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Schizonepeta Detoxifying Decoction，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 2.，When rashes appear in infants and are accompanied by smallpox, this is due to the vigorous pathogenic toxins agitating the zang-fu organs. The toxins rush toward the hundred orifices; with an excess of blood but a deficiency of qi, the blood … Read more

Yin-Yang Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 33.，Smallpox.

Pearl and Aconite Powder，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 20.，For various types of wind disorders, possession by malevolent spirits, toxic qi, and afflictions caused by “cat spirits.”

Pearl Shell Tonifying Formula，From *Insights on Clinical Practice*.，Various syndromes of deficiency in the heart, liver, and kidneys; insomnia; hypertension due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity; headaches caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire; epilepsy; various pain syndromes; goiter; scrofula; hepatitis with liver deficiency and blood deficiency; night sweats; and kidney deficiency.

Atractylodes Stomach-Soothing Powder，*Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.，Effective for all types of diarrhea and dysentery, regardless of whether they involve a mixture of pus and blood, tenesmus, or unrelenting pain day and night; for men with small intestine colic; for women with cold deficiency below the navel, as well as postpartum pain in … Read more

Shen Shui Dan，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 3.，Loss of voice.

Xia Ge Powder，From *Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Surgical Conditions*, citing *Li Fangyu’s Five Hemorrhoid Formulas*.，Loss of appetite.

Wheat Farewell Powder，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For bald patches, hair loss, white patches resembling tinea, and scabs piled up in layers, accompanied by severe itching as if insects were crawling on the skin. For children with smallpox-like rashes causing itching, forming layered patches; in severe cases, the skin may become numb and insensitive to … Read more

Yang-Toxin Cimicifuga Decoction，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Yang-toxin manifests as red spots, delirium, and vomiting of pus and blood.

Taiyi Red Pill，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Middle Volume.，For stroke, with accumulated phlegm beneath the diaphragm, resulting in paralysis of the limbs or loss of consciousness.

Bitter Gallbladder Egg，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For jaundice.

Purple Aster Pollen Decoction，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 2.，Excessive eating, or “exhausting one’s qi through shouting,” or consuming fried or stewed foods, causes pathogenic heat to injure the lungs, resulting in coughing, an itchy throat, copious phlegm, hemoptysis, shortness of breath, pain in the chest and flanks, and an inability to sleep peacefully.For cases where the … Read more

Stomach-Strengthening and Dampness-Dispelling Pill，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，When wind-dampness penetrates the skin and muscles, it causes wind paralysis, resulting in sudden loss of consciousness, no sensation of pain, and paralysis of the hands and feet.

Earth Dragon Ointment，*New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 7.，For children with summer-heat invading the heart and lungs, presenting with fever, restlessness, thirst, vomiting, diarrhea, and difficulty urinating.

Male Goose Powder，Quoted from *Jingxin Lu* in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.，Yin-type impotence. If the yang has not arisen for ten years, it is all due to excessive sexual activity in youth, which has damaged the yang.

Throat-Clearing Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 133), citing *Effective Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，In cases of extreme heat causing red, scanty, and difficult urination, pain in the urinary tract, and crying upon urination.

Pillow-Lifting Decoction，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum cases where the Chong and Ren meridians are affected by wind, which spreads to the Yangming meridian, causing stagnant blood to congeal; consequently, lochia fails to discharge, pain occurs in the umbilical region and abdomen, and the pulse is floating, sluggish, and涩 (thready).

Epilepsy-Suppressing Pill，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 51.，For yin-type epilepsy, to be taken during the recovery phase after the illness has subsided.

Fangji Tingli Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，For damp-heat in the abdomen, accompanied by slight swelling of the hands and feet, chest fullness, and shortness of breath.

Magnolia Decoction，From *Yan Nian*, cited in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，For heat-phlegm-fluid accumulation and qi stagnation, manifested as fullness and pain in both flanks and inability to eat.

Seven-Ingredient Powder，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 15.，Chronic dysentery that has not healed for a long time.

Divinely Revealed Prescription for External Injuries with Bleeding，*Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Formulas: Traumatology*.，For traumatic injuries accompanied by bleeding.

Tongke Dan，*Compiled Medical Formulas of the Wu Family*, Volume 2.，For cases of lactation disorders caused by internal wind during pregnancy, external wind affecting a nursing infant, constriction of the breast leading to blockage, or abrupt weaning—resulting in initial pain.

Decoction for Clearing the Diaphragm and Activating Blood Circulation，From *Secrets of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，Throat disorders caused by accumulated heat. In the early stages, patients often experience, while sleeping in the middle of the night, a sensation of saliva congealing in the throat, the jaw locking shut and refusing to open, a burning sensation in the … Read more

Stomach-Strengthening Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，Indications: Distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm; stabbing pain in both flanks; severe pain in the epigastrium; retching, belching, and acid regurgitation; indigestion; abdominal pain and aching limbs; deficiency of central qi; irregular bowel and bladder movements; tenesmus following diarrhea or dysentery; … Read more