Dampness-Eliminating Decoction

Cinnamon and Apricot Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，For coughing and inability to speak.

Perilla Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 45); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 244).，Berket ascending to the heart, causing restlessness and disorientation, shortness of breath, and an inability to sit or lie down.

Zhenren Antai Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.，

Ginseng and Cinnamon Nourishing the Blood Pills，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*.，For deficiency of qi and blood, palpitations and forgetfulness, night sweats and fever, hair loss and shortness of breath, fatigue and emaciation, and dark, scanty urine; as well as for excessive sweating, muscle twitching, and body tremors.

Arthritis Decoction No. 2，*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Prescriptions*.，Rheumatoid arthritis, deficiency-cold pattern: joint pain with a sensation of cold; pain worsens with exposure to cold or physical exertion; white tongue coating; deep and tight pulse.

Raw Jun Powder，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 5; name cited in *New Compilation of Proven Formulas* (Yanfang Xinbian), Volume 11.，For boils, abscesses, sores, and carbuncles accompanied by redness, swelling, and burning pain; for pain in the lower back and legs; and for injuries from falls or blows.

Kidney-Nourishing and Tonifying Pills，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3.，For consumptive disorders.

Intestinal Astringent Pills，*Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 50.，For children with bloody or mucoid diarrhea accompanied by frequent tenesmus.

Saliva-Dissolving Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For stroke, sudden collapse, phlegm and saliva obstructing the airways, and loss of consciousness.

Golden Gallbladder Pills，From *Jing Miao Liang Fang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 379.，For all types of malnutrition and accumulation in children.

Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For unbearable pain in the chest and abdomen resembling a food-induced illness; or for sudden onset of severe food-induced illness causing agitation and stabbing pain so intense it feels like death.

Realgar and *Lü Ru* Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 346.，For breast abscesses caused by lactation-related inflammation in women.

Three-Qi Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of blood and qi, with the three pathogenic factors—wind, cold, and dampness—invading the body through a state of vulnerability, resulting in extreme pain and stiffness in the tendons, bones, and joints, as well as “crane-knee” pain following dysentery.

Decoction for Clearing Fire，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，Fire is stagnant within the viscera; it seeks to escape but cannot. The skin and orifices of the entire body feel as if being pierced by needles, and there is pain both inside and outside the joints, which is slightly relieved by patting with cold water.

Small Tangerine Peel Decoction Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 101, citing *Dan Liao*.，Loss of appetite.

Su Fang Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Ulcer Medicine*, Volume 4. An alternative name for the “Su Fang Mu Powder” cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 6, from *The Collection of Sores and Ulcers*.，To treat anal abscesses.

Enhanced Angelica and Chuanxiong Decoction，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，For women experiencing vaginal discharge after menstruation.

Feng Family’s Secret Plaster，*Secret Transmission from the Blue Sack*，Effective for all types of unexplained swellings and abscesses.

Calcined Alum Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 360.，When an infant’s umbilical cord is cut, wind invades from the outside, causing the umbilical sore to fail to heal.

Aconite Topical Application Formula，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 293.，Ulcers that ooze pus during the day and close at night.

Spleen-Harmonizing and Meridian-Unblocking Decoction，*Medical Case Records of Ma Peizhi*.，Tortoise-Back Syndrome. The Spleen Shu point is affected, causing a hunched spine; pain occurs on both sides; the patient walks stooped; and the lower back and spine are stiff and rigid.

Chaihu Lianqiao Decoction，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 3.，For severe fever in typhoid fever, accompanied by delirium, moaning, and an inability to lie down and sleep.

Zuanbai Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，For a suppurating abscess on the back that has ulcerated to the point where internal organs are visible, with a black, sunken wound bed; the patient is unable to lie down and experiences thirst with a strong desire to drink—this condition is attributed to yin deficiency that cannot … Read more

Hemp Seed Pills，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Strong stomach, weak spleen; fluid deficiency with constipation.

Haritaki Tea，From *The Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 89, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，Various Qi disorders.