Xuanwu Ointment

Fu Rong Dan，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 224), citing *Formulas for Saving Lives*.，For deficiency of the heart and kidneys, failure of qi to rise and fall properly, overuse of the mind, palpitations, and forgetfulness.

Guaranteed-Effect Decoction，From *Doumen Fang*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xian Nian Ji*.，For dysentery characterized by incessant discharge of pus and blood day and night, tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, as well as lockjaw dysentery that has not responded to any other treatments.

Yuyin Tuiyi Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Ice-Flaw Cornea Opacity. A cornea opacity appears on the blue sclera, faintly visible, like a flaw on ice. The condition is still in its early stages; the opacity is superficial and tender, accompanied by mild dryness, pain, and photophobia.

Nourishing Vitality and Relaxing Tendons Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 7.，For dry cholera.

Zhengrong Ointment，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Facial paralysis, hemiplegia with loss of voice, trismus, and deviation of the mouth and eyes.

Four-Ingredient Cyperus Pill，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Sha Shi Formula).，For women with irregular menstruation and abdominal distension due to qi stagnation.

Decoction for Unblocking Vessels and Reversing Collapse，*Treatise on Cold and Heat Disorders: Deteriorated Conditions*.，For dampness-related disorders presenting with physical coldness and a cold pulse, where repeated purgation fails to reverse the coldness or restore the pulse.

Pinellia and Tangerine Decoction，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，Dizziness and vomiting.

Alum Tincture，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Ringworm.

Dingli Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 21.，

Family Secret Zhi Ke Huang Lian Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Diarrhea due to internal heat. Fever and thirst; dry lips and teeth; dark, scanty, and painful urination; abdominal pain followed immediately by diarrhea, which stops as soon as it begins; pain and diarrhea recur shortly thereafter; a burning sensation in the anus; stools … Read more

Recipe for Applying Mustard Greens，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 182.，For children with “fire rash,” where heat feels like fire encircling the waist.

Yin-Nourishing, Hundred-Tonifying, Essence-Consolidating, Disease-Treating Ointment，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，For men suffering from cold semen, erectile dysfunction, nocturnal emissions, and small intestine hernia; for women suffering from heavy menstrual bleeding, red or white vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation, and cold in the internal organs.

Hidden Iron Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 123), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Malaria caused by miasma.

Zhongru Baize Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，All diseases of deficiency and exhaustion. Various conditions of deficiency in men, the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” insufficiency of true qi, instability of the primordial organs, depletion of mental and spiritual vitality, sudden decline in physical strength, … Read more

Cinnamon and Poria Decoction for Regulating the Middle，*Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 7.，Cholera.

Sun Simiao’s Immortal Pill，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For wind-induced skin diseases.

Compound Lei Pi Pills，Formula adapted from Leng Baizhi’s prescription in *Clinical Treatment of Internal Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For hookworm infection.

Decoction for Harmonizing Blood and Subduing Fire，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Stroke. Caused by sitting too close to a fire indoors, resulting in one side feeling hot and the other cold, which led to sweating on the left cheek. Upon occasionally stepping outside, the patient was struck by a sudden gust of wind, … Read more

Cinnabar Crane’s-Head Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 255.，Indications: typhoid fever, white and red dysentery, bloody dysentery, obstruction of urination and defecation, chest and abdominal pain, small intestine colic, kidney wind, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids with fistula, genital toxic typhoid fever, malaria, dysphagia; in children, paralysis and convulsions; in women, irregular menstruation.

Chinese Yam Powder，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 27), citing *Formulas for Universal Relief*; name found in *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui* (Vol. 26).，For abdominal distension due to deficiency, cold extremities, or excessive intake of bitter and cold medications; vomiting before eating; loss of appetite; and lockjaw dysentery.

Red Bean Formula，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with water retention, bloating, and chest tightness, as well as swelling of the hands and feet, shortness of breath, and a sensation of fullness and restlessness.

Cold-Relieving Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，After sexual intercourse, the qi of the Yangming and Chong meridians is depleted, leaving them hollow and deficient. Cold pathogens then invade this vulnerability, taking up residence between the two meridians. Symptoms manifest as coldness in the feet starting at the hour of Mao, followed by fever … Read more

Dried Ginger and Licorice Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 48.，For pulmonary wasting.

Bone Marrow Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 7.，For consumptive weakness with dry thirst, emaciation, and lack of strength.