Castor Bean Formula

Phoenix-Qilin Ointment，*Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，For cataracts, tearing in the wind, photophobia, blurred vision; or long-standing cloudiness obscuring the eyes, rendering one unable to walk—seeing only silhouettes, such as a person in white walking by, or experiencing a sensation of blood pulling at the eyes.

Ji Kun Dan，From *Secret Manual of Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 2.，Eighteen Postpartum Disorders: Difficult labor; retained placenta; retained stillborn fetus; blurred vision; dry mouth and chest tightness; chills and fever resembling malaria; cough with irregular chills and fever; septic blood resembling a liver-shaped mass; swelling of the limbs; loss of voice and inability to … Read more

Xiang Sha Si Wu Decoction，*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For spontaneous vaginal bleeding during pregnancy due to blood deficiency with heat.

Musk and Black Bean Pills，From *Dànliáo Fāng*, cited in Volume 78 of *Yifang Leiju*.，Deafness.

Kidney-Clearing and Yang-Suppressing Pills，*Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 5.，Constriction of the pupil. The condition is characterized by a constricted and shrinking pupil, which gradually shrinks until it is as small as a mustard seed.

Moutan Leaf Juice，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 70.，For chronic nosebleeds lasting for years, or bleeding while sleeping at night—often amounting to several sheng—that have not responded to other treatments.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn and Pinellia Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For disharmony between cold and heat in the heart and lungs, accompanied by excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and coughing.

Decoction for Mastitis，From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.，Mastitis.

Skin-Regenerating Powder，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，For a back abscess nearing recovery, where yin deficiency fails to support yang, causing the wound to remain open.

Polygala Wine，*San Yin*, Volume 14.，For all types of abscesses and boils on the back, carbuncles, and malignant sores that are rapidly enlarging.

Snakehead Fish Soup，*Shenghui*, Volume 54.，Sudden swelling of the face and body, dryness in the small intestine, difficult bowel movements, and shortness of breath.

Southern Aconite Decoction，From *Formulas for Reliable and Practical Use*, Volume 1, citing a formula by Ye Mengxi.，For phlegm-related conditions.

Lung-Nourishing Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，For weakness of the spleen and lungs, with deficient fire rising upward, resulting in frequent nasal bleeding mixed with watery discharge.

Polygonum Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For all types of tinea and skin sores.

Yang Dan，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，For various external eye disorders, such as red veins running through the cornea, photophobia and sensitivity to light, gritty sensation and difficulty opening the eyes, redness and ulceration of the conjunctiva, and corneal opacities covering the pupil.

Two-Toxin Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 141, citing *Smoke and Mist: Formulas of Divine Efficacy*.，For intestinal bleeding and tenesmus.

Two-Qi Scorpion Tail Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 375.，For childhood convulsions and epilepsy.

Dalao Ya Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For toothache and bleeding gums, loose teeth, gum decay, and foul odor. Also for croup and childhood malnutrition (zouma gan).

Zhongxing Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Rheumatic toxins that have lodged in the meridians, causing wandering pain.

Trichosanthes Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 168.，For children with fever and thirst, or with deficiency-heat manifesting as vomiting or diarrhea.

Yiqing Pills，*Research on Medical Formulas*.，For liver fire-induced flank pain, liver-induced cold-induced headache, and pain at the crown of the head.

Gaotang Pills，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For severe thirst and restlessness due to cold damage, with a sense of fullness and the feeling of impending death.

Heart-Descending Decoction，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 17.，Heart fire rises excessively; kidney yin is deficient; restlessness and thirst lead to excessive fluid intake; qi and blood are gradually depleted.

Decoction of Green Orange Peel，From Danxi’s formula, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，For women experiencing various misfortunes and long-standing depression, resulting in lumps in the breasts the size of a turtle’s egg.

Formula for Prolonging Life，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 10.，