Coix Seed Decoction

Lotus Root Pearl Pill，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 89, citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，

Thousand-Li Water-Hululu Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For summer heat, chest distress, thirst, and a dry throat.

Xuan Gui Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *Direct Pointers with Addenda*, Volume 6.，For pain in the epigastric region caused by stagnant blood.

Centipede and Scorpion Powder，*Essentials of Surgery*, Volume 2.，Due to the predominance of wind-toxin, the ulcer is tight, small, and hard.

High-Quality Ginger Powder，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For stagnant cold and accumulated cold, causing cramping pain in the chest and abdomen.

Newly Formulated Decoction for Epistaxis Due to Blood Toxin in Black Fever，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black Fever*.，Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark; the neck is long and thin with a pulsating neck vein; frequent epistaxis occurs with bright … Read more

Decoction for Eliminating Spots and Resolving Rashes，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 14.，For children who have had a fever for 2–3 days, with faint red spots appearing beneath the skin that flicker like moving shadows, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Clove and Aconite Zhong Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 2, citing *The Bureau’s Formulas*.，Cold in the stomach with retained phlegm, resulting in unceasing vomiting.

He Shou Wu, Artemisia, and Turtle Carapace Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，Indicated for symptoms of deficiency-heat and warm malaria, with a weak pulse and yin deficiency.

Ginseng, Poria, Cinnamon, and Atractylodes Decoction，From *Bian Zheng Lu*, Volume 9.，In cases of exogenous cold pathogenic factors, the fire of the Pericardium and Mingmen meridians becomes deficient. It is as if a bundle of qi rises from below the heart, extending all the way to the scrotum; this is called “Ben Tun,” meaning it rushes … Read more

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Nourishing the Weak，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For women with blood deficiency leading to exhaustion, characterized by aching pain in the joints throughout the body, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, night sweats, and loss of appetite.

Sichuan Pepper Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For dysphagia, accumulated cold in the chest, inability to swallow food, jaundice, emaciation, and weakness.

Gypsum and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，Warm diseases of the lung fu organ; yin-yang toxic qi. If the fu organ is deficient, it is injured by yin pathogens, manifesting as alternating chills and fever, which damage lung qi, leading to sudden coughing and vomiting.

Dried Pueraria Muscle-Relieving Decoction，*Six Treatises on Cold Damage*, Volume 4.，Symptoms of an invasion of the Stomach Meridian of the Foot-Yangming in typhoid fever: eye pain, dry nose, insomnia, mild headache, pain around the eye sockets, and a pulse that is faint and full.

Mulberry Twig Ointment，*Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 6.，For gout caused by liver deficiency and blood deficiency; or by excessive wind-heat. Aches and pains in the limbs and joints.

Eucommia Abortifacient Pills，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 6.，Abdominal pain due to cold in the viscera, with unceasing diarrhea.

Wuling Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.，Damp diarrhea. Profuse watery stools without abdominal pain, rumbling sounds in the abdomen, and a fine pulse.

Pus-Expelling Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 62.，For chronic abscesses that have long since perforated and are oozing pus and serous fluid without ceasing.

Nutmeg Paste，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For children suffering from fright, watery stools, and intermittent abdominal pain.

Nourishing Vitality and Supporting Qi Decoction，*Miscellaneous Remarks on Correcting Imbalances*, Volume 10.，For smallpox scabs that are withered and dry, with serous fluid that is thin and pale in color.

Malaria-Suppressing Pills，From *Guide to Malaria* (Volume 2).，For malaria, regardless of whether the fever is cold or hot, and whether it occurs once a day, every two days, or every three days.

Shenghua Buyuan Decoction，From *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，

Star Aconite Powder，*Ben Shi*, Volume 1.，For stroke affecting the viscera, where the patient can speak and the mouth is not crooked, but the hands and feet are limp and dragging, and the pulse is weak, floating, and rapid.

Hookworm Pills，Formula adapted from Chen Zhangwei, as cited in *Therapeutic Methods and Formulas*.，Hookworm infection. Symptoms include palpitations and shortness of breath; sallow or swollen limbs and complexion; or a craving for raw rice, soil, and other non-food items. Also treats chronic cholecystitis of the damp-heat pattern.

Jiujiang Powder，*Qianjin*, Volume 23.，For vitiligo and 260 types of severe skin disorders.