Chaihu Shigao Decoction

Decoction of Aconite and Lampwick，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 9.，Cold in the viscera causing a blocked throat, with faint and weak pulses in all six positions; laryngeal obstruction.

Lung-Nourishing Decoction，*Compendium of Measles Disorders*, Volume 4.，Following a rash, both qi and blood are deficient, resulting in lung heat with wheezing and cough, fever, and spontaneous sweating.

Iron Sand Pills，From Si Heng’s formula, cited in Volume 6 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，For jaundice with a mass in the abdomen.

Four Substances Decoction for Removing Stasis，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Uterine prolapse.

Xie Li Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For bloody or white diarrhea, abdominal pain, tenesmus, and tenesmus with a sensation of incomplete evacuation—where treatment with the Decongestant Decoction has not fully resolved the condition; also treats lockjaw dysentery.

Apricot Kernel Paste，From *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 197.，Facial Eczema.

Formula for Inducing Labor，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 85 of *Yitong*.，

Wu Cha Wine，*Resolving the Source of the Disease*, Volume 4.，Effective for gout, arthralgia, wind-induced nodules, and black swelling with paralysis.

Clove Decoction，From *Zhang’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 21 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, diarrhea and dysentery, pallor and sallow complexion due to cold injury, chest pain, restlessness of the viscera, and masses or lumps.

Coix Seed, Aconite, and Patrinia Powder，*The Golden Chamber* (Jin Gui), Volume Middle.，In cases of intestinal abscess, the body appears scaly and rough, the abdominal skin is taut, and upon palpation it feels soft and swollen; there is no mass in the abdomen, no fever, and the pulse is rapid. This indicates the presence of pus … Read more

Angelica and Peony Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 215.，Exhaustion-induced dysuria. Pain in the lower abdomen; difficulty urinating.

Ginseng and Ejiao Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 188.，Hemoptysis.

Ma-Gui Er-Chen Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 8.，For external invasion by wind-cold, phlegm-induced cough with alternating chills and fever, headache, body aches, nasal congestion, and a hoarse voice.

Secret Formula for Shrinking Hemorrhoids，From *Formulas of the Zongfu Hall*, Volume 2.，Internal hemorrhoids.

Yinqiao Shihu Decoction，*Clinical Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*.，For chronic urinary tract infections with kidney yin deficiency.

Family Recipe: Yellow Ointment，From *Secret Mirror on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis*, Volume 2.，Genital sores, leg sores, or necrosis of the head and face caused by syphilis.

Lead Red Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, Volume 3.，Wind-heat ascends to attack the Yangming meridians, causing lung wind, and results in a purplish-red rash on the face and nose.

Qi-Soothing Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 66.，For lung-related cough with phlegm and saliva, shortness of breath, fullness in the chest, and edema.

Mangosteen Powder，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Tinea corporis.

Enhanced Formula for Nourishing the Heart and Kidneys，Formula from *Medical Case Records of Liu Huimin*; name found in *A Thousand Families’ Wonderful Formulas*, Volume 1.，Night wandering caused by deficiency of the Heart and Kidney with internal obstruction by phlegm-heat.

Decoction for Relieving Bi Syndrome and Eliminating Toxins，From *Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For epidemic sores and stiffness in the limbs and joints.

Three-Ingredient Aloe Pill，*Revealing the Subtleties of the Original Mechanism: Appendix*.，For black water-induced corneal opacities and internal cataracts that are neither painful nor itchy, accompanied by mild dizziness, a sensation of fullness, and blurred vision.

Qianghuo Powder for Rinsing the Mouth，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 65.，Toothache.

Fetal Support Pills，From *Li’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 8.，For those 1–2 months pregnant who have a history of habitual miscarriage.

Powder to Clear Heart Heat，From *The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 1.，For prolonged heat stagnation following typhoid fever, manifesting as delirium and mania.