Cicada Shed Decoction

Rhubarb and Schisandra Pills，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 26).，Excess qi in the lungs, oppression and fullness in the chest, coughing and shortness of breath, and qi stagnation in the large intestine.

Decoction for Clearing Turbidity，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Red and white leukorrhea.

Liver-Soothing and Ear-Clearing Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.，Tinnitus and deafness in the left ear, caused by pent-up anger and liver fire burning intensely.

Amomum Porridge，From *Lao Lao Heng Yan*, Volume 5.，Vomiting, hollow abdominal pain, shortness of breath with coughing and retching, and abdominal distension and fullness. Abdominal pain and diarrhea or dysentery due to spleen-stomach deficiency-cold; indigestion; epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness; loss of appetite; and vomiting due to qi reversal.

Hulu Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 241), citing Ren Cun’s formula.，For wind-toxin-induced beriberi.

Cimicifuga Stomach-Wind Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For deficiency-wind syndrome characterized by loss of appetite, numbness, clenched jaws, involuntary eye twitching, and facial swelling due to stomach wind.

Nourishing and Qi-Enhancing Decoction，From *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For postpartum metrorrhagia occurring half a month after childbirth.

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Ephedra Root Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Postpartum spontaneous sweating and night sweats.

Three-Yellow Toxin-Eliminating Powder，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 15.，For sores such as impetigo and sycamore-berry sores.

Formula for Spontaneous Resolution of Stagnant Lactation，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 17.，For initial breast engorgement that does not subside.

Earthworm Infusion，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Shingles.

Chaihu-Guizhi Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Exogenous wind-cold invasion, with fever, spontaneous sweating, mild aversion to cold, or alternating chills and fever; nasal congestion, dry retching; headache, stiff neck; pain and fullness in the chest and flanks; pulse string-like or floating and large. Currently used for the common cold, epilepsy, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, etc.

Decoction of Perilla Seeds，From *Shenghui*, Volume 46.，For coughing and shortness of breath, with a frail and emaciated physique and loss of appetite.

Toothache-Relieving Powder，*Ten Methods of Surgery*.，Toothache.

Zhengben Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 94), citing *Proven Effective Formulas*.，When heart qi flows erratically and enters the kidney meridian, it causes pain in the lower back and knees; when it enters the meridians, it causes pain in the limbs or an inability to move.

Iron Filings Ointment，From *Zhenzhi*, Volume 22.，For weeping sores that have become dry and exposed.

Shenghe Pills，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 1.，For cases of impaired stomach qi, reduced appetite, and absent menstruation.

Modified Xiangsu Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 1, citing a formula by Xu Tongzhi.，For typhoid fever.

Recipe for Simmered Water Buffalo Meat，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For elderly patients with water retention, characterized by swelling and fullness in the limbs and restless shortness of breath.

Pills for Women: Purple Quartz Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 336.，For women who are unable to conceive.

Pork Stomach with Ground Black Pepper，*Medical Records for the Common People*, Volume 8.，For women suffering from cold in the menstrual system, with intermittent pain during menstruation.

Green Salt, Pepper, and Aconite Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Indicated for deficiency of the kidney qi, stabbing pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, reduced appetite, disharmony of organ qi, fatigue and a tendency to lie down, as well as for women with chronic cold in the Blood Sea, red and white leukorrhea, and … Read more

Clove Decoction，From *Zhang’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 21 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, diarrhea and dysentery, pallor and sallow complexion due to cold injury, chest pain, restlessness of the viscera, and masses or lumps.

Minor Chest-Relieving Decoction with Added Zhi Shi，*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 2.，Yangming summer-heat syndrome with fluid retention in the chest; a洪滑 pulse; flushed face, body heat, and dizziness; no aversion to cold but aversion to heat; a yellow, slippery coating on the tongue; thirst with a desire for cool drinks, but drinking … Read more

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Toxins，From *Records of Smallpox and Measles* (Vol. 11).，Blood heat causing a rash.