Cactus Herb Formula

Five Corpses Pills，Quoted from *Hu Qia’s Formulas* in Volume 13 of *Wai Tai*.，All types of skin ulcers.

Hemp Root Juice with Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 145.，For pain from contusions and injuries.

Water-Bone Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，For diabetes with uncontrollable thirst and excessive water intake.

Chai-Ju-Banxia Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Development of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 27，Relieves liver stagnation and dispels depression; opens and disperses lung qi; clears heat and eliminates phlegm; subdues counterflow and stops vomiting; disperses nodules and resolves fullness. For “Zhi Jie Syndrome”—that is, cases of cold damage where purgation has not yet been performed, … Read more

Mo Chen Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 9.，Chest Pain Relieved by Pressure.

Yuehuang Paste，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Tinea capitis.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Erchen Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Phlegm obstruction combined with dampness, resulting in scanty menstrual flow that is pale, thick, and sticky; excessive phlegm with nausea and vomiting; chest discomfort; epigastric distension; a bland and greasy taste in the mouth; and a slippery pulse.

Kidney-Warming Pills，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 15.，For frequent urination due to kidney deficiency, or incontinence with cloudy urine.

Goji Berry and Acorus Wine，*Qian Jin*, Volume 7.，For sudden onset of paralysis, uncoordinated limbs, unsteady gait, a tight mouth, and inability to bend or stretch the limbs.

Divinely Inspired Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For all postpartum illnesses, regardless of severity, including life-threatening conditions.

Decoction for Harmonizing the Half-Exterior and Half-Interior，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and ulcers that are half-exterior and half-interior—appearing to be about to rupture but not yet ruptured, appearing swollen but not truly swollen—these are all caused by deficiency of original qi and a failure to properly tonify and support.

Large Pinellia Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 63.，Indicated for retained fluid, epigastric distension and discomfort, cough, and shortness of breath with chest fullness.

Cinnabar Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 199.，Malarial Fevers.

Secretly Transmitted “Ten Thousand Spirits” Single-Pill Nine-Transformation Elixir，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.，Effective for headaches and fever due to cold damage; yin-type symptoms such as chills and spontaneous sweating; stroke with facial paralysis; acute and chronic convulsions in children; postpartum pain caused by blood stasis; irregular menstruation and reddish vaginal discharge in … Read more

Shengma Erchen Decoction，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 26.，Phlegm-stagnation and fire pathogens in the lower jiao, with difficulty in urination and defecation.

Xingxiong Powder，*Sources of Pediatric Diseases*, Volume 1.，For children with fever due to “bianzheng,” or cough with phlegm and saliva, and a stuffy nose with a hoarse voice.

Longevity and Vitality-Preserving Pill，*Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 4.，

Cinnabar Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 275.，For all types of malignant sores.

Abdominal Pain Liuhe Decoction，*Yuanrong*.，For abdominal pain due to blood deficiency, accompanied by slight sweating and aversion to wind.

Yanghe Rescue-from-Death Decoction，*Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，For cases of “bone-groove wind” where the ingestion of cooling agents has caused the muscles to become hardened, congested, and putrid.

Formula for Clearing Heat and Relieving Pain，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，A condition of excessive thirst characterized by shortness of breath, phlegm-related cough, a flushed and puffy face, ulceration of the mouth and tongue, and a swollen, painful throat. Symptoms are relieved by drinking water; the patient drinks approximately 1 dou of water … Read more

Ginseng and Winterflower Paste，From *Collected Works on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 3).，For coughing up blood due to qi reversal, with blood streaks in the sputum.

Almond and Pinellia Decoction，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 9.，Lung atrophy, uncontrollable wheezing with phlegm, persistent cough, and in severe cases, alternating chills and fever.

Agarwood Decomposed Accumulation Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Chongqing Formula).，Abuse of food and drink causes qi and blood to stagnate in the viscera, resulting in abdominal pain—which may manifest as a mass, a lump, or wandering pain—or as tea stagnation, alcohol stagnation, food stagnation, cold stagnation, fullness and distension, or milk … Read more

Madness-Resolving Pill，*Revised and Annotated Edition of Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Andrology*.，Deficiency of heart qi, leading to pathogenic heat and phlegm-qi invading the body through this vulnerability, resulting in year-round mania that does not resolve; the patient may wield a knife to kill others, verbally abuse people, fail to recognize their own children, show great joy … Read more