Astragalus Muscle-Relieving Decoction

Shu Tai Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Shenyang Formula).，Liver qi stagnation with counterflow, spleen and stomach deficiency, persistent belching, acid regurgitation and epigastric discomfort, stabbing pain in the flanks radiating to the shoulders and back, generalized body pain, epigastric fullness and distension, and inability to tolerate food or drink.

Decoction for Calming Anger and Nourishing Pregnancy，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，In women who have become pregnant—whether the fetus has taken shape or not—a miscarriage is inevitable if the woman has a highly irritable temperament, frequently experiences anger, and suffers from excessive liver fire that is constantly agitated and never at rest.

Eye-Dotting Incense and Lotus Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 111.，Corneal opacities.

Spleen-Nourishing and Vitality-Supporting Pills，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Hangzhou Formula).，For weakness of the stomach and spleen, impaired digestion, a sensation of fullness in the chest, sallow complexion and emaciation, loose stools, as well as morning sickness in pregnant women, malnutrition in children, and fatigue with loose stools.

Miraculous Revitalizing Powder，*Bo Ji*, Volume 1.，Exhaustion syndrome. Fatigue in the back and shoulder blades, aching and soreness in the limbs and joints, frequent drowsiness and low energy, loss of appetite, sallow complexion and emaciation, or alternating chills and fever.

Pills for the Four Conditions in Children，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，For children with indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty urinating, abdominal distension and pain, heatstroke or cold-induced illness, headache, fever, thirst, dry tongue, and restlessness.

Ji Ji Decoction，*Yuan Zhong Can Xi*, Volume 1.，After a serious illness, the yin and yang fail to support one another: yang may tend to escape upward, manifesting as shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, eyes rolling upward, or a sensation of the heart trembling as if a banner were hanging; yin may tend to escape downward, … Read more

Fugu San，From *Supplement to the Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，For all cases of skin that does not change color, is hard and diffusely swollen, and presents as a white abscess.

Rhinoceros Horn and Five-Spice Decoction，From *Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 6.，For epidemic diseases characterized by uncomfortable eruptions resembling peas and mental restlessness.

Chrysanthemum Eye-Brightening Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Severe headache and eye pain; redness around the eyes; blurred vision of the sclera and iris; cloudy aqueous humor; and constricted pupils.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Clearing Fire，*Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 4.，Swelling and pain in the eyes, blurred vision, and sensitivity to sunlight and heat.

Moistening the Vessels Decoction，From *Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women aged 27–28 who experience physical fatigue, poor appetite, irregular menstruation that drips incessantly—sometimes in patches, sometimes as a discharge of red, white, or yellow fluid—a sallow-yellow complexion, dizziness, blurred vision, and aching limbs, indicating an impending condition of metrorrhagia or menorrhagia.

Peony Pills，From *Jingxin Lu*, cited in Volume 12 of *Yixin Fang*.，For abdominal distension and constipation.

Five-Layer Ointment，*New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 2.，For consumptive debility.

Kidney-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Guang Ge syndrome. Vomiting above and constipation below; qi reversal and stagnation; inability to eat or drink; inability to urinate; abdominal pain that is slightly relieved by pressing on the abdomen.

Formula for Redirecting Toxins，From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.，

Angelica and Dehuo Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，For eclampsia in pregnant women.

Phellodendron Decoction for Stopping Diarrhea，From *Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 20.，Deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, with uncontrollable diarrhea and frequent urination.

Jiaogang Decoction，*Yidi*, Volume 7.，Disconnection between the Heart and Kidney, leading to seminal emission.

Divinely Inspired Bone-Setting Pill，From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，

Dingjing Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with irregular menstruation—either early, late, or at no fixed interval.

Hai Cang Dihuang Powder，*Thousand Gold Essential Prescriptions*，Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation … Read more

Eye-Brightening Sichuan Pepper Pills，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For floaters in the eyes.

Jiming Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，For wind-cold cough with fever and aversion to cold, headache and body aches, and a cough with clear phlegm; as well as for cold-dampness in the Lung Meridian causing phlegm-retention, wheezing, and coughing—symptoms that flare up in winter, making it difficult to sleep due to wheezing and coughing.

Gelatin and Honey Decoction，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 15.，For the elderly and those with deficiency constitutions suffering from hard, difficult-to-pass stools.