Cinnamon Twig, Dragon Bone, Oyster Shell, and Licorice Decoction

Essence-Consolidating, Kidney-Nourishing, and Navel-Warming Ointment，From *Secrets of Health Preservation*, Volume 4.，For men suffering from cold semen, sexual weakness, inability to achieve or maintain an erection, premature ejaculation, and leukorrhea; and for women with a constitutionally weak vital energy, deficiency of the fetal organs, a cold and exhausted uterus, chronic cold blood, difficulty conceiving, and conditions … Read more

Formula for Nourishing the Weak: Black-and-White Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 265), citing *Family-Treasure Formulas of Empirical Experience*.，In the elderly, with deficiency and depletion of qi and blood, insufficient essence and blood fail to nourish and protect the meridians; the spirit becomes withered and exhausted; walking is unsteady and trembling; tendons and vessels are … Read more

Soapberry and Gallnut Pill，Formula from *Essence of Ancient Formulas* (Vol. 2); name cited in *The Great Treasure of Health* (Vol. 2).，Crane-Knee Wind.

Five Treasures Toxin-Eliminating Pill，From *The True Explanation of Surgery*, Volume 2.，For the initial stage of syphilis.

Coptis and White Peony Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，Taiyin spleen malaria: cold manifests in the extremities; no thirst but frequent vomiting; heat accumulates in the chest and heart region.

Cimicifuga Decoction for Clearing Heat，From *Shuanfan Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，Sores and cracks on the tongue; peeling, red lips.

Wu-Gui Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 42.，For hernias caused by external cold penetrating the abdomen.

Opening and Closing Decoction，*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，Urinary retention with burning pain in men and women.

Bitter Powder，From *Essentials for Nurturing Life*, cited in Volume 26 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with dampness in the spleen, resulting in unceasing diarrhea and the inability to digest grains; also treats diarrhea caused by malnutrition.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind, Drying Dampness, and Clearing Toxins，*Clinical Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ophthalmology*.，For eyelid eczema characterized by severe itching and mild pain, attributed to damp-heat in the spleen and stomach.

Cao Dan Powder，Formula from *Zhi Zhi* (Vol. 21); name cited in *Yi Tong* (Vol. 62).，For rosacea and nasal skin tags, as well as facial acne and freckles.

Great Tonifying Liver and Kidney Pills，*A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，For atrophy and numbness due to deficiency of qi and blood.

Miraculous Formula for Splint Injuries，From *Compendium of Ten Thousand Wonders*, Volume 2.，For injuries.

Mutton Spine Tip，From *Chuanya Neibian*, Volume 3.，Bone-steaming and Transmitted Corpse Syndrome.

Yellow Goat Kidney Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 27.，For consumptive disorders with dry mouth and tongue, weakness in the legs and knees, and deficiency in the lower jiao.

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

Ren Zhong Huang Powder，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 17.，For coughing up phlegm mixed with blood, accompanied by restlessness and bone-consuming fever.

Blood-Nourishing and Skin-Moisturizing Decoction，From *Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Facial Itching. Currently used for skin pruritus, psoriasis in the stationary phase (blood-deficiency with wind-dryness pattern), erythroderma, etc.

White Silkworm Larva Paste，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，For facial scars.

Burdock Wine，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，All types of wind-induced toxins.

Mituoseng Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 24.，Chronic skin sores.

Eczema Compound，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Infantile eczema.

Modified Cinnamon Twig Decoction，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 249.，Pain in the labia, radiating from the base of the left breast, as thin as a spider’s thread, causing the labia to contract and become rigid, with inability to flex or extend; the pulse is deep, taut, tight, and涩 (thready).

Gardenia Shengqi Powder，From *Yuanji Qiwei*, Volume 2.，When the Yang Qiao meridian is affected by pathogenic factors, fine red threads appear at the inner canthus; these give rise to stagnant flesh, which in turn produces a yellowish-red ointment. This ointment spreads horizontally to invade the cornea, gradually eroding the aqueous humor; the same occurs at the … Read more

Harmonizing the Blood and Reducing Swelling Decoction，From *Zhu Renkang’s Collection of Clinical Experience*, citing *Zhang’s Experienced Formulas*.，For all types of abscesses and swellings (purulent ulcers) presenting with a dark purple tongue, possibly with ecchymoses, and a fine,涩 pulse.