Brain-Draining Powder

Yin Liu Xian Powder，*Secret Formulas of Miraculous Medicines*, Volume 1.，For cases of yin toxicity without pain.

Mianhuai Decoction，From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 14.，For postpartum women experiencing a sudden, uncontrollable surge of breast milk and reduced appetite, who wish to restore their milk supply.

Salt Compress Formula，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 13.，Cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by pain in the chest and abdomen.

Blood-Cooling Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 28.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Blood-Nourishing and Liver-Supporting Pills，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 12.，After childbirth, there is a sensation of fullness and distension in the left flank, making it painful to lie on that side.

Xie Chuanxiao’s Dispelling Powder，From *The Continuation of the Medical Lamp*, Volume 18.，For toothache.

Minor Qin Jiao Powder，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 15.，For itching caused by wind-deficiency scabies.

Winter Mallow Seed Powder，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 179.，For children with difficulty urinating and sharp pain in the navel and abdomen.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 152.，For women with prolonged menstrual bleeding that does not stop, with discharge that may be red, white, blue, or black, and whose color is inconsistent.

Chu Tree Root Pills，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Internal injury due to sexual overexertion, resulting in deficiency of both qi and blood, inability to retain essence, involuntary emission of semen, or nocturnal emissions.

Jade Ball，Formula by Zhou Houfeng, cited in *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 15.，For scabies.

Wu Xian Dan，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 5, citing Chang Zizheng’s formula.，For phlegm-fluid obstructing the qi, loss of appetite, difficulty urinating, heaviness in the head with dizziness, or headache with chills in the back, and vomiting of sour fluid.

Ejiao Si Ling Powder，From *Six Books on Medicine* (Yi Lue Liu Shu), Volume 28.，For pregnancy complicated by spleen deficiency with blood heat, where damp-heat prevents blood from returning to its meridians, resulting in persistent hematuria, fetal instability, and a stringy and涩 pulse.

Major Bupleurum Decoction with Asparagus and Anemarrhena，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 9.，For cold damage persisting for 7–8 days without resolution, accompanied by silent restlessness, dry feces in the abdomen, and delirium.

Soft Blue Ointment，Quoted from *Liu’s Family Tradition* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 978.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, spasms, and all cases of convulsive disorders accompanied by drooling.

Mu Bie Zi Powder，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 28.，For prolapsed hemorrhoids that are severely swollen and ulcerated.

Plum and Sulfur Pills，From *The Mystic Pearls of Chishui*, Volume 4.，For cases where taking pungent remedies for chest pain actually worsens the condition.

Bamboo Sap Decoction for Clearing Heat，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 11.，For liver excess heat, pathogenic heat suppressing yang qi, accompanied by shortness of breath, chest tightness, anxiety, and fear; blurred vision; and uncontrollable raving and palpitations with involuntary speech.

Amber Sleep-Inducing Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 70.，For forgetfulness and mental confusion; insomnia due to deficiency of the spirit; liver yang rising excessively; the heart spirit failing to maintain its composure; and palpitations and anxiety.

Ginseng and Fangji Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 50.，Excessive heat in the lungs, swelling and pain in the throat, heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes, restlessness and a sense of fullness prompting thirst, external heat and phlegm-toxin, and constipation or difficulty in urination.

Yan Dian Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，For men and women with chronic deficiency of the liver and kidneys, resulting in wind-heat obstructing the eyes.

Liver-Kidney Nourishing Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Men’s and Women’s Diseases*.，Flank pain.

Goat’s-Horn Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 149.，Sores caused by the urine of the Chinese water scorpion, with oozing and pain.

Four-Ingredient Anise Powder，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Wind-cold injures the liver, causing throbbing pain in the scrotum and penis—commonly known as “small intestinal qi”—with unbearable pain.

Decoction for Promoting Lactation and Dissolving Nodules，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Breast lumps are attributed to the syndrome of liver qi stagnation. Stagnation of breast milk leads to hardness, fullness, distension, and pain in the breasts, or even redness and swelling; occasionally accompanied by chills and fever; pale tongue with white coating; and a string-like, rapid … Read more