Astragalus-Atractylodes-Angelica-Notopterygium Decoction

Oral-Dissolving Moisturizing Gold Pill，*The Jade Case*, Volume 4.，For all types of coughs that persist for a long time without healing.

Atractylodes, Cinnamon, Licorice, and Corydalis Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，For women with conflicting cold and dampness in the lower jiao; 3–5 days before the expected menstrual period, pain below the navel resembling a knife stab, alternating chills and fever, with discharge resembling black bean juice; menstruation then begins, resulting in infertility.

Wu Bai Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Accumulation of phlegm due to excessive consumption of alcohol and food.

Ginseng and Ginger Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 8.，For frail women after childbirth who experience alternating chills and fever, or who have retained lochia stagnating in the uterine vessels—which can also cause chills and fever—but who also suffer from acute pain in the lower abdomen.

Three Invitations to Zhuge，From *Chuanyaya Bu*, Volume 2.，Difficult labor.

Ji Gan San，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，Constant tearing.

Ginseng and Angelica Nourishing Blood Decoction，From *Treatise on Cold and Heat Disorders*, Volume 4.，In cases of a delicate and frail constitution, or pre-existing deficiency due to chronic illness, pathogenic factors may linger beneath the heart, causing a sensation of fullness and distension. Purgation further depletes the body, impairing its digestive function and exacerbating the fullness … Read more

Drop-of-Gold Ointment，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，When the eyes are exposed to wind and cold, causing uncontrollable tearing.

Piper longum and Eggplant Pills，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 7); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 31).，For cold qi in the kidneys causing sudden, unbearable pain in the navel and abdomen.

Xuanfu Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 18 of *Wai Tai*.，For beriberi. Symptoms include stubborn numbness and loss of sensation, weakness and limpness in both legs, swelling and lack of strength in the legs; in severe cases, distension in the lower abdomen, fullness and obstruction in the chest, vomiting upon seeing food, or paralysis of … Read more

Milk and Honey Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，Treats the “Seven Postpartum Injuries,” deficiency syndromes, shortness of breath, and kidney exhaustion due to cold.

Ginseng and Jujube Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For all cases of heart palpitations and extreme fear.

Pepper and Salt Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 300.，Chapped and painful hands and feet.

Summer-Heat-Clearing Ten-Ingredient Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，For summer heat syndrome: heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes; tidal fevers and restlessness; excessive thirst and vomiting; physical fatigue; as well as all forms of latent summer heat and summer malaria.

Raw Sulfur Decoction，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 11, citing *Zhi Zhi*; the name appears in *The Great Treasure of Health* (Wei Sheng Hong Bao), Volume 1.，Those who are addicted to alcohol and indulge their qi, causing blood to congeal within the qi, develop “qi-turtles”; those with chronic cold due … Read more

Papaya Fermented Powder，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Fuzhou Formula).，For qi stagnation and abdominal masses.

Intestinal Consolidation Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，For stomach deficiency, where rumbling sounds occur in the abdomen after eating, and these sounds subside somewhat when the abdomen is pressed.

Formula for Regulating the Three Jiao，*Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Aromatic herbs dispel turbidity, alleviate vomiting, subdue counterflow, and clear heat. Summer-heat and damp turbidity mutually obstruct the middle jiao, leading to disharmony of qi.

Sanhe Jiangfu Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For typhoid fever with epigastric fullness, originating from the Yin meridians, with stagnation injuring the middle jiao, presenting with a corpse-like appearance and cold extremities.

Wanling Ointment，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For masses and accumulations, non-ulcerated toxic swellings, scrofula and phlegm nodules, contusions and sprains, as well as pain in the chest and abdomen, diarrhea and dysentery, wind-induced disorders, and wounds from beatings.

Heart-Clearing Calamus Pill，*Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 17.，Epilepsy and mania, with unceasing drooling from the corners of the mouth, deviation of the mouth and eyes, and weakness and limpness of the hands and feet. Sudden onset of mental confusion and inability to speak, phlegm obstructing the pericardium, drooling from the corners of the mouth, restlessness, … Read more

Raw Aconite and Four Gentlemen Decoction，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Chronic Spleen Wind.

All-Purpose Divine Ointment，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，Effective for all types of toxic sores; also treats wind-induced paralysis and osteoarthritis of the knees.

Formula for Reducing Swelling and Stabilizing the Fetus，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 28.，For pregnancy-related swelling and shortness of breath with a deep and slippery pulse.

Apricot-Ginseng Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, shortness of breath and wheezing, inability to lie down or sleep due to labored breathing, and mental confusion.