Clear Water Decoction

Diaphragm-Relieving Pills，From *Remarkably Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 16.，For emotional stagnation and diaphragmatic obstruction; symptoms are triggered by consuming cold foods, manifesting as tight, painful sensations with a desire to vomit, inability to swallow food or drink, and in severe cases, cold hands and feet, shortness of breath, or rapid, labored breathing and retching.

Metal-Refining Decoction，*The Comprehensive Treatise on Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Swelling of the sclera, accompanied by pain day and night.

Ginseng and Double Ginger Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage contracted in winter, with diarrhea occurring 4–5 days later, cold hands and feet, and an absent pulse.

Lotus Root Paste Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 390.，For children with unrelenting thirst, excessive water intake, restlessness and thirst without appetite, as well as dry thirst associated with sores or smallpox, and mental agitation.

Menstrual Regulation Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，For delayed menstruation.

Decoction for Rescuing Yin and Regulating the Liver，Formula from *The Meridians and Lattices of Warm-Heat Diseases*, Volume 4; name cited in *Family Instructions on Laryngology*.，Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by high fever and thirst; a yellow or scorched-red tongue; convulsions; mental confusion and delirium; or cases where pathogenic factors have scorched the pericardium and … Read more

Sunflower Seed Ruzheng Powder，The formula is from *Sun Zhenren’s Maritime Formulas*; the name appears in *The Continuation of the Medical Lamp*, Volume 15.，For women experiencing difficult childbirth.

Pills for Dissolving Nodules and Draining Fluid，From *Compendium of Pills, Elixirs, Ointments, and Powders*, citing a formula by Li Dongyuan.，For damp-heat and various forms of dampness combined, manifesting as heaviness and pain in the lower back and knees, and swelling in the legs and feet.

Decoction for Harmonizing Yin and Regulating the Spleen，Formula attributed to Huang Jinfang, cited in Volume 3 of *Essentials of the Collection of Discussions on Syndromes, Causes, and Formulas*.，Stomach pain caused by uncontrolled yin fire, with a pulling pain in the chest.

White Stone Pigment Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 178.，Pediatric intestinal obstruction with discharge of pus and blood.

Aconite Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 48.，For cold hernia, abdominal pain, cold extremities, and body aches that cannot be relieved by acupuncture or other medications.

Postpartum Life-Saving Pills，From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).，Indicated for persistent lochia after childbirth, with tainted blood surging upward, resulting in mental confusion, delirium, loss of consciousness, sudden collapse with bleeding, and pain in the umbilical region and abdomen.

Jiu Zhen Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For genuine heart pain, cold hands and feet, and a face that alternates between pale and flushed.

Clove and Aloe Vera Pills，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 172.，For children suffering from convulsions and wasting disease, characterized by fever, flushed cheeks, dry and brittle hair, dry skin, restlessness, bloating, vomiting, and diarrhea, and mental agitation.

Enhanced Mouse-Stick Seed Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，A child with sores in the throat causing vomiting.

Use for washing as with the Sheng San formula，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 8.，For severe wind-induced disorders.

Ginseng Lung-Moistening Decoction，From *The Pocket Edition*, Volume 1, citing *The Holy Beneficence*.，For deficiency of lung qi, with persistent wheezing and coughing, as well as high fever and headache and body aches associated with typhoid fever.

Ophiopogon and Er Chen Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 82, citing *Ji Yan*.，For women with lung-fire cough accompanied by vomiting of phlegm and fluid retention.

Bear Bile Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，Hemorrhoidal fistulas. The wound does not close; the pus is thin and watery; the swelling is hard and persistent.

Scallion White and Licorice Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For swelling, pain, oozing pus and blood, and foul-smelling, putrid wounds following a bite injury.

Xuanshen Huadu Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，The toxin from epidemic macules has already fully erupted.

Fragrant Medicinal Pills，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 15.，For scrofula and sores.

Decoction for Clarifying Vision and Promoting Qi Circulation，From *Essential Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，For chronic eye disorders, such as ingrown eyelashes with redness and ulceration, or sudden, epidemic redness of the eyes.

Fetal-Harmonizing Decoction，*The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，For vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.

Wang’s Ephedra Decoction，*Essentials of the Treatment of Measles*, Volume 1.，For cases of measles where high fever is present at the onset and persists as a high fever until the rash appears.