Lettuce Compress Formula

Appetite-Promoting Four Substances Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，Spleen Qi disharmony, with a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest.

Fragrant Scorpion Pills，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 1, citing *Liang Guo-zuo’s Effective Formulas*.，Beriberi.

Cui Xian Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For deficiency of true essence, weakness of kidney qi, and decline of the Gate of Life fire, manifesting as blurred vision, night sweats, nocturnal emissions, and seminal emission.

Xuanfu Juice，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 139.，Wounds from metal projectiles.

Gardenia Seed Pills，*Jisheng*, Volume 5.，Rosacea. Redness of the nose due to lung heat.

Imperial Rice Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Chronic diarrhea with red and white stools, stabbing pain in the navel and abdomen, attacks occurring at irregular intervals, frequent episodes day and night, and unstoppable bloody stools.

Internal Support and External Dissipation，*The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 11.，Flesh tumors, blood tumors, and sebaceous cysts.

Milk-Digesting Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For newly developed breast lumps with swelling and pain, or breast abscesses; all types of red, swollen sores and ulcers.

Bu Yuan Pills，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 26.，In cases of acute deficiency of the Lower Jiao, with uncontrollable urination of a greasy, oily consistency.

Decoction for Restoring Qi and Reviving Yang，*Guide to Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 7.，For postpartum shortness of breath without pain caused by blood clots.

Tangerine Peel Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 175.，For children with spleen deficiency and abdominal distension and hardness.

Longevity and Fertility Pills，*Yi Bian*, Volume 1.，For young men who have lost their spouses, middle-aged men without children, and women with blood deficiency who are unable to conceive.

Regulating Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology and Pediatrics* (Volume 1).，Ghost Fetus in an Unmarried Young Woman. Menstruation suddenly ceases; the abdomen swells as if pregnant; the complexion alternates between red and pale; the six pulses fluctuate between strong and weak.

Baohe Yiyuan Powder，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 1.，Dysentery with locked jaw.

Red Kudzu Ointment，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 3.，To treat toxic swellings in the lotus root joints, as well as the arms, elbows, wrists, and palms.

Xunshun Pills，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.，For women with retrograde menstruation where blood flows upward, and for men with coughing and hemoptysis, who have a taut pulse in the left guan and chi positions, feel chills in the back, and have blood stasis.

Pinellia “Thousand-Li-Flowing-Water” Decoction，From *Qian Jin* (Vol. 12).，Excessive heat in the gallbladder, mental restlessness, abdominal distension, inability to retain food, dry throat, heavy head, shivering chills, and distending pain in both flanks.

Purslane Paste，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 6).，For “Pillow Fire Sores”—lesions appearing on the head and neck or within the hair, where as one heals another erupts, continuing unceasingly; the more they heal, the more arise; and which discharge only toxic fluid without breaking open to release turbid pus.

Harmonizing Qi and Stabilizing the Fetus Decoction，*Essentials of Prenatal and Childbirth Care*, Volume 1.，For pregnant women who are prone to anger and experience chest distension and fullness, and for whom herbs such as Wuyao, Xiangfu, and Shaoren—which are used to regulate qi—actually exacerbate the sensation of fullness and oppression.

Yuanming Ointment，*Dongyuan’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 5.，For internal opacities and dilated pupils caused by excessive mental strain or irregular diet.

Qianghuo Shen Su Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Shanghan* (Volume 2).，Taiyang wind-dampness, with fever and dizziness.

Blood-Harmonizing and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For all types of epidemic diseases and rashes caused by pathogenic heat invading the blood.

Immediate Throat-Opening Drink，*Guide to Throat Disorders*, Volume 4.，For acute conditions such as a swollen and painful throat with inability to swallow liquids.

Sweat-Suppressing Pills，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 2.，Excess kidney fire and deficiency of kidney yin cause sweating on the crown of the head; using only sweat-stopping herbs may lead to blurred vision and ear pain.

Shu Yu Dan，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Indicated for liver qi stagnation, bloating, fullness, and distension, stabbing pain in the flanks, hiccups, and nausea.