Ginger-Driven Decoction

Reversing-Fire Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage in the winter months, characterized by profuse sweating, unrelenting shortness of breath, a face as red as a pearl, inability to speak, and a desire to drink water to save oneself—yet being able to take only a single sip without wanting to drink more—this … Read more

Decoction of Four Ling with Papaya, Magnolia Bark, and Cardamom，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Vol. 2).，Cold-dampness in the Foot Taiyin meridian, sudden coldness in the limbs, spontaneous diarrhea, yellow eyes, white and slippery tongue (or, in severe cases, gray), lethargy and reluctance to speak; pathogenic factors obstructing the spleen orifice, resulting in slurred speech and … Read more

Xiangfu Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Vol. 15.，Pain in the ear.

Ophiopogon, Ginseng, and Atractylodes Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For patients with smallpox who suffer from a weak and irregular stomach and are unable to eat.

Shan Shen Congee，From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *The Porridge Manual*.，For lung heat and dryness with dry cough and scant phlegm; or for chronic cough without phlegm, dry throat due to deficient lung qi or yin deficiency of the lung and stomach; or for thirst resulting from fluid depletion following a febrile illness.

Ginseng-Poria Four-Ingredient Decoction，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 3.，

Upper and Lower Two-Dispersing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Damp-heat obstructing the upper and lower teeth, causing severe pain; the pain temporarily subsides when cool air is drawn into the mouth but recurs when the mouth is closed.

Enhanced Formula for Nourishing Yin and Moistening Dryness，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 5.，For various types of dysuria that have persisted for a long time.

Musk and Storax Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3.，Indicated for: post-mortem bone steaming syndrome, severe lung atrophy, pathogenic ghost qi, sudden heart pain, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, epidemic ghost-induced malaria, sudden red or white diarrhea, blood stasis causing amenorrhea, abdominal masses, boils, swelling, convulsions and epilepsy, possession by ghostly forces, infants vomiting milk, … Read more

Wujin Yimu Pills，From *Tongshou Lu*, Volume 3.，For women suffering from anxiety and emotional distress that lead to various ailments; exhaustion and injury to the Chong and Ren meridians; uterine bleeding, urinary discharge, and vaginal discharge; weakness and soreness in the hands and feet; irregular menstrual cycles; uterine disorders; persistent spotting for over a month after … Read more

Grass Carp Gallbladder Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 89.，Swelling and obstruction of the throat in children, making it difficult to swallow milk or food.

Secret Red Dan，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For liver qi stagnation with excessive anger, or stomach qi stagnation with qi reversal, leading to hemoptysis or epistaxis, as well as cases of hemoptysis and epistaxis that have not responded to repeated treatments with other medications; regardless of whether the cause is cold or heat, … Read more

Nourishing the Intestines Five-Seed Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For the elderly and those with deficiency of qi and blood, suffering from bowel obstruction and difficulty in bowel movements.

Hua Tuo Powder，From *Secret Formulas for Immediate Relief from the Blue Sack*, Volume 1.，For fractured bones with contracted tendons and dislocated joints that cannot be moved.

Hemostatic Ointment，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 7.，Effective for all blood-related disorders associated with the “Five Exhaustions.”

Miraculous Dragon Bone Powder，From *A Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For infants one month or older whose umbilical stump continues to ooze fluid and fails to heal.

Chaihu-Guided Formula，From *The Classic of the Cranial Fontanelles*, Volume 2.，For children with delayed walking; children who have been injured while being held since infancy, resulting in thin, weak legs and an inability to walk; or those suffering from bone fever, chronic wasting disease, and emaciation.

Goat Wool Cake，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For injuries from blows, falls (such as sprained ankles), cuts from knives or axes, as well as tiger attacks and bites from malaria-infected pigs or cows.

Boiled Fangfeng Powder，From *Qianjin*, Volume 11.，For liver-excess heat, angry dreams, and startle reactions.

Smilled Poria Dew，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，Poisonous sores caused by bayberries; stiffness and spasms of the tendons and bones.

Miraculous Remedy for Dysentery，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 1.，Dysentery.

Cassia Seed Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For wind-heat in the liver, blurred vision, and dry, painful eyes.

Paste for Hemorrhagic Diarrhea，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Fushun Formula).，For bloody stools and bloody dysentery.

Universal Infant-Protecting Pill，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, epilepsy, malnutrition, fever and chills, diarrhea and dysentery, phlegm congestion, abdominal pain and loss of appetite, and foul-smelling stools; also treats phlegm-heat accumulation and phlegm-fluid retention with shortness of breath in adults.

Yi Zi Jin，From *Handbook for the Care of Infants*, Volume 2.，For newborn infants, after seven days, showing signs of umbilical wind causing clenched jaws; as well as for stroke, acute and chronic convulsions, locked jaws, and phlegm obstructing the upper respiratory tract.