Five-Flower Decoction

Black Snake Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 365 of *Pujifang*.，For infants with tight lips, as well as lip sores and swelling caused by spleen heat.

Li Zhao Decoction，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Cardiac distension. Restlessness, shortness of breath, and difficulty sleeping.

Ten-Ingredient Da Jianzhong Decoction，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Ye’s Record of Verified Prescriptions* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Vol. 150).，For deficiency and insufficiency of blood and vital energy, resulting in inadequate nourishment of tendons and bones; fatigue and weakness; palpitations and phlegm regurgitation; abdominal pain and weak knees; or, following blood loss, persistent debility and failure … Read more

Yi-Gui Yu-Xie Decoction，From *Zhang Jiechun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*, Volume 2.，Crab-Eye Syndrome. The crab-eye is soft and flattened, with a gradual onset and mild pain; this falls under the category of deficiency syndrome.

Yin Hua Powder，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 3.，For “running horse tooth” stomatitis that has become gangrenous and is near death.

Detoxifying Akebia Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，For genital sores. For men and women injured by the heat generated during sexual intercourse, resulting in itching and pain in the penis or vulva, scanty and difficult urination, white, turbid discharge, and premature ejaculation; or for those who experience nocturnal erections that prevent sleep.

Formula for Regulating the Three Jiao，*Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Aromatic herbs dispel turbidity, alleviate vomiting, subdue counterflow, and clear heat. Summer-heat and damp turbidity mutually obstruct the middle jiao, leading to disharmony of qi.

Tongguan Qumai Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 95.，Accumulated heat in the bladder, with difficulty urinating.

Miraculous Powder for Genital Ulcers，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Chronic skin ulcers.

Carp Paste，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For edema affecting the heart, causing restlessness and agitation.

Cao Ling San，*Zhun Sheng: Treatise on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 3.，Crab Claw.

Qi-Regulating Rhubarb Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 98.，Chronic stagnation of qi, inability to eat or drink; food is not digested upon ingestion; wind-heat qi surges upward.

Pinellia Diaphragm-Relieving Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For wind rising upward, accompanied by phlegm-induced fullness, wheezing, and coughing; various types of phlegm—including wind phlegm, alcohol phlegm, tea phlegm, food phlegm, and qi phlegm—cause suffering, leading to pain in the arms, shoulders, back, and chest; phlegm expelled resembles nodules, is black in color, and … Read more

Plantain Dampness-Draining Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For those with dampness in the middle jiao who experience swelling and sores in the scrotum and difficulty urinating.

Angelica Decoction for Promoting Blood Circulation，*Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 1.，Chronic accumulation of wind-cold, causing the eyelids to stick together.

Miraculous Formula for Eliminating the Root Cause of Hemoptysis，*Essentials of the Crimson Pouch*.，Hemoptysis.

Dried Ginger Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 50); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 205).，Diaphragmatic qi stagnation, vomiting and belching after meals, and pain in the chest and heart region.

Four Shedding Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For leg ulcers.

Zhongxing Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Rheumatic toxins that have lodged in the meridians, causing wandering pain.

Toxic Masses and Tissue Regeneration Powder，From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For lower-body sores.

Supreme Black Dragon Ointment，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For all types of pain resulting from injuries to tendons and bones.

Four-Gallbladder Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 112.，For crescent-shaped cataracts where the opacity resembles congealed fat, thicker on one side and thinner on the other, resembling a crescent moon, following acupuncture treatment; and for cataracts with jujube-blossom-like opacities following acupuncture treatment.

Modified Xiao Xuming Decoction，*Practical Orthopedics*.，Wind-cold has invaded the temporomandibular joint, causing a clicking sound when opening the mouth.

Heqi Pills，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 2.，For small intestine colic and low back pain; hernias characterized by a transverse, hard, and taut mass that encircles the navel and radiates outward, accompanied by stabbing pain in the lower abdomen.

Intestinal-Clearing Pills，*Six Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 5.，For regurgitation and dysphagia.