Cimicifuga and Gardenia Decoction

Fang Kui San，*Yunqi Zi Baoming Ji*, Volume 2.，For cases where, after sweating or purgation due to cold damage, there is a pulsating sensation to the left of the navel.

Stomach-Stabilizing Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，Gastric reflux: vomiting in the evening after eating breakfast, or vomiting in the morning after eating dinner.

Decoction for Clearing Stagnation and Regulating the Menstrual Cycle，*Explanations on Surgical Medicine*, Volume 3.，Damp-heat in the Spleen Meridian causes obstruction and blockage, resulting in pain in the face, eyes, hands, and feet.

Guangji Pill，*The Collection of Divine Remedies*, Volume 4.，

Life-Saving Decoction，From *Compendium of Effective Formulas*, Volume 2.，Boils and abscesses on the back, oral and cerebral abscesses, scrofula and phlegm nodules, malignant carbuncles, wandering damp phlegm, unexplained swellings and toxins, large and small sores and boils, and internal abscesses.

Xiaofeng Mending Decoction，From *Chuanya Bu*, Volume 1.，For unnamed swellings and abscesses, boils and carbuncles on the back, pain in the tendons and bones, wind disorders, and wandering abscesses—regardless of whether the condition is yin or yang in nature.

Antelope Horn, Lotus Leaf, and Forsythia Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For headaches characterized by external cold and internal heat, where wind-toxin has lingered for a long time and has transformed into fire.

Castor Wine，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 8); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 11).，Treats wind-induced paralysis, hemiplegia, and loss of voice.

Five Blessings Pill，From *Pujifang* (Vol. 142), citing *Baosheng Huiche Lun*.，Malaria following typhoid fever.

Thorn Pills，Quoted from *Shenshi’s Formulas* in Volume 16 of *Wai Tai*.，For various forms of deficiency-syndrome debility characterized by frequent dreams or spontaneous seminal emission.

Ge Ye Ointment，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 276.，For internal and external leg ulcers.

Dingjing Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with irregular menstruation—either early, late, or at no fixed interval.

Lung-Harmonizing Decoction，*A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.，Loss of voice caused by excessive fire attacking the lung metal.

Purple Quartz Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 69.，For women suffering from blood-wind-induced restlessness, mental confusion, and disturbed sleep.

Diuretic and Qi-Boosting Pill，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Following an episode of eye pain, kidney pathogenic factors invade the heart; the outer corners of both eyes turn completely black; there is no pain or discomfort, and vision remains unaffected; hair stands straight as iron rods; the patient appears dazed as if intoxicated, and remains … Read more

Ox Bile Toxin-Resolving Pill，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For the initial symptoms of Yangmei Sores.

Modified Liangdi Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Yin deficiency complicated by heat, resulting in excessive menstrual flow or bleeding that persists for several days past the expected period; the blood is bright red without clots; the tongue is red; the coating is yellow or absent; the pulse is string-like and rapid.

Zhishi Decoction，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 130.，Heat-induced distension. Abdominal distension with fever, hard, impacted stools; the pulse is typically洪数 (loud and rapid).

Di’er Powder，*Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Soak in hot water for injuries.

Oak Branch Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For those who are obese and fond of drinking, who have always been averse to heat, and who, upon falling ill, experience profuse spontaneous sweating, weakness in all four limbs, aversion to cold, scanty and reddish urine, stools that are either loose or hard, and a reduced … Read more

Modified Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills，*Easy and Convenient Formulas*, Volume 1.，For wind, cold, heat, and dampness-induced colds in all four seasons; all pathogenic influences; epidemic and contagious diseases spreading from household to household; and cases of spleen and stomach damage due to excessive eating.

Xiang Sha Wei Ling Decoction，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.，For vomiting, diarrhea, edema, and difficulty urinating.

Four-Ingredient Powder for Calming Pills，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 9, citing *The Zhuang Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，For acute and chronic convulsions.

Stomach-Clearing and Stagnation-Resolving Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Epidemic Fever. No headache or body aches; no aversion to cold; isolated fever; spontaneous sweating and thirst—these are symptoms indicating no exterior pathogen. The stagnation is entirely confined to the Yangming channel, and the pulse is soft and not rapid.

Pine Bark Powder，Formula from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 15); name cited in *Yang’s Family Prescriptions* (Vol. 13).，A condition that has persisted for thirty years, characterized by chronic dysentery. Excessive bleeding from intestinal hemorrhage.