Xin Dou Decoction

Wax and Honey Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in Volume 29 of *New Book on the Care of the Very Young*.，For various types of diarrhea in infants, including discharge of pus and blood, accompanied by unceasing chills and fever.

Smilax and Hemp Seed Ointment，Formula from *Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica* (citing *Collected Effective Formulas from the Seas*; see *Classified Materia Medica* Vol. 11); name cited in *Wei Family’s Collection of Prescriptions* Vol. 10.，For difficult labor and retained placenta.

Divine Formula for Dissolving in the Mouth，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, vomiting pus, blood, or phlegm, and coughing with shortness of breath.

Miraculous Mercury Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 49).，In cases of qi deficiency in the viscera, irregular diet, excessive consumption of raw or cold foods that cannot be digested—which then clash with the qi of the viscera, coalesce into a mass, and settle firmly between the abdomen and the stomach, remaining immovable—if left untreated for many years, the mass … Read more

Sixteen-Ingredient Wintergreen Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia*, Volume 1.，Indicated for chest fullness and abdominal distension, dizziness and edema, and cold-induced cough with phlegm and wheezing.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing Dysentery，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Chronic dysentery due to yin deficiency that will not subside, with fever but no abdominal pain, thirst, a dry tongue, and soreness and weakness in the lower back and legs.

Liver-Clearing and Cough-Relieving Decoction，*Medical Lamp Passed Down*, Volume 1.，Cough caused by excessive liver fire invading the lung metal; pulse is string-like and rapid.

Traditionally Transmitted Formula: Rehmannia Pills，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 4.，Kidney deficiency, with excessive whiteness in the eyes.

Medicinal Xanthium Seed Worm，*Lectures on Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery*.，For all types of carbuncles.

Precious Treasure Powder，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Various oral ulcers.

Peony and Gardenia Fermented Soybean Decoction，From *Yunqi Zi’s Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，Not to be taken in cases of postpartum restlessness due to deficiency.

Decoction for Relieving Exterior Syndromes，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For cases where lower-body sores and fecal toxicity occur simultaneously, accompanied by internal pain in the tendons and bones.

Chuanlian Pills，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 13.，For cold in the stomach causing worm activity, pain in the chest and abdomen, and worm activity in the upper, middle, and lower jiao due to deficiency.

Decoction of Five Seeds and Ten Barks，*Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For all cases of bloating caused by poisonous insects, qi deficiency with abdominal distension, and isolated abdominal distension.

Detoxifying Gold-Medicine Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 212.，For dysentery with pus, blood, and heat toxins.

Camphor Moisturizing Muscle Powder，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 15.，For wounds caused by beatings.

Insomnia Powder，From *Shanghan Biaoben*, Volume 2.，For typhoid fever with high fever and headache.

Ginseng and Eupatorium Leaf Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 48.，For postpartum gastric collapse and lung failure, with retained lochia; deficient fire carries blood upward, causing black discharge to appear from the mouth and nose.

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

Wind-Dispelling, Heat-Clearing, and Dispersing Decoction，*Pathogenesis in Sand Script*, Volume 2.，Wind-heat ascends to attack the brain and descends to affect the eyes; headache extends to the brow bones, causing pain in that area.

Pills for Tonifying Deficiency and Calming the Mind，From *Shenghui*, Volume 14.，Following an episode of cold damage, or due to mental or physical exhaustion, presenting with weakness and restlessness in the limbs, heart deficiency with palpitations, and shortness of breath.

Toon Bark Ointment，*The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.，Abdominal masses.

Divine Savior Pain-Relieving Pills，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，For cold-induced illnesses in all four seasons, regardless of how long ago they began, whether involving yin or yang, exterior or interior, deficiency or excess, half-exterior or half-interior, or whether the patient is male, female, elderly, or young.

Divine Asafoetida Powder，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 5.，For conditions such as bone-wasting fever and epidemic fever characterized by alternating chills and fever, emaciation, fatigue, and wheezing and coughing.

Ephedra and Four Substances Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 44.，For women with cold-induced injury to the Ying aspect of the Taiyang channel, presenting with fever and absence of sweat.