Blood-Activating and Qi-Tonifying Decoction

Apricot Kernel Powder，From *Formulas for Guiding the Way to Complete Life*, Volume 4.，Cough with counterflow of qi, labored breathing with shortness of breath, flared nostrils; the patient is unable to lie flat; a sound like a waterfowl in the throat, coming and going intermittently.

Miraculous Smallpox-Preventing Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 27.，

Empirical Formula for Regulating Qi，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3, citing a formula by Xu Tongzhi.，For various types of qi stagnation and obstruction, distension of the chest and diaphragm, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, vomiting and poor appetite, wandering, stabbing, or pricking pain in the shoulders, back, abdomen, and … Read more

Ointment for Blisters，From *A Compendium of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For rod wounds.

Paste for Manic Episodes，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，For mania.

Hibiscus Powder，From *Universal Remedies for the Common People*, Volume 2.，For all types of boils, carbuncles, and abscesses.

Miraculous Chicken Clear Pills，From *Formulas of the Rui Zhu Hall*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 207.，Effective for all types of diarrhea and dysentery.

Cooling Decoction for Treating Epidemic Diseases，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For epidemic diseases, regardless of severity.

Qingwei Powder，From *Supplementary Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 1.，“Bone-Trough Wind,” characterized by stiffness and soreness. For those with physical weakness and cold constitution.

Ginseng Harmonizing the Middle Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.，For children with an imbalance between cold and heat, characterized by excess heat above and diarrhea below.

Single-Dose Powder，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 5.，Sudden Cough. Epidemic cough with copious phlegm, alternating chills and fever, or nasal congestion and a hoarse voice.

Decoction for Dispersing Blood Stasis and Relieving Distension，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.，Blood-related distension. Frequent urination; loose, black, and glossy stools.

Yi Yuan Decoction，From *Compendium of Measles Disorders*.，Measles, with a flushed face, fever, restlessness, and an inability to drink water.

Lan Tai Powder，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 8, citing *Reliable and Effective Formulas for Preserving Life*.，For children with bone-consuming fever, restlessness in the bones and flesh and in the “five centers,” or excessive sleep—or even complete loss of sleep—following a serious illness or severe purgation.

Ye Ling’s Divine Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hohhot Formula).，Blood-related disorders.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Scutellaria Four Gentlemen Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For fetal movement in pregnant women.

Decoction of Ten Barks and Five Seeds，*Feng’s Treasure Chest*, Volume 14.，For all types of distension and swelling, as well as qi deficiency with abdominal fullness and isolated abdominal distension.

Decongesting and Harmonizing Decoction，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.，

Liver-Cooling and Vision-Clarifying Powder，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 6.，Heat in the Liver Meridian causes redness, swelling, and pain in both eyes.

Yuguan Pills，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For intestinal wind with blood loss, metrorrhagia, metrorrhagia with turbid leukorrhea, and cases where other medications prove ineffective, as well as uncontrollable diarrhea, dysentery, or loose stools.

Chrysanthemum Longevity Ointment，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Dry, itchy eyelids.

Gui Zhi Shi Gao Decoction.，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 9); the name appears in *Huo Ren Shu* (Vol. 17).，In cases of sudden swelling due to cold damage—whether in the limbs, chest, or back—where the swelling is diffuse and puffy like a balloon, or affects the head, face, lips, mouth, neck, and nape; in … Read more

Lily Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 74.，For patients in the 1st to 10th months of pregnancy experiencing fever and restlessness due to cold damage, accompanied by coughing, loss of appetite, and a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest.

Modified Ziwan Decoction，*Gujin Yijian*, Volume 12.，A cough during pregnancy caused by wind-cold invading the lungs is termed “pregnancy cough” (zi sou).

Miraculous Pus-Resolving Powder，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For abscesses and carbuncles that have not yet ruptured.