Cimicifuga and Bitter Platycodon Decoction

Pig’s Trotter Decoction，Quoted from *Collected Proven Formulas* in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，A man who has taken mineral tonics and developed deficiency, due to overwork and excessive heat, or who has slept in a draft and been afflicted by wind-dampness, may develop a condition characterized by body heat, wind-water edema, abdominal distension and shortness of … Read more

Lung-Clearing and Liver-Nourishing Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Sunken corneal opacity. Characterized by lung excess and liver deficiency, where lung fire overpowers the liver, resulting in redness of the sclera, photophobia, tearing, crust formation on the cornea, and a sunken margin.

Qianhu Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 50).，Phlegm congestion, stagnation in the chest and heart, failure of qi to disperse, and inability to eat or drink.

Fenxiao Kuanzhong Powder，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Spleen deficiency with abdominal distension.

Amber and Jade Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 75.，For bites from rabid dogs, where fragments of the venomous animal’s flesh have lodged in the urethra, causing difficult urination resembling dysuria.

Brightness-Dispelling-Cloud Ingot，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 12.，Effective for all eye diseases, both chronic and acute.

Agada Medicine，*A Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 21.，For various ailments characterized by vomiting blood followed by coughing up blood.

Wei Meridian Pill，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For a weak spleen and stomach that have long been afflicted by deficiency-cold, manifesting as pain in the lower back and abdomen, frequent and uncontrolled diarrhea, a sallow complexion, listlessness, soreness and heaviness in the lower back and knees, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, vomiting … Read more

Sichuan Pepper and Aconite Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Deficiency of the Lower Jiao with internal accumulation of cold; a taut and tight sensation in the abdomen and navel; pain radiating to the lower back; fatigue in the limbs; a sallow, dark complexion; dry lips and … Read more

Scorpion Tail and Stinger，*A Rational Analysis of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 23.，For sudden tinnitus accompanied by hearing loss.

Zhu Mo Pills，*The Standard Rule: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 2.，For carbuncles and miasmatic toxins.

Peach Kernel Wine，Formula from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 23), citing *The Mirror of the Dietary Physician*; name found in *The Three Causes* (Vol. 13).，Swelling and pain caused by wind, fatigue, or toxins; cramping pain; or pain radiating to the lower abdomen and lower back.

Formula for Applying Mung Bean Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 308.，For urinary pain and discharge caused by centipede bites.

Gengsheng Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 36.，For regurgitation and vomiting of food.

Enhanced Da Zao Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology: Postpartum Section*, Volume 2.，Postpartum bone-consumptive fever.

Benzoin Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 58.，For intermittent dysentery with irregular episodes, accompanied by emaciation and weakness.

Kidney-Tonifying Deer Antler Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 114.，Following kidney deficiency due to overwork, one often hears sounds resembling bells, chimes, or the wind and rain in the ears.

Suan Shou Pills，From *Huiyue*, Volume 10.，For chronic diarrhea.

Pills for Black and White Leprosy，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 30 of *Wai Tai*.，In cases of black leprosy with aversion to wind, where the patient first notices changes in the skin—such as a creeping sensation resembling an itch or the movement of insects, or seeing objects before the eyes like hanging threads—speech is incoherent, … Read more

Stomach-Soothing Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For morning sickness during pregnancy.

Atractylodes Median-Regulating Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 207), citing *Formulas from the Ruizhu Hall*，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, hardness and fullness beneath the heart, distension and fullness in both flanks, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen, belching of stale, putrid gas, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, undigested grains, chronic dysentery with … Read more

Wan Jin Dan，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 116.，Effective for all types of wind disorders, left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, stiffness of tendons and bones, sores all over the body, wind-toxin attacks, women’s blood-wind, hidden wind, and brain-penetrating wind, as well as unilateral and bilateral headaches.

Decoction for Consolidating the Roots and Regulating Dizziness，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 6.，For dizziness due to qi deficiency.

Feng Family’s Secret Plaster，*Secret Transmission from the Blue Sack*，Effective for all types of unexplained swellings and abscesses.

Shengyin Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 342, citing *Shenghui*.，For pregnancy with fetal restlessness and anxiety.