Castor Bean Decoction

Qi-Tonifying and Symptom-Relieving Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For summer heat-induced illness characterized by fever and chills, headache and dizziness, as well as digestive disorders resulting in vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

Su Xue Dan，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 5.，Yangming syndrome with fever, eye pain, dry nose, insomnia, chest distress, and thirst.

Decoction for Harmonizing Dampness，From *Medical Forest Essentials*, cited in Volume 3 of *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*.，Cold-dampness.

Melt-in-the-Mouth Pill，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 7.，For yin deficiency with chronic cough.

Thich Nhat Hanh’s Secret Elixir，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 265.，

Cough-Relief Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For a persistent cough that will not subside.

Scutellaria and Anemarrhena Decoction，Formula from *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2; name cited in *Yi Tong*, Volume 44.，Fire-induced cough. A summer cough characterized by audible phlegm, fire-induced redness of the face.

Almond and Radish Seed Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2; name cited in *Jingyue’s Complete Book*, Volume 54.，For cough caused by stagnant qi and excessive phlegm.

Huanyuan Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.，

Iron Bullet Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 7.，Effective for all types of wind disorders: paralysis, sudden stroke, and numbness; skin wind toxins causing lumps, swelling, and pain; migraines and brain wind; women’s blood wind attacks; itching or pain in the limbs; and stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen.

Modified Huoming Decoction，*The True Explanation of Surgery*, Volume 1.，Initial stage of a toxin that is half yin and half yang.

Secretly Transmitted Miraculous Powder，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，Tooth decay.

Yi’er Bing，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 7.，For childhood abdominal masses.

Yuqing Pills，From *Compilation of Extraordinary Formulas*, Volume 2.，

Awakening Decoction，*Causes, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Postpartum blood deficiency with wind-heat, manifesting as fever and drowsiness.

Qianghuo and Bai Zhi Decoction，*The Handy Guide*, Volume 1.，Headaches caused by headaches, common colds, or exposure to wind; all types of headaches.

Black Dog Skull Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For contusions, bruises, and sores that have not healed for a long time.

Dai Zhang Dan，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，

Chenpi and Zhuru Decoction，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 12.，For vomiting following smallpox.

Xiangfu-Xuanfu Flower Decoction，*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 3.，For latent summer heat or damp-heat causing flank pain, with or without cough, no chills, but only tidal fevers, or alternating chills and fever resembling malaria.

“Worry-Free for All Illnesses” Wine，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 4.，

Decoction for Clearing Metal and Resolving Skin Fungus，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 2.，Indicated for deficient fire rising upward, excessive lung metal energy, dryness and itching in the throat, red threads and small nodules entangling the throat, difficulty swallowing, mild pain, and—if prolonged—hoarseness and loss of voice.

Bamboo Root Decoction，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 27 of *Wai Tai*.，For diabetes with excessive thirst and frequent urination.

Powder for Inducing Vomiting of Breast Milk，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For children with stagnation in the spleen and stomach: vomiting after consuming milk or food; vomiting due to exposure to cold; vomiting due to exposure to dampness; vomiting due to exposure to heat.

Modified Tiger Bone Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，White Tiger Decoction for various types of wind-induced joint pain that is unbearable day and night.