Chai-Chen Decoction

Empirical Lizhong Anti-Bloating Pills，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Phlegm-induced distension. Damp phlegm combined with qi stagnation obstructs the chest and abdomen, causing central fullness and abdominal distension, shortness of breath and wheezing, difficulty with urination and defecation, and even swelling of the face and limbs.

Malaria Pill，From *Lingnan Health Formulas*, Middle Volume.，For “Qi-Malaaria” and “Dietary-Malaaria.” “Qi-Malaaria” refers to a mass of stagnant qi in the chest and flanks, which may result from emotional fluctuations or from accumulated pathogenic factors; “Dietary-Malaaria” refers to malaria caused by dietary factors damaging the spleen.

Bao Zhen Shen Ying Pills，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，For men and women experiencing hemoptysis, coughing and shortness of breath, excessive phlegm, bone-consuming fever with tidal fever, a sallow and haggard complexion, a flushed face in the late afternoon, and restless sleep.

Chicken Dung Liquor Drink，*The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 5.，For abdominal distension, inability to eat in the evening after eating in the morning, and a sensation of fullness and obstruction.

Poria Qi-Dispersing Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 380.，For children with spleen-related wasting disease and swelling of the hands and feet.

Acacia Fruit Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 16.，Wind-induced headache.

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Nourishing the Lungs，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 26.，Metal-Fire Cough; coughs occurring in the fifth and sixth months.

Palm-Top Eye-Brightening Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 105.，For wind-heat affecting the eyes, causing red veins, pterygium, blurred vision, pain, and dryness.

Siqi Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 165, citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，

Decoction for Raising Yang and Tonifying Qi，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 3.，Overeating causes damage to the middle burner; impaired digestion and transformation lead to dampness stagnating in the spleen, causing the stomach qi to sink downward, resulting in diarrhea, abdominal pain, and scanty, difficult urination.

Scallion and Black Bean Wine，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For heat-induced dysuria and blood-in-urine.

Lead White Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For sores on the lips that are tight and cause unbearable pain.

Fangfeng Decoction for Dousing and Soaking，*Shenghui*, Volume 68.，Contracture of the fingers caused by exposure to wind and cold.

Golden Pill for Infant Care，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Lanzhou Formula).，For children with common cold-induced headaches, coughing and wheezing, sore throat, toothache and dry mouth, runny nose with clear discharge, or nasal congestion; and for sudden convulsions and spasms.

Xunluxiang Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 71.，For women with breast abscesses where the swelling has not yet ruptured and the pain is unbearable; or for those where the abscess has already formed but has not healed for a long time.

Decoction for Clearing the Gallbladder with Bamboo Shavings，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Gallbladder fire invades the spleen, causing insomnia.

Alum Stone Wine，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 21.，For leprosy.

Ginseng and Double Ginger Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，For cold damage contracted in winter, with diarrhea occurring 4–5 days later, cold hands and feet, and an absent pulse.

Powder to Ward Off Heat，Quoted from *Elbow-Back* in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.，When a warm epidemic spreads from person to person, leading to the extinction of entire families and affecting outsiders, and no one is willing to examine the patients.

Muxiang Paste，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For phlegm-induced vomiting, retching, and nausea.

Ginseng and Licorice Decoction，From *Classified Collection of Medical Formulas*, Volume 75, citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For swelling and pain in the throat.

Traumatic Injury Pills，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，Indicated for sprains and strains of tendons and bones caused by trauma, blood stasis, redness, swelling, pain, and conditions such as sudden lower back strain or rib strain.

Decoction for Relieving Stomach Distension and Regulating Qi，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 5.，When stagnant qi accumulates in the central palace, it overflows from the zang-fu organs into the meridians, sometimes lodging in the chest or the stomach. Once an attack occurs, it causes unrelenting stabbing pain in the chest and flanks; in severe … Read more

Minister Hu’s Yang-Enhancing Pill，From *Essential Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，

Liver-Cleansing Decoction，*New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 25, citing *Ji’s Family Tradition*.，For all types of malnourished eye conditions and blurred vision.