Cimicifuga and Bupleurum Decoction

Double Immortals Toxin-Resolving Ointment，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions: Essential Formulas for Emergency Use*.，If a child develops a toxic sore on the third day after birth—fine as needle-pricks, red as a crimson cloud—which merges into a single patch after three days, causing the skin to peel off at the slightest touch and the entire … Read more

Five-Fruit Tea，*New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 7.，For elderly people with qi deficiency and cough caused by external pathogens.

Erhe Pills，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Effective for all types of malignant tinea on the body and face.

Li Chu Cold Asthma Powder，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For cold-induced asthma with phlegm and wheezing that is triggered by exposure to cold.

Honeysuckle Bath，From *Collected Works on the Care of Infants*, Volume 5.，Smallpox lesions that have sunken inward and turned black, failing to rise.

Soil-Drying Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，For spleen cold with shortness of breath and heaviness of the body, accompanied by vomiting of clear fluid and clear phlegm.

Small Clove and Pinellia Powder，From *Yi Lin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 244.，For children with vomiting and an inability to tolerate milk or food.

Decoction for Tonifying Deficiency and Consolidating the Root，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 5.，For atrophy.

Qing Shou Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 9.，For children with alopecia or sores caused by fetal toxins.

Modified Xuanwu Decoction，From *The Prescriptions of the Emaciated Immortal for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，For cold damage that has persisted for several days without resolution, presenting with six pulses that are both floating and sunken, body and head pain, aversion to cold and tidal fever, cough with phlegm and wheezing, generalized body pain, cold and numbness … Read more

Miraculous Response Pill，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 1.，For sudden onset of wind-pathogen, with excessive salivation and difficulty speaking; infantile convulsions; paralysis; inability to lift the limbs; and wind-induced arthralgia.

Jade Belt Ointment，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 1.，To treat toothache.

Formula for Dissolving Phlegm and Saliva，Formula from *Xu Ben Shi* (Vol. 5); name cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 165).，For phlegm-retention and cough.

Medicine for Mild Convulsions，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 374), citing *Fu’s Formulas for Saving Infants*.，

Qianmin Decoction，*Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 6.，Phlegm-induced wheezing preventing sleep. Severe accumulation of wind-phlegm causing acute wheezing; the patient cannot sleep day or night and must be supported to sit upright.

Ginger and Poria Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 155.，Abdominal pain and fullness during pregnancy.

Tianyi Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，Dryness syndrome. Yin is already weakened; the patient fails to achieve erection upon seeing a woman. Forcing oneself to engage in sexual intercourse depletes essence, leading to pain during urination and defecation. The patient frequently feels the urge to defecate but cannot pass stool; the more one strains, the … Read more

Euphorbia Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 10, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，Sudden, severe swelling of the body and face.

Pill for Expelling Pathogenic Factors and Calming the Spirit，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，For epilepsy, hemiplegia, hair-related disorders, and joint-related disorders.

Modified Aloe Vera Pills，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 62.，For children with liver-spleen malnutrition, abdominal distension, fever, emaciation, thirst due to heat, irregular bowel movements, or scrofula nodules; sores in the ears; erosion and decay of the gums and teeth; and cloudiness in the eyes.

Inner-Supporting Astragalus Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 9.，Ulcers on the outer side of the thigh, possibly caused by cold and dampness, resulting in a bone-adhering abscess along the Foot-Shaoyang Meridian, slightly invading the Foot-Yangming Meridian, presenting as hard, diffuse swelling, pain when walking, or an inability to walk.

Peach-Red Wash，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chilblains.

Pills for the Three Types of Malaria，From *The Collection of Compassionate Navigation*, Volume 2, citing a formula by Su Dongpo.，If chills precede fever, it is called “cold malaria”; if there are only chills without fever and the complexion is dark, it is called “collapsed malaria”; if chills predominate over fever, with a sallow complexion and … Read more

Rui Zhu Decoction，From *The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 6.，Boils on the back of the hand.

Aconite and Salt Decoction Pills，*San Yin*, Volume 15.，For deficiency of the original organ’s qi, with wind invading the stomach: ascending to cause headache and red eyes, accompanied by eye discharge, tearing, blurred vision, and dryness; descending to cause pain in the limbs, heaviness in the joints, damp itching in the groin, and sores and ulcers … Read more