Commonly Used Chonghan Powder

Chaihu Dihuang Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 5.，Postpartum lochia has just begun to discharge but suddenly ceases; heat has entered the blood chamber. The patient is lucid during the day but becomes delirious at night, with alternating chills and fever, and behaves as if seeing ghosts.

Kidney-Nourishing and Heart-Nourishing Pills，From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*.，Deficiency of Heart and Kidney Qi; obesity with weakness and blood deficiency; ascending deficient fire; mouth sores; and cases where symptoms persist despite prolonged use of cooling medications.

Decoction to Support the Gallbladder and Promote Urination，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，Gallbladder qi is obstructed due to fright; essence cannot be discharged, leading to white turbid discharge and pain in the urethra, as if pricked by needles.

Angelica and Aloe Decoction，*Six Treatises on Medicine*, Volume 18.，For cases of internal accumulation of liver fire, impaired digestion due to deficient stomach qi, pain and distension in the flanks and abdomen, constipation, and a rapid, forceful pulse.

Fire-Suppressing and Moisturizing Decoction for the Buttocks，*The True Selection of Surgical Formulas*, Volume 1.，Early-stage stork-beak abscess: swelling at the tip of the coccyx resembling a fish’s bladder, red in color, firm, and painful.

Internal Purifying Cinnabar Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 207.，For diarrhea and dysentery.

Gu Yuan Dan，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 228.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, deficiency of primordial qi, deficiency of blood and qi, all forms of deficiency-cold, and various symptoms of exhaustion.

Universal-Effect Diarrhea Pills，From *Continuation of the Collection of Proven and Effective Formulas*.，For common cold-induced headaches, fever, nasal congestion, hoarseness with phlegm-related cough, indigestion with food stagnation, chest distension, abdominal pain, stomach pain, epidemic diseases, malaria, and watery diarrhea with white stools.

Palm-Stomach Ointment，*Bai Yi*, Volume 19.，For children with weak spleen and stomach, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea.

Amaranth and Jujube Powder，From *Effective Emergency Remedies*.，Tooth decay. In mild cases, it causes pain at the tooth roots; in severe cases, it leads to tooth loss.

Iron Bullet Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 7.，Effective for all types of wind disorders: paralysis, sudden stroke, and numbness; skin wind toxins causing lumps, swelling, and pain; migraines and brain wind; women’s blood wind attacks; itching or pain in the limbs; and stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen.

Wu Sha San，*Shengji Zonglu*, Vol. 70.，Epistaxis.

Eye Pills，From *Supplements to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 8, citing *Zhou’s Family Treasures*.，For eye ulcers caused by smallpox.

Huangming Ointment，From *New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，Effective for abscesses at the mouth and back, anal fistulas, and all types of boils, carbuncles, and swollen infections. It dissipates abscesses before they fully form and, once formed, draws out pus and promotes tissue regeneration.

Fermented Soybean Core Powder，*Shenghui*, Vol. 64.，For wind-toxin sores on the body that are red, swollen, and painful.

Pills for Supporting the Elderly，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，For forgetfulness in the elderly.

Donkey Urine Drink，Formula from *Wai Tai*, Volume 8, citing *Formulas for Emergency Treatment*; name found in *A Study of Medical Formulas*, Volume 3.，Gastric reflux.

Wendan Anshen Powder，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For gallbladder deficiency during pregnancy causing insomnia throughout the night.

Pinellia Zhengqi Pill，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For deficiency in the lower jiao, disharmony between yin and yang, cholera with vomiting, and inability to tolerate porridge or food.

Two-Miracle Rehmannia Pills，*Feng’s Treasure Chest*, Volume 11.，Treats turbid stools caused by internal stagnation of damp-heat.

Banlangen and Ginseng Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，For all types of bleeding.

Five-Ash Ointment，From *Qixuan of Surgery*, Volume 11.，Various sores, hemorrhoids, and malignant ulcers.

Fresh Rhino and Antelope Horn Decoction，*Compilation of Hua’s Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.，Although the rash has broken through, the throat is severely ulcerated, and the pulse is taut and forceful.

Ginseng and Cyperus Powder，*San Yin*, Volume 13.，Restless heart qi, various deficiencies and debility, heaviness in the limbs, melancholy, frequent strange dreams at night, night sweats and seminal emission, fear and palpitations, unpredictable mood swings, dry mouth and throat, thirst with a desire to drink water, reduced appetite, emaciation, gradually progressing to consumptive disease.

Poria and Pinellia Decoction for Tonifying the Middle，*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.，Deficiency of the middle jiao with retained fluid, accompanied by chest distension and belching.