Kidney-Tonifying Stew

Cold-Dispelling Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For deficiency of qi and blood, with a constitution prone to cold; whenever exposed to even slight cold, the patient shrugs their shoulders.

Decoction of Ma Ya Xiao，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 123.，For “dog’s throat” syndrome—characterized by blocked breathing, swelling, pain, and near-fainting.

Gaoben Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 119.，Toothache.

Roasted Owl Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，Scrofula.

Baoyuan Huijiang Powder，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，In cases of smallpox where the body feels cool and the patient is calm, the serous stage is incomplete, the pustules gradually enlarge, and the scabs form unevenly.

Lychee Decoction，From *Yuanrong*.，

Eye-Washing Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For heat-toxin in the eyes causing eyelid swelling that obscures the pupils.

Instant-Effect Aquilaria Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For all kinds of malignant toxins, back abscesses, and boils—whether already ruptured or not yet ulcerated.

Fire-Reducing Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，Alcohol damages the heart and spleen, causing stagnation that manifests as dysuria, regardless of whether the discharge is red or white.

Chai-Fu Decoction，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Amenorrhea due to liver qi stagnation following a miscarriage, accompanied by distension or distending pain in the lower abdomen, pain in the lower abdomen, or breast distension.

Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Severe deficiency of qi and blood after childbirth, with concurrent deficiency of the liver and kidneys. Symptoms include swelling of the limbs, alternating chills and fever, shortness of breath and coughing, tightness in the chest and diaphragm, regurgitation of sour fluid, and pain in both flanks.

Lan Tai Powder，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 8, citing *Reliable and Effective Formulas for Preserving Life*.，For children with bone-consuming fever, restlessness in the bones and flesh and in the “five centers,” or excessive sleep—or even complete loss of sleep—following a serious illness or severe purgation.

Forsythia and Tangerine Peel Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，Lumps of phlegm and nodules beneath the crown of the head.

Phellodendron and Cinnamon Decoction，From *Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，Toxicity from bayberry has accumulated in the tendons, causing them to become gangrenous and fall off.

Jinqi Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 72.，For women with chronic blood stasis and stagnation who experience pain below the navel whenever their menstrual period arrives.

Foot-Soaking Alum Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 244.，For foot swelling affecting the heart.

Zhengxiao Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Excessive fire in the pericardium, causing uncontrollable, unprovoked laughter, or laughing to oneself in private—behavior unlike one’s usual disposition.

Qiangfang Xingbi Decoction，From Gu Songyuan’s empirical formula, as cited in *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For “Xingbi” (painful arthralgia).

Modified Chaihu-Gui-Jiang Decoction，*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For malaria characterized by fever followed by chills, with more chills than fever, or chills without fever.

Three Soap Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 27.，Acute exhaustion, restlessness, fever, and emaciation.

Hemorrhoid-Healing Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For internal and external hemorrhoids. Symptoms include pain, discharge, persistent nodules that do not resolve, ulceration with pus formation, the development of fistulas over time, and anal swelling and pain.

Yu Yuliang Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 36.，Deafness with pus.

Acacia and Scutellaria Powder，*Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For unstoppable uterine bleeding.

Si Miao Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 169，Clears toxins and reduces heat. Indicated for smallpox in children.

Fangfeng Tongqi Decoction，*Principles of Surgical Treatment: Supplementary Formulas*，In cases where scrofula fails to resolve and pus remains without coagulation, taking Ba Zhen Decoction brings only slight relief, followed by sudden pain in the shoulders and back, making it impossible to turn the head—this is caused by qi stagnation in the Bladder Meridian.