Si Miao Decoction

Ghost Arrow Feather Powder，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 21); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 191).，Lifelong edema, with a distended abdomen and thin limbs; the abdomen is hard as stone; even slight exertion causes swelling of the lower legs; and even a small amount of food or drink leads to shortness of breath.

Decoction for Draining Water Retention，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 31, citing *Ji Cheng*.，For edema caused by fluid retention.

Ephedra and Lithospermum Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.，Ulcers that have not erupted.

Raw Oil Formula，From *Shenghui*, Volume 84.，In children, when heat toxins are latent in the internal organs but have not yet manifested as rashes or smallpox symptoms—characterized by a slight sensation of heat in the limbs, reduced appetite, dry and bristling hair, or occasional mild fever on the forehead—

Zisheng Decoction，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 12.，Difficult labor and childbirth.

Malaria Half-Be Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For typhoid fever and malaria characterized by chills and fever, headache, a bitter taste in the mouth, restlessness, and thirst; with attacks occurring once a day—either chills followed by fever or fever followed by chills—or once every other day.

Toxin-Eliminating Pills，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 125.，For goiters and tumors, take after administering Haihu Powder.

Spleen-Strengthening and Sweat-Stopping Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For women with deficiency of both the spleen and lungs, who frequently experience night sweats, lack of vitality, and a restless heartbeat.

Purple Mist Ointment for Removing Necrotic Tissue，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For established back abscesses where the necrotic tissue has not yet decayed and no pus has formed; also for various sores containing pus but not yet ruptured externally.

Zirong Pills，From *Essentials for Childbirth and Lactation*.，For women with constitutional weakness, delayed menstruation, blood clots, hardness below the navel, and persistent pain.

Sophora Bark Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 37.，Intestinal wind, characterized by pain, itching, and bleeding.

Decoction for Moistening Dryness and Resolving Phlegm，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Severe stagnation of liver qi; old phlegm has congealed into a sticky mass, stagnating in the throat—one wishes to swallow it but cannot, and wishes to vomit it but cannot.

Cangfu Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 3.，For various types of hernia pain.

Six-Ingredient Detoxifying Decoction，*New Treatise on Fungal and Infectious Diseases*.，For fungal skin lesions and joint pain.

Flesh-Dissolving Ointment，*A Study of Thirteen Surgical Formulas*.，For malignant sores and necrotic tissue.

Wheat and Tianma Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Wind-pathogen obstructs the spleen and stomach, causing heaviness in the body, phlegm, nausea, and the urge to vomit.

Five-Leaf and Reed-Root Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For rheumatic conditions characterized by headache, fever, slight sweating, aversion to cold, aching joints, heaviness and slight swelling of the body, scanty urination, and a floating and slow pulse—where residual heat remains after the formula has dispelled wind, unblocked the meridians, drained dampness, and cleared heat.

Forsythia and Fritillary Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For abscesses caused by Yang-type toxins, or those located between the internal organs, the lungs, the diaphragm, the chest, and the breasts.

Golden Sand Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 68.，For hematemesis and hemoptysis.

Phlegm-Resolving and Suffering-Relieving Pill，From *Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For typhoid fever and epidemic diseases, regardless of whether they are in the initial, transitional, or terminal stages; as well as for “big-head plague,” red eyes and swollen throat, ulcerated throat with red rashes, and toxic rashes.

Dream Bear Pill，From *Gynecology of the Bamboo Grove*, Volume 4.，For men whose sexual desires are unrestrained, resulting in excessive ejaculation, leading to kidney deficiency and thin semen, which cannot reach the uterus directly.

Tissue-Regenerating Pill，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，For contusions and external lacerations.

Turtle Shell, Cypress, and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，

Tonic Formula with Soybeans，From *Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，

Ghost Arrow Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，For women with obstructed blood circulation, at risk of developing chronic exhaustion, experiencing irregular fever and chills, loss of appetite, rapid weight loss, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, and heaviness in the hands and feet.