Atractylodes and Cimicifuga Decoction

Huoxiang-Pupu-Weiling Decoction，Adapted from Mr. Fan Kaizhou’s empirical formula in *Treatment Methods for Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，Damp-type cholera. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and abdominal pain, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, scanty urine, a pulse that is mostly string-like and sluggish or deep and slow, and a white, slippery tongue coating. It also … Read more

Cinnabar and Red Lead Powder，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox where toxic qi attacks internally, causing mental confusion, fever, delirium, hallucinations of ghosts or spirits, muttering in sleep, or frantic running about, searching for clothes, or groping the bed.

Nasal-Plugging Realgar Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 37.，For nasal abscesses and nasal congestion.

Da Wuyao Shunqi Powder，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 3.，Various wind-related disorders, paralysis of the hands and feet.

Xia Pian Xiang Lian Pills，*The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 1.，For chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other treatments.

Wu Fu Pills，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 249.，For small intestine奔豚 hernia and bladder prolapse.

Divine Dew Ointment，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 9.，All types of dry, heat-induced coughs, hemoptysis, and consumptive diseases.

Raw Huang Ointment，From *Direct Decisions on Pediatric Medicines and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For fever, as well as fever caused by common cold or malnutrition.

Elixir for Expelling Pathogenic Factors，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Scrotal Abscess. Caused by a young man’s indulgence in alcohol and sexual excess, resulting in an abscess forming beneath the scrotum and in front of the anus.

Japonica Rice Decoction，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 188.，Uncontrollable hemoptysis and chest tightness.

Xiangfu Liu Junzi Decoction，From *Huichun*, Volume 3.，For spleen-related diarrhea: symptoms occur after eating until full; relief follows immediately after a bowel movement; pulse is fine.

Family-Transmitted Zhi-Shu-Yue-Ju Pills，*Songs on Preserving Life* (Volume 11).，

The Drunken Potion，Formula from *History of the Song Dynasty: Biography of Qian Yi*, Volume 462; name cited in *Yicaoting*.，For those with stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi, whose eyes remain wide open and cannot close.

Cuoqi Dan，From *Pulse Causes and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For lower back pain caused by qi stagnation.

Exposed Ginger Decoction，From *Formulas from the North and South*, Volume 2, citing *Formulas from the Danliao Clinic*.，Phlegm accumulation in the spleen and stomach, manifesting as chills and fever. Phlegm-induced malaria.

Jieyin Dan，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For intestinal bleeding, bleeding due to toxic blood stasis, and all other conditions involving bloody stools.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation, Regulating Qi, and Clearing Toxins，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Mastitis.

Sacred Pills，Volume 26 of *New Book for the Very Young* cites *Water Mirror*.，For children with chronic diarrhea caused by malnutrition, occurring intermittently over the course of a year and resembling white glue.

Golden Knife Like a Sage Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For injuries caused by falls or cuts.

Haritaki Porridge，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Qi disharmony in the spleen and stomach.

Throat Decoction Formula，From *Secret Transmission of Experienced Throat Remedies*.，All throat ailments.

Yin-Nourishing Ointment，From *Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 1.，Dysphagia, regurgitation, and emaciation due to blood deficiency.

Seven Treasures Decoction for Stopping Malaria，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Formulas of the Imperial Bureau* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, vol. 122).，For all types of malaria, regardless of the severity or sequence of chills and fever, whether occurring daily or every other day; as well as cases where one cannot acclimate to the local climate or … Read more

Coptis Pills，Formula taken from *Wai Tai*, Volume 34, citing *Zhang Wenzhong’s Formulas*; the name appears in *Yunqi Zi’s Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For postpartum bloody and white vaginal discharge accompanied by diarrhea and unbearable abdominal cramping.

Nourishing and Regulating Pills，From *Six Treatises on Medicine* (Yi Lue Liu Shu), Volume 23.，For menstrual irregularities, stagnant masses, and stabbing pain, with a string-like and firm pulse.