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Spleen-Strengthening and Vitality-Consolidating Medicinal Wine，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Lanzhou Formula).，For men and women suffering from phlegm-induced wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, distension of the flanks, pain in the epigastrium, lower back, and legs; and for women with irregular menstruation, abdominal distension, and abdominal coldness.

Decoction of Minor Pinellia with Poria, Further Augmented with Magnolia Bark and Apricot Kernels，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 1.，For summer-heat conditions affecting both Taiyin channels, presenting with cough, a heavy and hoarse voice, copious phlegm, mild thirst, and a reluctance to drink even when thirsty.

Shibao Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For deficiency of the lower jiao, chronic accumulation of cold, dizziness, tinnitus, physical weakness, impotence, spontaneous sweating, and seminal leakage; as well as pulmonary atrophy with wheezing, coughing, and spitting blood, aversion to wind and cold, cold hands and feet, and all forms of consumptive disease with deficient vital … Read more

Heart-Kidney Nourishing Pills，From *Medical Canon* (Volume 1).，Nan Si.

Miraculous Fetal Preservation Pills，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 17.，For pregnant women with fetal instability, abdominal pain, and lower back soreness; or with a sensation of distension and heaviness; or with frequent threatened miscarriage during the third, fifth, or sixth months; or with spotting indicating an impending miscarriage.

Lian Shi Powder，Formula from *Supplement to the Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 5), citing *Minor Formulas*; name found in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 22).，For abscesses that are hard and swollen like stone, or as large as a walnut, with no change in color, or for “stone abscesses” that do not resolve. Toxic swelling causes unbearable pain.

Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Qi stagnation in the liver, with phlegm-qi circulating; fullness and distension under the ribs; sneezing accompanied by pain; spitting out phlegm in a soft voice, but unable to cough it up forcefully.

Dysentery-Stopping Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For bloody dysentery that has persisted for a long time without healing, rectal prolapse with bloody stools, qi deficiency with sinking of the viscera, and chronic diarrhea or dysentery.

Danggui-Lian Decoction，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Excessive heat generates phlegm; when phlegm accumulates over a long period, it obstructs the chest and diaphragm, causing turbid qi to rise to the eyes. Mild cases result in blurred vision; severe cases lead to corneal opacities.

Wu Ling San Without Cinnamon，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，Vomiting and diarrhea in infants.

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Deer Antler Decoction，From *Dictionary of Formulas*, citing *New Methods for Treating Children*.，In the early stages of smallpox, there is no severe fever; the complexion is slightly red or shows red spots; the skin feels slightly tender; and after 4–5 days, the rash has not yet erupted. The complexion appears haggard, resembling but … Read more

Enhanced Sanren-Scallion-Fermented Soybean Decoction，Formula from *Pu Fuzhou’s Medical Experience*; name cited in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*, Volume 1.，Combined Wind, Summer-Heat, and Dampness Syndrome (Type B Encephalitis).

Shenghua Dan，From *One Hundred Effective Surgical Formulas*, Volume 4.，For leprosy and epilepsy, characterized by loss of eyebrows, a collapsed nasal bridge, and widespread leprosy-like lesions on the body.

Bai Ji Powder，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Injury to the lung collaterals, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, and hemoptysis.

Five-Diaphragm Stomach-Reversal Powder，From *Li’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 4.，Five Diaphragms. Difficulty swallowing, vomiting, hiccups, excessive phlegm, throat obstruction, and fullness and pain in the chest and diaphragm.

Ginseng, Aconite, and Three Whites Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Yin-type rashes. In cases of internal injury to spleen yang, where yang is suppressed by yin, the spots are faint and sparse, mostly pale red in color, sometimes mixed with pale gray or a whitish sheen. There may be as many as six or seven … Read more

Liver-Clearing and Pain-Relieving Eye Wash Formula，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For eye disorders.

Dead Rat Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 66.，Rat-induced fistula.

Rouguo Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 6.，Dysentery with red and white stools.

Butiang Dazao Pills，*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 3.，

Gentian Herb Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 54), citing *Divine and Ingenious Formulas for Complete Cure*.，For typhoid fever with high fever, restlessness and pain in the joints, and distension, tightness, and hardness in the chest and both flanks extending to the heart, accompanied by inability to eat and the onset of jaundice.

Sima Lingtong Ointment，*Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，For all types of sores, ulcers, hemorrhoids, and fistulas.

Decoction for Clearing the Middle and Eliminating Malaria，*Medical Forest Pointing to the Moon*.，Early-stage malaria.

Soul-Soothing Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of qi and blood in the heart, combined with phlegm-fluid retention beneath the heart, leading to palpitations and insomnia.

Heat-Clearing Rhubarb Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in Volume 19 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For children with internal heat, manifesting as a yellow and emaciated appearance due to excess heat, constipation, poor appetite, and restlessness.