Purslane and Bamboo Leaf Soup

Blood-Expelling Four-Ingredient Decoction，*Song of Life Preservation* (Baoming Ge), Volume 11.，Diseases caused by blood stasis. Weakness in the limbs; normal appetite but red stools; pulse deep and wiry-knotted.

Red-and-White Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 8.，For scrofula that has not yet ruptured.

Formula for Internal Resolution of Mammary Lymph Nodules，From *Formulas of the Zongfutang*, Volume 4.，Mammary scrofula.

Taiping Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For abscesses and swellings—whether already ulcerated or not—accompanied by unrelenting pain, or for extremely painful sores and ulcers.

Ji Ji Huo Tan Decoction，From *Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 1.，For headaches with cold extremities and cold sweats, phlegm accumulation in the uterine vessels, fixed gaze and clenched jaw, and cold hands and feet not extending beyond the elbows and knees—indicating yin deficiency with internal heat.

San Zheng Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 11); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 174).，In cases of “rice mass,” the patient constantly craves rice; if unable to obtain rice, clear fluid will flow from the chest.

Xiangru Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Vol. 199, citing *Yi Fang Ji Cheng*.，For malaria, heatstroke, cholera, dysentery, and headache.

Fu Ling Wu Pi San，*Compendium of Miasma Disorders*, Volume 4.，Edema; spleen deficiency with diarrhea and dysentery.

Rhinoceros Horn and Three Yellows Decoction，From *Supplementary Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，For children with “running horse teeth” stomatitis that has already ulcerated and become foul-smelling and putrid.

Cimicifuga and Four Substances Decoction，*Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，To treat toothache due to blood deficiency.

Red Bean Drink，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，In cases of threatened miscarriage, once the bleeding stops, the fetus dies.

Phlegm-Toxin Obstructing the Head，*Supplement to Chuan Ya*, Volume 1.，Malaria.

Bone-Protecting Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，For those who are quarrelsome and combative, or who act recklessly without regard for their safety, or who bleed without realizing it, resulting in internal injuries to the tendons and bones; when wind invades the skin, causing aversion to cold, fever, headache, and pain in the flanks.

Pus-Draining Powder，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 28.，Hemorrhoidal abscess.

Three-Section Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，For beriberi, hemiplegia, rheumatoid arthritis, and pain with loss of coordination in the hands and feet.

Eye-and-Nose Powder，From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.，Eye opacities.

Cinnamon Twig Decoction with Aconite and Safflower，From *Yunqizi’s Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For women with typhoid fever involving both the Taiyang exterior syndrome and the Shaoyin root syndrome, presenting with exterior deficiency, spontaneous sweating, a cool body, stiffness and rigidity in the limbs, a deep and slow pulse, and menstruation that has just ceased.

Goat Gallbladder Ointment，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，Hemorrhoids with fistulas, anal sores; eye pain.

Great Wind-Calming Pearl，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，For cases where pathogenic heat has lingered for a long time, depleting true yin; or due to improper treatment of the exterior or reckless purgation; resulting in mental fatigue, emaciation, a weak pulse and vital energy, a crimson tongue with scant coating, and a … Read more

Minor White Atractylodes Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Wind invades the middle jiao, causing diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Ningjing Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，For symptoms of palpitations characterized by restlessness, mental confusion, and incessant anxiety.

Decoction of Ginger, Angelica, Cinnamon, Ginseng, and Licorice，*Lü Fa*, Volume 2.，For sudden and severe cold invasion; after taking the Aconite and Dried Ginger Decoction or the Aconite, Dried Ginger, Angelica, and Cinnamon Decoction, when yang qi is about to return and the yin cold has been partially dispelled.

Three Spirits Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，Bad breath in children due to dental caries.

Tongguan Yunqi Tuoli Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 15), citing *The Forty-Eight Signs*.，Shanghan (typhoid fever) complicating into sores and rashes.

Angelica and Forsythia Decoction，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For dental disorders where opening the mouth to catch a draft causes severe pain, there is wind-pathogen in the stomach and intestines; if opening the mouth emits an unbearable stench, there is accumulated heat in the stomach and intestines.