Red Ocher Paste

Snakehead Fish Soup，*Shenghui*, Volume 54.，Sudden swelling of the face and body, dryness in the small intestine, difficult bowel movements, and shortness of breath.

Coix Seed and Baijiang Decoction，Formula from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 23); name cited in *Zhang’s Medical Compendium* (Vol. 14).，Intestinal abscess.

Qu Powder with Wine，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 212.，For chronic cold dysentery where the stool is not pure white—caused by prolonged exposure to cold environments, leading to a long-standing condition that has caused both the spleen and stomach to become cold—with 50–60 bowel movements day and night and unbearable pain in the upper and lower … Read more

Two-Fragrance Coptis Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，Sudden onset of summer heat-induced cholera, characterized by restlessness, agitation, and oppression; or abdominal pain; spontaneous cold sweats; a deep pulse at the cun position; and cold hands and feet.

Yushuang Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5.，Indications: Deficiency and exhaustion of vital energy; depletion of the lower jiao; tautness and tightness in the abdomen and navel area; weakness and pain in the lower back and legs; mental fatigue; a withered and sallow complexion; or blood loss, night sweats, enuresis, seminal emission, spontaneous diarrhea, frequent … Read more

Ping Shun Qing Jie Yin，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，For cases where smallpox lesions have fully erupted, without concomitant qi deficiency or significant blood heat.

Ginseng-Added Shenghua Decoction，*Secret Manual of Ningguan*, Middle Volume.，Postpartum sweating and shortness of breath.

Real Lacquer Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，Severe leprosy.

Baoyuan Huajiao Pills，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For intestinal bleeding: after a bowel movement, pure, clear blood is passed rapidly like an arrow; there is no swelling or pain in the anus, but rumbling sounds are heard in the intestines.

Clove Decoction，From *Zhang’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 21 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, diarrhea and dysentery, pallor and sallow complexion due to cold injury, chest pain, restlessness of the viscera, and masses or lumps.

Modified Nourishing the Zang Decoction，From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，For dysentery.

Asafoetida Li Zhong Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For all types of stabbing pain caused by cold qi, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, cold stomach with vomiting, and cramping pain in the umbilical region and abdomen.

Immediate-Effect Powder，*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Surgical Conditions*.，Mastitis.

Dog Intestine Pills，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 23.，Hemorrhoids with fistula.

Blood-Harmonizing and Pathogen-Expelling Decoction，Formula by Shen Yueguang, cited in *The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，In cases of shanghan where heat has entered the blood chamber, resulting in qi stagnation and blood stasis, with chest tightness and abdominal distension and pain.

“Golden Unparalleled” Plaster，*Science of Traumatology in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For contusions and sprains, stagnation of qi and blood, and pain in tendons and bones.

Fangju Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，Fire-Induced Erythema.

Burdock Seed Soaked in Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind-related conditions.

Blue Leaf Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 18.，For febrile diseases with severe heat-toxin, accompanied by the appearance of blisters with black heads.

Single-Ingredient Dioscorea Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For consumptive fever, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, or loose stools resulting from difficulty urinating, as well as all conditions involving deficiency of the Yin.

Cao Xiang San，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，Eye disorders that worsen at night, or cases where the application of bitter-cold ointments exacerbates the condition, as well as liver-deficiency-induced cold tears and photophobia.

Astragalus and Raw Rehmannia Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 10.，Rheumatism. Failure of yang qi to rise, fatigue in the limbs, wandering body pain, sweating in the genital area, and reluctance to speak.

Six-Ash Ointment，*Zhunsheng: Treatment of Sores*, Volume 1.，For back abscesses, carbuncles, boils, swollen toxic sores, leprous sores, hemorrhoids, moles, and warts.

Huangqin Xie Bai San，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Excessive and unguarded sexual activity causes “fire in water” to harm the Metal element, resulting in internal injury and pain in the armpits; heat in the Lung meridian leads to heat accumulation and difficulty in urination. It treats flank pain caused by latent fire in … Read more

Decoction for Treating Both Water and Fire，*Essentials of Stroke Treatment*.，In cases of extreme kidney deficiency combined with excessive heart fire, leading to a sudden collapse resembling a stroke, accompanied by intense thirst with a strong urge to drink, red eyes, shortness of breath, a forceful and throbbing heart pulse, and an inability to speak.