Eight Treasures Paste

Formula for Dissolving Stagnant Blood，*Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Postpartum lochia retention, leading to stagnant blood seeping into the large intestine and causing the passage of fresh blood; and stabbing pain in the abdomen, but without tenesmus or a sensation of heaviness in the lower back.

Shusheng Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 284.，Effective for all types of abscesses, boils, and swellings that refuse to subside.

Three-Snake Pill，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For severe wind-induced numbness of the hands and feet, hair loss, falling eyebrows, itchy rashes all over the body, and all forms of scabies, tinea, and wind-phlegm conditions.

Zhi-Ju Compress，From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 7.，In women, swelling of the genital area as hard as stone, with unbearable pain and difficulty with urination and defecation.

Chicken Egg Wash，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 32 of *Wai Tai*.，For headaches accompanied by white flakes when the scalp is scratched.

Moistening and Purging Decoction，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 7.，Caused by carrying heavy loads while running, indulging in sexual excess, or injury from the Six Excesses; blood flows from the spine, accompanied by vomiting or regurgitation, surging like a tide and impossible to suppress.

Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Licorice, Ginger, and Duckweed Decoction，*Selected Essentials of Medicine*, Volume 1.，Stroke, with only one side of the mouth and eyes drooping.

Qi-Dispersing and Qi-Regulating Powder，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 3.，Breasts hard as stone.

Bitter Cane Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，After falling from a height, accompanied by profuse drooling and dizziness; or after childbirth, when stagnant blood fails to dissipate or forms a mass.

Skin Rash-Resolving and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction，*Complete Book on Measles*, Volume 3.，Rash appears 2–3 days after the onset of diarrhea.

Dingpi Powder，From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 11.，Pain due to spleen stagnation in children.

Elephant Bone Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 10.，For deficiency-heat in the spleen and stomach, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, undigested food and fluids, persistent belching, vomiting immediately after eating, cholera-like diarrhea with pus and blood, heaviness in the limbs, pain in the navel and abdomen, frequent nighttime awakenings, and loss of appetite.

Golden Marrow Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，

Similar to the Divine Asthma-Relieving Decoction，From *Essential Formulas and Discussions on Measles*.，After the measles have erupted, with intense fever, shortness of breath, hard stools, dark and scanty urine, and persistent high fever.

Jinlingzi Powder，*Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，During childbirth, cold qi lodges at the uterine orifice and enters the lower abdomen; or, due to careless sitting or lying, wind-cold qi takes advantage of a vulnerability to enter—this constitutes a hernia. However, there is no distension, nor is there a visible mass.

Blood Residue Nourishing the Root Nine Yang Pill，*Essentials for Expanding the Lineage*, Volume 4.，

Lianru Jiangfu Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For chronic liver disease that has invaded the collaterals, resulting in stagnant blood that fails to flow smoothly; this stagnation transforms into fire, causing stiffness and spasms of the tendons and vessels, shooting pain in the chest and flanks, and a string-like and涩 pulse.

Great Blue Dragon Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For external invasion by wind-cold with internal stagnant heat, characterized by severe fever and chills, headache and body aches, absence of sweat and restlessness, and a floating and tight pulse; or for coughing and shortness of breath; or for cases of excessive fluid retention with both exterior syndrome and … Read more

Mu Xiang Dao Zhi Pills，From *Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For dysentery—regardless of whether the stool is red or white—where there is damp-heat and food stagnation, and purgation is indicated.

“Unchangeable Golden Elixir”，From *Medical Origins*, Volume Middle.，For facial paralysis due to stroke.

Zhangguan Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 28.，Purple spots on the body accompanied by fever; persistent redness of the nose.

Taiyi Golden Lock Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.，For instability of vital energy, various deficiencies and debilities, various Qi disorders, and chronic, debilitating cold-related ailments.

Eji Ma Huang Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 15.，For epidemic diseases lasting 3 days, where the exterior syndrome has not resolved and heat-toxin is transmitted, accompanied by vomiting or coughing.

Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Phlegm arises from excessive worry; heat arises from phlegm, leading to restlessness of the mind.

Mysterious Formula for Pain Relief, Pus Drainage, and Tissue Regeneration，From *Shenghui*, Volume 63.，For all types of boils and abscesses on the back that have already ruptured but cause unbearable pain day and night, with pus unable to drain.