Black Plum and Schisandra Decoction

Pinellia, Atractylodes, and Gastrodia Decoction，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 7.，Dizziness and blackouts; nausea and restlessness; shortness of breath and wheezing; mental confusion; inability to open the eyes; a splitting headache; a body as heavy as a mountain; cold and numb limbs; inability to sleep soundly.

Saliva-Dissolving Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For stroke, sudden collapse, phlegm and saliva obstructing the airways, and loss of consciousness.

Stomach-Regulating Atractylodes and Alisma Powder，*Yuanrong*.，Phlegm-related disorders transform into water-qi, progressing to water-gu syndrome, resulting in an inability to eat. Boils and abscesses present with hoarseness and a sallow complexion; the lips and nose appear bluish-red; the face and eyes are swollen.

Dogspine Wine，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 155.，Lower back pain with stiffness and rigidity, unable to stretch.

Indigo Root Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，A boil on the back as large as the base of a (metal) bowl or as wide as a palm-leaf fan, with unrelenting pain.

Qiqiao Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 3.，In patients recovering from a serious illness or the elderly, where kidney yin is internally blocked and qi is obstructed, resulting in deafness in both ears—where even the sound of thunder or loud shouting cannot be heard, yet there is no pain in the ears.

Formula for Calming the Liver and Clarifying Vision，*Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，For liver deficiency causing tearing when exposed to wind.

Shangke Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，Hemorrhoids and fistulas.

Cang Salt Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 27.，For coughing and retching, as well as all phlegm-related conditions.

Secret-Transmitted Soft-Shelled Turtle Soup，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，Dysentery.

Secret Gold Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 111.，For those who have suffered from malnutrition-related wind since childhood, resulting in opacities in the eyes that have not healed despite prolonged treatment, where the opacities obscure vision but the cornea remains intact.

Decoction for Clearing Dampness and Draining the Liver，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 5.，Ulcers caused by turbid yin.

Cinnamon and Aconite Paste，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Wuhan Formula).，Pain radiating from the buttocks, spine, lower back, and abdomen.

Ulcer Pills，*New Chinese Medicine* 1976; (2): 28.，Peptic ulcer disease.

Lung Heat Decoction，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，When the lungs produce wheezing sounds and the lung leaves are scorched, it causes the complexion to turn pale and the hair to wither, leading to atrophy (weakness of the legs), with a short and rapid pulse.

Enhanced Decoction of Ginseng, Atractylodes, Aconite, and Ginger，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In the winter months, a case of cold damage that has persisted for 10 days, with the Taiyin Spleen Earth meridian affected by pathogenic factors, manifesting as aversion to cold and vomiting.

Elixir of Immortality for Longevity，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 2.，For paralysis, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” a sallow and gaunt complexion, emaciation; for women who have long been unable to conceive; for men with diminished vitality, difficulty walking, and pain in the tendons and bones.

Erqi Dan，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 11.，For irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, inability to conceive, sallow complexion, emaciation, persistent lack of appetite for rich foods, amenorrhea accompanied by a rapid and涩 pulse, and uneven strength in the left and right sides.

Xiao Xiang Jiao San，*Effective Remedies*, Volume 18.，For torn tendons.

Red Adzuki Bean Rice，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 24), citing *Mei Shi’s Formulas*; name found in *Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon* (Vol. 3).，Edema caused by water retention.

Labor-Facilitating Pills，*The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，

Shu-Lian Decoction，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 6.，Chronic diarrhea.

Pill for Warming Qi, Dispelling Cold, and Tonifying the Lower Jiao，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 341.，For scanty urination during pregnancy.

Supreme Decoction for Clearing Toxins，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Small Intestine Abscess.

Guxia Ginseng Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For cases where excessive cold and cooling agents have injured the spleen and stomach, leading to the collapse of spleen yang; aversion to food; diarrhea of undigested food; discharge of pus and blood; unstoppable chronic diarrhea; cold limbs; a pale complexion; sweating upon exertion; talking to oneself … Read more