Thich Nhat Hanh’s Secret Elixir

Mountain Spirit Longevity Pills，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For men of robust age with insufficient True Yang who are unable to father children, or young women who have never conceived, or those who conceive but suffer miscarriages, or those who give birth to daughters instead of sons, or those whose children are stillborn, or … Read more

Ying Shen Powder，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Unbearable pain in the small intestine.

Jianqi Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 385.，For children aged 4–5 years with high fever.

Sweat-Inducing Decoction，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 19; name cited in *A Rhinoceros-Horn Lamp Illuminating the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 7.，Qi deficiency and insufficiency, with depletion of body fluids; the patient frequently experiences spontaneous sweating that persists day and night, leading to progressive emaciation. Deficiency of the exterior, with profuse … Read more

Cinnamon and Ginseng Pills，Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 12), citing *Cui’s Formulas*; name found in *Ji Feng* (Vol. 9).，For abdominal masses and cold stagnation that cause pain as if pierced by an awl or knife, with intermittent, ghost-like pain.

Roasted Wood Fragrance Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 11).，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, with cold and dampness clashing with heat and cold, resulting in loose stools and diarrhea with red or white discharge.

Xingxiang Powder，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.，For pediatric convulsions and stroke.

Cough-Relieving Divine Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For chronic cough.

Empirical Menstrual Regulation and Fertility Pills，From *Medical Canon* (Volume 2).，For women with infertility and irregular menstruation.

Modified Qingpi Decoction，*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For malaria characterized by chills followed by fever.

Large Bi Cheng Jia Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 23.，For spleen and stomach deficiency with fullness.

Gengsheng Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 36.，For regurgitation and vomiting of food.

Xiaozhongfenli Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For children with spleen deficiency who experience swelling due to indigestion but retain a good appetite.

Narcissus Ointment，*Treatise on Warm Diseases*, Volume 1.，For external swelling caused by warm toxins and all types of boils and sores.

Jiangzhen Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 65.，For chronic malignant sores that constantly ooze pus and fluid.

Wind-Dispelling and Cough-Relieving Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For headache and fever due to cold damage, aversion to wind and chills, nasal congestion with a heavy voice, cough with clear nasal discharge, copious white, slippery, and thin phlegm; or spontaneous sweating with severe coughing; or absence of sweating with wheezing; with a thin, white, … Read more

Shu Tai Tiao Qi Decoction，From *Song’s Gynecology*.，For women in their eighth month of pregnancy who feel their abdomen has grown large and are experiencing shortness of breath, regardless of whether they have an external pathogen or not.

Closing the Channels Pills，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 23.，Hemorrhoidal Fistula.

Xiangfu Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For conditions characterized by pale skin and a stiff, wooden-like body.

Tin-Class Powder，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，

Hongniang Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Tooth Decay.

Qi-Guiding Decoction，*Pocket Formulas*, Volume 2, citing *Ren Cun’s Formulas*.，Cold-damp beriberi, characterized by swelling, redness, and pain; distension of the chest and abdomen; edema of the head, face, hands, and feet; and pain in the body, waist, and back.

Modified Mulberry Cuttlefish Bone Powder，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 14.，Deficiency of yang qi, frequent urination, or enuresis.

Coptis and Lead White Ointment，From *Jiyuanfang*, cited in Volume 34 of *Wai Tai*.，For women and young girls with small, shallow, hot sores on the nipples; when scratched, yellow fluid oozes out, and the condition spreads and persists, resisting all other treatments; for children with scalp sores resembling a lunar eclipse, as well as fatty sores … Read more

Soul-Soothing Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of qi and blood in the heart, combined with phlegm-fluid retention beneath the heart, leading to palpitations and insomnia.