Five-Branch Powder

Pain-Relieving Five-Juice Ointment，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 29.，Pain caused by cold and dampness invading the meridians and blood vessels manifests in the arms, thighs, lower back, and the area between the waist and the Huantiao acupoint.

Poria and Astragalus Decoction，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 10, citing *Introduction to Medicine*.，For a widow, nun, or teacher who has developed an illness due to repressed emotions, manifesting as occasional unprovoked laughter or weeping, with a slow and hidden pulse or a pulse resembling a sparrow’s pecking, and no change in … Read more

Luo Shi Decoction Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 35.，For dryness, heat, and pain in the throat.

Recipe for Boiled Black Beans，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Stroke, rheumatic arthralgia, muscle spasms and acute pain, accumulated heat in the stomach, mouth sores and restlessness; constipation with dry stools.

Cimicifuga and Bupleurum Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 16.，Due to deficient heat in the heart and spleen rising upward, sores form on the tongue, the base of the tongue feels stiff, and both sides of the cheeks are swollen and painful.

Dragon’s Whisker Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xiu Zhen*.，For heatstroke with confusion and loss of consciousness; diarrhea, cholera with excessive thirst; exposure to summer heat or latent heat, restlessness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; excessive water intake leading to loss of consciousness; nosebleeds, hematemesis, blood in the urine, and dizziness with … Read more

Angelica and Peony Powder，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 2).，For women during pregnancy or menstruation who present with deficiency of both the liver and spleen, abdominal cramping and persistent pain, dizziness and palpitations, or edema of the lower limbs and difficulty urinating, with a pale tongue and a white, greasy coating. Currently used to correct fetal … Read more

Perilla and Hemp Porridge，From *Shouqin Yanglao* (Caring for the Elderly), Volume 4. This is another name for “Flaxseed and Perilla Seed Porridge” in *Ben Shi* (Stories of Medical Practice), Volume 10.，Regulates qi and moistens the intestines. Suitable for the elderly, postpartum women, and those who are physically weak due to chronic illness suffering from hard, … Read more

Decoction for Raising Yang and Descending Qi，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Auspicious* (Vol. 2).，When wind-pathogen invades the Stomach, Wood overpowers Earth; the clear qi sinks downward, and food and fluids cannot be fully transformed, leading to loose stools.

Dragon Bone Tooth-Wiping Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 70.，For dental plaque and bad breath.

Nian Zhu Pills，From *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 8, citing *Zhang’s Essential and Effective Formulas*.，For a unilateral hernia with swelling and unbearable pain in the scrotum.

Disinfection lamp illumination，*Chuanya Waibian*, Volume 2.，All types of boils and abscesses on the back, unidentified swellings and toxic sores, as well as various sores in the oral cavity—whether already ulcerated or not.

Snake Bite Antidote Pill，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For ulcerated snake bites.

Face-Changing Powder，From *Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon*, Volume 3, citing *Immortal Formulas from the Sea*.，Epidemic wind.

Hu Lian Powder，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 301.，Swelling and pain in genital sores.

Dendrobium and Ophiopogon Powder，From *Secret Treasures Passed Down Through Generations*, Volume 2.，For women with deficiency-related debility.

Granulated Sugar Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，Various forms of malnutrition.

Enhanced Ten-Ingredient Decoction，From *Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 2.，For patients with deficiency of qi and blood following the ulceration of boils and abscesses.

Fire Gate Pills，From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 2.，For diarrhea and dysentery with red and white stools.

Stomach-Nourishing Pills，From *Liu’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 10 of *New Book on Infant Care*.，For children who develop chronic spleen wind after vomiting and diarrhea, or those with prolonged diarrhea.

Clove and Er Chen Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，Hiccups.

Sweat-Stopping Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，In cases of excessive stomach qi, profuse sweating occurs from the head and neck down to the face and between the neck and forehead during meals.

Eucommia Decoction Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 59).，For dysentery with fatigue.

Secretly Transmitted Modified Eight-Ingredient Decoction，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，Epistaxis, spitting blood, vomiting, or hematemesis.

Peony Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Dongyuan Shixiao Fang*, Volume 9, citing a formula by Zhang Jiegu.，When lung qi fails to circulate, numbness occurs in the skin.