Water-Nourishing Decoction

Labor-Inducing Pill，From *Jifeng*, Volume 28.，Difficult labor.

Decoction for Restoring Qi and Reviving Yang，*Guide to Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 7.，For postpartum shortness of breath without pain caused by blood clots.

Wind-Relieving Bath Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 326.，Itching and pain in the genital area.

Liuwei Huiyang Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Syndrome of impending loss of yin and yang.

Gengsheng Pills，From *The Classic of the Pure Maiden*, cited in Volume 17 of *The External Pavilion*.，Men suffering from the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” with yin deficiency causing reduced urine output, a shrunken scrotum with sores, pain in the lower back and waist, inability to bend forward or backward, coldness in the kneecaps, occasional heat … Read more

Qianjin Da Yang Pi Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (Newly Added Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Weakness of the spleen and stomach; retention of cold and fluid; qi stagnation causing dysphagia; regurgitation and vomiting of food; fullness and distension in the chest and heart region; hollow distension in the flanks; and stabbing pain in … Read more

Eight-Treasure Pill for Inhalation into the Throat，From *The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 2.，All types of throat disorders, both external and internal.

Aloe and Yellow Pill，From *Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，For syphilitic genital sores, turbid urinary discharge, and various symptoms of hidden parasites, where the true yin is already deficient and the patient cannot tolerate aggressive treatment.

Chicken Droppings and Rice Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 14.，Rice mass.

Qianmin Decoction for Expelling Phlegm，*Pulse Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments*, Volume 1.，Wheezing.

Shenming Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 20, citing *The Immortal’s Water Mirror*.，For children suffering from bone fever and chronic wasting, who are gradually becoming emaciated and unable to eat.

Realgar Topical Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 148.，Bites from various insects.

Bodhisattva Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 335.，For pain in the chest and abdomen before the afterbirth is expelled.

Ephedra and Evodia Wine，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 25.，Headache, chest pain, poor appetite, difficulty swallowing, aversion to cold, and a taut and tight pulse in the left cun position.

Thick Intestine Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 12.，For dysentery with red and white stools.

Honeysuckle and Bamboo Leaf Decoction，*Explanation of Warm-Heat Diseases*.，For diseases caused by summer-heat, characterized by body warmth without sweating, mild thirst, no restlessness, and a thin coating on the tongue.

Health-Preserving Decoction，*Gynecology of the Bamboo Grove*, Volume 1.，For women aged 32 or 33 with abundant qi and blood, suffering from heat accumulation and blood stasis, accompanied by pain in the navel and abdomen so severe that the affected area cannot be touched.

Yin-Breaking Pill，*Ben Shi*, Volume 8.，For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases characterized by latent yang within yin. Although the body feels extremely cold, the patient does not wish to wear clothes; there is chest fullness and nausea, headache, and back pain; the fingertips are cold but there is internal heat and restlessness; the tongue coating is … Read more

Spotted-Yellow Dual-Dissolving Decoction，From *Songfeng’s Discourse on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases accompanied by concurrent rashes and jaundice.

Two-Seed Decoction for Clearing Obstructions，The formula is from *Clinical Guidelines for Medical Case Studies*; the name is found in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，A full pulse; a chronic condition with stasis-heat in the blood; chest discomfort; a sensation of heaviness in the lower abdomen; normal appetite but no thirst; scanty and difficult urination and … Read more

Pu Lian Ointment，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Pustular dermatitis (weeping sores), acute and subacute eczema (rheumatic diseases), scalds and burns, herpes simplex (blistering rash), psoriasis, erythroderma.

Headache Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For common colds, wind-heat ascending to the head, unilateral or bilateral headaches, dizziness, and red eyes.

Hibiscus Bark Wine，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For severe cases of tinea.

Alum and Sulfur Pills，*Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，In Yangming syndrome, where stagnant heat is trapped internally and cannot be expelled, Yang-type jaundice develops. Symptoms include sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body; the sweat stops at the nape of the neck; difficulty urinating; thirst with a desire to … Read more

Twenty-Four Ingredient Toxin-Eliminating Powder，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For wind-toxin caused by bayberry, resulting in severe, life-threatening ulceration that has persisted for many years without healing.