Changzhong Decoction

Pills for Relieving Fullness，*Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，For epigastric fullness and distension, including all types of injuries and chronic conditions that have not healed over the years.

Calm the Spirit and Nourish the Heart Pills，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，For insomnia, forgetfulness, dizziness, tinnitus, and palpitations caused by excessive worry or neurasthenia.

Shunliu Zi Pills，Quoted from *Fan Wang’s Formulas* in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，For all diseases involving retained fluid and undigested food, hidden pain beneath the heart, restlessness and pain in the limbs, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries” in men, and residual postpartum ailments in women.

Shark Skin Powder，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 28 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of possession by ghosts or gu, and for toxic conditions with unpredictable manifestations.

Cicada Shell Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，Accumulation of blood and qi leads to body odor.

Sweet Milk Porridge，Formula by Chen Tingqing, cited in *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 8.，For the prevention and treatment of senility, physical debility, malnutrition, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.

Spleen-Nourishing and Stomach-Warming Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Datong Formula).，Pain in the epigastric region, distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, loss of appetite, a sensation of fullness and discomfort after eating, distension in both flanks, belching, and acid regurgitation.

Decoction of the Two Atractylodes，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 9.，For chronic dysentery with stools resembling congealed snot, accompanied by a slow and weak pulse.

Formula for Excessive Malaria，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，For early-stage malaria with prolonged, persistent chills and fever.

Complete Nose Powder，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，Syphilis sores result from the accidental ingestion of mercury oxide, which hides its toxicity internally; when the toxin manifests in the nose, the patient feels a foul odor surging out of the nostrils. On the second day, the nose turns black, and the sense of smell is lost.

White Snail Shell Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 4.，Pain in the epigastrium due to phlegm accumulation.

Angelica and Rehmannia Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.，For women with red and white vaginal discharge.

Zhi Bai Fu Ling Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Spring-heat syndrome: fire pathogen invades the bladder; following a common cold and sweating, the stomach becomes dry, leading to thirst and a desire to drink water.

Lung-Clearing Platycodon Decoction，From *Shortcuts in Surgical Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Lung Abscess.

Divine Immortal Bi Xia Pill，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For cataracts, both internal and external; sudden redness of the eyes; eye discharge and tearing; blurred vision; and corneal opacities.

Decoction for Clearing the Exterior and Dispelling Toxins，From *Records on the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 19.，

Huangjing and Rehmannia Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.，

Cimicifuga and Asarum Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For toothache caused by wind.

Hui Chun Dan，From *Xie Liheng’s Effective Home Remedies*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, spasms and tremors, internal and external tetany, pathogenic heat from typhoid fever, rashes accompanied by restlessness, phlegm-induced wheezing and shortness of breath, the five types of epilepsy with phlegm-induced syncope, constipation, hematuria, and all conditions involving loss of consciousness.

Toxicity-Clearing Cooling Decoction，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 33.，Smallpox.

Shanying White Ointment，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of swollen, toxic, and malignant sores, joint pain, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and various injuries from blows or falls.

Pepper and Aconite Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 150.，For women suffering from hemiplegia, one-sided muscle atrophy, slurred speech, slight drooping of the mouth and eyes, or difficulty moving.

Iron Scoop Powder，From *The New Book for the Young* (Vol. 31), citing a formula by Master Mao.，For hernia in children, lift the external testicles.

Moistening Blood Decoction，*Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 5.，Dysphagia caused by blood stagnation.

Gynecological Golden Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).，For physical weakness and blood deficiency, irregular menstruation, erratic menstrual cycles, lower back and back pain, abdominal pain, indigestion, vomiting, nausea, spontaneous sweating, and night sweats.