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Dongtian Rescue-from-Suffering Pill,From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Formulas*, Volume 4.,For scrofula that has spread and become ulcerated to the shoulders, chest, and under the ribs, in cases of extreme distress; for mastitis, breast cancer, and ulcerated scrofula.
Donkey Ear Decoction,*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.,Food stagnation, vomiting, abdominal pain, or dizziness and headache.
Citrus, Perilla, and Pinellia Decoction,*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.,For children with cough, fever, and phlegm.
Minor Blue Dragon Decoction Without Ephedra and With Aconite,Formula from *Treatise on Cold Damage*; name cited in *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.,For shanghan with an unresolved exterior syndrome, water retention beneath the heart, dry retching, fever with cough, and a sensation of choking. For shanghan where water and … Read more
Chuanxiong-Scorpion Powder,From *Treatise on the Causes and Formulas for Pediatric Diseases*, Volume 3.,For pediatric cerebral wind syndrome, characterized by an open fontanelle, taut and distended skin, muscles, and tendons; prominent blue veins along the cranial sutures; a pale complexion; abdominal rumbling; occasional passage of greenish-white frothy stools; or vomiting of phlegm and saliva—indicating a risk … Read more
Ginseng Paste Decoction,*Pulse Causes and Treatments*, Volume 2.,Diaphragmatic Distension. Thirst in the Upper Jiao, with reluctance to drink much.
White Cloud Powder,From *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 94, citing *Yan Xia Sheng Xiao*.,Sudden pain in the chest.
Taro Porridge,From *Therapeutic Porridge Formulas*, citing *Food Materia Medica*.,Childhood scrofula, pain due to deficiency, chronic lymphadenitis, lymph node tuberculosis, and lymphadenopathy.
Millet Porridge,From *Shenghui*, Volume 95.,Stroke. Heat in the heart and spleen, slurred speech, mental confusion, paralysis of the limbs, and a twisted mouth and face.
Decoction for Eliminating Malnutrition,*Hui Chun*, Volume 7.,For pediatric malnutrition, characterized by pale, paste-like stools, cloudy urine (or urine that, when settled, resembles rice water), a sallow complexion, emaciation, and a distended abdomen with visible blue veins.
Decoction for Excessive Lactation,From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, adapted from *Selected Medical Case Records of Senior Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners in Hunan Province*.,For women experiencing spontaneous milk leakage after childbirth.
Radish Porridge,From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 2.,For diabetes, characterized by a parched tongue, dry mouth, and frequent urination.
Cooling and Antiseptic Powder,From *Jin Jian*, Volume 63.,For carbuncles with severe redness and heat around the affected area.
Decoction for Clearing Epidemic Toxin and Resolving Toxins,*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 5.,For the early stages of epidemic fever, seasonal cold-induced fever, headache, chills and fever, vomiting and nausea, cough with phlegm, shortness of breath, flushed face and red eyes, and sore throat.
Agar-Agar Paste,Quoted from the “Formula of the Emaciated Immortal” in Volume 2 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.,For blood deficiency, dry skin, diabetes, and constipation.
Gui Yuan Decoction,*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.,Chronic illness leading to dysuria, difficulty urinating, redness, swelling, and pain, with frequent oozing of pus and serous fluid.
Secret-Transmitted Toxin-Extracting Pill,From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).,For sores and abscesses.
Red Bean Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 406.,Skin eruptions caused by celestial stove fire; in children, the rash appears on the inner sides of the shoulders and between the buttocks, is bright red, and spreads to the genital area.
Kudzu Root Life-Sustaining Decoction,*Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas*, Middle Volume.,Stroke. Characterized by sweating, body heat, and no aversion to wind.
Sea Clam Pill,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 19.,Dampness.
Decoction,From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 18 of *Wai Tai*.,Effective for persistent beriberi.
Perilla Decoction,*Shenghui*, Volume 58.,For labor-induced dysuria, severe bladder heat, stagnation of body fluids, distension of the small intestine, and obstruction of urination and defecation.
Decoction for Relaxing the Collaterals and Dispelling Wind,From *Preliminary Discussions on Warm Diseases*.,After recovery from an exogenous pathogen, when the fever has subsided and the exterior pathogen has been resolved, but generalized aches and discomfort, fatigue, and weakness persist and refuse to resolve. Used for chronic rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic low back pain.
Fragrant Black Bean Powder,From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 35), citing a formula by Zhang Huan.,For children with white sores accompanied by pain and swelling so severe it appears as if the body has been inflated.
Xuan Shai Wu Yun Ointment,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.,If the hair at the temples is yellowish-white rather than black,
Chuanxiong-Shu Decoction,For smallpox on the third day, when the pustules have flattened and are no longer raised to the touch.