Pus-Draining Decoction

Bamboo Root Decoction，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 27 of *Wai Tai*.，For diabetes with excessive thirst and frequent urination.

Eucommia, Aconite, and Cinnamon Decoction，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 1.，Cold invading the middle burner, liver qi rebelling upward, colicky pain in the flanks and abdomen, loose stools, cold and numb hands and feet, and blue discoloration of the fingers and nails.

Wuhou’s Field Campaign Powder，*Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.，For common colds or typhoid fever that have not yet lasted more than 3 days.

Aconite Red Powder，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 9，Epidemic diseases.

Deer Antler Great Tonifying Decoction，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 9.，

Golden Star Earthworm Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 39); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 251).，

Iron Sand Pills，From Si Heng’s formula, cited in Volume 6 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，For jaundice with a mass in the abdomen.

Seven-Generation Pills，From *The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 1, citing *Simple and Convenient Remedies*.，Blood-related conditions with jaundice and swelling.

Decoction of Dragon, Musk, and Purple Reishi，From *The Complete Works of the Yongle Era* (Vol. 13879), citing *Collected Verified Remedies for Wind Disorders*.，For all cases of stroke and paralysis, spasms and convulsions, slurred speech, and congestion due to phlegm and saliva.

Ginger Juice, Snow Pear, and Hundred Flowers Paste，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 1.，For lung atrophy with hoarseness, shortness of breath, wheezing, and chronic cough.

Asafoetida and Galangal Pills，From the “Hong Family Collection of Proven Formulas,” citing a formula by Shangguan Zhubo.，Indications: Weakness of the three epigastric regions, accumulated cold in the middle jiao, impaired spleen function, slow digestion of food, frequent indigestion after eating, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, stabbing pain in the flanks, vomiting and … Read more

Gualou-Perilla Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Phlegm-fluid retention. Caused by excessive consumption of green plums; phlegm-fluid rises and falls with the breath. During the day, the chest and diaphragm feel as if pierced by a knife; by evening, the chest and diaphragm pain subsides, but the knees (or knee bones) become severely painful.

Five-Swelling Dissolving Pills，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Relieves bloating caused by food, phlegm, fluid retention, blood stasis, or intestinal parasites.

Raw Rehmannia and Lycium Bark Decoction，*Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 2.，After the measles have subsided, fever recurs 6–7 days later.

Infant Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For children with coughs caused by external invasion of wind-cold, phlegm obstruction, runny nose, and headache.

Zhi-Shu Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Baoming Ge Kuo*, Volume 9.，For phlegm-related disorders.

White Bean Tip，From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 1.，For all phlegm-related conditions.

Xiangke Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 13.，Small intestine colic, with severe, cramping pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, pain and heaviness in the groin and thighs, and loss of consciousness.

Poria Sclera Congee，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Stagnation of qi in the chest and heart, restlessness and fever, or thirst, accompanied by delirium and palpitations.

Ba’an Pinellia Pills，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9.，For all types of coughs, whether chronic or acute; or for regurgitation of phlegm accompanied by wheezing; shortness of breath with wheezing; dry throat and intense thirst; difficulty passing urine and stool; pulmonary atrophy and consumptive weakness; fullness, distension, and acute pain in the chest and abdomen; diaphragmatic qi with … Read more

Taming the Dragon and Riding the Tiger Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 1.，Palpitations, shortness of breath, and pain in the throat and tongue.

Toxin-Eliminating and Pain-Relieving Powder，From *The Complete Book of Bone Setting and Joint Reduction*.，For a broken finger or a cold.

Hypotensive Decoction No. 2，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Prescriptions*.，Hypertension. Dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees; red tongue with little saliva; string-like and thin pulse; indicated for cases of yin deficiency with hyperactivity of yang.

The Drunken Potion，Formula from *History of the Song Dynasty: Biography of Qian Yi*, Volume 462; name cited in *Yicaoting*.，For those with stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi, whose eyes remain wide open and cannot close.

Shenming Pepper and Chrysanthemum Pills，From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 83), citing *The Family-Treasure Formulas*.，For blindness where the cornea remains intact—whether vision is completely lost or reduced to one-tenth—as well as for cold tears, tight or swollen eyelids, liver deficiency, liver heat, kidney wind attacking the eyes, and blurred vision.