Life-Preserving Decoction

Grass Ash Powder，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 5.，For smallpox lesions that have become ulcerated.

Ointment for the Scalp，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 15 of *Wai Tai*.，For headaches accompanied by confusion, nasal congestion, dizziness, and blurred vision.

Snow Powder Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.，

Menstrual Regulation Pills，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For women with red or white vaginal discharge.

Adult Ginseng Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 368.，For children with seasonal cold-induced fever, characterized by a warm, robust stage with headache, coarse breathing, and nasal wheezing; as well as cases complicated by indigestion or fright, restlessness, thirst, palpitations, and refusal to take milk or food.

Ge Zhenjun Decoction，*The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 15.，For scrofula.

Bian Que’s Cyanide Pills，Formula attributed to Yin Zhongkan, cited in *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* (see *Wai Tai*, Volume 12).，Chronic cold-induced mass accumulation, retained fluid, and undigested food.

Chai-Xian Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，For the initial stage of chest constriction and epigastric fullness with an exterior syndrome, as well as conditions involving fluid retention, phlegm accumulation, or heat accumulation.

Rose Root Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 36.，Recurrent mouth sores that have persisted for years without healing.

Infant Spleen-Strengthening Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Xi’an Formula).，For infants and children with weak digestive function, abdominal distension, and undigested food stagnation.

Decoction of Cooling Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 65, citing *The Treatise on the Eye by Bodhisattva Nagarjuna*.，For blurred vision and sudden opacities.

Fragrant Coptis and Pork Stomach Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For bone-wasting, wasting disease, and emaciation; consumptive dysentery.

Secret-Transmitted Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*Zhi Zhi Fu Yi*, Volume 7.，Food stagnation with phlegm-heat. Epigastric fullness in children.

Earth Dragon Ointment，*New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 7.，For children with summer-heat invading the heart and lungs, presenting with fever, restlessness, thirst, vomiting, diarrhea, and difficulty urinating.

Hive Nest Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 65).，Toothache.

Xiang Sha Sheng Hua Decoction，From *Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For postpartum abdominal pain that has not subsided, accompanied by qi reversal and vomiting.

Huan Zhong He Qi Powder，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For chest fullness and tightness caused by pathogenic qi, with numbness in the hands and feet.

Ermu Pills，*Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine*, Volume 2.，Chronic, persistent cough.

Green Alum Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 65); name cited in *Zhizhi* (Vol. 24).，For nail abscesses and dark, bluish spots on the fingertips.

Ox Bile Five Epilepsies Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 7.，When the internal organs are out of harmony and the five spirits are unstable, wind and phlegm invade the body, leading to the five types of epilepsy.

The World’s Finest Formula for Blackening the Beard，*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 6.，

Peony and Licorice Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Deficiency of yin and blood, with impaired blood circulation, resulting in cramping of the legs and feet or abdominal pain; in cases of typhoid fever with a floating pulse, spontaneous sweating, frequent urination, restlessness, slight aversion to cold, cramping of the feet, and warm feet; cough arising from the … Read more

Xie Chuanxiao’s Dispelling Powder，From *The Continuation of the Medical Lamp*, Volume 18.，For toothache.

Xia Ji’s Almond Formula，From *Qian Jin*, Volume 12.，

Mu Meng Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For consumptive debility, damp itching in the genital area, sores, and sexual weakness.