A Formula for Treating Critical Conditions

Ge-Xi Decoction，From *Yi Sha Cao*.，For sore throat with fever and restlessness, ulceration of the throat, a taut pulse, a rash that is diffuse and patchy rather than granular, and the absence of sweat and a coated tongue.

Shi Shui San，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Yixin Fang*.，Edema.

Bite-Relief Pills，From *Thirteen Formulas for Surgical Treatment*, citing a formula by Li Zhongmei.，Effective for all types of abscesses and boils, regardless of whether they are yin or yang in nature, or whether they are recent or chronic.

Seven-Generation Pills，From *The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 1, citing *Simple and Convenient Remedies*.，Blood-related conditions with jaundice and swelling.

Guanyin’s Salvation Ointment，*The Collection of Divine Remedies*, Volume 4.，One-sided or bilateral headaches; redness and swelling of the eyes; pterygium and ingrown eyelashes; single or double pharyngeal tumors; laryngeal obstruction; edema of the head and face; pain caused by wind-fire; nine types of pain in the heart, stomach, and abdomen; stroke; malaria; dysentery; consumptive disease; cough … Read more

Wash and Compress with Cinnamon and Aconite Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For pain resulting from injuries or fractures of tendons and bones.

Willow Ash Powder，*The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 11.，Tianzao Pill.

Anti-inflammatory and Cataract-Removing Pills，*Selected Cases in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Red, swollen, and painful eyes; corneal opacity (corneal ulcer).

Phellodendron Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 116.，Sores caused by heat in the nasal cavity, accompanied by foul-smelling pus and worms.

Fu Lao Li Zhong Powder，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 6.，For emaciated and elderly patients suffering from cold qi and nausea, undigested food and drink, abdominal distension due to deficiency, muscle stiffness, shortness of breath, as well as cholera with vomiting, cold extremities, restlessness, oppression, and profuse sweating.

Decoction for Harmonizing the Flanks，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 10.，Pain in the flanks and ribs. The pain subsides intermittently, followed by a sensation of distension; belching brings relief, but is immediately followed by abdominal pain.

Li Ji Ointment，From *Li Ye*.，When primordial yang is depleted and fire fails to generate earth, cold in the stomach leads to diaphragmatic obstruction; or cold in the spleen causes loose stools, diarrhea, edema, and bloating; or deficiency-cold in kidney qi results in heavy pain in the lower back and spine,constant coldness in the abdomen, navel, … Read more

Xiang Sha Shun Qi Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，For pain that moves and shoots through the back, flanks, chest, and abdomen caused by anger injuring the liver or emotional stagnation.

Twelve-Ingredient Variant Powder，From *Chen’s Treatise on Formulas for Smallpox and Rash in Children*.，When smallpox lesions lack luster, do not swell, and the base is not red; the exterior is deficient, itchy, and sunken. When ulcers indicate yin excess and yang deficiency, accompanied by fever and thirst, cold hands and feet, a weak and feeble pulse, … Read more

Tianma Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，For phlegm in the back and chest.

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.

Four Whites Powder，From *Ren Cun Fang*, cited in Volume 33 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，Deficiency-cold conditions, phlegm-induced wheezing and coughing caused by diet; leukorrhea in women; and leukorrhea and seminal emission in men.

Secret-Recipe White Turbidity Pills，From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.，Red and white turbid discharges that persist for a long time without healing; or conditions that develop into dysuria, classified as the five types of dysuria: qi dysuria, blood dysuria, fatigue dysuria, stone dysuria, and heat dysuria; or cases where damp-toxin or heat-toxin accumulates in … Read more

Pus-Draining Powder，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 5.，For ulcers containing pus that cannot drain on its own.

Acacia Branch Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，For acute red eye with blurred vision, pain, and a sensation of fullness accompanied by tearing.

Elixir to Ward Off Evil Spirits and Plagues，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Shaoyao Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 28.，Liver stagnation and qi stagnation in the left hypochondrium; during episodes, dizziness and pain in the hands, feet, head, and face.

Muxiang-Jinlingzi Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 219.，For pain in the lower back and legs, and stiffness of the tendons and meridians.

Cinnabar Universal-Effect Pills，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 11).，For children with accumulated dysentery, chronic dysentery, stagnant dysentery, and all other forms of dysentery that have persisted for many days without healing.

Three-Stomach Fullness and Qi Stagnation Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 170.，For epigastric fullness.