Black Pepper Cake

Life-Saving Pill，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 5).，For yin-type epilepsy and chronic convulsions and tremors.

Qianqiu Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 136.，For Shaoyin syndrome with unbearable headache.

Medicinal Teas for the Four Seasons，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*.，For external invasion by wind-cold, manifested as fever and aversion to cold, swelling and pain in the head and eyes, soreness in the lower back and legs, common cold with cough, and clear nasal discharge; as well as food stagnation and phlegm retention, vomiting and … Read more

Honey and Urine Drink，*Songfeng on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For all types of malaria caused by miasma, regardless of whether the condition is recent or chronic.

Crow-Spear Powder，From *Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 3.，”Crow’s Fork”: For toxic inflammation and swelling at the junction of the five fingers.

Jade Swallow Ointment，From *Miscellaneous Discourses from Shangchi*.，Scrofula, phlegm nodules.

Formula for Strengthening the Bladder，Formula attributed to Wang Liquan, cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，For diabetes insipidus caused by internal accumulation of dampness and turbidity, resulting in impaired regulation of the ascending and descending functions.

Instant Cough-Relief Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Jinan Formula).，For chronic cough with phlegm and wheezing.

Passage-Opening and Stagnation-Resolving Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 15.，Constipation.

Tianma Suhexiang Pills，*A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For acute convulsions following a purgative treatment.

Clove and Poria Decoction，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 167.，Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, with stagnation of old phlegm, leading to vomiting of saliva and froth, or sour fluid, and loss of appetite.

Ointment for Dampness-Induced Injuries，*Shanghai Pharmaceutical Standards*.，Sprains, contusions, rheumatic bone pain, and lower back and back pain.

Ten Precious Herbs Powder，From *Continuation of Yi Jian*, Volume 2.，After a serious illness, when vital energy has not returned to normal, resulting in fatigue, shortness of breath, a gloomy disposition, and a loss of taste in the mouth and on the tongue.

Qi Xi Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 404.，For children with smallpox or toxic rashes affecting the eyes, but without dry, cracked lesions.

Magnolia Decoction，From *Yan Nian*, cited in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，For heat-phlegm-fluid accumulation and qi stagnation, manifested as fullness and pain in both flanks and inability to eat.

Yougui Decoction，From *Medical Essentials*.，For deficiency-cold in the Gate of Life (Mingmen), presenting with abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating, impotence, cold semen, inability to conceive, aching in both knees, weak and limp legs, and blurred vision—cases where the Eight-Ingredient Pill (Bawei Wan) has proven ineffective.

Golden Elixir，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Effective for ten types of water retention and abdominal distension.

Black Beans Soaked in Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 64.，For wind-induced edema, regardless of whether it is cold or hot in nature.

Yanghua Powder，*Supplement to Traumatology*, Volume 4.，

Modified Zhibao Pill，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，For beriberi.

Longevity and Vitality-Preserving Paste，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For men: qi deficiency, nocturnal emissions, and testicular hernia. For women: abdominal pain due to cold blood, leukorrhea, and pain in the lower back and legs.

Rejuvenating Wine，From *The Collection of Revival* (Volume 1).，

Astragalus Decoction for Tonifying Deficiency，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For various conditions of deficiency and insufficiency, including acute lower abdominal pain, distension in the flanks (or lower abdomen), a sensation of fullness below the navel, restlessness and palpitations in the chest, a sallow and haggard complexion, dry lips and mouth, weakness and heaviness … Read more

Stomach-Clearing Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For headaches and dizziness, toothaches and swollen gums, bleeding gums and nosebleeds, sudden onset of conjunctivitis, constipation and dark urine, abdominal distension and sore throat, and chapped lips.

Nourishing Yin and Connecting the Organs Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Indicated for excessive rectal bleeding, heart weakness, weakness in the limbs, and a sallow, haggard complexion.