Assist-the-Elder Decoction

Yinchen, Gardenia, and Fermented Black Bean Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Internal yang heat and blood stasis, leading to jaundice.

Trichosanthes Fruit Pills，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 106.，For dysphagia, chest fullness, chest pain radiating to the back, and shortness of breath with oppression and distress.

Essence-Nourishing Ointment，*Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，

Life-Restoring Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 10, citing a formula by Zheng Yu.，For convulsions with rolling eyes.

Erling Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For deficiency of both the heart and kidneys, mental instability, and dribbling urination that cannot be controlled.

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.

Ginseng, Licorice, Ginger, and Jujube Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，In cases of pathogenic factors being robust and the vital energy being deficient, if purgation is indicated, it should be administered first. In cases of severe qi deficiency with robust pathogenic factors, the patient exhibits shortness of breath and rapid breathing, slight coldness in the … Read more

Ghost Inspector Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 56.，For severe abdominal pain accompanied by fainting.

Stone-Striking Powder，*Zongfu of Laryngology*, Volume 4.，Chronic throat sores that do not heal.

Great Tonifying Decoction，From *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.，For the elderly with physical weakness, deficiency of central qi, and severe uterine prolapse.

Zihe Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For atrophy syndrome. The patient is obese, has a fondness for drinking, and has always been sensitive to heat. Upon onset of the disease, there is profuse spontaneous sweating, atrophy of all four limbs, aversion to cold, scanty and reddish urine, stools that are either loose or hard, … Read more

Formula for Regulating the Spleen, Harmonizing the Middle, and Transforming Dampness (Paste)，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Mudfish Shell Powder，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*.，Mastitis.

Snake-and-Turtle Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For unbearable pain from fractures or sprains.

Scalp Rub，*Shenghui*, Volume 21.，For cases of heat-toxin and wind attacking the brain, causing hair loss, dizziness and confusion, and severe dandruff.

Spleen-Strengthening and Sweat-Stopping Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For women with deficiency of both the spleen and lungs, who frequently experience night sweats, lack of vitality, and a restless heartbeat.

Toxicity-Eliminating and Tissue-Regenerating Powder，*Huiyue*, Volume 20.，After smallpox lesions have subsided and hardened, fever persists, accompanied by foul-smelling, putrid sores oozing pus and serous fluid.

Borax Decoction Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 245.，For beriberi, weakness and swelling of the legs, red and scanty stools, and red and scanty urine; as well as for men who suddenly experience stiffness in the legs and knees, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite, fullness in the epigastrium, and inability to walk;Men who suddenly experience wind-induced … Read more

Five-Spirit Rejuvenation Pill，From *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 3.，

Decoction for Expelling Evils and Resolving Phlegm，*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 2.，Following an epileptic seizure caused by alcohol intoxication, the patient is in a dazed state, eats and drinks as if in a stupor, and experiences cold extremities.

Decoction of Atractylodes to Eliminate Phlegm，*Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，For retained fluid causing shortness of breath, inability to lie down, bodily swelling and fullness, and difficulty urinating.

Bi Bo Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，Diaphragmatic Qi. Fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, with complete loss of appetite.

Bai Bu Pills，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 35, citing *Yang Cheng’s Prescriptions Based on Clinical Experience*.，For various deficiency-related conditions characterized by bloody or white, turbid discharge.

Decoction for Treating Both Exterior and Interior，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In cases of winter cold damage presenting with delirium and paroxysmal fever, if treatment with Chengqi Decoction fails to produce a response and the pulse is instead faint and涩 (thready), this indicates a pattern of internal deficiency with excessive external pathogenic factors.

Blood-Nourishing Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 15.，Menstrual obstruction accompanied by pain in the abdomen and flanks; or the formation of hard masses, sallow complexion, hair loss, intermittent chills and fever, and emaciation.