Ginseng and Astragalus Qi-Tonifying Decoction

Yeming Sand Ointment，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 22.，Boils and abscesses.

“Removing the Fire from Under the Cauldron” Powder，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，For stomatitis caused by deficient fire. Symptoms include a pale-red mouth, white patches with fine spots throughout the mouth, mild ulceration, visible cracks, night sweats, no thirst, loose stools, frequent urination, a red tongue without coating, and a weak pulse.

Eight Gentlemen Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For spleen deficiency complicated by damp phlegm, manifested during menstruation as red and white leukorrhea—which may be discharged with the menstrual blood or occur intermittently on its own.

Rusted Knife Powder，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 133), citing *Effective Formulas Based on Experience*.，For all cases of dysuria and burning sensation where medication has proven ineffective.

Gua Sha Dan，*Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.，For men and women suffering from various deficiencies and weakness, restlessness of the heart, disturbed sleep, pain in the hands and feet, stiffness in the lower back and knees, and difficulty walking; for women with edema affecting the heart, causing vomiting of medicine and food, … Read more

Body-Protecting Decoction，From *The Secret Formulas of the Blue Satchel*, Volume 2.，In cases of syphilis, after taking detoxifying medications, a sore develops on the glans penis, which becomes ulcerated and sloughs off, with the shaft also becoming ulcerated.

Kidney-Restoring Powder，Formula attributed to Ren Jixue, as cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Renal insufficiency (deficiency of both yin and yang). Symptoms include edema with scant urine, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, poor appetite, shortness of breath, inability to lie flat, dry mouth without desire to drink, soreness in the lower back and cold knees, cold … Read more

Four-Ingredient Baoyuan Decoction，*New Compilation of Proven Formulas*, Volume 11.，Boil toxins; deficiency of ying and wei qi and blood, with insufficient heat.

Pig Manure Powder，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 4.，Sores on the feet that are swollen, painful, and itchy; when scratched open, they ooze fluid incessantly. Genital sores caused by intense, deficient fire in the kidneys; sores spreading throughout the body with profuse pus and fluid, particularly severe on the legs; fatigue and unbearable itching; … Read more

Old Stork Grass Ointment，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For rheumatic numbness, stiffness in the joints and bones, pain in the hands and feet, and itching under the skin.

Gastric Qi-Stagnation Relief Pills，From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).，Indications: Fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, epigastric discomfort with acid regurgitation, fatigue in the limbs, pain in the flanks, loss of appetite, weak stomach and intestines, and general stagnation.

Ginger and Cardamom Powder，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 17.，Symptoms include chest fullness and abdominal distension, uncontrollable severe diarrhea, and occasional dry heaving.

Perilla and Ginseng Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Vol. 124.，Heat in the upper burner, with dryness and deficiency of body fluids, resulting in a dry and sore throat and pharynx.

Guangji Pill，*The Collection of Divine Remedies*, Volume 4.，

Anying Decoction，From *Hao Yazi Zun Sheng*, Volume 14.，Gonorrhea.

Pain-Relieving Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，Indicated for liver qi rebellion with fullness, distending pain in both flanks, epigastric distension and pain, various types of hernia with swelling and pain, stabbing pain in the chest and diaphragm, menstrual pain in women, pain in the lower back and legs, and hemoptysis … Read more

Zhishi Compress Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 11.，Wind-induced white rash.

Clove-Spleen-Strengthening Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，Weakness of spleen qi, poor appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools, and intestinal rumbling.

Wood Fragrance and Rhinoceros Horn Pills，Quoted from *Jin Xiao* in Volume 5 of *Wai Tai*.，

Regulating and Dispersing Decoction，From *Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，When a child’s smallpox or measles has already broken out, if the condition is complicated by exposure to wind and cold, leading to disharmony of the Nuturing and Defensive Qi, or if it is caused by undigested food, resulting in internal qi stagnation, the lesions may … Read more

Jie Jiao Decoction，Quoted from *Tan Shi Shu Sheng* in Volume 14 of *New Book on the Care of Infants* (classical edition).，For a child who has had typhoid fever for two days, presenting with high fever at onset, cold limbs, and symptoms that are milder in the morning and more severe in the evening.

Secretly Transmitted Divine Immortal Mass-Dissolving Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10 (Supplementary Collection of Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，In children, an imbalance between cold and heat, irregular breastfeeding, or consumption of raw and cold foods, fruits, or sticky foods can lead to a weak spleen and stomach that cannot digest properly. This impairs the … Read more

Spleen-Warming Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Rash* (Volume 1).，Chronic spleen wind in children.

Fire-Expelling Pill，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，Burns from hot liquids or fire.

Licorice and Phellodendron Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，Sores and ulcers.