Chuanxiong-Bai Zhi-Shigao Decoction

Lime and Ore Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 139.，Wounds.

Chai-Chen Stagnation-Resolving Decoction，*The Transmission of the Lamp of Medicine*, Volume 2.，After the malaria has subsided, phlegm and food stagnation remain in the stomach; the channels through which the Nourishing and Defensive Qi exit are obstructed and unable to flow smoothly, causing heat to accumulate and stagnate within the muscle layers. The condition is characterized by … Read more

Giraffe and Rhinoceros Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，Wind-heat ascending, red eyes and headache, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, and red, scanty, and painful urination.

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Induction and Withdrawal，*A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.，

Gate-Opening Pill，From *Li Ye*.，For diaphragmatic obstruction, where food cannot be ingested and, if ingested, is regurgitated.

Decoction for Promoting Blood Circulation and Removing Stasis，From *Clinical Medical Case Studies and Formulas*.，Chronic hepatitis (blood stasis pattern), stabbing pain in the liver region that remains localized, purple tongue, and a fine,涩 pulse.

Hengshan and Licorice Decoction，Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 7).，For various types of malaria characterized by irregular episodes of chills and fever, and a sensation of heat and restlessness in the epigastrium. For wind-toxin-induced beriberi with chills and fever recurring two or three times a day.

Decoction for Dispelling Dampness and Strengthening the Spleen，*Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Eyelid swelling resembling a ball (non-inflammatory eyelid edema). Both eyes are slightly red, with mild soreness but no itching; there is no tearing, a sensation of distension, no hardness, and no discoloration of the skin.

Rescue-the-Left Decoction，*Formulas from the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，After a stroke, the left hand is numb, or the patient fails to recognize people.

Ningwei San，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Chapter on the Internal Landscape*, Volume 4, citing *Essential Formulas*.，Red and white dysentery with fever.

Purple Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 368.，For typhoid fever complicated by convulsions.

Cuohe Mountain，*Fushou Jingfang*.，For sores and ulcers where the skin and flesh fail to regenerate, and the wound remains open for a long time.

Turtle Meat Stew，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 190.，For lack of breast milk after childbirth.

Smallpox-Inducing Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 14.，For children with deficiency of blood and qi, where smallpox lesions have appeared for 4–5 days but vary in size, the base is not particularly red and lustrous, and the color is dull with sunken tops that fail to rise.

Fu Liang Pills，From *Dongyuan’s Prescriptions of Proven Efficacy*, Volume 2.，A mass in the heart region, arising above the navel, as large as an arm, extending to the epigastrium; if left untreated for a long time, it causes restlessness and distress.

Decoction for Relieving Hiccups，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Following emotional distress, the liver suffers from blood dryness and the lungs from qi heat, causing qi to rise in reverse and become stagnant, resulting in sudden, unrelenting hiccups.

Tong Shen Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 63.，Effective for all types of boils, abscesses on the back, malignant sores, and atrophic ulcers.

Shanglu Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 54); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 193).，Sudden swelling of the body and face, abdominal distension, difficulty with urination and defecation, and slightly rapid, labored breathing.

Equal Parts and Odd-Part Decoction，From *New Treatise on Fungal and Contagious Diseases*.，Toxicity from bayberry, causing pain in the tendons and bones.

Apricot Kernel Pill，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 12.，

To Eliminate Superficial Fluid Retention，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 129), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Edema in the limbs, on the verge of developing into water retention.

Solanum Root Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 132.，For various malignant sores that produce copious pus and do not dry up.

Snake Gallbladder and Sichuan Fritillary Powder，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia* (Volume 1).，Cough due to lung heat with excessive phlegm.

White Alum and Pinellia Powder，*San Yin*, Volume 10.，Scorpion sting, causing unbearable pain.

Bean and Wheat Porridge，From *Shou Shi Qing Bian*, Volume 2.，For those who cannot stop eating yet still feel hungry easily—a condition resembling “central wasting” (zhongxiao).