Chaihu Cong’er Decoction

Spleen-Invigorating Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For chronic spleen deficiency where the patient cannot tolerate food; immediately after eating, there is intestinal rumbling and abdominal cramping, which subsides only after all food is expelled; symptoms are absent when fasting; this condition has persisted for years.

Ten-Ingredient Cezhi Wine，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 19 of *Wai Tai*.，For beriberi: swelling, pain, heaviness, and a sense of oppression in the feet; occasional weakness; sudden surges of fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen; numbness in the lower abdomen; and occasional sharp pain.

Secret Wine Infusion Formula，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，For left-sided paralysis, right-sided paralysis, hemiplegia, facial asymmetry, all types of wind disorders, and unbearable pain.

Red Peony and Forsythia Powder，*Supplementary Meanings of Medical Purity*, Volume 1.，Severe spasm. Excessive wind-heat; heat injures the nutritive blood; tendons and vessels suddenly contract; wind enters the meridians; stiffness and contracture of the limbs; headache and stiff neck; twitching of the hands and feet; in severe cases, opisthotonos; fever without sweating.

Yi Qingming Eye-Clearing Decoction，Quoted from Yunlin’s Formula in Volume 9 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，For women whose liver has been injured by anger, causing blurred vision as if seeing through clouds or mist.

Chai-Ling Heat-Clearing Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，In cases of deficiency syndrome, with heat in the palms and soles.

Wulong Pills，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Formulas for Home Use—Ointments, Pills, and Powders*.，For wandering abscesses, leg boils of a mixed yin-yang nature, as well as fish-mouth abscesses and anal abscesses. Also for鹤膝风 (crane-knee wind).

Tiankan Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Due to deficiency-cold in the Mingmen, the patient suffered from chronic diarrhea, with 2–3 episodes of painful diarrhea at dawn every day; in severe cases, 5–6 episodes; yet no diarrhea occurred during the day.

Cinnamon and Acorus Powder，From *Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 50.，For children suffering from acute stroke, resulting in loss of voice and inability to speak.

Enhanced Chai-Chen Decoction，*Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 1.，For common cold where the pathogenic factor has transmitted to the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, manifesting as blocked Qi in the ears, cough, and a bitter taste in the mouth.

Goose Pear Juice Decoction Pills，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume Middle.，Wind-induced paralysis. Affects the head, face, and limbs; tendons and meridians contract; hands and feet do not respond; phlegm is sticky and viscous; speech is slurred and the mind is clouded; the mouth and eyes are crooked.

Modified Zhi-Shu Er-Chen Decoction，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 28.，Dysphagia.

Ephedra and Gardenia Decoction，*The Complete Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 61.，Yin Huang. The patient experiences alternating chills and fever, pain in all ten fingers, and a sooty discharge from the nose.

Stone Gall Water，*Treasury of Ophthalmology*, Volume 4.，For eye inflammation and eyes with pus.

Tou Gu Dan，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For abscesses on the back that have ruptured and are oozing pus, as well as abdominal pain due to stomach cold.

Cinnabar Ointment，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 3.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.

Venereal Disease Detoxification Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For syphilis-induced toxicity, characterized by swelling and pain in the early stages, painful urination, and pain in the tendons and bones.

Blood-Harmonizing and Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，Following an eye ailment, patients often suffer from wind and cold, leading to obstructed qi and blood circulation and blockage of the nine orifices. This results in weakened lung qi and excessive heart fire, causing heart blood to overpower lung metal. Consequently, the eyes may exhibit a white … Read more

Yanghe Jieying Ointment，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Effective for ulcerated genital sores, scrofula, frostbite, mastitis, pain caused by cold and dampness, and malaria.

Chenqi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.，Effective against: possession by spirits, flying spirits, qi stagnation, masses and accumulated qi, shortness of breath, edema, beriberi, ghost-induced poison and witchcraft, undigested food, a sensation of a double-layered cup in the abdomen, or the “nine worms”; in women, red or white vaginal discharge; skin ulcers; abdominal distension with emaciation; and … Read more

Supplementary Formulas for Remarkable Treatments of Wounds，From *Effective Emergency Remedies*.，For wounds involving severed fingers.

Modified Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *The Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 2.，For cases of shanghan (typhoid fever) with retching and stagnant heat in the stomach, as well as gastric disorders with phlegm-heat causing vomiting and retching.

White Atractylodes Pills for Eliminating Fluid Retention，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 63.，For phlegm-induced masses, phlegm retention from alcohol consumption, abdominal masses with difficulty in elimination, vomiting, blurred vision, deafness, and gurgling sounds in the intestines.

Jingju Powder，*Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，Treats heart deficiency with cold, headaches, abnormal temperament and behavior, slurred speech, stiff joints, paralysis of the heart and hands, alternating chills and fever in the bones, tearing eyes, and poor growth of teeth and hair.

Zhengqi Kuai Ban Decoction，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen* (Volume 8).，For smallpox rashes that have not been properly managed and are suppressed by cold, preventing them from erupting.