Cicada Shedding Cake

Bingxiang Powder，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing a family-transmitted formula by Yi Yuquan.，Wind-heat pharyngitis (acute tonsillitis).

Phlegm-Resolving and Digestion-Promoting Decoction，*Internal Medicine*.，For early-stage gastric cancer characterized by the pattern of phlegm and food obstructing the passage. Symptoms include loss of appetite, aversion to meat, fullness and distension in the epigastric region, dull pain, difficulty swallowing, regurgitation of sticky phlegm, vomiting of undigested food with a sour and putrid odor, a white, greasy … Read more

Moistening and Dryness-Relieving Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 8.，For those with a sensation of blockage and inability to swallow, accompanied by internal heat and dryness leading to depletion of body fluids.

Ginseng and Magnolia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 32.，For deficiency of spleen and stomach qi following a cold, with complete loss of appetite and abdominal discomfort.

Tonifying and Transforming Decoction，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*, Volume 2.，For patients who have undergone prolonged purgation, presenting with a haggard and emaciated appearance, a pale-yellow complexion, a slow and spongy pulse—or a taut, large, and weak pulse—a white tongue coating without thirst, normal urination and bowel movements, and an abdomen that is distended yet … Read more

Medicinal Meat Porridge，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For deficiency-related emaciation and weakness, and postpartum weakness in women.

Deer Soup，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，The meat from the head treats restlessness and frequent dreaming; the hooves treat soreness in the feet and knees; and the blood treats pulmonary atrophy with hemoptysis, as well as metrorrhagia and leukorrhea.

Agarwood Pain-Relieving Pills，*Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For epigastric pain, chest fullness and oppression, retained phlegm and masses, and stagnant qi obstruction—regardless of whether the condition is chronic or recent.

Pain-Relieving and Wind-Dispelling Powder，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 62.，Toothache.

Miraculous White Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 9.，Shanghan.

Qianghuo Tougi Decoction，*Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，For cases where smallpox spots have appeared but not yet fully erupted.

Formula for Clearing Acne and Redness Around the Eyes，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Two fleshy growths have formed inside the eye, each 1 cun long and as thick as an incense stick, protruding outward; this is caused by fire in the liver and gallbladder, leading to the growth of these abnormal masses.

Qianghuo-Chaihu Decoction，*The Great Exposition on Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Diseases of the Shaoyang and Taiyang channels, characterized by alternating chills and fever, vomiting of bitter substances, deafness, pain in the flanks accompanied by hiccups, aversion to cold, and headache.

Toxicity-Reducing Gold Powder Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 278).，For various types of swelling.

Wu’ao Decoction，From *Dàn Liáo*, cited in Volume 2 of *Yifang Dacheng*.，For coughs caused by exposure to cold, accompanied by shortness of breath; or for cases where exposure to cold results in an inability to speak, or swelling and pain in the throat.

Divine Angelica Powder，From Volume 10 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*, citing a formula by Zheng Yu.，For convulsions and epilepsy accompanied by phlegm in the throat, high fever in the limbs, constipation and difficulty passing urine or stool, and mental agitation.

Wu Xing Powder，Formula from *Xu Ben Shi*, Volume 4; name cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 299.，For stagnation due to deficiency rising upward, causing sores on the mouth and tongue.

Three Pathogenic Factors Decoction，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 3.，Bie caused by wind, cold, and dampness, with severe pain and numbness in the limbs, rendering them unable to move.

Lump-Dissolving Ointment，From *Xu Ping’s Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 5.，Scrofula, breast nodules, and various types of tubercles.

Formula for Closure of Ulcers and Internal Resolution，*Ben Shi*, Volume 6.，For various types of abscesses and swellings on the back.

Pill for Dissolving Masses and Restoring the Qi，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.，Effective for various types of masses and accumulations, alternating chills and fever with abdominal pain, phlegm-fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm; abdominal distension and malnutrition in children; women with blocked menstruation or blood masses; as well as unruptured boils and … Read more

Raw Gold Decoction，From *Formulas for Infants and Toddlers*, cited in Volume 10 of *The New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，If a child, seven days after birth, suddenly develops a bluish discoloration around the mouth and nose, slight restlessness, a cold sensation in the chest, and a tendency to look upward.

Spinal Relief Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 5.，For the “Spinal Deformity” (Qi).

Authentic Zhike Powder，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Middle Volume.，For mania resembling malaria, as well as conditions involving obstruction of the five diaphragms and qi stagnation, accompanied by spleen qi stagnation. Stagnation of qi and blood, abdominal distension or parasitic infestation, emaciation with a sallow complexion, and a distended abdomen as taut as a drum.

Two-Horn Disinfecting Powder，*Formulas of the Hall of Sowing Blessings*, Volume 3.，All types of unexplained swellings and abscesses, “fish-mouth” and “fecal” toxins, and syphilitic nodules.