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Ginger “Drawing the Sword” Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.,Gastric reflux with emaciation and weakness; inability to move; shortness of breath and heartburn; bloody and mucoid dysentery; and watery dysentery.
Decoction for Nourishing Both the Lung and Kidney,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.,Due to deficiency in both the Lung and Kidney meridians, fire takes advantage of the opening to escape outward, causing bleeding from the skin and hair—sometimes oozing out like a fine thread, sometimes seeping out like one qian, sometimes emerging from … Read more
Iron Fan Powder,*Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 7.,For lacerations caused by knives or stones, where the wound has become swollen.
Fragrant Fermented Soybean Decoction,From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 37 of *Wai Tai*.,For those who, due to excessive exertion, have developed a condition where the “milk stone” (a type of skin lesion) has flared up, resulting in sores on the body, accompanied by stagnant qi, swelling, and pain so severe that movement is impossible.
Five-Ingredient Tonifying Pills,From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 214.,For women with constitutional deficiency who have contracted wind-damp-toxin pathogens, presenting with generalized itching and pain, numbness and loss of sensation, and blurred vision.
Persian Powder,From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.,For genital sores and syphilis.
Drink to Relieve Acute Pain,From *The Jade Case*, Volume 6.,For all types of carbuncles.
Anise Wine,*Illustrated Treatise on Bone Setting*.,Fractures.
Su Fangmu Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 80.,Postpartum lochia that does not resolve, abdominal pain, restlessness and agitation, and loss of appetite.
Eight-Ingredient Tussilago Powder,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.,For cold and heat disharmony in the lungs, with persistent phlegmy cough.
Bi Ying San,From *Classification and Treatment of Syndromes*, Volume 6.,Pathogenic factors affecting the five viscera invade the pericardium, causing pain.
Scatter-Epidemic Decoction,*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 10.,Epidemic fever. Symptoms include headache and dizziness, distension of the chest and diaphragm, expectoration of yellow phlegm, discharge of turbid fluid from the nose, or the appearance of red macules on the body; or skin turning charred black; or vomiting saliva resembling red blood; or the abdomen swollen as … Read more
Universal Hawthorn Pills,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,For gastrointestinal stagnation, undigested food, abdominal distension due to mass accumulation, and chest and diaphragm discomfort.
Donkey Ointment,Formula from *Yi Shuo*, Volume 4; name cited in *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 9.,Chronic deafness.
Chuanjiu Pills,*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.,For qi deficiency, pain in the lower back and legs, frequent urination, and loss of appetite.
Sugar-Powder Water,From *The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 1, citing *The Compendium of Vitality*.,For heatstroke and cholera.
Women’s Zi Jin Dan,*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.,For women with qi stagnation, blood stasis, and cold obstruction resulting in blocked menstruation, irregular or painful menstruation, inability to conceive, or pain caused by blood clots in the liver.
Thunderbolt Wine,*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.,Hernia with lateral displacement; in women, metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, or retained placenta.
Pill for Regulating the Nutritive and Defensive Qi,From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.,Chronic Consumption. Caused by miscellaneous diseases that have not healed for a long time; prolonged illness inevitably leads to deficiency, and prolonged deficiency results in consumption.
Fish-Mouth Internal Dissolving Pills,From *A Study of Thirteen Surgical Formulas*.,Fish Mouth.
Diarrhea-Stopping and Navel-Warming Ointment,From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.,Dampness invading the abdomen, causing abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Shiquan Decoction,From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 117.,For summer heat, malaria, heatstroke, and similar conditions.
Toxin-Clearing and Life-Restoring Pill,From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.,If a pregnant woman accidentally ingests toxic substances—such as sodium carbonate, croton seeds, arsenic trioxide, or black aconite—or toxic items like wild mushrooms, alcoholic beverages brewed from unidentified herbs, or the carcasses of diseased or dead cattle, sheep, chickens, or pigs, it may internally … Read more
Soul-Soothing Pill,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.,For the condition of a wandering soul, caused by stagnation of heart and liver qi. The patient thinks of their beloved all day long but cannot see them, leading to a union of soul and body in dreams. Day after day, they yearn for them; night after night, … Read more
Decoction for Regulating the Essence and Eliminating Toxins,*Records on Smallpox and Measles* (Dou Zhen Chuan Xin Lu), Volume 19.,Smallpox. In cases where fever precedes the eruption of smallpox by 1–2 days, and the lesions first appear on the forehead, temples, or between the eyebrows; or where they erupt simultaneously and densely; or where they are … Read more
Elephant Bone Powder,For deficiency-heat in the spleen and stomach, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, undigested food and fluids, persistent belching, vomiting immediately after eating, cholera-like diarrhea with pus and blood, heaviness in the limbs, pain in the navel and abdomen, frequent nighttime awakenings, and loss of appetite.