Cactus Herb Formula

Dao Chi Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Stagnation in the heart and kidneys, heat in the bladder, and difficulty urinating; wind and heat combining to cause a dribbling, obstructed flow; or excessive intake of tonic herbs leading to a constricted urinary passage, scant and frequent … Read more

Gua Di Er Chen Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Phlegm-related conditions resembling typhoid fever. Cold phlegm in the chest causes chest fullness and a sensation of rising qi; aversion to cold, high fever, aversion to wind, and spontaneous sweating; chest pain and oppression; inability to eat despite hunger; when the patient asks someone to … Read more

Shen’s Warming Navel Pills，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 27.，Dampness in the navel.

Snail Ointment，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，For swollen, protruding eyes, as well as red eyes with a film over the cornea.

Menstrual Regulation Pills，*A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 11.，For amenorrhea and pain caused by blood clots.

Breath-Relieving Decoction，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 14).，For wind-induced impairment of lung qi, resulting in wheezing due to deficiency and cough with shortness of breath.

Artemisia and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear the Gallbladder，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Dampness obstructs the Gallbladder Meridian of the Foot-Shaoyang and the Triple Energizer Meridian of the Hand-Shaoyang, causing heat to become stagnant; the Qi mechanism of the Triple Energizer is impaired; and the “ministerial fire” in the gallbladder rages, leading to chest tightness, … Read more

Neem Fruit Paste，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 169.，For children after smallpox or measles scabs have formed.

Nourishing Body Fluids Decoction，Adapted from a formula used by the Oncology Department of Guangzhou Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Post-radiotherapy reactions to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, manifested as dry mouth, dry tongue, nausea, and decreased appetite; low white blood cell count; congestion and edema of the oropharyngeal mucosa; erosion; … Read more

Great Tonifying Heavenly Pill，*Yi Tong*, Volume 48.，For men and women suffering from deficiency and exhaustion due to overwork, physical emaciation, pain in the lower back and waist, and seminal emission with turbid discharge.

White Lead Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For children with malnutrition-related dysentery and unrelenting thirst.

Longpan Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，When a child’s stabbing chest pain has not yet subsided and smallpox breaks out simultaneously, this is often caused by qi reversal or accumulated cold.

Cocklebur Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，Bleeding from the five types of hemorrhoids.

Decoction of Five Juices and One Branch，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For pathogenic heat in the pericardium: after the heat has been dispelled and the condition cleared, blood deficiency leads to restlessness, constant restlessness with no relief, discomfort in the chest, occasional vomiting of sticky phlegm, moaning, and incoherent speech.

Chicken Dung Liquor Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 1.，Abdominal distension; inability to eat in the evening after eating in the morning; epigastric fullness and distension.

Yirong Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 380.，For children suffering from the “Five Injuries” with emaciation, fever with a pale or yellow complexion, or spleen deficiency with reduced appetite, irregular diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

Duke Shi’s Medicinal Wine Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, numbness in the limbs, aching and pain in the joints, and hemiplegia.

Bone-Restoring Pill，*A Study of Thirteen Formulas in Surgery*.，For sores and ulcers with necrotic tissue.

Accumulation-Resolving Decoction，From *Liu’s Simple Formulas*, cited in Volume 1 of *The Great Treasure of Health*.，For food stagnation.

Gacorn and Uncaria Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For liver wind rising, causing dizziness, a sensation of fullness and pain in the head, tinnitus, palpitations, restlessness in the hands and feet, and in severe cases, convulsions, mania, or spasms and syncope; as well as for eclampsia in pregnant women and postpartum convulsions. Also for hysteria … Read more

Su Feng Sheng Shi Decoction，From *Baoming Ge Kuo*, Volume 4.，When wind and dampness attack simultaneously, causing stiffness and pain in the head and neck, rigidity of the body, and numbness and loss of sensation.

Kai Jin San，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 22.，For dysentery, vomiting, and inability to eat; chronic dysentery in the debility-prone.

Heat-Clearing and Wind-Dispelling Powder，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For various toxic abscesses and carbuncles, whether the ulcer has fully formed or not; with no aversion to cold externally, no constipation internally, and the affected area appearing red, swollen, and elevated, with a distinct head and burning pain.

San Jian Dengxian Wine，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For stroke-induced paralysis, weakness in the legs and knees, inability to walk, and persistent numbness, pain, and stiffness; as well as all forms of beriberi in the elderly, the debased, and postpartum women.

Family Secret Xiangru Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For vomiting caused by summer heat. Indicated for dizziness, blurred vision, sudden onset of vomiting, fever with chills, restlessness and intense thirst with a strong desire to drink, dry lips and teeth, abdominal pain, scanty and reddish urine, and a weak, large pulse.