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Ephedra and Artemisia Decoction with Strong Wine，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 42.，For jaundice with exterior excess and absence of sweat.

Imperial Palace Jade Red Ointment，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For boils and abscesses on the back, facial carbuncles, and scrofula nodules.

Kidney-Tonifying Rehmannia Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 13.，For diabetes.

Yang-Consolidating Pill，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 4, citing *Dan Liao*.，For the elderly with qi deficiency, flushed face, spontaneous sweating, and uncontrolled yang energy.

Huang Seng San，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 301.，For chronic skin sores.

Mantis Tincture，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Neurodermatitis.

Talc Decoction，From *Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 20.，Urinary urgency and heat, with yellowish-red urine.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Phlegm，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-induced convulsions complicated by wind.

Shengmai Jianzhong Decoction，*The Great Explanation of Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，For cases of excessive purgation leading to damage to the central qi, internal depletion of body fluids, and difficulty urinating.

Angelica and Atractylodes Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，Blood deficiency with distension; the abdomen is distended and appears dark; occasional bleeding may occur; the pulse is涩 (thready), heavy, and appears weak.

Purple Gold Pill for Restoring Vision，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，Chronic redness and ulceration of the eye sockets. Ingrown eyelashes or curly hairs in the eyes, causing the eyelids to close tightly; internal heat is attacking the yin energy.

Yugan Decoction，From *The Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 198, citing *The Essential Book*.，

Clear Dampness and Nourish the Lungs Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 4.，For various types of cough with excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and chest fullness.

Wu-Fu-Jiao-Jiang Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Cold-induced bi syndrome.

Atractylodes Swelling-Relieving Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum edema with a string-like, sluggish, and涩 pulse.

Great Wind-Calming Pearl，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，For cases where pathogenic heat has lingered for a long time, depleting true yin; or due to improper treatment of the exterior or reckless purgation; resulting in mental fatigue, emaciation, a weak pulse and vital energy, a crimson tongue with scant coating, and a … Read more

Xuanxuan Ointment，*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，For men and women suffering from various wind-related disorders with alternating chills and fever, stiffness in the hands and feet, aching and pain in the joints, numbness and loss of sensation, wandering and stabbing pains, lower back and flank pain, tuberculous nodules and muscle spasms, phlegm nodules, blood … Read more

Formula for Liuwei Dihuang Pills with Added Phellodendron and Anemarrhena，*Yifang Kao*, Volume 5.，Deficiency of Liver and Kidney Yin with ascending deficient fire. Symptoms include dizziness and blurred vision, tinnitus or deafness, toothache due to deficient fire, heat in the palms and soles, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, bloody urine and painful … Read more

Shen Tong Powder，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，For intestinal abscesses, whether fully formed or not.

Vanguard General，*Effective Remedies*, Volume 19.，Effective for all types of abscesses and boils, regardless of whether they occur on the shoulders or back, causing severe pain.

Ma-Gui-Shu-Gan Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Abdominal distension due to cold and dampness; heaviness of the body, chills, and absence of sweat.

Stomach-Clearing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，Winter-month typhoid fever. The Taiyang pathogen is mild, while the Yangming pathogen is severe; the neck and back are stiff and sore, with sweating and aversion to wind.

Soapberry Pills，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，For severe and life-threatening conditions caused by wind-related disorders.

Pediatric Cranial Decoction，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，For children with a large head and small face.

Decoction of Cinnamomum Twig with Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For men with seminal emission, women with erotic dreams, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and enuresis. A taut and tight sensation in the lower abdomen, coldness in the genitalia, dizziness (or, according to one version, pain around the eyes), hair … Read more