Angelica and Ejiao Decoction

Decoction for Activating Meridians and Expelling Toxins，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Ailments*, Volume 10.，When smallpox is subsiding and facial rashes are fading, if heat toxins linger and the patient’s sorrowful expression is palpable, residual toxins are inevitable.

Appetite-Stimulating Roasted Wheat Formula，*Medical Convenience*, Volume 4.，For the elderly with spleen deficiency, or those with a weak appetite and aversion to food following a serious illness.

Ginseng and Coptis Decoction for Opening a Locked Jaw，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 42.，For lockjaw dysentery where purgation is contraindicated.

Ophiopogon and Licorice Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 3.，Following recovery from an exogenous illness, physical exertion causes a recurrence of persistent fever and restlessness.

Xu Ointment，*Insights into Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 12.，Chronic, intractable alopecia.

San Jian Dan，*Ju Fang*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For exhaustion and debility due to overwork, depletion of the lower jiao, instability of kidney qi, loss of semen and urine, spontaneous bowel movements, and cold extremities; or for a pulse as fine as a thread, wasting away of flesh and … Read more

Bi-Xie Toxin-Resolving Decoction，*Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Compilation of Formulas*, Middle Volume.，For cases of damp-heat with excess in qi and blood.

White Flower Snake Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 12.，For “gu wind” (a type of poisoning), where the body aches as if cut by a knife.

Modified Ruan’s Minor Qinglong Decoction，Quoted from *Cui’s Formulas* in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of epidemic fever lasting several days or more than ten days where the exterior syndrome has not resolved, with fluid accumulation beneath the heart, and heat toxins clashing to cause vomiting, occasionally accompanied by coughing.

Tuoli Re-decoction Powder，*Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 8.，For external abscesses and boils with superficial roots, where the clinical presentation is exterior-oriented and the pulse is predominantly floating.

Fragrant Osmanthus Bark Decoction，From *San Yin*, Volume 16.，Various types of erysipelas manifesting on the limbs, abdomen, back, head, or face—whether red or white, itchy or painful, accompanied by chills or fever.

Paper Mulberry Leaf Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with persistent thirst due to dysentery, or occasional vomiting and refusal to eat.

Jianggong Decoction，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 2.，Qi stagnation in the Triple Burner, causing pain in the abdomen and flanks; due to the use of hot medicines, heat is drawn into the Lower Burner, causing the bladder to become overheated, resulting in dribbling urination and distending pain below the navel.

Da Jin Hua Pills，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 4.，For various types of fever, night sweats, teeth grinding, sleep talking, palpitations, hematuria, dysuria, hemoptysis, epistaxis, emaciation, and headaches, as well as bone-consuming fever, pulmonary atrophy, and wheezing and coughing. For consumptive disease following a rash: after the rash has subsided, pathogenic toxins remain stagnant in the muscles … Read more

Miraculous Four-Season Modified Lung-Nourishing Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.，For deficiency of lung qi manifesting as counterflow of qi, fullness in the chest and abdomen, coughing with counterflow of qi that chokes the throat, throat obstruction, shortness of breath, spontaneous startle reactions, uncontrollable laughter, singing, or sudden outbursts of anger, dry heaving, excessive talkativeness, and coughing … Read more

Decoction for Draining Redness and Resolving Toxins，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 12.，After the smallpox has subsided, pathogenic heat attacks the heart; however, the heart—as the sovereign organ—refuses to accept the pathogen, which then transmits to the pericardium, causing the patient to remain in a coma for days on end, uttering delirious speech; or, when … Read more

Ginseng and Cornus Pill，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 5.，Dampness causing qi stagnation; acid regurgitation when qi rises, and spontaneous diarrhea when it descends; for severe damp-heat conditions.

Eel and Carp Pills，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，For consumptive diseases.

Pills for Five Types of Urinary Disorders and Leucorrhea，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Datong Formula).，For gonorrhea with leukorrhea.

Precious Elixir，From *Collection of Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For toxic sores causing throat ulceration, tongue base detachment, and perforation of the hard palate.

Purple Sandalwood Powder，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 19.，A lump on a child’s neck that does not subside.

Blood-Nourishing, Tendon-Strengthening, and Gait-Enhancing Pills，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 10.，For deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in weakness and limpness of both legs, inability to walk, and prolonged bed rest.

Purple Jade Paste，From *The Collection of Precious Formulas for Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For wind-induced paralysis, toxic sores, and various forms of hanging carbuncles—especially those with ulcerated wounds that are slow to heal, where prolonged fever has subsided but vital energy remains depleted.

Eight Generals Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For all types of abscesses and toxic sores.

Southern Candleweed Decoction Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 41.，For deficiency of blood and qi leading to fatigue, hair loss, and failure of hair to regrow; even if it does grow, it appears yellow rather than black.