Cinnamon Twig Life-Sustaining Decoction

Four Gentlemen Decoction with Ginger and Aconite，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In the winter months, 4–5 days after contracting a cold, abdominal pain, difficulty urinating, heaviness and pain in the hands and feet, or coughing, or vomiting.

Formula for Inducing Labor，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 85 of *Yitong*.，

Kushen Decoction for Expelling Toxic Heat，From *Shān Fán Fāng*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wài Tái*.，If the epidemic rash persists for 5 days without abating—and before reaching 7 days—toxic heat affects the skin and flesh, causing pain in the limbs.

Golden Vermilion Pill，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 19.，In children with excessive salivation, inability to swallow breast milk or food, and saliva flowing from the mouth without being swallowed, this condition is termed “spleen heat.”

Wan Jin Ointment，*Compilation of Effective and Proven Formulas*, Volume 1.，For red eye caused by “Lan Xian Feng.”

Phlegm-Expelling Pill，From *Selected Formulas for Emergency Treatment*, citing *Simple and Effective Formulas for Critical Conditions*.，Phlegm-induced syncope.

Six-Ash Ointment，*Zhunsheng: Treatment of Sores*, Volume 1.，For back abscesses, carbuncles, boils, swollen toxic sores, leprous sores, hemorrhoids, moles, and warts.

Red Peony Root Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 91.，In children with “Wang Luan” sores—characterized by small, sesame-seed-like lesions covering the entire body, accompanied by pus, alternating pain and itching, and occasional high fever—

Sanqing Kuai Ban Red Wax Pills，*Complete Book of Childbirth Rescue*.，For cases where smallpox does not erupt; where it erupts but the pustules are incomplete; where the pustules are complete but lack a dark, thick crust; where the patient experiences restlessness and a sense of fullness; or where there is widespread itching over the entire body, … Read more

Jusheng-Poria Pill，From *Shenghui*, Volume 94, citing a formula by Tao Yinju.，

Harmonizing the Middle and Regulating the Spleen Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, difficulty digesting food, a sensation of fullness and rumbling in the abdomen, vomiting, and nausea.

Minor Cooling Powder，From *Treatise on Cold and Warm Diseases* (Hanwen Tiaobian), Volume 4.，For warm diseases characterized by high fever and restlessness, a heavy sensation in the head and a flushed face, difficulty swallowing, or swelling of the lips, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.

Pingwei Kuai Ban Powder，*Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 8.，When smallpox is about to erupt but is prevented by prolonged阴雨 weather.

Huagai Powder，From *Medical Questions and Answers*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 149.，For common cold with dampness invasion, heaviness and dizziness in the head and eyes, aversion to cold with high fever, pain in the limbs, cough with loss of voice, and thick, sticky nasal discharge and saliva.

Plantain Leaf Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 29.，For deficiency-related debility, internal injury, hematuria, and external heat in the lower jiao.

Yuzhen Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For various deficiencies and insufficiencies in men and women.

Dui Jin Powder，From *The Continuation of the Medical Lamp*, Volume 8.，For one-sided or bilateral headaches.

Daqing Disinfecting Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 3, citing *Shan Fan Fang*.，The epidemic lasts from 3 to 7 days without abating; the body feels hot, and people infect one another.

Dampness-Draining and Spleen-Clearing Powder，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 5.，For damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, often manifesting as redness and erosion of the upper and lower eye sockets.

Shengling Pill，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Volume 81), citing *Formulas to Aid the Dao*.，Cold in the brain; wind-pathogen attacking the Upper Jiao, causing headaches that persist day and night, leaving the patient unable to find peace.

Winter Melon Soup，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the elderly suffering from diabetes with feverish agitation, mental confusion, restlessness, and a sense of oppression.

Cinnabar Formula for Eliminating Phlegm and Dampness，*Yi Tong*, Volume 50.，Phlegm obscures the orifices of the heart, causing palpitations and anxiety.

Hundred Tonics to Preserve Vitality Pills，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 11.，Consumptive disorders.

Internal Tonifying Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 1, citing *Formulas from the Spiritual Garden*.，For deficiency of vital energy, the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, accumulated cold in the viscera, masses and nodules, and deficiency-induced distension; or for disharmony of the meridians, chronic malnutrition with cold symptoms, red and white vaginal … Read more

Black Beans Soaked in Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 64.，For wind-induced edema, regardless of whether it is cold or hot in nature.