Astragalus Decoction

Shengyang Jujing Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，If menstrual bleeding persists uncontrollably, and the right cun pulse feels hollow upon palpation, this indicates a deficiency of both qi and blood—a syndrome of severe cold; if the pulse is rapid and forceful when palpated lightly, or taut, tight, or涩 (thready) when the finger is lifted, … Read more

Moutan, Bupleurum, and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Medical Golden Needle*, Volume 6.，Manic disorder, characterized by erratic mood swings.

Newly Modified Four Poria Decoction，*Complete Book on Smallpox and Rashes*, Volume 1.，For cases where urine output is scant and reddish after the onset of smallpox lesions.

Dissolving Heat and Dispelling Fire Decoction，From *The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 7.，For abscesses and rat-bite abscesses classified as yang syndromes.

Eight-Ingredient Ginseng Bath Decoction，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in Volume 12 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For cold-induced fever, warm-diseases, and convulsions.

Ginseng and White Atractylodes Paste，*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 3.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, emaciation and frailty of the body, and conditions on the verge of developing into malnutrition syndrome.

Purple Fat Ointment，From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.，For chronic leg sores that do not heal.

Ginseng and White Peony Decoction，From *Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.，Weakness of the spleen and stomach. Shortness of breath and extreme emaciation.

Toxicity-Eliminating and Swelling-Resolving Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Goiter manifesting in the neck and nape.

Ginseng and Aconite Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Cold stomach qi, loss of appetite.

Xuanhuang Dan，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，For the elderly with an internal accumulation of cold phlegm.

Shiquan Baolong Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For all types of convulsions and intermittent fever in children, restlessness, coughing, phlegm, and wheezing.

Dendrobium and Artemisia Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，For heat syndromes with mild fire, not accompanied by high fever.

Yin-Nourishing Pills，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Liver heat causing atrophy and weakness; dry and tight tendons and fascia.

Toxicity-Expelling Five-Spice Pills，*Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 4.，For boils on the back and carbuncles.

Chonghe Zisheng Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，When the stomach is strong but the spleen is weak, food cannot be properly digested and transformed after eating, causing qi to rise in reverse to the chest region; even without eating, a sensation of fullness and distension persists. Over time, the five viscera fail to receive … Read more

Sea Pumice Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 24.，For “Zouma Gan” (a type of childhood malnutrition).

Four-Yellow Life-Saving Pill，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，During pregnancy, latent fire in the Heart and Spleen meridians rises upward, causing a swollen and painful tongue, or a “wooden tongue,” a “double tongue,” lips as if coated with cinnabar, a tongue with a soot-black halo, a tongue protruding beyond the teeth and lips … Read more

Pig Gallbladder with Alum，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For isolated laryngeal tumors, laryngeal tinea, laryngeal abscesses with swelling and pain, and inability to swallow—where the patient’s life hangs by a thread.

Cinnamon and Evodia Decoction，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 73.，Chest fullness with belching, coldness in the lower abdomen, and pain in the umbilical region and abdomen.

Cow Bile and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 5.，For children and young people with abdominal masses accompanied by high fever, indigestion, and sudden onset of illness or sudden onset of qi stagnation.

Formula for Relieving Muscle Tension and Inducing Sweating，From *Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For cases of typhoid fever where the heat toxin has not yet been resolved, with signs of impending pea-sized rashes, accompanied by fever and pain.

Pig Trough Mud Ointment Formula，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 182.，For children with smoke-induced rashes appearing on the body.

Miraculous Sophora Gum Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 7.，Treats mild wind disorders.

Decoction for Eliminating Malnutrition and Regulating the Spleen，*Jin Jian*, Volume 52.，Spleen-related malnutrition. Yellow complexion, emaciation, fever, lethargy and excessive sleepiness, fullness and hardness in the epigastric region, reluctance to take milk or food, preference for a cool environment while sleeping, craving for soil, hard and painful abdomen, large head with a thin neck, occasional vomiting … Read more