Bone-Penetrating Decoction

Elixir of Immortality for Longevity，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 2.，For paralysis, the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” a sallow and gaunt complexion, emaciation; for women who have long been unable to conceive; for men with diminished vitality, difficulty walking, and pain in the tendons and bones.

Cistanche and Achyranthes Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 5.，Liver deficiency injured by dry heat, manifesting as pain in the flanks and lower abdomen, intestinal rumbling, loose stools, or fever, sores and ulcers all over the body, cough, swelling of the limbs, and nasal congestion.

Decoction for Stabilizing the Fetus and Promoting Well-Being，*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，In the sixth month of pregnancy, if the fetal qi is disharmonious, causing sudden restlessness or discomfort, abdominal pain, or bloating and oppression.

Daqu Ye Wan，*Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，

Lu Tong Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9.，For all types of cough and shortness of breath in both men and women.

Zibù Zhèngyuán Decoction，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 3.，Deficiency of both qi and blood; depletion of the heart and spleen; mental confusion; dizziness with phlegm.

Chuanwu Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 3.，For men and women experiencing heaviness and stiffness in the lower back and legs.

Perilla and Black Plum Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 267), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，

San-Wu-Qi Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 3.，For dizziness due to yang deficiency, accompanied by headache, aversion to cold, tinnitus, or deafness.

Seaweed Soaked in Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.，For edema that moves erratically—sometimes swelling like a clam, sometimes as large as a bowl, sometimes appearing on the abdomen or back, or on the arms or legs.

Yu Lin Bao Kun Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin Formula).，For qi stagnation and blood deficiency, irregular menstruation (early or late periods), abdominal pain during menstruation, loss of appetite, and fatigue and lethargy.

Qing Shen Yi Qi Decoction，From *Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.，For patients with a history of spleen-stomach deficiency, recurrent eye disorders, jaundice affecting the body, face, and eyes, urine that is either yellow or white, irregular bowel movements, reduced appetite, shortness of breath, lethargy with a tendency to lie down, and weakness in … Read more

Du Heng Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 70.，In women, a long-standing accumulation of wind-cold in the abdominal organs causes the blood and qi to become stagnant and sluggish, preventing proper circulation, which results in infertility.

Secretly Transmitted “Zouma Tongsheng San”，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For the initial stage of a cold-pathogen invasion in typhoid fever, where the patient is robust but suffers from severe chills.

Empirically Modified Detoxifying and Blood-Activating Decoction，From *A Concise Compendium on the Plague*.，Plague.

Bee Paste，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 300).，For black, swollen lips accompanied by unbearable pain and itching; also treats drooping lips.

Xiao Qi Xiang Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).，For vomiting after drinking alcohol, retching with a sour taste in the throat, dysphagia due to qi stagnation, inability to swallow food, cold phlegm with regurgitation, abdominal distension and spleen pain, long-standing accumulation of tea, alcohol, and food, yellowing of the eyelids, dysentery … Read more

Akebia and Citrus Peel Decoction，*Zheng Yin Mai Zhi*, Volume 4.，For diarrhea and difficulty urinating caused by qi stagnation in the small intestine.

Decoction for Stopping Leucorrhea，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 12.，For women who have lost excessive blood after childbirth, leaving insufficient blood to nourish the Conception, Governor, and Belt Vessels, resulting in a prolapse from the urinary tract—a fleshy thread 3–4 chi long protruding from the urethra. Movement causes excruciating pain; it is expelled with urine and … Read more

Qinglong-Baihu Decoction，*Medical Case Records of the Wang Family*, Volume 2.，

Method for Steaming Castor Oil Paste，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 6.，Ten types of water-related disorders, five types of miasma and toxic vapors.

Shao Yang Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.，All types of cold-induced disorders.

Redbud Bark Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 306.，For injuries caused by a rabid dog.

Miaoying Powder，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 29 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with a cold and deficient large intestine resulting in anal prolapse.

Waist-Massage Pill，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For lower back pain caused by cold and dampness. In men: chronic deficiency of the water organ, the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” general debility, premature graying of the temples, and pain in the lower back and knees; in women: chronic deficiency of the water organ, blood … Read more