Chaihu-Guided Formula

Pingjie Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Following a fit of intense anger, compounded by further frustration and disappointment, the patient suddenly screams and faints, vomiting phlegm in a torrent, and becomes unrecognizable to others.

Yu Zhen Powder，From *The Secret Treatise on Throat Disorders*, Volume 1.，Toxic swelling of the throat and tongue.

Toxicity-Expelling Five-Spice Pills，*Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 4.，For boils on the back and carbuncles.

Antler and Angelica Pills，From *De Xiao*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 328.，For women with blood deficiency and insufficient stomach fluid, presenting with frequent thirst, restlessness, and fever; heat in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet; aching pain in the limbs; alternating chills and fever; night sweats; and a dry mouth … Read more

Twenty-Five Herbs，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 56.，For injuries from falls or blows, fractures, and severed tendons with stabbing pain, regardless of severity.

The King of Huainan’s Pill from the Pillow，Quoted from *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.，For the five types of exhaustion, the six extremes, and the seven injuries; disharmony of stomach qi manifesting in the five viscera; deficiency-related labor with urination that is either difficult or frequent, causing excessive … Read more

Modified Liangdi Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Yin deficiency complicated by heat, resulting in excessive menstrual flow or bleeding that persists for several days past the expected period; the blood is bright red without clots; the tongue is red; the coating is yellow or absent; the pulse is string-like and rapid.

Bodhi Pills，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Indicated for epidemic diseases, malaria, summer heat syndrome, common cold with cough, dysentery with red or white stools, watery diarrhea, cholera, and pain in the chest and abdomen.

Five-Linh Decoction，*Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 15.，Dysuria.

Formula for a Wash to Nourish Tendons and Activate Meridians，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For diseases of the tendons and bones.

Newly Formulated Cinnamon and Poria Decoction，From *Jin Gui Yi* (Supplement to the Golden Chamber), Volume 6.，Kidney-reverse-stomach pain.

Mysterious Decoction，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 4.，If the patient must not lie down—and experiences shortness of breath when lying down—it is because water qi has risen upward and overwhelmed the lungs; the lungs, filled with water, become buoyant, obstructing the free flow of qi, and the pulse is deep and large.

Rabbit Brain Labor-Inducing Pill，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 4.，

Suhexiang Pills，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For typhoid fever complicated by shā syndrome, or sudden onset of a malignant, yin-natured toxin.

Cough-Relieving Sucking Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 157.，For cough caused by disharmony of lung qi.

Old Duck Fruit，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2, citing a formula by Wang Yongguang.，For consumptive cough with phlegm.

Ginseng and Angelica Decoction to Nourish Body Fluids，*Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，For smallpox pustules that fail to mature due to internal deficiency.

Relieves Numbness and Eliminates Phlegm-Dampness，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 1.，Numbness of the mouth and tongue, with drooling extending to the corners of the mouth; numbness also in the head and face; or vomiting of phlegm and saliva; or dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, and numbness throughout the body.

Amber Nourishing Heart Decoction，From *Yi Zhen Yi De*, Volume 2.，Palpitations.

Toothache Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Toothache.

Tonifying Licorice Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 28.，For consumptive weakness and emaciation, cold knees and lower back pain, mental dullness, weakness in the limbs and joints, low sperm count and lack of vital energy, and frequent startling during sleep.

Lian-Zhu Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 56.，Heart pain caused by heat.

Artemisia Root Wine，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 18.，Wind-dampness obstruction, inability to lift the hands and feet, and cramping pain in the tendons and joints.

Four-Processed Atractylodes Pills，From *Formulas of the Ruizhutang*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-fluid retention.

Formula for Nourishing the Mother and Prolonging the Child’s Life，*Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth*, Volume 1.，For women who repeatedly give birth to stillborn children, or whose children do not live long; for those with deficient qi and blood, unstable pregnancies, or recurrent miscarriages.