Aconite-Based Formula

Diuretic Ointment，*Li Ye*.，Pathogenic factors of summer-heat and dampness combined with retained fluid that fails to dissipate may manifest as palpitations, dry retching and vomiting, epigastric fullness and pain, phlegm-fluid retention with shortness of breath and cough,water-induced chest constriction, yin-type jaundice, yang-type edema and distension, heat-induced distension, yellowish-red urine, lower abdominal fullness and tightness, difficult or … Read more

Wind-Dispelling Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 12.，Wind-heat affecting the Upper Jiao, causing restlessness and fullness.

Fulong Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 216, citing *Immortal Traditions for Relieving Yin Deficiency*.，For women who, during pregnancy, have their lungs affected by wind-cold, resulting in coughing with phlegm and restlessness due to shortness of breath; or when a cold cough spreads to the spleen, causing the expulsion of phlegm—if treatment is delayed, this may … Read more

Qianghuo-Gui Zhi Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，Wind-epilepsy.

Kai Guang Pills，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 12.，For wind-heat eye disorders.

Ginseng and Bupleurum Decoction，*General Essentials of Health* (Wei Sheng Zong Wei), Volume 7.，For children with constitutional weakness who have been affected by cold pathogens, presenting with high fever throughout the body, dizziness and heaviness in the head and eyes, stiffness in the neck and back, pain in the limbs, dry retching, and vomiting; or alternating … Read more

Wu Ying Powder，Formula attributed to Wang Guoxiang, cited in *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang* (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 82).，For all types of headaches that are unbearable.

Yellow Hen Dumplings，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with dysphagia, inability to swallow food, and fullness and oppression in the chest and flanks.

Shenghui Orange Peel Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 33.，For beriberi following a cold, with chest fullness and oppression, and rapid, labored breathing.

Amber and Poria Paste，*Yi Tong*, Volume 49.，Loss of mental equilibrium gradually leads to “heart wind.”

Python Gallbladder Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.，In children with acute malnutrition accompanied by itching, sores form where the child scratches, growing as large as a coin in the blink of an eye.

Mulberry and Paper Mulberry Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，For edema due to deficiency in the legs and scanty urination.

Universal Asthma Ointment，From *A Study of Thirteen Surgical Formulas*.，For chronic cough and shortness of breath.

Banlong Powder，From *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 9.，Highly toxic.

Princess Yonghe’s Medicinal Bath Beans，*Shenghui*, Volume 40.，The mixture may appear black and impure.

Three-Section Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，For beriberi, hemiplegia, rheumatoid arthritis, and pain with loss of coordination in the hands and feet.

Pu Huang Tong Yu Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum cases where cold invasion and blood stasis obstruct the discharge of lochia, presenting with fever, distension, severe abdominal pain, and a rough, forceful pulse.

Ghost-Expel Decoction，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，There are women whose abdomens appear as if they are pregnant, yet they do not give birth for an entire year, or even for two to three years. Such women have a sallow and gaunt complexion, their skin and flesh are emaciated, and their abdomens are as large as a … Read more

Musk and Donkey’s Milk Ear Wash，*Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For centipedes in the ear.

Iron Shield Powder，From *Collected Proven Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，Fetal movement accompanied by bleeding.

Genuine Donkey-Hide Gelatin Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，Red and white dysentery.

Jingfang Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For cases where a woman rises from bed too soon after childbirth, is exposed to wind, and develops dampness, resulting in obstructed meridians, generalized edema, and a floating and涩 pulse.

Secret-Recipe Paper-Separated Plaster，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 5.，For chronic leg sores that have persisted for many years without healing.

Willow Branch Bath Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 5); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 384).，For infants aged one month to five months who experience alternating chills and fever.

Tooth-Opening Powder，From *Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，