s Enhanced Six-Seed Pills，From *Zhun Sheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.，

Ice-Sulfur Powder，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Rheumatic stagnation gives rise to “button-like rashes”; if left untreated for a long time, they become itchy like tinea.

Astringent Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For postpartum blood stasis and excessive menstrual bleeding in women.

One Ointment，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 39, citing *Chen’s Prescriptions Based on Clinical Experience*.，For eye inflammation with a “rotten string” condition.

Amomum Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 394.，Vomiting in infants due to overfeeding.

Sweet Chrysanthemum Flower Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，Wind-toxin affecting the eyes, causing red eyes.

Salted Black Bean Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For diabetes.

Secretly Transmitted Purple Gold Pill，*The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 6.，For bruises and hematomas, torn tendons and broken bones, and loss of consciousness or fainting.

Peony Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.，For postpartum retention of pathological blood in the abdomen, accompanied by severe stiffness and pain in the body.

Clove and Aconite Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach with unceasing vomiting.

Cnidium and Ctenolepis Powder，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Erosive tinea pedis.

Dragon Bone Decoction (Variation)，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Renwei Edition), Volume 29, citing *Ji’s Family Tradition*.，For children with bloody dysentery, as well as boils and abscesses on the body, accompanied by a flushed face and high fever.

Ningxin Decoction，*The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 16.，All cases of nighttime crying and various forms of fright.

Yanhu Pills，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 8.，For abdominal masses.

Blood-Cloud-Dispelling Decoction，*Essentials of Ophthalmology*, Volume 1.，Both eyes are red and swollen, with a sensation of dryness and pain, hot tears, and photophobia; gradually, red veins appear running through the pupils, and vision becomes intermittently blurred.

Astragalus, Cinnamon Bark, and Bupleurum Wine Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，Also indicated for bone abscesses characterized by hard, diffuse swelling where the skin color is indistinguishable, pain when walking, and severe tenderness on palpation.