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Qingkong Ointment，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 4.，Swelling and pain on the top of the head—whether on the crown, along the Governor Vessel, the Taiyang Meridian, or the Shaoyang Meridian—manifesting as a single swollen, painful area. The pain resembles that of having a hair pulled out and is unbearable.

Decoction for Dispersing Blood Stasis and Relieving Distension，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.，Blood-related distension. Frequent urination; loose, black, and glossy stools.

Pill for Eliminating Parasites，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 199.，

Gourd Pill，From *Compilation of Effective Prescriptions Based on Clinical Experience*.，For epidemic diseases, abdominal pain, cholera with muscle cramps, and acute cases of vomiting and diarrhea; or for dry cholera.

Moistening Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 8.，For excessive heat in the Triple Burner, characterized by sharp pain in the corners of the eyes, heat in the lower back and flanks, restlessness extending from the spine to the chest, indigestion, sweating on the head and face, obstruction of the lower orifices, inability to vomit or defecate, or reversed … Read more

He Shou Wu Porridge，*Popular Medicine* (1980; 7:22).，For age-related hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, and constipation.

Stomach-Soothing and Fetal-Stabilizing Powder，From *Essentials of Obstetrics*, Volume 1.，A woman who, upon seeing food, has no appetite; or experiences nausea and vomiting; or feels fatigued and wishes to lie down—even if her constitution is otherwise normal—and shows no signs of a pregnancy pulse.

Lei Wan Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 377.，For pediatric wind-epilepsy, characterized by convulsions and rolling of the eyes, with severe cases experiencing dozens of episodes daily; also treats sudden-onset wind disorders in adults.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Tonifying Qi，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，Consumptive disease. Cough and sore throat; dry, hard stools; flushed face and red lips; deficient fire rising upward; or hemoptysis.

Jianjin Pill，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Dysentery.

Life-Saving Five-Toxin Pill，From *Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.，For black, sunken, or inverted smallpox lesions.

Dao Ju Powder，*Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For women with postpartum stagnation of Liver and Spleen Qi, resulting in stagnant masses that fail to disperse, leading to persistent lochia and unrelenting lower abdominal pain, with a deep, taut, and涩 pulse.

Eye-Brightening and Yin-Nourishing Pills，*Yu’an*, Volume 3.，For all eye disorders caused by depletion of kidney yin.

Spleen-Strengthening and Vitality-Consolidating Medicinal Wine，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Lanzhou Formula).，For men and women suffering from phlegm-induced wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, distension of the flanks, pain in the epigastrium, lower back, and legs; and for women with irregular menstruation, abdominal distension, and abdominal coldness.

Purple Fat Ointment，From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.，For chronic leg sores that do not heal.

Taihe Cake，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 62.，For childhood diarrhea.

Alum and Resin Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 181.，Chronic otitis with incessant discharge of pus and fluid.

Miraculous Life-Saving Pill，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 27.，Effective against all snake venoms, gu poison, and all types of medicinal toxins.

Internal Moxibustion Powder，From *Experienced and Effective Prescriptions*, cited in *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 218.，For women suffering from unbearable stabbing pain due to blood and qi disorders.

Green Peach Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 35.，Scabies.

Decoction for Missed Periods，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 27.，For delayed menstruation, infertility, and a slow,涩 pulse.

Intestinal-Clearing Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 28.，Constipation.

Prolapsed Rectum Powder，From the *Yi Tong*, Volume 74, citing a formula by Fuzhai.，For rectal prolapse and internal hemorrhoids.

Liver-Clearing and Cataract-Dispelling Powder，*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，Ocular Opacity in Children. After smallpox scabs have fallen off and the eyes open, if the sclera appears red with an opacifying membrane inside, this is caused by excessive heat re-affecting the liver and lungs.

Amber and Pearl Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children; phlegm stagnating in the Heart Meridian, causing it to rise upward and induce vomiting; eyes staring straight ahead; twitching of the hands and feet; as well as wind-induced epilepsy and convulsions, characterized by a flood of phlegm leading to confusion and … Read more