Black Elixir

Sanling Myrrh Pills，From *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang*, citing a formula by Du Zimao (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Vol. 112).，For long-standing, accumulated masses and fullness accompanied by pain and oppression.

Ginseng Penetrating-the-Muscle Powder，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Smallpox*, Volume 13.，For smallpox lesions where the vital energy is deficient; within 3–4 days, no other symptoms are present, but the lesions remain hidden beneath the skin and do not erupt.

Spirit-Restoring Pill，From *Elucidation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，For cloudiness that recedes from its root, where the eye’s vital light has long been obscured and must be drawn out to emerge.

Jia Gan Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 212, citing *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*.，For women experiencing a sensation of being pricked by needles in their muscles, or occasional vomiting, due to menstrual pain caused by exposure to cold.

Umbilical Application Powder，From *Songfeng’s Discourse on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For pregnant women with epidemic fever who fear harm to the fetus.

Secret Formula for Life-Saving Umbilical Fumigation，From *Complete Record of Medical Works*, Volume 331.，

Internal Moxibustion Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.，Cold in the viscera.

Top-Opening Stone-South Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 6, citing *The Treatise on Dragon Wood*.，For external eye obstructions in children: initially caused by an accident—such as a blow to the head, face, or temples, or a fall—resulting in the child’s liver being affected by wind-shock, which causes the eyes to become … Read more

Qi-Tonifying Pills，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Andrology*.，For consumptive diseases and qi deficiency, with a large pulse in the right hand.

Camphor Willow Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，For all types of edema.

Red Adzuki Bean Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 66.，For rat-induced fistulas and purulent discharge, stiff neck and headache, and alternating chills and fever in the limbs; for ant-induced fistulas; and for all types of fistulas in children.

Formula for Instilling Realgar into the Ear，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 115.，For centipedes or other insects that have entered the ear.

Milk-Inducing Elixir，*Tianjin Standards for Traditional Chinese Patent Medicines*.，For women with deficiency of qi and blood, blocked meridians, thin breast milk, or grayish-yellow breast milk.

Steamed Aconite Preparation，*Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.，For eye pain without fever.

Remarkable Formula for Regulating Menstruation，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Amenorrhea.

Dangyin Jiuming Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，Yin-cold invading the viscera. During severe cold weather, one suddenly contracts yin-cold, presenting with blue lips and a cold body; tight and contracted tendons and veins in the hands and feet; vomiting and diarrhea; chest and abdominal pain; retraction of the scrotum and blue discoloration of … Read more

Liu Ban Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，Heat-dampness-induced beriberi, with inability to walk; blood deficiency, with pain in the lower back and legs.

Sulfur-Mercury Pill，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For vomiting and gastric reflux.

Qi-Regulating Fragrant Perilla Decoction，*Wind-Consumption and Ascites*，In cases of edema caused by Qi stagnation, the pulse is deep and hidden, or there may be abdominal distension and shortness of breath.

Epidemic-Dispelling Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin Formula).，Dizziness and vomiting; abdominal pain and diarrhea; cold extremities; unconsciousness; heatstroke or cold exposure; fever and chills; aching limbs; and dampness-induced oppression and distension.

Po Jian Dan，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 2.，Boil behind the ear.

Facial Pain Formula No. 1，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Facial pain due to wind-heat combined with phlegm obstructing the meridians; flushed face and red eyes; preference for cold; red tongue with yellow coating; rapid pulse; may be accompanied by fever and slight aversion to wind and cold.

Decoction for Promoting Labor，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For pregnant women with severely depleted qi and blood, resulting in impaired fetal movement and difficult labor, with the fetus’s feet and hands presenting first.

Stomach-Clearing and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3; name cited in *Xingyuan Shengchun*, Volume 4.，Belching; fire and phlegm in the stomach. Phlegm and fluid retention in the stomach have accumulated to form a sour syndrome.

Ling-E Powder，From *Miraculous Formulas for Traumatic Injuries*.，For the early stage of systemic trauma, where qi and blood are not yet deficient but stasis has accumulated internally, causing internal and external blockages, obstruction of urination and defecation, swelling, pain, and fever—all symptoms of excess syndrome.