Qi-Regulating Decoction (Variant)

Throat-Clearing Coptis Detoxification Decoction，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 4.，For early-stage redness, swelling, and pain in the throat, with a faint and rapid pulse.

Gardenia and Curcuma Decoction，Volume 11 of *The Collection of the Unsettled: Lower Collection*.，Deficiency syndromes, with accumulated phlegm and blood stasis.

Qu-Shu-Xiang-Ling Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 176), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，Indicated for spleen stagnation and qi stagnation, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, abdominal distension and fullness, masses or lumps in the abdomen, wandering pain, stabbing pain in the large intestine, vomiting of sour fluid after consuming alcohol or … Read more

Enhanced Xiao Xuming Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 12.，For “Crane’s Knee Wind” (a condition where walking is impossible).

Heart-Nourishing Powder，*Oral Discussions on Saving Infants*, Volume 20.，For children with deficient heart qi, presenting with a dazed and confused demeanor.

Black Gold Pill，Formula taken from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 7), citing *Thousand Gold Prescriptions*; name found in *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases* (Vol. 22).，For fine threads entering the eye.

Ginger and Alum Powder，From *The Complete Infant Formulas*, cited in *The Great Yongle Encyclopedia*, Volume 1037.，For childhood febrile rashes, as well as all types of wind rashes and red, itchy swellings.

Cui Sheng Gui San，*Essentials of Obstetrics from the Family Treasure of Health*, Volume 7.，For cases where delivery has not occurred within 3–5 days.

Warming the Middle and Tonifying the Spleen Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，Chronic Spleen Wind. Due to prolonged vomiting and diarrhea, spleen qi has been severely depleted, resulting in earth deficiency that fails to generate metal, and weak metal that fails to restrain wood. Consequently, liver wood becomes excessively vigorous and overpowers the spleen; hence it … Read more

Bu’er Ointment，From *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*, Volume 2.，For phlegm-related conditions, spreading abscesses, breast boils, and all types of unexplained swollen and toxic sores.

Sweet Shepherd’s Purse Decoction，From *Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，For pediatric typhoid fever, cough, phlegm congestion in the chest and diaphragm, and a gurgling sound in the throat.

Winter Melon Porridge，From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *The Porridge Manual*.，Edema and abdominal distension; difficulty urinating; including acute and chronic nephritis, edema, ascites due to cirrhosis, edema caused by beriberi, obesity, summer heat-induced restlessness, dry mouth and thirst, lung-heat cough, and phlegm-induced wheezing.

Liver-Regulating Pills，*Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 2.，For red eyes due to liver heat without pain.

Xingpi Pill，*Ben Shi*, Volume 10.，For children with chronic spleen wind syndrome who, following vomiting and diarrhea, are weak, exhausted, and drowsy, and are at risk of developing wind-induced epilepsy.

Spleen-Nourishing Cardamom Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.，For rising qi, spleen and stomach deficiency, pain in the chest and abdomen, distension and fullness in the flanks, or occasional loose stools.

Bai Jue Ointment，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 25.，Leg Ulcers.

Pai Jing Powder，From *Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women aged 38–39 who have ceased menstruating and experience abdominal masses accompanied by pain, dizziness, blurred vision, and loss of appetite—indicating deficiency of both qi and blood, with stagnant blood failing to dissipate.

Narcissus Ointment，*Treatise on Warm Diseases*, Volume 1.，For external swelling caused by warm toxins and all types of boils and sores.

Decoction of the “Dead Man’s Pillow”，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 47.，Ghost-induced illness.

Longquan Powder，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 2.，Sores appearing below the ear, extending to the clavicular fossa or onto the shoulder, hard as stone, and mobile without a fixed base—known as “horse-sword”—or those appearing on the flanks, whether already oozing pus or still unruptured; all types of scrofula, whether in the early … Read more

Supreme Yin-Yang Elixir，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Those who indulge in rich and sumptuous foods, those who have lost their sense of purpose, those with a lack of harmony between the heart and kidneys, and those with depleted yin and yang—especially when compounded by worry, depression, anger, and outbursts—will find that their qi … Read more

Formula for Treating Fluid Retention，*Secret Formulas for Traumatology*.，For falls, blows, and contusions; fractures and dislocations; and cases with internal blood stasis.

Decoction for Tonifying the Original and Nourishing Yin，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，For yin deficiency causing deafness, coughing, spitting, and groaning, with atrophy of muscles and bones and a hunched back.

Xiao Hulan Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 6.，For children with malnutrition and a distended abdomen with visible blue veins.

Great Spleen-Tonifying Pills，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Persistent depression during pregnancy leading to depletion of yin and blood, resulting in a dry and withered fetus.