Black Scorpion and Four Gentlemen Decoction

Qianhu-Suzi Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For asthma accompanied by an external wind-cold invasion and fever.

Xi Hong Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 4.，Persistent postpartum lochia.

Malaria-Expelling Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For malaria.

Cardamom and Aconite Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For cold in the viscera with spleen-related diarrhea; and for the elderly with deficiency of central qi and persistent, prolonged diarrhea.

Carp Stomach，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with ascending beriberi, chest tightness, restlessness, and mental confusion; also treats water retention.

Great White Ointment，From *Qianjin Yi* (Volume 21), citing *Qibo Fang*.，For leprosy and skin rashes.

Wanshan Guan Lu Xi Powder，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 44.，For all cases of wind-cold cough and shortness of breath in both men and women.

Purple Clay Tissue-Regenerating Powder，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Yangmei Sores.

Li Tou San，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 24); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 292).，For fever and chills with scrofula.

Twenty-Four Ingredient Da Jianzhong Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For consumptive disorders. Characterized by alternating chills and fever that have persisted for a long time without resolution, loss of appetite, wasting of flesh and muscle, and dryness of the mouth and throat.

Sulfur-Aconite-Salt-Alum Pills，From *Hong’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 3.，For persistent rectal bleeding due to intestinal wind, in cases of long-standing illness and severe debility.

Cinnamon Twig and White Peony Decoction，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，Rashes may result from excessive use of ephedra-based medications, or from taking exterior-releasing agents during the summer months, leading to excessive sweating and loss of yang. When the exterior qi becomes depleted, pathogenic factors invade, transforming into a stroke-like condition … Read more

Aconite Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 48.，For cold hernia, abdominal pain, cold extremities, and body aches that cannot be relieved by acupuncture or other medications.

Four-Fold Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，

Cinnabar Life-Preserving Pill，*Pocket Guide*, Volume 4.，For acute and chronic convulsions.

Ejiao Si Ling Powder，From *Six Books on Medicine* (Yi Lue Liu Shu), Volume 28.，For pregnancy complicated by spleen deficiency with blood heat, where damp-heat prevents blood from returning to its meridians, resulting in persistent hematuria, fetal instability, and a stringy and涩 pulse.

Er Xiao San，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 347.，For nasal congestion.

Dragon Returns to the Sea Powder，From *The Complete Collection on Diphtheria*.，Acute cases of diphtheria of the cold nature.

Xuanhuang Dan，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，For the elderly with an internal accumulation of cold phlegm.

Spring Zhe Decoction，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 10.，Intestinal deficiency with diarrhea and difficulty urinating.

“Drawing-the-Knife” Noodles，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，Hemoptysis.

Artemisia and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，For cases of fever at night and coolness in the morning, where the fever subsides without sweating and the heat originates from the lower jiao.

Shuangren Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.，Shortness of breath and rapid breathing.

Goiter-Suppressing Pills，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 15.，For hard, knotted goiters.

Chuanxiong Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Secret Manual of Pregnancy and Childbirth*, Volume 1.，For cases where the pregnancy has not yet reached full term, due to deficiency of qi and blood, weakness of the zang-fu organs, compounded by exposure to illness or disturbance from emotional desires, resulting in the uncontrolled surging of essence and blood that damages the … Read more