Four Demons Powder

Astragalus-Atractylodes-Angelica-Notopterygium Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 3.，When rheumatic wind invades the bone marrow, pain afflicts the entire body—from the back down to the lower back, knees, and shins—leaving no part unaffected. Although the patient can taste food, they are unable to get out of bed; if they do attempt to rise, the pain becomes unbearable, … Read more

Warming the Middle and Resolving Phlegm Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (with additions of renowned formulas from various schools by Wu Zhige).，For retained phlegm and fluid retention, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, dizziness and eye twitching, a preference for lying down and reduced appetite, coughing and vomiting, shortness of breath … Read more

Leek White Porridge，From *The Mirror of the Dietary Physician*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 238.，Postpartum dysentery with bloody and white discharge, accompanied by pain in the navel and lower back.

Rice-Spoon Pills，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.，For spleen-related diarrhea.

Red Lead Powder，From *The Treasure of Family Health*, cited in Volume 381 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，Treats “running horse teeth” (a type of malnutrition-related oral condition).

Intestinal Nourishing Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6 (New Formulas Added in the Baoqing Era).，Weakness of the stomach and intestines with internal accumulation of raw and cold foods, abdominal distension and diarrhea, intermittent stabbing pain, tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, bloody or mucoid diarrhea—which may turn into pus and blood—frequent episodes day … Read more

Zhuchun Dan，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 153), citing *Formulas from the Ruizhu Hall*.，

Bailing Pill，From *Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，Effective against all toxic swellings.

Quanqi San，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Phlegm and fluid retention.

Emergency-Response Jade Powder Pill，From *Experienced Formulas*, cited in *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 4).，For sudden onset of kidney qi, chronic abdominal pain due to cold, and diarrhea caused by deficiency.

Mountain Kudzu Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，For red rashes on a child’s body.

Chrysanthemum Prescription，From *Da Qing Jing*, cited in Volume 26 of *Yi Xin Fang*.，

“Hundred-Ingredient Divine Elixir Powder”，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For typhoid fever characterized by generalized body pain, stiffness in all joints, dizziness and pain in the head and eyes, fatigue in the limbs, high fever with aversion to cold, and mental confusion; also for common colds, … Read more

Pain-Relieving Two-Ginger Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For epigastric pain, abdominal distension and pain, cold stagnation and congestion, and lower abdominal hernia pain.

Family Secret Formula for Relieving Bloating，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Stagnation of the stomach and intestines, accompanied by various forms of abdominal distension.

White Aconite Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 145.，For internal injuries from falls or blows, as well as injuries from falling from a horse.

Talc and White Fish Powder，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，For diabetes insipidus, difficulty urinating, and lower abdominal distension and pain with blood stasis.

Five Accumulations Intermingled Powder，*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.，A woman aged 34–35, during her menstrual period, sat or lay in a drafty place without taking proper precautions, causing her pores to become vulnerable and allowing external pathogens to invade. She experienced numbness throughout her body and was unable to turn over; the lung meridian was … Read more

Black Aconite Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 25.，For cold dysuria with burning pain, aversion to cold, and a string-like, fine pulse.

Yuanju Decoction，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 12.，For children with deficiency of both the heart and lungs, resulting in delayed speech.

Changshan and Gypsum Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 33.，Used for cardiac malaria following typhoid fever, characterized by unrelenting restlessness and fever, excessive water intake, and constant thirst.

Achyranthes and Gastrodia Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 9.，Deficiency of the Nutritive Qi and excess of the Defensive Qi, numbness of the muscles, and a feeling of heaviness throughout the body. Itchy skin, and dizziness and fatigue in the head and eyes.

Ghost Arrow Feather Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 161.，For postpartum stagnation of blood and qi, causing stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, distension, and shortness of breath.

Oak Acorn Paste，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 14.，Rectal prolapse.

Biliary Stone-Expelling Decoction No. 3，From *New Acute Abdominal Disorders*, citing a formula from Zunyi Medical College.，Biliary tract infections and cholelithiasis of the Qi-stagnation pattern.