Cicada Sheds and Licorice Decoction

Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Coptis Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For pregnant women with dysentery, if measures to stabilize the pregnancy are taken, the dysentery worsens; if the dysentery is treated, the pregnancy may be at risk. This decoction should be taken.

Chuanxiong-Lianqiao Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，For cerebral wind, nasal congestion, occasional clear nasal discharge, stiffness in the neck and back, and prolonged dizziness.

Ox Bile Wind-Dispelling Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，For severe leprosy.

Fire-Clearing and Blood-Cooling Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 1.，Hemoptysis.

Eight-Ingredient Rehmannia Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，In one’s youth, due to careless indulgence in alcohol and sexual activity, compounded by emotional distress, a headache develops that is not particularly severe but is triggered by exertion, cold, or heat; if sexual activity is added to these factors, the head feels heavy and one … Read more

Chronic Hepatitis Pills，*Beijing Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*.，Chronic hepatitis, protracted hepatitis, generalized weakness, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, and pain in the hepatic region.

Great Divine Treasure Pill，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju* (Volume 24), citing *Yu Yi Cuo Yao*.，All types of wind disorders.

Ten-Ash Pills，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 6.，For metrorrhagia and unstoppable vaginal bleeding.

Ginseng and Platycodon Decoction，From *Essentials of Shanghan*.，For cases of cold damage where yin energy has already become excessive, with a weak pulse at the Cun position before the Guan position and a strong pulse at the Guan position and beyond; aversion to wind; no spontaneous sweating; and onset occurring after the Grain in Ear solar … Read more

Soap and Salt Decoction，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For cholera where vomiting and diarrhea have not yet occurred.

Pounded Ginger Cake，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 104), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For gastric reflux and diaphragmatic qi stagnation.

Zhi-Shu Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 48.，For conditions caused by retained fluid, postpartum mild deficiency with edema, and distension and fullness in the chest and heart—known as “qi-division” disorders.

Effective Blowing Formula，From *Collection of Effective Formulas*, Volume 1.，Sore throat.

Schisandra Chopped Powder，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 5.，For cold-induced wheezing and cough due to lung deficiency.

Miraculous Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 79.，Ten Types of Dampness.

Chuanlian-Poria Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 5.，For heart deficiency affected by cold, presenting with fever, restlessness, cold hands and feet, swelling in the chest and abdomen, wheezing and coughing, spontaneous sweating, and in severe cases, bloody stools.

Toxin-Clearing Pills，From *Essentials of Verified Prescriptions*, cited in Volume 6 of *The Great Treasure of Health*.，For injuries caused by snakes, scorpions, centipedes, and the like, as well as various toxic conditions.

Liver-Nourishing Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，For sunken pupils.

Yixiang Sishen Powder，From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 212.，For women and young maidens with irregular blood and qi, as well as various disorders before and after childbirth.

Gout Decoction，From *Formulas of Zhu Liangchun*，Promotes blood circulation and diuresis. Indicated for accumulated dampness and retained phlegm, as well as blood stasis and qi stagnation.

Qinggan Powder，*Essential Supplements to Medical Practice*, Middle Volume.，For lower-body sores.

Chong Pulse Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.，For women aged fifty or older whose breast abscess has just healed but has subsequently ruptured, preventing full recovery.

Chaihu and Gypsum Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2.，For external invasion of wind-heat, combined disorders of the Shaoyang and Yangming channels, characterized by high fever and aversion to wind, headache and body aches, nasal congestion and dry throat, thirst and restlessness, coughing and spontaneous sweating, with a floating and slow pulse. For epidemic plague, … Read more

Shenbao Pills，From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 4 of *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*.，Pain in the heart and diaphragm, abdominal pain, pain caused by blood stasis, difficulty urinating, bloody dysentery, organ toxicity, shortness of breath, pain in the flanks due to kidney qi, constipation, choking on qi, and undigested food. For women with lower abdominal pain … Read more

Wu Chen Pills，*Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，For pain caused by qi reversal, or unstoppable bloody stools.