Four-Retreat Powder

Three-Yellow Toxin-Eliminating Powder，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 15.，For sores such as impetigo and sycamore-berry sores.

Oak Branch Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For those who are obese and fond of drinking, who have always been averse to heat, and who, upon falling ill, experience profuse spontaneous sweating, weakness in all four limbs, aversion to cold, scanty and reddish urine, stools that are either loose or hard, and a reduced … Read more

Kushen Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 24.，For vitiligo, characterized by white spots all over the body resembling fat or elm pods; when scratched, white scales fall off; the condition may be itchy or painful, and the white patches gradually spread.

Ba’an Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，For a brain abscess that has already ruptured, with pus discharge, internal pain, and reduced appetite.

Peach Kernel Ear-Plugging Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，Deafness.

Shengma Moisturizing, Color-Restoring, Bi-Dissolving, and Heat-Extinguishing Decoction，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 16 of *Wài Tái*.，Extreme pulse heat; when exposed to wind, it manifests as bi syndrome; the bi syndrome affects the heart; the face is pale and lacks luster; the pulse is hollow and deficient; the lips are red and dry.

Dan Di Si Wu Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 4.，Masses and lumps. Yin deficiency with excessive fire, distending pain in the chest and flanks, congestion in the throat, dizziness and vertigo, purple lips and black teeth.

A Remedy That Wipes Out Scabies，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For dry scabies, scabies with severe blisters, and wet scabies, accompanied by unbearable itching.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Gelatin，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Used for qi deficiency and blood deficiency, bone-steaming fever, abdominal distension with blood clots, and afternoon fever.

Dried Lacquer Powder，Formula by Ding Zuocang, cited in Volume 26 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For heart pain caused by ascaris in children with malnutrition.

Dali Zi Decoction，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 3.，

Formula for Intractable Tinea，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For stubborn tinea.

Rhinoceros Horn and Five Yellows Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For a yin-type cold damage syndrome where the patient has been poisoned by Aconite.

Ganlu Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，For common cold with fever, heatstroke with vomiting and diarrhea, mental confusion, abdominal distension due to indigestion, headache with retching, and aching joints.

Enhanced Tonifying and Nourishing Blood Decoction，Formula from *Medical Case Records of Liu Huimin*; name found in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*, Volume 1.，Leukopenia.

Bone-Extracting Decoction，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 11, citing *Matters Concerning Women’s Chambers*.，

San Yi Kidney Qi Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 19.，Physical debility, weakness in the limbs, deficiency of qi and blood, and insufficiency of essence.

Menstrual Regulation Powder，From *Wei Ji Bao Shu*, Volume 2.，Mastitis.

Deer Antler and Aconite Decoction，From *Ji Sheng Xu Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 150.，For deficiency of both essence and blood, depletion of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi, tidal fever and spontaneous sweating, palpitations and anxiety, and fatigue of the limbs—in short, all symptoms of general debility.

Pathogen-Dispelling Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，At the onset of malaria, there is severe lower back pain and headache; chills arise from the back; chills precede fever; the fever is as intense as a raging fire; when the fever subsides, sweat breaks out but does not dry immediately; every bone and joint in … Read more

Immediate Blackening，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，

Zhu Ben Amber Powder，From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For women suffering from blood-wind exhaustion.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Transforming Toxins，From *The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 2.，For smallpox lesions that have reached the serous stage, with pus and blood causing tightness, distension, and pain.

Four-Ingredient Pinellia Pills，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 64.，For phlegm stagnation in the diaphragm causing a tight sensation and difficulty swallowing.

Field Ginger Powder，From *Chuanyaba* (Supplement to the String of Elegance), Volume 4.，All types of qi disorders, stagnation, and pain; suitable for men and women, children and adults, internal and external conditions alike; effective for malaria, miasma, toxic rashes, sores and ulcers, fainting from falls, and injuries or bites from birds, beasts, snakes, and insects.