Crane’s Knee Decoction

Purple Gold Life-Saving Ointment，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For malignant sores, toxic abscesses, scrofula, cold tumors, masses, fractures from falls or blows, and wounds that have failed to heal for a long time.

Liu Yi Pills，From *Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.，

White Aconite Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For wind-phlegm accumulation in the chest and diaphragm, causing headache and eye twitching.

Poppy Porridge，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 18.，Gastric reflux; inability to eat.

Soapberry Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 133.，For swellings and pain caused by water toxins entering the body, or where the toxin has penetrated the bone.

White Jade Toad Bath Decoction，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For leprosy, where swollen lumps or sores appear on the hands, feet, and throughout the body, or where there is numbness and coldness.

Five Dragons Needle，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，For “Crane’s Knee” and “Half-Limb Wind,” as well as unnamed swellings and toxic sores, and initial stages of injuries from falls or strains.

Jianbu Siwu Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，Blood deficiency fails to nourish the lower body, causing weakness in the legs and an inability to walk.

Formula for Treating Fluid Retention，*Secret Formulas for Traumatology*.，For falls, blows, and contusions; fractures and dislocations; and cases with internal blood stasis.

Dampness-Eliminating Erchen Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 2.，Abscess on the buttocks, known as “mounting and dismounting.”

Divine Immortal Mass-Dissolving Ointment，Nian’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*, Volume 3.，For abdominal masses and lumps.

Lung-Clearing and Plantain Seed Pills，From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 20.，For internal accumulation of lung heat, counterflow of lung qi causing fullness, inability to regulate the water channels, resulting in shortness of breath, edema, insomnia on the right side, and a floating and rapid pulse.

Lingguang Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 70), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For eye sores with patches.

Burnt Cinnabar Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 184), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Fistula.

Si Sheng Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 52.，For wind-toxin attacking the kidneys, causing sores on the lower back and legs.

Decoction for Eliminating Yellow and Removing Jaundice，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.，Jaundice. For cases where the entire body is yellow, including the face and eyes.

Yin-Yang Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，For typhoid fever on days 3–5, or in the early stages, or when the patient first shows signs of an absence of sweating.

Liver-Nourishing Powder，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Black Wind Internal Obstruction.

Pinellia Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 119.，If the tongue swells and fills the mouth, obstructing breathing—a condition that can be fatal within moments—immediately pierce it with a finger to drain the foul blood; a fine needle may also be used to make an incision. Then administer this remedy.

Decoction to Clear Dryness，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，For cases of warm disease where there is no sweating after purgation, and the pulse is floating and rapid.

Chen’s Kushen Pills，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.，For generalized itching, tinea, scabies, boils, and sores.

Pain-Relieving Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 68), citing *Formulas from Clinical Experience*.，Toothache caused by wind-worm, with pain radiating to the temples.

Decoction for Transforming Dampness in the Yin，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 10.，For yin-damp phlegm with ulcerations on the feet.

Enhanced Astragalus and Cinnamon Decoction with Five Ingredients，*New Interpretations on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Miscellaneous Diseases*.，For residual hemiplegia following a genuine stroke, in patients with normal blood pressure.

Bandage Formula，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，For boils, abscesses, and carbuncles.