Formulas Name : Chen Gan Decoction
Chinese Name : 陈甘饮
5 qian of dried tangerine peel (with pith removed), 1 qian of licorice.
From *Yao Lan*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xian Nian Ji*.
For the initial stage of a breast abscess.
Decoct with equal parts water and liquor, then take orally.
Chen Gan Decoction，From *Yao Lan*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xian Nian Ji*.，For the initial stage of a breast abscess.
Tianma Dan，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 4.，For all types of wind-induced paralysis and Bai Hu Lijie Feng.
Lingxi Pill，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For all types of wind disorders, slurred speech, and mental confusion.
Bingyu Powder，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Tooth decay, toothache, mouth sores, bleeding gums, and sore throat.
Siwu Decoction with Polygala and Dendrobium，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Excessive blood loss after childbirth, followed by resuming physical labor too soon, resulting in physical weakness and fever.
Yi Yin Quan Xiao San，From *The Record of the Cock’s Crow*.，All types of swollen abscesses.
Tung Flower Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 13.，Hemorrhoids.
Family-Transmitted Zhi-Shu-Yue-Ju Pills，*Songs on Preserving Life* (Volume 11).，
Four Substances and Safflower Decoction，*Essentials of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，Eye injury caused by a thorn from a plant.
Throat-Relieving Yellow Powder，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 4.，Throat Sore.
Horse-Reins Ash Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 140.，For gunshot wounds and cases where an arrow has penetrated the flesh and cannot be removed, accompanied by swelling and pain.
Taiyi Divine Essence Pill，*Qian Jin*, Volume 12.，Effective for dysentery, abdominal pain and distension, post-mortem syndrome with aversion to wind, mania and delirium with “ghost-like speech,” poisonous spells and demonic afflictions, warm malaria, and all forms of malignant toxins.
Eight-Treasure Pill for Inhalation into the Throat，From *The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 2.，All types of throat disorders, both external and internal.
Sacred Spirit Bone-Mending Pill，*Complete Collection of the Blue Sack*, Volume 1.，
Decoction for Mild Wind-Induced Disorders，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，For edema-induced numbness and cramping, wind-toxin invasion, and pain in the lower back and legs.
Scorpion Tail and Stinger，*A Rational Analysis of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23.，For sudden tinnitus accompanied by hearing loss.
Twelve-Ingredient Rehmannia Decoction，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Blood-wind sores: caused by internal dry heat, external invasion by wind-pathogens, and the interaction of wind and dampness, manifesting as nodules—sometimes the size of millet grains—accompanied by uncontrollable itching; when ruptured, they ooze a greasy fluid; excessive body fluids form patches; urination is irregular; there … Read more
Dingtu Pills，From *Tan Shi Shu Sheng*, cited in Volume 27 of *Youyou Xinshu*.，For children with food-induced convulsions, gastric discomfort, vomiting of milk or food, or heat in the chest and heart.
Miraculous Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.，Chronic stagnation of pathogenic qi, discomfort in the chest and heart, vomiting, phlegm regurgitation, and distension and pain in the flanks.
Heart-Kidney Mutual Tonification Pills，From *Huiyue*, Volume 7.，For deficiency of both the Heart and Kidney, manifested as mental confusion, nocturnal emissions, weak knees, and restless sleep.
Green Turtle Pills，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 13.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.
Shuangyu Pills，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 26.，For cases where stomach fire afflicts the lungs, causing shortness of breath and wheezing, which inevitably recur every summer.
Fire-Harmonizing Decoction，From *New Book on Child Care*, Volume 2.，A child has a dry earwax plug in the ear, with neither pus nor discharge, and pain like a needle prick; if left untreated for a long time, the ear may become scorched and withered, leading to deafness.
Jixiang Decoction，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 21 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with spleen-stomach deficiency, loss of appetite, and emaciation.
Detoxifying Daqing Decoction，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For a carbuncle where improper moxibustion has forced the toxin inward, causing restlessness and incoherent delirium.
Five Dragons Ointment，From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 279.，For scabies and tinea.
Chen Gan Decoction,For the initial stage of a breast abscess.