Chou’s Formula

Modified Four Substances Decoction，From *The Collection of Treasures for Childbirth and Child-Rearing*.，For postpartum disharmony between yin and yang, characterized by alternating chills and fever. For women with deficiency of qi and blood, resulting in lethargy in the limbs, fatigue, and shortness of breath; also treats excessive postpartum bleeding, deficiency of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi, … Read more

Decoction for Clearing Summer-Heat and Dispelling Malaria，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，For malaria.

Haitong Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 4.，For chronic damp-bi syndrome affecting the feet and knees, rendering walking impossible.

Stomach-Clearing Pills，The formula is from *Danxi’s Heart Methods* (Vol. 3); the name appears in *Ji Yin Gang Mu* (Vol. 5).，Food masses, clots of stagnant blood, and phlegm accumulations forming lumps, moving in the flanks, accompanied by rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, dizziness, and body heat, with symptoms coming and going intermittently.

Decoction for Nourishing the Wei and Nourishing the Blood，From *Treatment of Latent Heat Syndrome*.，For the late stage of latent heat syndrome, characterized by mild fever, slight thirst, mild pain in the head and neck, weakness and paralysis of the limbs, inability to sit up, and a rapid yet weak pulse.

Angelica Blood-Nourishing Decoction，*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，Pain in the chest and diaphragm, weak tendons with tremors, bloating, and pain in the flanks.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing Toxins，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，For cases following the resolution of measles, where yin fluids have been depleted and residual toxins remain, presenting with a dry throat, chapped lips, a dry nose without nasal discharge, heat in the palms and soles, restlessness, night sweats, poor appetite, dry stools, … Read more

Ginger and Scallion Paste，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For phlegm-induced spasms and pain, without redness or swelling, and where the skin and flesh feel cold.

Pigeon Droppings Poultice，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Chronic wasting diseases caused by pathogenic factors.

Stone-Removing Decoction，*Three Causes*, Volume 18.，Postpartum Exhaustion. For women who, due to a difficult childbirth, have become extremely fatigued and physically weakened, and who suffer from anxiety and mental distress, resulting in debility, shortness of breath, fatigue, chills and fever resembling malaria, headache, spontaneous sweating, lethargy in the limbs, coughing with phlegm, and sharp, cramping pain … Read more

Qi-Tonifying and Dryness-Moistening Pills，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 7.，Constipation due to yin deficiency, with qi depletion, tenesmus, and a sensation of incomplete evacuation; nausea and dry heaving; thirst with a craving for water; and inability to eat or drink.

Junpu Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 380), citing *Formulas for the Complete Care of Infants*.，For various forms of malnutrition in children, cloudy white urine (which may turn yellow and turbid over time), and failure to gain weight.

Swelling-Reducing and Stasis-Resolving Powder，*Science of Traumatology*.，For the early stage of injury, with marked swelling and pain caused by blood stasis.

Nose Twitching Powder，*The Yongle Encyclopedia*, Vol. 11412, citing *Experienced Formulas for Universal Relief with Modifications*.，For floating opacities, stasis-induced tissue, and blurred vision with itching in the eyes.

Instant Relief from All Poisons，*Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For swelling and pain caused by various toxins.

Saliva-Resolving Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.，Hot phlegm. Dry throat, feeling of blockage or congestion, heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes, thick and turbid sputum when coughing, and a hot, red face and eyes.

Li Feng Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Rheumatism.

Goose Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，Deafness.

Rheumatic Liuhe Decoction，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 4 of *Pocket Edition*.，For pregnancy-related cold damage (shanghan) complicated by wind-dampness invasion, presenting with restless pain in the limbs and joints, a floating pulse with fever, headache, and symptoms of the Taiyang exterior syndrome.

Rehmannia Decoction with Modifications，*Compendium of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 8.，Yin deficiency with excessive fire, accompanied by turbid stools.

Pharbitis Plaster，Quoted from *Records of Verified Remedies Through the Ages* in Volume 37 of *Wai Tai*.，For various types of swelling.

Acorus, Ginseng, and Oat Pills，From *Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For delayed speech in children.

Toad and Musk Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，Chronic, oozing sores.

Ox-Glue Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 128.，Also used for bone abscesses.

Heliotrope Decoction，*Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For watery diarrhea, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, vomiting and retching; as well as shortness of breath, coughing, and chest and diaphragm distension.