Cao San

Five Wonders Decoction，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Chronic diarrhea.

Earth-Strengthening and Metal-Consolidating Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Harbin Formula).，For spleen and lung deficiency-related debility, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, undigested food, weakness and limpness in the limbs, stomach pain and diarrhea, coughing and shortness of breath, wheezing upon exertion, excessive phlegm, afternoon fever and aversion to cold, … Read more

Spleen-Contracting Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).，For patients who, following a bout of cholera, have developed restlessness and thirst due to excessive intake of heat-inducing medications. For summer heat syndrome with restlessness, thirst, agitation, and oppression; and for both dry and wet types of cholera.

Grasshopper Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，Various forms of epilepsy in children, with symptoms that fluctuate between remission and recurrence.

Lianpu Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For diarrhea and dysentery.

Jusheng Pills，*The Continuation of the Medical Lamp*, Volume 18.，For vertigo and premature graying of hair.

Modified Ginseng Nourishing Blood Decoction，*Complete Collection on Survival from Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，For cases of excessive sweating and purgation leading to deficiency of both blood and qi, manifested as twitching of the muscles and tremors of the tendons.

Hemostatic Powder，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 30.，For uncontrollable bleeding resulting from falls, blows, sprains, or contusions.

Shoulder-Lifting Powder，*Song of Life Preservation* (Baoming Ge Kuo), Volume 15.，Wind-heat invades the lungs, causing stiffness and pain in the shoulders and back.

Two Aconite Ointment，*Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 5.，Boils on the back, cellulitis, carbuncles, and anal abscesses.

Seven-Boil Pills，*Qianjin* Volume 4.，Irregular menstruation, heat and restlessness in the hands and feet, abdominal distension, drowsiness with no desire to wake, and restlessness.

Decoction for Clearing Heat，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 228.，Heat arising from alcohol consumption and consumptive disease.

Copper Plaster，From *Supplementary Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，For all types of gangrenous foot sores and damp ulcers.

Achyranthes Wine，Quoted from *Chuanxin Fang* in Volume 13 of *San Yin*.，For kidney-related wind-toxin invasion causing piercing pain, unbearable lower back pain, or lower back pain due to damp-heat, accompanied by a taut and rapid pulse.

Tiao Yuan Jian Bu Pills，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 54.，For yin deficiency with blood deficiency, complicated by damp-heat, resulting in weakness in the legs.

Five Epilepsies Decoction，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 11), citing *Formulas for Infants and Children*.，For children with high fever, convulsions, and a rash accompanied by diarrhea.

Tongzhi Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 14.，Pain before menstruation.

Epilepsy Heart-Calming Pill，*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Suzhou Formula).，For phlegm-fire obscuring the mind, resulting in mental confusion, dizziness, and sudden collapse; as well as all types of epilepsy characterized by excessive phlegm, loss of consciousness, and convulsions of the limbs.

Fetal Nourishing Decoction，From *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 227, citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*.，Spotting during pregnancy.

Wood Oil Juice，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，All forms of stubborn tinea.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Clearing Heat，*Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Toad Plague. The skin all over the body resembles that of a toad; this condition is entirely attributable to wind-heat.

Decoction to Nourish and Support Smallpox，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 15.，For smallpox accompanied by sneezing, where the body feels chilly for 5–6 days and the rash has not fully erupted.

Decoction to Clear the Upper Burner and Subdue Fire，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 3.，For unilateral or bilateral headaches, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and chronic nasal discharge.

Modified Zhi-Shu Decoction，*Zheng Yin Mai Zhi*, Volume 3.，For spleen deficiency with intermittent distension of the chest and abdomen and difficulty digesting food.

Cui Sheng Gui San，*Essentials of Obstetrics from the Family Treasure of Health*, Volume 7.，For cases where delivery has not occurred within 3–5 days.