Agarwood and Gastrodia Decoction

Four Tigers Powder，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 22.，For abscesses that are hard and swollen, as thick as cowhide, and painful only when pressed.

Lung-Nourishing and Cough-Relieving Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Yuxian Formula).，Indicated for deficiency of both qi and blood, accompanied by fever, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath, and cough with phlegm.

Menstrual Bleeding-Relieving Pills，From *Essential Supplements to Medical Practice*, Middle Volume.，For severe damp-heat leading to hemorrhoids with fistula.

Tooth-Strengthening Stone Swallow Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 7.，For loose gums and teeth, weak kidneys causing sparse teeth, or bleeding and erosion.

Modified Qianjin Sishi Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For spleen and stomach disorders.

Da Guanzhong Pingwei Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 83.，Women with parasites in the genital tract, experiencing intermittent pain and itching.

Tou Gu Dan，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For abscesses on the back that have ruptured and are oozing pus, as well as abdominal pain due to stomach cold.

Five-Galle and Bitter Alum Powder，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Athlete’s foot.

Chicken Comb Powder for Urinary Discharge，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，Five types of hemorrhoids. Swelling and pain around the anus, or the formation of “mouse’s teats,” or fistulas, or sores that persist without healing and develop into chronic fistulas.

Dissolving Phlegm Powder，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，A person who has always been healthy in eating and drinking suddenly develops diabetes, drinking several dou of water daily, eating twice as much as usual, and urinating frequently; taking medications for diabetes only worsens the condition—this indicates deficiency-heat in the spleen.

Fenugreek Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 8 (Supplementary Collection of Secret Formulas from the Bureau’s Practical Experience).，For adults and children suffering from small intestine qi, coiled intestine qi, rushing pig qi, hernia, testicular swelling and prolapse, a mass in the lower abdomen shaped like an egg that moves up and down, unbearable pain, or … Read more

Lunshi Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，Horse-Spleen Wind. Residual toxins from a rash that have not dissipated, accompanied by phlegm and fire, linger in the pericardium and spread to the lungs, causing sudden collapse and loss of consciousness, with a twisted mouth and eyes, convulsions of the hands and … Read more

Decoction for Reducing Redness and Clearing Toxins，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，Fever persists for 3–4 days without subsiding; primary lesions vary in size; may present as red or purplish macules, blackish-red and withered patches; or accompanied by lower back pain.

Zhi Xi Decoction，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，Shortness of breath due to qi deficiency occurs when the true qi of the lower jiao is on the verge of depletion but has not yet been completely exhausted; thus, it rises upward, causing a state of breathlessness.

Shijunzi Cake，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 399.，Caused by consuming coarse meat; fatty and sweet foods generate heat; resulting in emaciation and physical weakness, with clear saliva flowing from the mouth, a purplish hue between the lips, abdominal colic, and black worms emerging from the mouth and nose—a condition that is otherwise untreatable.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin Powder，*Zhunsheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.，Fetal movement during pregnancy, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

Eye-Brightening and Longevity Pills，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For red eyes caused by intense liver fire.

Tuo Hua Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Women nearing delivery should take this formula beforehand. It also treats prolonged labor or retained dead fetus.

Immediate-Effect Blue Pearl Pill，*Compendium of Surgical Arts*, Volume 1.，For malignant sores within the first 2–3 days of onset, or for abscesses and carbuncles that have formed for around ten days but have not yet discharged pus—manifesting as symptoms similar to typhoid fever, such as headache, restlessness and thirst, muscle stiffness, chills, body aches, nausea and … Read more

Donghua Yusu，*Classification of Syndromes and Treatment Methods*, Volume 5.，Severe leprosy.

Magnolia Decoction，From *Yan Nian*, cited in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，For heat-phlegm-fluid accumulation and qi stagnation, manifested as fullness and pain in both flanks and inability to eat.

Brightness-Dispelling-Cloud Ingot，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 12.，Effective for all eye diseases, both chronic and acute.

Small Golden Thread Ointment，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 34.，For boils, abscesses, and toxic swellings.

Suqing Dan，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 1. An alternative name for “Suqing Pills” in *Effective Treatments*, Volume 13.，Stroke; severe obstruction by wind-phlegm; paralysis of the limbs; infantile convulsions.

Lung-Soothing Decoction，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 65.，Deficiency of both the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, fever with spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath due to lung deficiency, and cough with phlegm.