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Huanglian Xiangru Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 3.，Cholera. Fever, restlessness, thirst, labored breathing, bitter taste in the mouth, dry teeth, scanty and reddish urine—all resulting from summer heat.

Binlian Powder，From *San Yin*, Volume 14.，For abscesses, boils, and swellings, whether unruptured or already ruptured.

Jie Cang Yin Decoction，From *San Yin*, Volume 16.，For qi deficiency with heat stagnation, or for cases of heatstroke due to skipping meals, where wind-heat rises and obstructs the channels, causing deafness, severe pain, and the discharge of pus and blood from the ear.

Sanchuan Shenying Decoction，*Resolving the Source of the Origin*, Volume 4.，For infectious sores.

Eight-Treasure Ruiren Ointment，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，For all types of corneal opacities and wind-induced eye disorders.

Decoction for Expelling Ascaris，From *New Acute Abdominal Disorders*.，For the recovery phase of ascaris infection in the biliary tract.

Poria and Akebia Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 26.，Heat in the lower jiao following a cold, with difficulty urinating.

Scallion and Alum Pills，*The Esoteric Teachings of the Celestial Caverns*, Volume 8.，For all types of carbuncles and toxic swellings.

Powder-Honey Paste，*New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 5, citing *Ji Family’s Inherited Prescriptions*.，For infants aged three to five days whose internal organs have not yet opened, and for various ailments occurring within the first sixty days.

Entry to the Crown Powder，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 16.，Thirty-six types of wind disorders, hemiplegia, and paralysis.

Cinnabar Treasure Pill，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For accumulated deficient heat in the heart and lungs, manifested as a bitter taste in the mouth, dry tongue, flushed face, loose stools, emaciation, weakness in the limbs, mental confusion, as well as diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, kidney wasting, and retained heat in the Triple Burner.

Liver-Nourishing and Pregnancy-Supporting Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，For women with excessively restless liver blood who, after becoming pregnant, experience nausea and vomiting, crave sour foods to quench their thirst, feel aversion to food, and feel fatigued and sleepy.

Asthma-Relieving Formula，From *Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Cough with sputum, yellow and thick sputum, chest tightness and shortness of breath, inability to lie flat, yellow tongue coating, and a floating, slippery, and slightly rapid pulse.

Cinnamon and Aconite Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，Pain from wrist fractures or injuries to tendons and bones.

Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Ginseng, Astragalus, Aconite, and Ephedra Decoction，*Golden Needles of Medicine*, Volume 8.，For smallpox lesions that are itchy, sunken, black, and depressed.

Longdan Qinggan Decoction，*Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 6.，For cases where pathogenic heat has invaded the Jueyin channel, manifesting as restlessness, abdominal distension, testicular retraction, excessive thirst, rising qi, chest pain and heat, hunger without desire to eat, and vomiting of roundworms after eating.

Qi-Nourishing and Vitality-Restoring Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，Deficiency of primordial qi, weakness of the spleen and stomach, physical fatigue, and lack of vitality.

Throat-Clearing Decoction，From *Zhunsheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 2.，For plum-kernel-like sensation—a feeling as if there is something in the throat that cannot be coughed up or swallowed.

Qi-Tonifying and Summer-Heat-Dispelling Pill，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，In the winter months, upon opening a chest to retrieve a cotton garment, one suddenly feels a wave of hot air assaulting the nose; shortly thereafter, restlessness, thirst, and vomiting occur, accompanied by chills and a sensation of internal heat; the patient dislikes food but craves … Read more

Flowing Water Decoction，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 17 of *Wai Tai*.，For restlessness and insomnia due to deficiency.

Pill for Relieving Gastric Reflux and Regulating Qi，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，Indications: Qi reversal with chest fullness, esophageal stricture, dysphagia, regurgitation, and vomiting in the evening after breakfast.

Jiao-Lian Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For all types of metrorrhagia and dysuria.

Fish-Pillow Powder，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Pus and fluid in the ear.

Modified Jing-Clearing Powder，*Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 6.，For women with blood heat presenting with premature menstruation.

Three-Ingredient Pill with Dried Jujubes，*Wai Tai*, Volume 9, citing *Formulas by Xu Renze*.，Cough caused by phlegm, persisting for a long time and gradually developing into edema, accompanied by constipation and difficulty passing urine, as well as swelling of the head, face, and body.