Four Substances and Zhen Decoction

Pepper Pods，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 39.，Beriberi; all types of malaria, seasonal epidemics, and pathogenic wind-cold.

Snake Yellow Dan，*San Yin*, Volume 9.，For epilepsy caused by wind affecting the five viscera and six腑, characterized by convulsions, uncontrolled movements, vomiting of saliva and froth, and loss of recognition; as well as acute and chronic convulsions in children.

Hai Decoction，*Secret Collection on the Throat*.，

Lip-Nourishing Decoction，From *Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Dryness on the lips that gradually cracks open and becomes painful, due to spleen heat.

Xiangwu Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Unbearable toothache caused by wind-induced decay.

Pearl Pills for Stabilizing the Mind，Formula from Danxi, cited in *Yi Tong*, Volume 70.，For nocturnal emissions due to heart deficiency.

Four-Spirit Ointment，*Pocket Guide*, Volume 3, citing *The Holy Beneficence*，Cracked hands and feet resemble steamed pears; this condition persists even in spring and summer.

Decoction for Nourishing Blood, Clearing Heat, and Stabilizing the Fetus，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，For pregnant women who have contracted an epidemic disease.

Stewed Ginger Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，For a cold stomach.

Scutellaria, Phellodendron, and Chuanpi Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，Thin women with leukorrhea often have a heat pattern.

Guan-Eliminating Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For childhood convulsions and wasting disease, palpitations and anxiety, sallow complexion and emaciation, sores on the mouth and tongue, and frequent drowsiness with dry, sore eyes.

Toxicity-Clearing and Blood-Cooling Decoction，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*，In surgical infectious diseases, when toxic heat invades the nutritive blood, this corresponds to the sepsis stage.

Decoction for Digesting Food and Nourishing the Spleen，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 13.，Indigestion.

Formula for Nourishing Life and Harmonizing the Earth，*Yi Tong*, Volume 84.，For women with more heat than cold who have been unable to conceive for a long time.

Hou’s Black Powder，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For severe wind-induced restlessness and heaviness in the limbs, wind-induced mania, and stroke-induced paralysis.

Phlegm-Clearing and Asthma-Relieving Pills，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 1.，Wheezing.

Wind-Flowing Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 79.，For injuries to the skin and flesh with unstoppable bleeding, or for head injuries resulting from a fall.

Xiang Sha Er Chen Decoction，From *Bi Hua Yi Jing*, Volume 2.，Abdominal pain due to spleen stagnation.

Zhongtai Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For abscesses and swellings; all types of wind-toxin-induced heat swellings; and back boils and breast abscesses.

Baoyuan Yishou Dan，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Chronic deficiency of qi and blood, weakness of the spleen’s vital energy, loss of appetite, restless sleep, slow digestion, occasional dizziness, nighttime bloating, nausea and retching, mental fatigue, and frequently loose stools.

Fragrant Ink Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 79.，Postpartum hemorrhage with unstoppable bleeding.

Xingxia Decoction，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23.，Chronic nasal discharge. A nasal abscess that has not healed for a long time, forming a polyp that feels like a jujube pit lodged in the nose, causing blocked breathing.

Vinegar-Soaked Formula，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Goose-foot eczema, dry athlete’s foot.

Moistening and Dryness-Relieving Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 8.，For those with a sensation of blockage and inability to swallow, accompanied by internal heat and dryness leading to depletion of body fluids.

Nine-Return Golden Elixir Pill，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 62.，For men and women with excessive phlegm and shortness of breath; stroke-induced aphasia; facial asymmetry; left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; and locked jaw; as well as for children with acute convulsions, hand and foot spasms, loss of consciousness, and excessive phlegm with shortness of breath.