Black Soybean Formula

Orpiment and Gallnut Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a time-tested family recipe passed down by Zhao Lewen.，Effective for all types of tinea, tinea manuum, and onychomycosis.

Wanyi Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For qi stagnation with chest fullness, abdominal distension and pain, masses or lumps, and dry, hard stools.

Ping Shui Pills，Formula from *Qian Jin* (Volume 21); name cited in *Jia Shu Fang*.，For edema due to excess patterns and constipation of both the large and small intestines. For alcoholics with deficient heat who have been exposed to drafts or consumed cold water, resulting in abdominal swelling and distension in the genital region; or for … Read more

Calcined Sulfur Pills，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 17.，Weakness in the legs due to wind, with cold and stagnation in the chest and abdomen.

Ren Shui Jin Dan，From *Formulas of the Huizhi Hall*, Volume 1.，For phlegm-induced paralysis, weakness caused by parasitic infestation, asthma with phlegm congestion, dysphagia with acid regurgitation, and various wind-related disorders, as well as epilepsy, hangovers, diabetes, and weakness of the lower jiao.

Rehmannia and Dried Lacquer Pills，From *Qianjin Yueling*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 145.，

Black Mazi，*Proven Formulas for Boils and Abscesses*.，Boil toxicity. Sudden onset of red spots on the face or body, or itching.

Ginseng and Poria Internal Support Powder，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For a temporal abscess that has already formed, is firm but has not ruptured, is open but not constricted, accompanied by deficiency of both qi and blood, a cool body, a fine pulse, poor appetite, a bland taste in the mouth, and emaciation.

Female Treasure Menstrual Regulation Pills，From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.，

Shangqing Chuanxiong Pills，From *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*, cited in Volume 23 of *Collected Medical Formulas*.，

Mu Xiang Fu Zi Decoction，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For acute stroke with loss of speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, and paralysis of the limbs.

Water Buffalo Head Formula，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with beriberi accompanied by restlessness, or nausea and vomiting rising from the chest.

Sacred White Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 24.，For headache and high fever associated with cold damage.

Fangfeng Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 20.，For wind-phlegm, with dizziness and heaviness in the head and eyes, and restlessness and pain in the limbs.

Wind-Dampness-Clearing Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Early stage of leprosy.

Dongyang Pill，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，

Liver-Clearing and Vision-Improving Fumigation and Wash Formula，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Eye disorders.

Agastache and Pinellia Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 24.，Damp-heat in the late summer causing gastric distress. During the late summer months (May–June), when damp-heat simmers and swelters, people often experience lethargy, chest fullness, shortness of breath, joint pain, wheezing, restlessness and fever, stools that may be loose and yellow, or resemble white rice water; … Read more

Exterior-Resolving and Detoxifying Decoction，From *Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 23.，For smallpox cases characterized by deficiency of exterior qi, excessive pathogenic toxins, heat in the Nutritive Qi and weakness of the Defensive Qi, loose pores, and flaccid muscles—resulting in an inability to contain the pathogen externally—leading to a sudden, simultaneous eruption of smallpox lesions within 1–2 … Read more

Five-Spice Powder，From *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 8.，For food poisoning from fish, persistent diarrhea, stabbing and surging abdominal pain, as well as abdominal pain in women before and after childbirth, postpartum blood stasis affecting the heart, and spleen-related diarrhea or dysentery in pregnant women.

Reduced-Ingredient Universal Relief and Disinfection Decoction，*Comprehensive Examination of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diphtheria*.，Sore throat and swelling caused by damp-toxin.

Tai Ji Frost，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，Phlegm-related conditions.

Fennel Four-Gods Powder，From *Medical Discoveries*, cited in Volume 60 of *Medical Compendium*.，For all types of hernia pain.

Stomach-Revitalizing Pill，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 5.，

Wan Jin Dan，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 116.，Effective for all types of wind disorders, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, stiffness of tendons and bones, sores all over the body, wind-toxin attacks, women’s blood-wind, hidden wind, and brain-penetrating wind, as well as unilateral and bilateral headaches.