Bitter Cane Powder

Seven Hernia Pills，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 10, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，Seven Types of Hernia. A severe condition in the abdomen accompanied by cold extremities, heart pain, and cold feet, with food being regurgitated and unable to be swallowed, is called “Jue Hernia”; abdominal distension with pain throughout the epigastrium, and a mass as large as an … Read more

Fire-Clearing and Passage-Opening Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，For throat obstruction and inability to swallow food or drink.

Urinary Blood Pill，*Pulse Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments*, Volume 1.，For cases of blood in the urine caused by heat.

Tian’e Qi Pill，*Shenghui* (Volume 98).，Weakness of the viscera, emaciation, cold and fatigue in the lower jiao, pain and numbness in the lower back and knees, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, deficiency of spleen qi, loss of appetite, pale complexion, and general deficiency and debility.

Liver-Nourishing Cinnabar Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 108.，Blurred vision, inability to see distant objects.

Cough-Relieving Golden Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For coughs due to lung heat, wheezing with excessive phlegm, heat in the palms and soles, and lung atrophy or lung abscess.

Purslane Paste，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 6).，For “Pillow Fire Sores”—lesions appearing on the head and neck or within the hair, where as one heals another erupts, continuing unceasingly; the more they heal, the more arise; and which discharge only toxic fluid without breaking open to release turbid pus.

Xianlingpi Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 69.，For women suffering from stroke with hemiplegia, paralysis on one side of the body, emaciation of muscles and bones, and numbness and stiffness of the skin.

Life-Saving Throat Pill，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the Thousand Gold*.，For critical throat conditions.

Jaundice-Resolving Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 16.，

Yuehe Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 138.，For retching following purgation in cases of cold-induced fever.

Astragalus and Five-Flavor Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，Dysentery. A mixture of pus and blood in the stool that is not very watery; each episode involves the simultaneous passage of pus, blood, and food, accompanied by mild abdominal pain.

Chuanlianzi Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 3.，Intestinal pain that comes and goes intermittently, accompanied by vomiting of clear fluid or a sensation as if being bitten.

Zi Jian Pi San，From *Shi Yuan’s Effective Prescriptions*, citing a formula by Fan Tianfu (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 89).，Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach; pain in the chest and abdomen; fullness, distension, and counterflow of qi; vomiting, diarrhea, and dysentery; chronic cold in women; abnormal vaginal discharge (both red and white); and severe pain … Read more

Bone-Setting Anesthetic，From *Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 7.，

Cinnamon Twig, Peony, and Anemarrhena Decoction，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，Pain in the limbs and joints; emaciation; swelling of the feet as if they were about to fall off; dizziness and shortness of breath; a sensation of warmth and a desire to vomit. Swelling and pain due to wind-toxin; aversion to cold and high … Read more

“Thousand Gold Divine Herbs” Fumigation Formula，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 8, citing a formula by Yuan Shengbo.，For established back abscesses or oral abscesses with severe swelling and pain, whether already ulcerated or not yet ulcerated.

Baoyuan Huadu Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 56.，In cases of qi and blood deficiency where smallpox lesions fail to swell as expected, appearing flat with sunken tops and a grayish-white color, with thin, tender, and lustrous skin, accompanied by symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, absence of thirst, and absence of restlessness—all indicative of deficiency syndrome.

Sesame Oil and Wine，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 92.，For stroke with facial paralysis.

Er Chen Decoction with Gardenia, Coptis, and Ginger，The formula is from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3; the name is found in *A Study of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For vomiting, with heat in the stomach and phlegm above the diaphragm. For a sensation of fullness and discomfort caused by the combination of phlegm and fire in … Read more

Ginger and Rice Soup，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 163.，Postpartum debility and exhaustion, depletion of body fluids, and unrelenting thirst and restlessness.

Lime and Ore Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 139.，Wounds.

Banlong Baibu Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，

Yuebi Decoction with Added Aconite，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 38.，For wind-dampness with yang deficiency and aversion to cold.

Bamboo Pith and Bamboo Leaf Decoction，*The Standard Rule: Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，Dry heaving; during the summer months, heat in the palms and soles, flushed face, craving for cold drinks, and vomiting of turbid fluid.