Coptis Tincture

Warm Wind Powder，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 21.，For wind-cold toothache; wind-induced toothache with mild swelling and pain, no sensitivity to heat or cold, tight jaw that is difficult to open, a pale-white tongue coating, no thirst, and clear, copious urine.

Honey-Pig Gallbladder Formula，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 26.，After suffering from typhoid fever, if constipation is severe and medication fails to relieve it:

Clear Vision Powder，Formula from *Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 6; name cited in *Sheng Ji Zong Lu* (Comprehensive Record of Divine Remedies), Volume 102.，For blurred vision due to deficiency-syndrome.

Pregnancy-Nourishing Ginseng Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 75.，Failure of fetal growth during pregnancy.

Trichosanthes Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，Apply to a back abscess that has already formed pus.

Silk Cocoon Yellow Powder，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 39, citing *Shenghui*.，Intestinal wind, blood in urine or stool, and painful, dribbling urination.

Modified Qing’e Pills，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 53, citing *Effective Formulas*，

Rooster Wine，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For the “Five Exhaustions” and “Seven Injuries,” as well as red and white vaginal discharge in women.

Baoyuan Dihuang Decoction，From *Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，Pediatric kidney malnutrition results from an imbalance of the liver and spleen, compounded by a congenital deficiency of kidney yin. Patients are often thin and weak, with blurred vision and lethargy; they may experience alternating chills and fever, or frequent colds.

Highly Effective Golden Needle Powder，From *Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 11.，For abscesses, boils, and swellings on the back—whether already ruptured or not.

Raw Rehmannia Decoction for Blood-Activating Pills，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 34 of *Wài Tái*.，For women with cold in the internal organs, where the uterine orifice remains closed, causing blood to accumulate in the abdomen and form a fleshy mass—a palpable lump—known as “Zheng Qi.”

Enhanced Zhengqi Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 2.，Malaria.

Palpitations Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Fear and timidity, as if someone were about to seize one.

Burdock Soaked in Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 44.，For rheumatic conditions manifesting as pain in the lower back, causing discomfort when sitting or lying down; cold and numbness in the feet and knees; loss of sensation in the skin; pain deep within the bones; and inability to walk.

Calm-the-Fear Pills，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 5.，For cases of deficient-heat of the “mutual fire” (xianghuo) causing sudden surges of cold extremities, accompanied by distension, pain, or symptoms that may or may not be manifest.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Calming Roundworms，From *Essentials of the Collection of Formulas on Causes and Symptoms*, Volume 3, citing a formula by Wang Yungu.，Pathogenic heat resides in the stomach; the roundworms, driven by the heat, cannot remain in place and rise upward to emerge.

Crucian Carp Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 65.，Effective for all types of sores and ringworm, whether dry or wet, accompanied by unbearable pain and itching.

Great Leprosy Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For the early stages of leprosy, characterized by multicolored sores all over the body, with no sensation of pain or itching, and numbness in the hands and feet.

Rusted Knife Powder，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 133), citing *Effective Formulas Based on Experience*.，For all cases of dysuria and burning sensation where medication has proven ineffective.

Infant-Protecting Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For children with a cold caused by wind-cold, presenting with headache, fever, clear nasal discharge, and body aches and fatigue.

White Descending Pill，From *Wang’s Medical Compendium*, Volume 14.，Boils, Abscesses, and Fistulas.

Secret-Recipe Paper-Wrapped Ointment，From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.，For chronic leg ulcers that do not heal.

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.

Zhanlu Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Fever at night; initially with scattered beads of sweat, which gradually increase; over time, profuse sweating occurs every night, ceasing at the fifth watch.

Apricot and Gelatin Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 198), citing *Wu’s Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For coughs.