Si Gu San

Four-Ingredient Wu-Chen Decoction，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Stabbing pain in the heart and spleen.

Loquat and Honey Decoction，From *Medical Records for the Common People*, Volume 2.，Cough due to phlegm-fire.

Pills for Menstrual Abdominal Pain，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For irregular menstruation, menstrual abdominal pain, cold and heat stagnation, and cramping pain in the lower abdomen.

Ling-Shu Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，For food stagnation that has congealed and accumulated in the stomach and intestines, accompanied by cold pathogens, resulting in unbearable abdominal distension and pain.

Decoction for Tonifying Qi and Nourishing Blood，From *A Compendium of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For abscesses that have been swollen and diffuse for many days, with the edges spreading and the center flattened.

Honey Wine，A formula by Master Sun, cited in *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，For hives and tinea.

White Crane Pill，*The Yongle Encyclopedia*, Vol. 980, citing *The Classic of the Phoenix’s Marrow*.，For children with chronic spleen wind who are unresponsive, have cold limbs, refuse to eat, experience vomiting and retching, and are gradually developing wind-related disorders.

Family Secret Miraculous Powder for Mouth Ulcers，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*.，For pain and ulceration of the mouth, tongue, and gums; recurrent stomatitis; and various conditions involving a sore throat.

Bu Tuo Decoction，From *San Yin*, Volume 8.，Indications: Cold and deficiency of the bladder; tightness in the leg tendons; abdominal pain radiating to the lower back; inability to bend or stretch; deafness; blurred vision; a sensation of about to fall while sitting; frequent urination; leukorrhea; and a face as black as charcoal.

Chaiqing Xiegan Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 25.，A man with extreme liver fire, resulting in swelling and cracking of the penis, with persistent rigidity.

Lixiezi Powder，From *Bo Ji*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 105.，Pain in the feet and knees caused by wind-toxin attacking the meridians.

Head-Nodding Powder，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 9.，For headaches of both unilateral and bilateral origin.

Warm-the-Middle Rhubarb Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，For children with sudden cold-induced diarrhea of food and water, or cold-induced diarrhea of breast milk, with green, hardened masses that do not dissipate; or for cold-induced solid mass causing vomiting and diarrhea, dry retching, and restlessness; as well as for cold stagnation causing red or white vaginal discharge.

Tai Ji Pills，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，

Spirit-Boosting Powder，*Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Rash*, Volume 15，For sunken or hidden smallpox lesions.

Zexi Decoction，*Essentials of the Golden Cabinet* (Volume 1)，Dispels lung stagnation and clears phlegm. Indicated for internal retention of fluid and phlegm, accompanied by cough and a deep pulse.

Qingpu Powder，*The Great Treasure of Public Health*, Volume 2.，Treats “running horse” stomatitis, mouth sores, sore throat, swollen tongue with foul-smelling gums, and ulcerated gums.

Cinnabar Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，Flour (black, dried) (black, processed).

Black Cloud Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 8.，

Clear Rice Decoction，From *Shou Shi Qing Bian*, Volume 2.，For diarrhea.

White Frost Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 10), citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，

Poria and Amber Pills，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xiu Zhen*.，Dampness invades the lungs, causing generalized edema; fullness and distension in the middle jiao; impaired ascension and descent of qi; coughing and shortness of breath; and difficulty urinating.

Enhanced Raw-Ingredient Five Accumulations Powder，From *De Sheng Tang Formulas*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 185.，Rheumatic Cold Bi Syndrome. Caused by living in damp, shaded environments or on boats in watery regions, resulting in stiffness throughout the body—including the hands, feet, and limbs—making it impossible to bend or stretch them, with unbearable pain.

Lai Fu Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Reading day and night without ceasing, thinking about it even in sleep and dreams, unaware of one’s own exhaustion, oblivious to hunger—this causes internal injury to the lungs, leading to susceptibility to wind-pathogens, resulting in coughing and fever.

Ten-Gods Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 237.，Effective for all forms of “corpse transmission,” “hidden ghost afflictions,” and frequent nightmares of ghosts and monsters.