Cheng Decoction

Ginger, Jujube, and Bamboo Leaf Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum gastric deficiency complicated by heat, with heart and lung dysfunction, manifesting as restlessness, superficial fever, spontaneous sweating, and persistent shortness of breath, accompanied by a rapid, floating, and short pulse.

Paste for Restful Sleep，From *Ren Cun’s Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 293).，For fistulas with unceasing discharge of pus and pain deep within the bone.

Stomach-Regulating and Qi-Relieving Decoction，*Shanghan Dabai*, Volume 4.，Yin-type cold extremities in shanghan. Excessive use of warming agents to restore yang; intolerance to pungent-warm herbs; stomach heat with delirium.

Worm-Eliminating Pills，*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 8.，For cases of measles or smallpox complicated by roundworm infestation.

Emergency Throat Pill，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For single-lipped, double-lipped, and tongue-swelling conditions.

Bai Mu Pills，From *The Secret Book of Throat Disorders*, Volume 2.，For stagnation of phlegm-fire causing throat discomfort.

Fritillaria Leaf Paste，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 1.，For boils, abscesses on the back, and all types of ulcerated sores.

Silver Saliva Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 393.，For infants with undigested milk or food, accompanied by thirst and restlessness.

Huangqin Erchen Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 54, citing *The Treatise on Xuanming*.，For heat-type phlegm.

Shouzhongjin Pills，*Ju Fang*, Volume 3 (supplemented by Wu Zhige with renowned formulas from various schools).，For disharmony in the middle jiao, cold stagnation in the spleen and stomach, epigastric fullness and distension, abdominal pain; or excessive alcohol consumption leading to fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, sensation of obstruction and difficulty swallowing, incessant coughing, … Read more

Trace-Less Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 14.，Burns from hot liquids or fire.

Emergency Decoction for Restoring Yang，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Directly targets the Yin meridians. Indicated for cases with no fever, aversion to cold, a sallow complexion, cold and numb hands and feet, purple lips and a curled tongue, blue-black fingernails, heaviness of the body making it difficult to turn over, no thirst, a tendency to curl the … Read more

Kunhua Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 15.，Swollen lumps under the neck. These result from the accumulation and stagnation of phlegm-qi; over time, this leads to tissue damage, causing deficiency of qi and blood, making it difficult to heal the sores, which may spread continuously—a condition also known as “chain-like sores.”

Da Tong Dan，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Vol. 114, citing *Bo Ji*.，For paralysis and all types of wind disorders, including facial and ocular deviation, slurred speech, and impaired mobility of the hands and feet.

Almond Ointment for the Eyes，*Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For redness and itching of the eyes caused by the toxicity of cinnabar and mineral pigments, as well as the formation of a floating membrane. For pterygium, which may be itchy or painful, with the growth gradually expanding to cover the pupil.

Ginger and Aconite Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 2.，For cold phlegm and stagnant qi, chest fullness and shortness of breath, vomiting of frothy sputum and headache, and indigestion; also indicated for sudden stroke; for malaria in Lingnan, internal weakness with fever, or alternating chills and fever, phlegm-induced vomiting, headache and body aches, or profuse … Read more

Liao Wu Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For weakness of the spleen’s vital energy, resulting in inability to take food or drink.

Toad Ash Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.，For dental decay in children. Characterized by decaying gums, foul-smelling blood, bad breath, and tooth loss.

Chai-Ge-Wu-Ling Powder，From the end of the volume of *Clear Distinction of Epidemic Diseases*.，For epidemic diseases complicated by dysentery, where Taiyang syndrome is absent but Shaoyang and Yangming syndromes are faintly present.

Epithelial Opacity Pill，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Corneal Opacity.

Miraculous Decoction for Treating Hernias，From *The Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，Small Intestine Hernia.

Civet Bone Pills，From *Fan Wang’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 13 of *Wai Tai*.，For consumptive diseases, bone heat and body pain, mental confusion, restless sleep, reddish-yellow urine, dry mouth, and dry eyes.

Wang Shiyu’s Decoction，*Zongfu of Laryngology*, Volume 4.，Excessive alcohol consumption leads to accumulated heat, causing sore throat and a mild cough; a burning sensation in the mouth without thirst; and the soles of the feet feeling as if branded. Over time, this may result in a sore throat with ulceration.

Decoction for Nourishing the Earth and Stabilizing the Fetus，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Treatise on Men’s and Women’s Diseases*.，For extreme spleen-stomach deficiency during pregnancy, manifested as vomiting and diarrhea, fetal movement with a sensation of impending miscarriage, and unbearable abdominal pain—this is an urgent condition that cannot be delayed.

Astragalus and Magnolia Powder，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Care* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 4; name cited in *Comprehensive Record of Sacred Remedies* (Shengji Zonglu), Volume 60.，Alcoholic jaundice. Characterized by heart distress and pain, swelling of the lower legs, yellow urine, and the appearance of red, yellow, or black spots after drinking alcohol—caused by severe intoxication followed … Read more