Five Wu Pills

Smallpox-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，In cases where the smallpox eruption has fully resolved, the smallpox toxin has completely dissipated, and the patient has fully recovered after scabbing—if the patient then lets their guard down, indulges in excessive desires, or overindulges in food and drink, and this is compounded by wind-heat—it may … Read more

Ash and Egg White Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 302.，For wounds from knives or axes, chronic malignant sores, and gunshot wounds.

Formula for Washing Swollen and Painful Hemorrhoids，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 8.，For all types of hemorrhoids accompanied by swelling and pain.

Decoction for Tonifying Qi and Nourishing Blood，From *A Compendium of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For abscesses that have been swollen and diffuse for many days, with the edges spreading and the center flattened.

Bile and Coptis Ointment，*Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Diseases*.，Fever caused by sudden wind, epidemic red eye, and red veins spreading to the cornea.

Alum and Pinellia Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 307.，Unbearable pain from a scorpion sting.

Pills for Expelling Epilepsy，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，For epilepsy.

Heart-Cooling Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Sudden exposure to pathogenic factors, resulting in immediate collapse; spitting of phlegm and saliva; inability to speak; delirium and uncontrolled movements; bloodshot eyes; face flushed red as if on fire; hair may stand on end.

Acquired Qinglong Powder，From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.，For all cases of redness and swelling of the throat, and ulcerated mouth sores.

Pills for Diarrhea，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.，For children with malnutrition, abdominal distension, labored breathing, or intestinal rumbling and diarrhea.

Guixiong Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method* (Vol. 5); name cited in *Complete Record of the Medical Section* (Vol. 416).，For pediatric tortoise-chest deformity.

Gua-Fan Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Nasal hemorrhoids.

Raw Rehmannia and Moutan Bark Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 2.，For a rapid pulse with internal heat, accompanied by coughing up phlegm mixed with blood.

Asparagus Root and Calcarea Arsenica Wine，*Guide to Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Cold in the Yin.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Peony Bark，From *Yunqi Zi’s Collection on Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For women with typhoid fever presenting with body heat and a long, string-like pulse, belonging to the Yangming or Shaoyang channels, with alternating chills and fever, restlessness at night and calmness during the day, and a demeanor as if seeing ghosts; this … Read more

Rhinoceros Horn Pills for Sucking and Dissolving，From *Shenghui*, Volume 18.，For febrile diseases characterized by deficiency-heat in the heart and spleen, sudden obstruction of lung qi, swelling and pain in the throat, dryness of the mouth and tongue, difficulty swallowing saliva, and inability to eat or drink.

Eight-Ingredient Pill for Red Eyes，From *Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，A membrane obscures the eyes, resembling a hanging curtain.

Cnidium Monnieri Powder，*Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Vaginal itching.

Decoction for Nourishing Yang and Harmonizing Yin，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，For cases of warm disease where heat has entered the Blood Chamber; the physician has administered treatments to clear both Qi and Blood, eliminating half the pathogenic factor; the pulse is rapid; and the remaining pathogenic factor has not been … Read more

Xian Nian Powder，From *Spring Foot Collection*, Volume 3.，Chronic rheumatism, blood-wind skin erosion, cold-dampness permeating the body, itching like running water, pain upon scratching, black and swollen skin on both legs, appearing as if about to ulcerate but not yet ulcerated, or occasional sensations of burning heat and numbness.

Overnight Diuretic，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For all throat ailments.

Fan Jing Pill，*Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，For cases of deficiency and depletion of the heart and kidneys, where water and fire fail to harmonize, leading to the gradual development of an internal cataract.

Hezi-Atractylodes Powder，Formula from *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 7, citing *The Treasure of Childbirth*; name found in *The Complete Record of the Medical Section*, Volume 387.，Used for diarrhea during pregnancy, a hollow rumbling sound in the flanks, cold pain below the navel, caused by consuming raw fruits and vegetables, cold foods, or exposure to … Read more

Miraculous Tuberculosis-Resolving Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，For scrofula.

Blood-Harmonizing and Pathogen-Expelling Decoction，Formula by Shen Yueguang, cited in *The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，In cases of shanghan where heat has entered the blood chamber, resulting in qi stagnation and blood stasis, with chest tightness and abdominal distension and pain.