Bi-Xie Decoction for Clearing Dampness

Divine Qi-Restoring Decoction，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.，This formula capitalizes on the winter season when the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian (Cold Water) and the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian (Water) are at their peak. The “Son” (Bladder) nourishes the “Mother” (Kidney), causing the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian to become excessive and, in … Read more

Chaihu-Zisu Decoction，From *Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 9.，In cases where there is pre-existing internal heat that is occasionally constrained by external cold, leading to pseudo-cold hernia, the pulse at the left cun position is string-like and forceful; when accompanied by dampness, it is forceful, string-like, and slow; when accompanied by wind, it is floating and string-like, and … Read more

Hedgehog-Mugwort Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，For all types of hemorrhoids with bleeding, tenesmus, and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Internal Tonifying Astragalus Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For women suffering from the “Seven Injuries,” characterized by bodily pain, tightness and fullness in the lower abdomen, a sallow or dark complexion, and inability to eat or drink; as well as various conditions of deficiency, weakness, shortness of breath, and palpitations with restlessness.

Qianzhuan Dan，*Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 2.，For regurgitation and vomiting of food.

Winter Melon Facial Cleanser，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For a dull, sallow, and colorless complexion.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Strengthening the Spirit，From *The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，Chronic deficiency of blood and yin, resulting in an inability to generate and transform.

Yuanshuang Pill，*The Four Sages’ Suspended Pivot*, Volume 1.，Taiyang-type warm disease, with pain in the head and neck, stiffness in the lower back and spine, fever, and thirst.

Moistening the Spirit Powder，*San Yin*, Volume 10.，Consumptive disease with aversion to cold, fever, dry mouth, dry throat, spontaneous sweating, extreme fatigue, and restlessness.

External Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 144.，For injuries, fractures, and stagnant blood that fails to dissipate.

Decoction for Clearing the Throat and Expelling Phlegm，*New Compilation of Proven Formulas*，Clears heat and detoxifies; relieves throat discomfort. Used to resolve phlegm and treat counter-indications of measles affecting the throat. Indicated for symptoms such as swelling and pain in the throat, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, choking cough, hoarseness, restlessness, and in severe cases, difficulty breathing, with … Read more

Ox-Bile Upper-Clear Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Lanzhou and Tianjin Formulas).，Dizziness and confusion; sudden onset of conjunctivitis; sores on the mouth and tongue; swelling and pain in the throat; toothache; sores on the head and face; dry, hard stools; fever and thirst.

Decoction for Relieving Pain (Zi)，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with deficiency-cold in the meridians and bodily pain.

Heat-Clearing and Spleen-Draining Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，Thrush, with white scales covering the entire mouth and tongue. Stomatitis.

Ginseng Lung-Nourishing Powder，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 5.，For cases where wind-heat invades the lung, causing severe stagnation of lung qi, accompanied by pain in the shoulders and back, sweating, and frequent urination with a weak stream.

Modified Bai Tou Weng Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 3.，For heat-type dysentery with severe tenesmus and abdominal pain, as well as for those with a history of opium addiction who have developed dysentery. Also for cases of chronic dysentery with intestinal necrosis.

Perilla Seed Pills，From *Jin Xiao Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Wai Tai*.，For shortness of breath, abdominal distension, undigested food, and symptoms suggestive of cholera or cough.

Miraculous Meridian-Activating Pill，*Selected Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For various forms of rheumatic arthralgia, pain in the tendons and bones of the shoulders, arms, lower back, and knees; facial paralysis; hemiplegia; difficulty walking; and stiffness of the tendons and meridians.

Bei San Decoction，Formula by Zhang Dan, cited in Volume 12 of *Qianjin Yi*.，For gas-induced dysentery that has persisted for a long time without healing, as well as all types of dysentery causing severe weakness.

Empirical Anhua Decoction，Quoted from *Selected Essentials for the Care of Infants* in Volume 402 of *Complete Records of Medicine*.，

Tea Buds，*Chuanya Bu*, Volume 1.，Intestinal parasites, asthma, and abdominal distension caused by parasites.

Cold-Resolving Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For severe fever throughout the body, internal heat accompanied by thirst, a white-to-yellow tongue coating, a洪滑 pulse, or a persistent headache with a sensation of stiffness throughout the body.

Seven Leech Pill，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，Hemorrhoids.

Binglu Powder，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，For all types of lower eye sores and eye diseases.

Xiangdu Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For consumptive weakness and emaciation, tidal fevers and night sweats, aching joints, and weakness when walking.