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Pills for Clearing Turbidity and Strengthening the Root，From *The Authentic Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 6, citing a formula by Dongyuan.，Damp-heat in the lower jiao, characterized by cloudy stools, seminal emission, and frequent urination.

“No Worries for Ten Thousand Illnesses” Powder，From *Medical Essentials* (Yixue Qiewen), cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 256.，For heavy, stagnant masses; edema; blood-induced parasitic infections; abdominal distension; lateral prolapse of the small intestine or bladder; “Bentun Qi” syndrome; gastric distension; beriberi; qi rising from below the diaphragm causing gastric reflux and vomiting of … Read more

Ding-Xia Decoction，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Deficiency-cold in the spleen, with stagnant phlegm and retained fluid, causing retching and vomiting.

Yi Chi San，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For blisters that form after applying a poultice to an injury.

Sacred Jujube，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，All types of malignant dysentery.

Rú Tóng Lǎo Nú Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Harbin Formula).，For deficiency of essence and blood, malnutrition, mental fatigue and physical weakness, shortness of breath and palpitations, inability to sustain oneself, wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, and erectile dysfunction.

Radish and Wood Fragrance Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，For qi stagnation in the five diaphragms, shortness of breath, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, phlegm rising causing nausea, and loss of appetite.

Gualou and Beimu Nourishing Blood Decoction，*Treatise on Epidemic Diseases* (edited by Shi Kai), Volume 1.，For cases following recovery from an epidemic disease, where phlegm and saliva are profusely regurgitated and the chest and diaphragm remain congested.

Cang Zhu Xiang Fu Pills，*The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Menstrual stagnation, general weakness, limb fatigue, tidal fever, bone pain, and the presence of a mass in the abdomen.

Beetle-Dragon Pills，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all chronic, long-standing ulcerous infections that have formed fistulas, with intermittent discharge of pus and blood, and which have failed to heal for a long time.

Two Insect Ointment，*Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 148.，For snake bites causing toxic qi to attack the heart, resulting in confusion and dizziness.

Aconite and Gardenia Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，For those with a constitutional tendency toward damp-heat who, due to external invasion by cold pathogens, experience a hernia with unrelenting pain.

Guanyin Life-Saving Powder，From *Suocui Lu*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 229.，For women experiencing difficult labor, or transverse or breech presentation, where delivery has not occurred after 3–4 days; or for retained dead fetus.

Chaihu and Mu Xiang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 168.，For children with wind-heat episodes, loss of appetite, and emaciation.

Trichosanthes and Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *The Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 4.，Yin-Yang Imbalance. Heat surges upward, causing restlessness and oppression in the chest; the hands and feet clench into fists, and the body twitches as if seized by wind.

Angelica and Fructus Aurantii Decoction，From *Yu Heng on Shā and Distension*, Volume 2.，For feverish distension.

Pharbitis Porridge，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Dampness-related edema of the face, limbs, and body; constipation; and ascariasis in children.

Thousand Gold Cimicifuga Powder，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 6.，For throat pain and pharyngeal obstruction caused by heat toxins.

Green Salt Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For corneal opacities, red blood vessels, and pterygium.

Cedar Knot Powder，*Shenghui* (Volume 67).，For injuries from falls from a height, where stagnant blood in the chest and heart fails to dissipate.

Ginseng, Astragalus, Angelica, and Aconite Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 2.，For qi deficiency with loss of yang, sudden collapse resembling a stroke, unceasing spontaneous sweating, and reluctance to speak.

Qingzhu Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 22.，For acute and chronic convulsions, with alternating phlegm and heat.

Decoction for Dissolving Hardened Masses and Resolving Phlegm，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 5.，For masses in the chest and abdomen that are painful on palpation.

Musk and Gallbladder Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 120.，Teeth eroded by worms, causing them to fall out piece by piece.

Chai-Ge-Qin-Lian Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Diarrhea due to internal heat, with heat manifesting on the exterior.