Astragalus and Black Bean Decoction

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Clearing Heat，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Skin diseases.

Luo Shen San，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.，Pain in the lower back and waist, cramping in the lower abdomen, difficulty urinating, spontaneous sweating, deafness, impotence, and cold feet.

Modified Bai Tong Decoction，From *Medical Origins*, Middle Volume.，Symptoms include aversion to cold, a desire to drink cold liquids, spontaneous diarrhea with undigested food in the stool, cold pain in the navel and abdomen, and coldness and numbness in the lower legs.

Special “Zhanxi Dasheng” Ointment，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，Chronic dryness damages the yin of the liver and kidneys, resulting in excess above and deficiency below; symptoms include feeling cool during the day and hot at night, with or without a dry cough, and in severe cases, spasms or convulsions.

Decoction for Reversing Epilepsy，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，Sheep-epilepsy syndrome.

Yinchen Hangover-Relief Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 42.，For cases of alcohol-induced jaundice with deficiency.

Fu Juan Decoction，From *Collected Explanations of Formulas and Medicines for Smallpox* (Vol. 6).，Foul-smelling, festering mouth sores following smallpox.

Heguang Dan，From *Jifeng*, Volume 13.，For deficiency of True Yang and pain in the viscera.

Decoction for Raising Yang and Descending Turbidity，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Constipation with obstruction of the large intestine; there are no difficulties with eating or drinking, no signs of heat syndrome, and no sensation of tenesmus; some cases may last up to one month without a bowel movement.

Fuzheng Powder，From *One Hundred Effective Formulas for Surgery*, Volume 2.，Facial paralysis, epilepsy.

Four Substances Decoction for Reducing Swelling，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang* (Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Mansion), Volume 3.，Generalized edema.

Phlegm-Resolving and Fluid-Eliminating Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 49).，Alcoholic Habit. Phlegm and fluid retention due to alcohol consumption; undigested food; vomiting and retching; aversion to the smell of food; gurgling sounds in the abdomen.

Five-Flavor Tianjiangzi Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 11.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children.

Fangfeng Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，Inverted eyelashes; pain in the sclera.

Rehmannia Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Pain in the bones of the hands and feet.

Chaihu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.，For consumptive fever with tidal chills, aching and soreness in the limbs and joints, dry skin and hair, a flushed face, and a dry throat. For children with bone-deep fever, night sweats, emaciation, and loss of appetite.

Ox-Rhinoceros Pill，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 23), citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For men and women suffering from sudden stroke resulting in loss of consciousness, hemiplegia, or numbness and pain in the legs and feet.

Secret Formula for Golden-Haired Lion Sores，From Volume 35 of *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, citing a formula by the Liu family.，For all types of blood-wind scabies and sores, as well as various sores on the hands and feet.

Mole Crickets Powder，Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 8), citing *Shen Shi Fang*. Name found in *Sheng Ji Zong Lu* (Vol. 124).，For bone fragments and thorns that cannot be removed.

Six-Spirit Porridge，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of essence and blood; weakness of vital energy.

Scutellaria, Coptis, Pinellia, and Bamboo Shavings Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Morning sickness with phlegm-stagnation and a tendency toward heat, characterized by a dry and bitter mouth, restlessness, heat, and oppression; restless sleep at night; dry stools; yellowish-red urine; a yellow, greasy tongue coating; and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Magnetite Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 59.，Abscesses and boils resulting from diabetes.

Artemisia, Scutellaria, and White Peony Decoction，*A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 2.，Summer heat.

Red Flesh Medicated Paste，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，For yin-type fistulas, abscesses, scrofula, chancres, and bone-invading yin ulcers that have been ulcerated for a long time without healing.

Citrus Peel and Amomum Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 94.，Chronic cold within the body, with yin energies attacking simultaneously, causing heart pain as if pierced by a needle.