Cicada Sheds and Licorice Decoction

Eight Spirits Restorative Pill，From *Jisheng*, cited in Volume 2 of *Zhunsheng: Liefang*.，For phlegm and fluid retention.

Ginseng and Sesame Seed Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Qi stagnation with excessive wind; constipation with a sensation of heaviness in the lower abdomen; pain and restlessness.

Ginseng and Astragalus Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (cited in *The Standard Rules: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 3).，For consumptive disease with external heat, emaciation, fatigue in the limbs, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, dry throat and red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fevers, night sweats, loss of appetite, and coughing up pus and blood.

Goiter-Resolving Wine，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，For goiters.

Apricot and Lingzhi Pills，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，For children with coughing, excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and mental confusion.

Yin-Nourishing Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Deficiency of body fluids and dryness of yin, with excess yang fire, resulting in difficult urination, painful and turbid urine.

Zhuangyuan Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 106), citing *The Classic of Xiu Yue and Lu Ban*.，For diaphragmatic qi stagnation, alcohol-induced diaphragmatic disorders and food stagnation, phlegmy cough with abdominal pain, vomiting, and epigastric fullness.

Decoction for Regulating the Middle and Tonifying Qi，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum fatigue and diarrhea accompanied by a soft, slow, and涩 pulse.

Five-Linhuan Zhi-Zong Powder，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Virtuous* (Lower Volume).，Effective for the five types of dysuria; particularly effective for calculous dysuria.

Shangqing Throat Lozenges，*Manual of Chinese Herbal Formulations*.，Sore throat, hoarseness, dry mouth, and dry lips.

Qi-Consolidating Pills，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 34.，Clears essence from below.

Qingzhen Pills，From *The Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas*, Volume 2.，Feverish Cough. Caused by rising heat in the Upper Jiao, resulting in sudden vomiting after eating, headache with sweating, and a string-like pulse.

Modified Zhengqi Powder，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，Dampness stagnation in the Sanjiao, resulting in impaired ascending and descending functions; epigastric and abdominal distension; and difficult bowel movements.

Fragrant Orange Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 20.，

Kuanmo Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Severe stagnation of liver qi; old phlegm has congealed into a sticky mass, stagnating in the throat, making it difficult to swallow yet impossible to vomit.

Dragon’s Tooth Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，Wind-induced epilepsy in children.

Cinnamon Bark and Notopterygium Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，For chronic headaches caused by cerebral wind that have not responded to treatment.

Anise Seed Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 95.，Difficulty urinating.

Eye-Brightening Rehmannia Pills，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Deficiency of both the liver and kidneys, dry and sore eyes with photophobia, tearing in the wind, and blurred vision.

Shen’s Blood Mass Pills，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 14.，Weakness of the internal organs, irregular fluctuations between cold and heat, or the retention of wind-cold internally, leading to undigested food; when the circulating blood and qi throughout the body encounter this condition, they congeal and form a mass; or … Read more

Moistening the Lungs Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，For wind-cold colds in spring, where lung heat presses upon the stomach, causing fever and delirium.

Enhanced Qing’e Pills，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For lower back pain during pregnancy caused by deficiency of the liver and kidneys.

Decoction for Relieving Stomach Distension，*Guide to Gynecology*.，For abdominal fullness and isolated distension.

Chuanxiong and Gypsum Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 70, citing *Smoke and Mist: Formulas of Divine Efficacy*.，For all types of headaches affecting the eyes.

Pills for Securing Essence and Nurturing the Seed，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 5.，