Chenzhou Snake Medicine Tablets

Tannic Acid Powder，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23.，For swelling of the tooth root accompanied by severe pain, slight redness, white blisters, and a cracked tip of the tongue.

Yin-Nourishing and Fire-Dispelling Decoction，*Yijianzhi Yi* (Medicine at a Glance), Volume 2.，Insufficient blood in the bladder, uncontrolled movement of fire pathogens, and frequent urination.

Toujing Decoction，*One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women suffering from bodily pain.

Pancreas-Nourishing Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For diabetes.

Decoction for Clearing Summer-Heat and Consolidating Yin，From *Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.，In the early stages of summer heat illness in children, symptoms include diarrhea, thirst, fever—with the forehead, chest, and abdomen being particularly hot—and intermittent fever that subsides only to return shortly thereafter. The child is restless and agitated, unable to sit or lie still comfortably; … Read more

Double Dragon Ointment，*A Rational Analysis of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 30.，For contusions and injuries.

Spleen-Warming Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，Kidney deficiency with central fullness; the patient can taste food, but overeating leads to a feeling of fullness and indigestion.

Yanling Pill，*San Yin*, Volume 18.，Pain from blood masses and lumps; blood exhaustion and blood deficiency; menorrhagia; pain caused by blood and qi; blood wind; fainting and loss of consciousness due to blood stasis; fetal death in utero; retained placenta.

Minor Toxin-Clearing Ointment，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Boils and abscesses; swollen, toxic sores.

Ginseng and Tortoise Pill，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 9.，Various types of hemorrhoids and fistulas.

Guanyin Relief from Suffering Nectar Decoction，*Treatise on Formulas for Cholera and Diarrhea*.，Exogenous pathogens causing common cold, epidemic diseases and malaria, latent summer heat with indigestion, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, headache and abdominal distension, thirst and restlessness, disharmony of the spleen and stomach, acid regurgitation and foul-smelling belching, and all cases of failure to adapt … Read more

Hemp Decoction Pills，From *Fang of Universal Relief*, Volume 64, citing *Famous Formulas from the Seaside*.，For bones or fish bones stuck in the throat:

Neituo Hu Xin Powder，*Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 8.，For smallpox where the internal organs are weak, toxins remain trapped within, causing obstruction and preventing eruption, and the rash has not appeared after 6–7 days.

Three Saints Decoction，From Volume 5 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, citing a formula by Xiao Xingzhi.，For phlegm-induced cough.

Ruyuang Powder，*Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 430.，Pediatric “Tian Diao” syndrome, characterized by high fever, rolling of the eyes, convulsions of the hands and feet, and the head and eyes tilting backward. Caused by the wet nurse consuming excessive hot foods that accumulate toxins, leading to phlegm obstructing the meridians, compounded by wind-pathogen invasion.

Fangfeng Si Ling San，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，When wind-pathogen invades the Earth level, fluids and food are excessively absorbed into the Large Intestine, leading to difficulty in urination and loose stools.

Green Cloud Celestial Powder，*Zongfu of Laryngology*, Volume 4.，Throat inflammation affecting the heels.

Wood Fragrance Kidney-Tonifying Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，Testicular torsion, also known as “wooden kidney,” is a condition that causes neither pain nor itching but gradually enlarges; it is a particularly stubborn ailment that impedes movement and often leads to disability. It is also indicated for various types of hernias that do not frequently recur, … Read more

Kezhi Decoction，From *The Treasure of Family Health*, cited in Volume 159 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For chronic cough, inability to speak, and loss of voice.

Wansheng Dan，Quoted from *Experienced Universal Relief with Modifications* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Vol. 11412.，For persistent corneal opacities that do not heal, resulting in a dark, cloudy membrane and stasis of blood.

Tiger-Tortoise Pills，From *Principles of Medicine*, cited in Volume 4 of *Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon*.，Weakness and atrophy of the legs and knees. Damp-heat stagnation causes yin fire to rise, resulting in weakness, softness, and pain in both legs, or a sensation as if being roasted by fire, with the pain surging upward … Read more

Neem Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Volume 22); name cited in *Shenghui* (Volume 65).，For chronic skin sores and eczema that have persisted for years without healing.

Atractylodes, Aconite, and Saposhnikovia Decoction，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 98), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，Pain and heaviness in the limbs and joints, inability to turn over in bed; pain and numbness due to beriberi; spontaneous sweating with a desire to wear warm clothing; or slight swelling of the body.

Qianjin Potaigao，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For women with qi deficiency and blood deficiency, resulting in an unstable fetal foundation and repeated miscarriages.

Agarwood and Aconite Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，Deficiency of kidney yang; cold stagnation and qi stagnation; retention of dampness and fluid; swelling of the body and face; distension, fullness, and shortness of breath; oppression and fullness in the chest and diaphragm; and difficulty urinating.