Bian Que’s Three-Bean Decoction

Huolian Decoction，From *Collected Works on the Care of Infants*, Volume 3.，Persistent fever-induced vomiting in children. In cases of fever-induced vomiting, the face is flushed and the lips are red; vomiting occurs infrequently but in large volumes; the milk curds have disappeared and the vomit is yellow; the child has a fever throughout the body and … Read more

Pepper and Fermented Black Bean Pills，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 4; name cited in *Formulas of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives* (Luxian Huoren Fang).，For persistent undigested food and retained fluid that cannot be eliminated, causing abdominal distress. Edema.

Divine Elixir for Jaundice，From Volume 4 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.，For jaundice.

Agarwood Universal-Effect Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 328.，For typhoid fever during pregnancy, various deficiencies and debilities, or qi stagnation and imbalance, indigestion, and wandering pain throughout the body.

Large Soft-Shelled Turtle Head and Leg Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Young Children*, cited in Volume 22 of *The New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For children with stagnant qi beneath the ribs, emaciation to the point of protruding bones, and irregular bowel movements.

Tangerine Peel, Bitter Orange, and Ginger Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 1).，Chest bi, chest congestion, and shortness of breath.

Barley Decoction Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 9.，For qi depletion, restlessness and pain in the limbs, stiffness, and fatigue; also treats deficiency-type wind.

Eggplant Root Soaked in Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 25.，For wind-toxin attacks, pain in the bone marrow of the lower back and legs, cold and numb skin, and stiffness of tendons and meridians preventing flexion and extension.

Four-Ingredient Deer Antler Pills，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.，For deficiency of the liver, kidneys, and Governor Vessel, accompanied by coughing and hemoptysis, a weak and feeble pulse, and heat above and cold below.

Huang Sheng Dan，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For abscesses and boils that have ruptured but are not draining pus.

Duhuo and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 18 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases where toxic dampness from beriberi ascends to the heart, transforming into fluid, causing generalized swelling of the body, and leading to suffocation and near-death.

Spleen-Reviving Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，Chronic convulsions caused by qi deficiency complicated by phlegm; mild cases of yin-type epilepsy, characterized by cold and numb hands and feet, lying supine with muscle rigidity, a pale-blue complexion, spitting of phlegm-foam, a faint voice, and a deep, fine pulse.

Oral Dissolving Pills，From *Qian Jin*, cited in Volume 3 of *Yu’an*.，For excessive heat in the upper burner, with oral ulcers and difficulty eating.

Eye-Cloud-Dispelling Powder，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，Eye opacities.

Boil-Resolving Pills，*Outline of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 2.，For highly toxic carbuncles with a fiercely spreading inflammation and constipation.

Immortal Pain-Relieving Powder，*The Precious Manual of Medical Examination*.，For all sudden cases of eye inflammation with pain that persists day and night.

Qianjin Shenqu Pills，From *The Direct Pointers*, Volume 20.，For liver and kidney deficiency causing dim vision.

Haritaki Porridge，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Qi disharmony in the spleen and stomach.

Milk-Inducing Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，Blocked lactation.

Rejuvenating Wine，*Records of Shared Longevity*, Volume 1.，Erectile dysfunction in the elderly.

Agastache Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 9.，Stomach deficiency leading to loss of appetite, weakness and atrophy of the limbs, and inability to walk or stand—all result from Yangming deficiency, whereby the tendons and ligaments lack nourishment, thus leading to atrophy and paralysis. Deficiency of the Yangming Meridian fails to nourish the muscles and flesh, causing sores … Read more

Modified Baihu Decoction with Ginseng，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 3.，For diarrhea—whether red, white, or a mixture of red and white—accompanied by a heavy sensation during defecation, abdominal pain, and fever throughout the body; where fever persists despite taking cooling medications, and the pulse clearly indicates actual heat.

Lung-Soothing Decoction，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 65.，Deficiency of both the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, fever with spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath due to lung deficiency, and cough with phlegm.

Pill for Calming the Mind，From *The Book of Caring for Infants*, Volume 2.，Indicated for vomiting, retching, and convulsions caused by fright; phlegm and saliva obstruction; contracted hands and feet; and a squint.

Gastric Elixir，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Stomach pain. Traumatic injuries.