Bi Jin Dan

Cuttlefish Bone Pills，From *Yilin*, cited in *Yitong*, Volume 70.，For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, with uncontrolled seminal leakage and persistent enuresis.

Great Tonifying True Yuan Decoction，From *Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Indicated for visual instability syndrome, where the eyes are neither painful nor red, and there are no cloud-like opacities, but objects appear to move when viewed, and the patient frequently experiences dizziness and vertigo.

Winter Melon Facial Cleanser，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For a dull, sallow, and colorless complexion.

Angelica, Peony, Licorice, and Wheat Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Postpartum spontaneous lactation; sallow-yellow complexion with occasional flushing; restlessness and irritability; dizziness and distension in the flanks; yellow tongue; taut and rapid pulse.

Decoction for Clearing Epidemic Toxin and Resolving Toxins，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 5.，For the early stages of epidemic fever, seasonal cold-induced fever, headache, chills and fever, vomiting and nausea, cough with phlegm, shortness of breath, flushed face and red eyes, and sore throat.

Chuáncháng Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，Constipation lasting 7–8 days, with no relief from other medications.

Single-Ingredient Deer Antler Wine，*The Essentials of Medicine* (Vol. 5).，Dizziness.

Medicinal Formula，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 15.，For chronic, long-standing sores caused by the “two cuts of Yangmei” that have been exposed to the elements for years—even leading to rotting flesh, oozing pus and exudate, an unbearable stench, and excruciating pain—first take Poria Decoction, then use this formula.

Modified Heart-Clearing Lotus Seed Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Leucorrhea. Caused by restless heart fire transmitting heat to the spleen, resulting in damp-heat in the spleen that steams and stagnates, transforming into fire and manifesting as red leucorrhea.

Decoction for Draining the Lungs and Clearing the Liver，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Indicated for cases where lung fire overpowers the liver, manifesting as redness and swelling of the sclera, white opacities with central depression, and sudden onset around the iris.

Zhuangben Dan，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 10.，For lower back pain due to kidney deficiency.

Secretly Transmitted Scab Treatment Powder，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For scabies and infantile cradle cap.

Huoxiang Zuojin Decoction，*Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，Feverish cholera. Symptoms include vomiting yellow fluid or sour fluid, sudden and urgent diarrhea with thick, sticky stools, restlessness and thirst, chest tightness and abdominal pain, dark red, scanty, and hot urine; the pulse is often string-like and taut; the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, or predominantly yellow … Read more

Dendrobium Dew，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*.，For cases following febrile diseases or smallpox, where body fluids are depleted, internal “empty fire” rages, or there is a congenital deficiency of true yin and unresolved stomach heat.

Silver Jujube, Ginger, Cinnamon, and Rhubarb Decoction，*Explanation of Warm-Heat Diseases*.，For dysentery with stools that are pure black like lacquer, accompanied by the passage of stagnant blood.

Liver-Soothing and Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Prescriptions*.，Chronic hepatitis of the Qi-stagnation type. Shooting pain in both flanks, distension and fullness in the liver region and epigastrium, white tongue coating, and a string-like pulse.

Apricot Kernel Paste Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.，Cough with phlegm regurgitation. Cold pathogenic factors affecting the lungs, causing chest and diaphragm discomfort, and swelling and pain in the throat.

Peach Fruit，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For weakness due to seminal emission.

Chrysanthemum Leaf Ointment，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*, citing a formula transmitted by the Ba family of Yangzhou.，For all external conditions involving carbuncles and heat toxins, regardless of severity.

Chuanxiong-Huangqi Decoction，From *Puji Fang*, Volume 342, citing *Chanbao*.，Abdominal pain due to fetal injury, accompanied by yellow discharge.

Jinrong Powder，From *Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For all external conditions in their early stages, as well as conditions characterized by redness, heat, and inflammation.

Dried Pueraria and Life-Sustaining Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Yangming exterior syndrome due to wind invasion: body heat without aversion to wind, no sweating, and a slow, long pulse.

Hei Dihuang Pills，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For excess yang and deficiency of yin; insufficiency of the spleen and kidneys; depletion from sexual activity; emaciation and weakness; and a complexion that is often sallow-yellow but lacks a consistent hue. Also for blood loss and spleen cold.

Cock’s Comb Blood Topical Application，This formula is from Volume 5 of *Formulas for Emergency Use* and is listed in Volume 149 of *The Complete Record of Holy Remedies*.，Sudden onset of spreading sores; centipede bites.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness, Tonifying Qi, and Nourishing Blood，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 6.，Deficiency of qi and blood, with isolated abdominal distension and edema.