Chen’s Black Beard Pills

Epistaxis-Inducing Ephedra Powder，*The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，For internal and external eye disorders.

Decoction for Nourishing Earth and Protecting Metal，*Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Postpartum cough.

Safflower and Huang Bai Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods*, Volume 3; name cited in *Complete Record of the Medical Section*, Volume 193.，Swelling of the shins in women.

Xingxiong Powder，*Sources of Pediatric Diseases*, Volume 1.，For children with fever due to “bianzheng,” or cough with phlegm and saliva, and a stuffy nose with a hoarse voice.

Orpiment and Gallnut Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a time-tested family recipe passed down by Zhao Lewen.，Effective for all types of tinea, tinea manuum, and onychomycosis.

Enhanced Hundred Flowers Pills，*Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For persistent wheezing and coughing, or coughing up blood-tinged sputum; particularly suitable for those with deficiency constitutions; caused by emotional distress, excessive indulgence in alcohol and sexual activity, ascending deficiency-heat, resulting in coughing, wheezing, dry mouth, hoarseness, blood-tinged sputum, yin deficiency with lung injury, and afternoon tidal fevers.

Scorpion-Musk-White Pills，*Effective Remedies*, Volume 13.，For men and women with hemiplegia, numbness and stiffness in the limbs, deviation of the mouth and eyes, and congestion of phlegm; as well as for infantile convulsions, headaches in adults, cerebral palsy, and blood-wind disorders in women.

Cinnamon and Aconite Decoction for Stopping Leucorrhea，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*，Kidney deficiency syndrome. Black, thin, and profuse leukorrhea that persists continuously; irregular menstruation or even amenorrhea; menstrual blood is often dark and dull in color; no lower abdominal pain, but a sensation of coldness; soreness and weakness in the lower back; pale complexion; preference for … Read more

Deer Antler and Aconite Kidney-Nourishing Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 153), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，May cause loose stools and weakness.

Liver-Gallbladder Harmonizing Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 7.，Brow abscess.

Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Decoction，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，Chronic adnexitis, pelvic inflammatory disease. Lower abdominal pain, aching lower back, increased vaginal discharge.

Plantain Seed Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 103.，For wind-heat in the liver and kidneys, manifested as redness, swelling, drooping, and pain in the eyes, with the formation of a protruding membrane.

Single-Ingredient Rhubarb Powder，Formula from *Danxi’s Essentials of Treatment* (Vol. 3); name cited in *The Practical Essentials of Medicine* (Vol. 5).，Dizziness.

Moistening-the-Bowel Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，For constipation due to kidney deficiency, accompanied by a dry mouth and tongue, a swollen and sore throat, dizziness and blurred vision, a flushed face, and restlessness.

Chicken Liver Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” characterized by impotence and weakness of vital energy.

Sleep-Inducing Pill，From *Liu’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 10 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，Various forms of convulsions.

Decoction to Strengthen Fire and Nourish Earth，*Direct Pointers from Haojing*.，Chronic diarrhea due to deficiency of Spleen and Kidney Yang; Earth element deficiency fails to overcome dampness; dampness obstruction causes swelling; sallow-yellow complexion; fine and weak pulse.

Four-Treasure Pill，Formula appended to the second volume of *Essentials of Obstetrics*.，

Musk and Rhinoceros Horn Pill，From *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 37.，For children with urticaria; in severe cases, the condition resembles leprosy.

Chicken White Regulating Powder，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 7).，For children with typhoid fever or common cold presenting with chills and fever resembling malaria, which has not healed for a long time and has gradually developed into a steaming heat between the bones.

Coptis and Evodia Powder，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 10.，For children with diarrhea caused by indigestion of breast milk or food.

Hongxia Powder，From *The Complete Formulas for Infant Care*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 375.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, characterized by intermittent episodes, profuse salivation, and unpredictable onset and remission.

Immortal Golden Unparalleled Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations*.，For numbness in the hands and feet, pain in the lower back and legs, and injuries from falls or blows.

Peach Blossom Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，Cold, white, and stagnant dysentery with abdominal pain; chronic dysentery leading to debility and coldness.

Toon Bark Ointment，*The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.，Abdominal masses.