Alum Application Formula

Major Menstrual Regulation Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，1–2 years postpartum; blood deficiency; absence of menstruation; night sweats and body heat; sallow complexion and reduced appetite; concern that this may lead to blood depletion and amenorrhea.

Bitter Gourd Pills，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 21); the name appears in *Zengbu Neijing Shiyi* (Vol. 3).，Generalized edema. “Stone water” (edema with excessive urination), characterized by swelling confined to the lower abdomen.

Suhexiang Pills，From *Su Shen’s Effective Formulas*, Volume 5. This is an alternative name for the “Chili Jia Pills” cited in *Guangji Fang* and quoted in *Wai Tai*, Volume 13.，Warms and unblocks the orifices; regulates qi and relieves pain. Indicated for stroke or qi collapse, sudden fainting with clenched jaws and loss of consciousness; or sudden … Read more

Golden Toxin-Neutralizing Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and sores in their early stages, characterized by swelling, pain, intense heat, restlessness, and a strong thirst with a desire to drink.

Starch and Talc Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，Dampness.

Poria and Five-Flavor Pills，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 6 of *Wai Tai*.，Chronic vomiting and retching; accumulated heat in the stomach; vomiting and retching with inability to retain food.

Wind-Repelling Pills，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 10.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children; various wind disorders and tetanus in adults.

Pill for Collapsed Qi，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Effective for all types of qi disorders.

Fertility-Promoting Decoction，From *Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，For restless fetal movement during pregnancy, or pain in the lower back and abdomen.

Yiyuan Tougi Powder，*The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，Excessive heat in smallpox.

Changsheng Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 17.，For children with chronic convulsions, squinting, stiffness in the neck and back, and clenched jaws.

Tribulus Topical Application Formula，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 136.，Qi-induced swelling. It appears like a boil, but the color of the swelling does not change, and there is a sharp pain on the skin.

Spleen-Tonifying Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，In women with spleen-stomach deficiency, the intake of food and drink is reduced, and blood cannot be generated. Initially, menstrual flow is scant and pale in color; later, menstruation ceases entirely. Appetite diminishes day by day, the complexion becomes sallow and yellow, the body wastes away, and … Read more

Epidemic Fever-Resolving Pill，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For those who have not yet developed smallpox or are on the verge of doing so.

Maple-Scented Powder，*Shenghui* (Volume 6).，For wind-toxin stagnation in the lungs, manifesting as blisters on the skin and face—which may resemble sesame or bean seeds—accompanied by severe itching; scratching causes redness and pain, or the blisters may rupture into sores.

Wind-Dispelling and Safety Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For stroke-induced left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness; all conditions caused by the invasion of wind pathogens; stagnation of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi; pain in tendons and bones; stiffness and contracture of the hands and feet; deviation of the mouth and eyes; and partial paralysis of the … Read more

Bai Shang Decoction，From *Handbook for the Care of Infants*, Volume 2.，For wind-cold pathogens causing common cold, regardless of whether symptoms manifest as cold or heat.

Decoction of Cinnamon and Ephedra with Adjustments (Equal Parts)，*Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，For headaches caused by concurrent invasion of wind and cold, accompanied by fever, aversion to cold, pain in all the limbs and joints, or stiffness and pain in the lower back and spine, with the six pulses floating, full, and rapid.

Er Dan Pills，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume Middle.，For forgetfulness.

Mercury, Sulfur, and Purple Powder Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 265.，Effective for all types of cold-induced disorders, regurgitation and vomiting of food, cold-induced blood and qi disorders, cold-induced consumption, intestinal wind, and all cold-related illnesses.

Seven-Ingredient Decoction with Green Onion Whites，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，Recurrence of Lao Syndrome following recovery from an epidemic disease presents symptoms identical to those in the early stages of typhoid fever; after recovery from typhoid fever, the balance of yin and yang shifts, and Lao Syndrome recurs as before.

Birch Bark Powder，The formula is from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 14), citing *Lingyuan Formulas*; the name appears in *The Complete Record of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 128).，For the initial stage of a breast abscess, characterized by swelling, pain, and hardness, with pus about to form.

Mouthwash，From *Qianjin*, Volume 6, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，Toothache.

Dried Indigo Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 178.，For infants between 100 and 200 days old suffering from diarrhea resembling fish brains, mixed red and white diarrhea, and abdominal pain accompanied by frequent crying.

Decoction for Dispelling Pathogenic Factors，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Spring fever: headache, body heat, thirst with a strong desire to drink, macules on the limbs; symptoms resembling mania but not quite mania, resembling agitation but not quite agitation; the disease spreads from household to household, with transmission occurring between family members.