Black Dragon Decoction

Dan Gui San，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 84.，Deficiency of qi and blood leads internally to amenorrhea and externally to emaciation of the limbs and marrow, with tidal fevers that gradually develop into bone-consuming fever.

Pancreas-Clearing Decoction No. 2，*New Acute Abdominal Disorders*.，Acute pancreatitis caused by ascaris in the biliary tract.

Pill for Clearing the Bowels and Preserving Essence，From *Ji Ming Lu*.，For kidney-related fire, where depleted essence obstructs the orifices, causing internal heat, difficult urination, and turbid, scab-like discharge.

Qingxia Po Xue Decoction，*Illustrated Treatise on Chinese Bone-Setting*.，For injuries to the lower diaphragm.

Cinnabar and Powder Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 300.，For chapped and cracked skin where the pain is unbearable when stepping on the ground.

Yueju Decoction，*Medical Case Records of the Yi Family*.，Constipation with Qi Stagnation. Both urination and defecation are obstructed; the pulse is deep, hidden, and forceful at both Cun positions, full and slow but weak at both Guan positions, and not palpable at both Chi positions.

Ma-Gui-Xin-Fang Decoction，Proven Formula，Dispels wind and dispels cold.

To Disperse Toxin from a Wound，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，For abscesses, toxic boils, and hot sores characterized by severe swelling and pain; for infantile “fetal toxins,” scalp sores, and alopecia; for residual toxins from rashes causing pus discharge or oozing; for swelling of the neck and cheeks with ulceration … Read more

Four Sages Detoxifying Decoction，*Complete Book on Smallpox and Rashes*, Volume 1.，For smallpox with fever, or itching during the serous stage; or for cases where the patient is able to eat and drink but has hard stools.

Jin Shang San，From *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 2.，Injuries caused by knives, sickles, or axes.

Four Substances Decoction with Additions，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cases of “crane-knee wind” with yin deficiency.

Bear Bile Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，Hemorrhoidal fistulas. The wound does not close; the pus is thin and watery; the swelling is hard and persistent.

Lingxian Pills，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 26.，All types of masses.

Magnolia Bark Ointment，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 395.，For children with vomiting and diarrhea who have no appetite.

Dipsacus Ointment for Tissue Regeneration，From *Gui Yi*, Volume 2.，For boils, abscesses, and gunshot wounds.

Mulberry Ash Wash Formula，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 133.，Chronic sores.

Ointment for Boils，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 2.，For carbuncles, unexplained swellings and toxic sores, and miasma.

Mulberry and Artemisia Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，All types of eye inflammation caused by heat, including hot eyes with ulcerated corneas and wind-induced eye conditions.

Gold and Silver Pill，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 5.，For convulsions caused by epilepsy.

Ophiopogon and Li Zhong Decoction，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 6 of *Wài Tái*.，Heat in the upper burner, abdominal distension with loss of appetite, or vomiting followed by diarrhea after eating, accompanied by cramping pain in the elbows and flanks.

Eight-Ingredient Dragon Bone Powder，Quoted from *Xiaopin Fang* in Volume 16 of *Wai Tai*.，For children with high fever, thirst, and dysentery.

Qi-Relieving and Liver-Clearing Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For premenstrual flank distension and abdominal pain due to liver qi stagnation with heat, accompanied by irritability and quick temper, dizziness, a bitter and dry mouth, heavy red menstrual flow (possibly with clots), a yellow tongue coating, a red tongue body, and a string-like, rapid pulse.

Black Toad Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 23 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children suffering from wind-induced malnutrition and emaciation, who shake their heads and rub their eyes, with all meridians stiff and tense.

Eight Immortals Cake，From *The Collection of Immortal Insights*, Volume 3, citing *The Family Treasure*.，For indigestion and severe diarrhea or dysentery.

Home-Style Chrysanthemum Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，Various types of headaches.