Decay-Wood Decoction

Miraculous Thousand-Pound Ointment，*The Golden Mirror of Medical Orthodoxy*, Volume 62.，For sores and ulcers, early-stage carbuncles, scrofula, leg sores in adults, and “crab-head” sores in children. Indicated for redness, swelling, hardness, scrofulous nodules, and leg sores that have ulcerated and remain unhealed for years.

Sandalwood Powder，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 17.，Wind-induced disorders of the head and face. Dizziness and blurred vision; pain in the shoulders and back; swelling and itching of the scalp; stiffness in the head and neck.

Clove Warming the Middle Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 245), citing *Shi Yuan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For children with vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and cold limbs.

Ma Pills，From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Fractures*.，For fractures and injuries where the skin is torn and bone is exposed; for shattered or severed limbs; for decayed and putrid flesh; for extreme pain accompanied by constant crying out day and night; for conditions that remain unhealed despite numerous treatments; for long-standing damage to the hands … Read more

Cardamom Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Gastroptosis; food is vomited immediately upon entering the mouth.

Dipsacus and Smilax Decoction Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，For women suffering from chronic coldness.

Dragon’s Tooth Pill，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 158.，For deficiency-cold of the heart blood, with persistent palpitations and a dazed state due to excessive phlegm.

Blood-Nourishing and Essence-Replenishing Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，For conditions caused by alcohol-induced damage to the bladder, such as seminal emission and leakage, pain and distension in the lower back and spine, and cloudy red or white discharge.

Pepper-Wax Pills，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For various conditions caused by kidney cold.

Dendrobium Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 95.，For weakness and numbness in the lower back and legs, and wandering wind in the head and face. For lower back pain with stiffness, making it impossible to bend forward or backward.

Decoction for Relieving Depression and Promoting Blood Circulation，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Indicated for amenorrhea with qi stagnation. Symptoms include liver qi stagnation, amenorrhea, a sallow-yellow complexion, depression, irritability and impatience, dizziness, tinnitus, distension in the chest and flanks, poor appetite, belching, a red tip of the tongue, a slightly yellow and dry coating, and a … Read more

Eye-Brightening and Vitality-Consolidating Pills，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 1.，For heart heat, deficiency of kidney yin, and diminished visual acuity.

Anemarrhena Decoction，*Essentials for Expanding the Lineage*, Volume 9.，For those in the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy who, due to exposure to cold or consumption of cold beverages, have suffered an injury resulting in qi reversal, causing shortness of breath, coughing, restlessness, and agitation.

Jujube Paste，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 24.，For acute and chronic convulsions.

Nourish the Kidney and Clarify the Eyes Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，Kidney deficiency due to mental exhaustion, with eye pain caused by blood deficiency.

Coptis Taiyi Pills，From *Record of Proven Formulas*, cited in Volume 5 of *Medical Heart Formulas*.，Liver qi heat surges to the eyes, causing blurred vision.

Ginseng, Angelica, Schizonepeta, Jujube, and Motherwort Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，A woman, three days postpartum, experiences fever and retained lochia; toxic blood attacks the heart, causing delirium, shouting, a strong urge to run about, restlessness when held, and an inability of the heart to be nourished due to blood deficiency.

Pain-Relieving Frankincense Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For cold-damp beriberi. Characterized by a dull ache in the soles of the feet, difficulty walking, and pain in the tendons and bones.

Decoction for Clearing Qi and Transforming Toxins，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 59.，For cases where measles have already erupted, toxic qi is attacking internally, the Metal element of the Lung is impaired, and the patient experiences chest fullness and shortness of breath.

Redness-Relieving Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 74, citing *Thousand Gold Prescriptions*.，Sudden redness of the eyes.

Si Sheng Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 403.，For fever as intense as fire, headache with red cheeks, flushed face accompanied by yawning, nasal sores, and during the stage when rashes have either already appeared or are about to appear.

Heat-Induced Anxiety，*The Jade Case*, Volume 6.，Smallpox. Dry lips, dry tongue coating.

Pingji Pus-Draining Powder，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.，For boils on the back where the affected area feels cold.

Muxiang-Zexie Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Cold qi stagnation, painful and dribbling urination, and chills.

Pei Tu San，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，A woman of naturally calm and unassuming disposition, who eats and drinks sparingly; when she eats or drinks too much, she feels unwell, experiences vomiting and diarrhea, and feels fullness and distension in the chest.