Chai-Ling-Zhi-Zi Decoction

Cicada Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For children with convulsions and epilepsy that occur frequently, persist for a long time without remission, and are accompanied by emaciation.

Sweet Pear Decoction，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 30), citing *Simple Formulas*; name found in *Songfeng’s Discourse on Epidemics* (Vol. 5).，For typhoid fever and epidemic fever.

Jujube Seed and Polygala Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，For restlessness due to deficiency, inability to sleep, insufficiency of true yang, and loss of mental stability.

Perilla and Tangerine Pills，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 23. This is an alternative name for “Su-Ju Da-Wan” in *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Indicated for internal dampness resulting from excessive consumption of raw and cold foods during the summer months.

Croton Smoke，*Treasury of Eastern Medicine: Chapter on External Conditions*, Volume 2, citing *Danxi’s Heart Method*.，For life-threatening cases of throat obstruction requiring immediate relief.

Poria, Tangerine Peel, and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Selected Essentials of Medicine*.，For those with excessive dampness and stagnant qi, resulting in a hoarse voice.

Cow Ghee Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，If labor has not occurred after several days and the fetus is pressing upward against the heart, causing a near-fatal sensation,

Internal Assistance Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Rash* (Dou Zhen Hui Tong), Volume 4.，For smallpox where, upon the initial appearance of spots, vomiting and diarrhea occur simultaneously, and the spots are grayish-white in color.

Paulownia Leaf Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Severe leprosy.

Erhuang Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 110.，Inverted eyelashes, clenched fists, and redness and ulceration at the corners of the eyes.

Xanthium Powder，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 29.，Boils.

Daqing Disinfecting Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 3, citing *Shan Fan Fang*.，The epidemic lasts from 3 to 7 days without abating; the body feels hot, and people infect one another.

Secret Formula for Cleansing the Heart Powder，From *Longmu Collection of Ophthalmology by Daoist Baoguang*.，For eye pain accompanied by fever. Wind-pathogen invades the skin pores; dampness competes with it, causing stagnation in both eyelids, resulting in intermittent redness and pain in the eyes.

Deer Antler Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，For severe wind-induced disorders and the leakage of vital essence.

Bamboo Shavings Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 3.，For postpartum restlessness, headache, shortness of breath to the point of near collapse, and persistent, inexplicable mental agitation.

Honey Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For Yangming syndrome with spontaneous sweating; if the patient has been made to sweat and urination is unimpeded, this indicates internal depletion of body fluids. Although the condition appears severe, it must not be treated with purgation.

Yi-Gui Yu-Xie Decoction，From *Zhang Jiechun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*, Volume 2.，Crab-Eye Syndrome. The crab-eye is soft and flattened, with a gradual onset and mild pain; this falls under the category of deficiency syndrome.

Great Black Divine Powder，From *Simple and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 235.，Various postpartum ailments in women.

Acacia Pod Decoction Pills，From *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 2.，For sores, abscesses, scrofula, scabies, tinea, redness, swelling, and other skin lesions.

Purple Clay Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jinan Formula).，For cold pain in the stomach that comes and goes intermittently.

Xiangjin Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 149.，Bee stings.

Da Shun Powder，From *The Bureau’s Formulas*, Volume 2.，For heatstroke and summer heat, excessive fluid intake, dampness affecting the spleen and stomach, failure to distinguish between water and food, mixing of clear and turbid substances, reversal of yin and yang qi, and cholera with vomiting; for disharmony between cold and heat in the viscera, diarrhea with … Read more

Alternative Formula: Red Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For all types of abdominal masses and pain in the chest and abdomen; for women experiencing excessive blood and qi surges.

Rhubarb and Pharbitis Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume Middle.，The energy of the “mutual fire” (xiang huo) roams through the viscera, causing severe constipation.

Sulfur Pain-Relieving Ointment，From *Medical Truth Made Easy*, Volume 5, citing *Formulas from the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*.，Gout affecting the joints, causing pain in the limbs.