Buddha’s Hand Decoction

Decoction for Regulating Dampness，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Yang deficiency of the heart and lungs causes dampness in the spleen to fail to rise and stagnation in the stomach to fail to descend; food and drink cannot be transformed into essence and vitality, transforming into pathogenic fluid that accumulates at the entrance of … Read more

Rabbit Blood Powder，From *Formulas for Preserving Life and Dispelling Confusion*, Volume 4.，Difficult labor.

Detoxifying and Liver-Clearing Decoction，*Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，In the early stages of a “凝脂翳” (creamy opacity), with a predominance of wind-heat, the eyelids are slightly swollen, red veins crisscross the sclera, there is photophobia and tearing, the eye discharge is viscous, and the “风轮” (peripheral ring) appears thickened with speckles or forms … Read more

Poria Paste，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 51).，For excessive dark spots and dryness on the face, as well as chapped hands.

Internal Assistance Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Rash* (Dou Zhen Hui Tong), Volume 4.，For smallpox where, upon the initial appearance of spots, vomiting and diarrhea occur simultaneously, and the spots are grayish-white in color.

Decoction to Induce Labor and Regulate Qi，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 4.，When a woman in labor suddenly experiences the fetus rising upward and pressing against the heart, this is caused by qi stagnation, or by the amniotic fluid drying up prematurely, causing the birth canal to become dry and constricted, making it … Read more

Raw Rehmannia Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，Bladder swelling, accompanied by swelling, fullness, discomfort, pain, and weakness.

Bu Zhong Yi Shen Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Postpartum debility, joint pain, headache, and sweating.

Mountain Yam Porridge，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*.，

Soothe-the-Feet Decoction，*The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 8.，Ulcers caused by stagnant bone toxins.

Blood-Regulating Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For hematuria, bloody urine, and bloody stools caused by heat.

Dragon’s Tooth Calming Pill，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For deficiency of Heart and Kidney Qi, manifesting as palpitations, forgetfulness, restless sleep, nocturnal emissions, pale complexion, and aching pain in the shins.

Heart-Cooling Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 168.，Wind-heat in children.

Holy Monk Powder，From *The Treasure of Family Health*, cited in Volume 147 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For epidemic plagues and all forms of cold damage, regardless of yin or yang, and irrespective of severity.

Realgar Powder，*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 6.，Nasal hemorrhoids. Nasal polyps arising from damp-heat.

Cough-Relieving and Asthma-Calming Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cases of cold damage or warm diseases where the intense heat of the Yangming channel has subsided, and the patient is either inherently deficient, elderly, or physically frail; or presents with shortness of breath, cough, or excessive phlegm, with breathing appearing severely inadequate.

Water Smartweed Pill，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For wasting disease and emaciation, accompanied by bloody diarrhea.

Rehmannia Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For a newborn infant whose entire body and face are yellow, appearing golden; or who has a red face, a fever, eyes that remain closed, constipation, urine resembling gardenia juice, and sores all over the body.

Purslane Powder Compress Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 110.，Eye discharge, with pus oozing from the cornea, persisting for years without ceasing.

Bamboo Leaf and Scutellaria Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 16, citing *Shan Fan Fang*.，For extreme heat due to essence depletion, characterized by blurred vision, scorched teeth, hair loss, physical decline, body aches, and generalized deficiency heat.

Shenren Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，For pediatric malnutrition syndrome. Caused by excessive consumption of fruits and unrestrained intake of rich, sweet foods, leading to deficiency-cold in the spleen and stomach; the child appears sallow and emaciated, with bristling hair and parched skin, resembling a monkey or a hedgehog, and exhibits a tendency … Read more

Intestinal-Warming Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 43.，For diarrhea due to deficiency-cold in the small intestine, characterized by loose stools with pus and blood, and a sensation of intestinal slippage accompanied by listlessness.

Egg Ointment，The formula is from *The Direct Pointers* (Vol. 25); the name appears in *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 308).，If a centipede sprays its urine on a person, it causes sores all over the body, as if burned by boiling water or fire.

Mo Sa Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Medical Bureau*, Volume 1.，For stroke-induced paralysis and weakness, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eyes, slurred speech, mental confusion, difficulty walking, or one-sided muscle atrophy, dragging of the hands and feet, or stiffness of tendons and meridians preventing flexion and extension, as well as Qi-bi and various wind-related bodily … Read more

Modified Eight-Ingredient Decoction，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 7.，For cases where qi and blood are inherently deficient, unable to carry the toxin to the surface, resulting in smallpox eruptions appearing 4–6 days past the expected time.