Cardamom Porridge

Atractylodes and Four Ling Powder，*Shanghan Dabai* (Comprehensive Treatise on Cold Damage), Volume 4.，Diarrhea with difficulty urinating.

Enhanced Diguipi Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 6.，For a rash accompanied by persistent fever and inability to eat; also treats unrelenting shortness of breath.

Water Lily Seed Paste Soup，From *Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 2.，Damp-bi syndrome with pain in the lower back and knees.

Ginseng-Poria Jianzhong Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，Deficient consumptive disease with intermittent tidal fevers, accompanied by spontaneous sweating, poor appetite, weak knees, and joint pain.

Qianli Jianbu Powder，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，Swelling and pain in the feet from long-distance travel.

Black Tissue-Regenerating Powder，From *Secret Formulas for Immediate Relief from the Blue Sack*, Volume 1.，The affected area is clear and the back is free of swelling; all pus and toxins have been eliminated, and there is no redness or swelling around the edges.

Holly Powder，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 16.，Donkey or horse saliva applied to the sore.

Yiwu Qianhu Pills，*Wai Tai*, Volume 35, citing *Xiaopin Fang*.，For children’s night crying.

Yellow Snake Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 3.，For abscesses and ulcers of the toenails, where the red flesh around the nail protrudes; or for ingrown toenails that frequently bleed and cause unbearable pain.

Cimicifuga and Arctium Seed Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Treatise on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 5.，Epidemic toxins.

Decoction for Genital Swelling，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For various swellings and pains that do not subside, or for stiffness of tendons and meridians preventing flexion and extension.

Cinnamon and Magnolia Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 4.，Deficiency-cold of the stomach qi, resulting in inability to digest food, vomiting, and pain.

Taiqing Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For stomach fire with restlessness and fever, accompanied by delirium, skin rashes, or vomiting.

Curd and Ghee Decoction Pills，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，When epidemic fever is severe and sores appear in the mouth.

Astragalus and Notopterygium Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 13.，When the heart and spleen are afflicted, essence and blood become deficient; when wind pathogens invade, the condition progressively worsens.

Qi-Regulating Fangfeng Decoction，From *Discrimination of Internal and External Injuries*, Middle Volume.，Wind-heat invades the lung, causing severe stagnation of lung qi, pain in the shoulders and back, sweating, and frequent but scanty urination.

Xiang Sha Qi Qi Decoction，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 7.，Pain in the chest and abdomen.

Ginseng and Aconite Life-Saving Ointment，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，For those suffering from consumptive weakness, hoarseness, inability to eat or drink, and abdominal pain.

Yuchunxian，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 2.，

Ginger Marrow Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，For lung infection by wind-pathogen, resulting in constriction and obstruction of the airways and a hoarse, raspy voice.

Five-Spirit Pill for Malaria，Formula by He Lianchen, cited in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，San-yin malaria, commonly known as “four-day, two-head” malaria, results from cold-dampness injuring the spleen and internal stagnation of spleen yang; if left untreated for a long time, it often develops into chronic malaria.

Tonggu Decoction，*Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 5.，For various deficiency-related wasting diseases, emaciation and weakness, aching pain in the lower back and waist, restlessness, shortness of breath, and coughing; spitting pus or vomiting blood; excessive thick phlegm obstructing the throat; disturbed sleep; chest tightness and shortness of breath; profuse night sweats; brittle hair and tinnitus; cold … Read more

Water Hernia Decoction，From *Yidi*, Volume 6.，Hydrocele. Swelling and pain in the scrotum, with occasional sweating in the genital area; the scrotum may be swollen and clear as crystal, or it may itch and ooze yellow fluid; pressing on the lower abdomen may produce a gurgling sound; one testicle may gradually enlarge, or one may gradually … Read more

Yingzhong Powder，From *Formulas for the Family School*.，For various conditions of upward-rushing pathogenic factors that are unresponsive to treatment, as well as chronic toxic obstructions.

Pills for Clearing Turbidity and Strengthening the Root，From *The Authentic Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 6, citing a formula by Dongyuan.，Damp-heat in the lower jiao, characterized by cloudy stools, seminal emission, and frequent urination.