Tried-and-True Pills

Sichuan Pepper and Mugwort Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For sores and scabies all over the body, or damp itching in the lower body, or beriberi.

Toxicity-Eliminating Sacred Elixir，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For Yang-type sores and ulcers that have become suppurative and ruptured.

Yellow Tooth Pill，From *Miscellaneous Discourses from Shangchi*.，Malnutrition.

Xingxing Phlegm-Expelling Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 2.，For alcohol-induced convulsions, loss of consciousness, mania resembling madness, or symptoms such as shouting, laughing, crying, or biting others.

Da Fei’er Pills，*Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 17.，Spleen deficiency, malnutrition-induced diarrhea.

Xie Family White Pills from Qingzhou，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For various types of epilepsy in children, common cold with cough, and cold-induced malaria.

Dugu Decoction，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 6.，Wind-cold invades the spleen, causing counterflow qi to rise and attack, resulting in abdominal pain.

Clam Shell Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Pain in the stomach.

Multi-Seed Pill，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，For kidney deficiency with qi weakness, prolonged infertility, listlessness, and soreness and pain in the lower back and knees.

“One Hundred Liang of Gold”，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Pain due to kidney qi deficiency.

Si Shun Fu Zi Decoction，From *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 8.，Diarrhea consisting entirely of white stool resembling fish brains; cold pain in the navel and abdomen occurring day and night without pattern; cold extremities; or vomiting, inability to retain any food, preference for warm food and aversion to cold; the six pulses are faint and … Read more

Guiyuan Powder，*Yunqi Zi Baoming Ji*, Volume 2.，For pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting, uncontrollable vomiting, headache, and complete inability to eat, where other medications have proven ineffective.

Miraculous Formula for Menorrhagia，*The Handy Guide*, Volume 4.，Menstrual hemorrhage and metrorrhagia.

Hernia-Resolving Pill，From *Rumen Shiquin*, Volume 15.，Small Intestinal Hernia.

Nourishing Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 323).，

Decoction for Moistening Dryness and Stabilizing the Fetus，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 12.，Pregnant women in their third or fourth month of pregnancy who suffer from fluid deficiency may experience a dry mouth and tongue, a slight sore throat, and a lack of saliva to moisten the throat. This can lead to fetal restlessness and, in … Read more

Jinshui Pingdiao Powder，From *Medical Case Records of Ma Peizhi*.，Chest sunken like a chicken’s, back arched like a turtle’s; no internal phlegm-heat; legs are weak and unable to stand.

Seven Sages Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage in winter, where pathogenic factors cause stagnation of liver qi that fails to disperse; whenever the pathogen is lodged between the half-exterior and half-interior stages, presenting with cold extremities, a pale face, and cold hands, while the feet are hot.

Qi-Regulating and Blood-Nourishing Pills，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 12.，For postpartum distension of the right flank, with a mass resembling a taut string, which becomes painful when exposed to cold.

Pig’s Foot Decoction，*Medical Records for the Common People*, Volume 8.，For women with blocked milk ducts.

Great Eight-Wind Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 8.，For external toxic wind, stubborn bi syndrome, paralysis of the hands and feet, hemiplegia, or cases where the body is too weak to withstand the condition; or when wind invades the five viscera, causing a dazed and confused state,excessive talkativeness and forgetfulness, and occasional bouts of terror; or … Read more

Decoction for Clearing Toxins and Removing Cataracts，*The Precious Treasure for Treating Smallpox in Children*.，When smallpox toxins retain fluids in the essence of qi and blood, they manifest as eye disorders—redness, swelling, and pain, with the eyes unable to open, or with a membrane obscuring vision.

Ginseng, Cinnamon, and Ginger Decoction，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For children with irregular heat patterns, vomiting, and abdominal distension and pain.

Nian Shui Eight-Ingredient Decoction，From *Supplement to the Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Hoarseness due to qi deficiency.

Modified Xiao Qinglong Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，For chronic cold-induced asthma, wheezing, and cough.