Cuscuta Decoction

Black Fungus Powder，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Jilin Formula).，For convulsions of the hands and feet, pain in the lower back and legs, damp-bi syndrome, and impaired blood circulation.

Zhike-Da Huang Decoction，*Yi Bian*, Volume 2.，In the first 1–2 days of dysentery, when vital energy has not yet been depleted.

Shenying Dan，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，All types of epilepsy.

Jingjin Wutou Pills，From *Treasure of Health* (Vol. 2).，For various diseases of the five viscera, abdominal masses, and long-standing masses—whether as large as a bowl or as small as a cup; or for cold qi causing stabbing pain in the navel and abdomen, accompanied by cramping;the ten types of water-related disorders, gastric reflux and vomiting, the … Read more

Su Xue Dan，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 5.，Yangming syndrome with fever, eye pain, dry nose, insomnia, chest distress, and thirst.

Pepper-Wax Pills，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For various conditions caused by kidney cold.

Rose Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 299).，Recurrent mouth sores that have persisted for years without healing.

Pills for Strengthening the Eyes and Improving Vision，*Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，For central retinal choroiditis (with straight, inverted, or oblique visual symptoms). The eyes are painless and not red; there are no visible abnormalities, but objects appear distorted.

Gentian and Four Substances Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，Sudden onset of red eyes with corneal opacities and pain.

Chaihu Dao Re Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，In women during the regular menstrual period, when the blood chamber has not yet been cleansed, heat enters the blood chamber, causing sudden alternating chills and fever resembling malaria, and the menstrual flow starts abruptly then stops.

Rescue-in-Danger Upper Dan，*Collection of Treasures for Childbirth and Child-Rearing*, Volume 1.，For cases of excessive postpartum blood loss leading to extreme deficiency and the generation of wind, manifested by blue lips, cold flesh, sweating, dizziness, mental confusion, or wheezing and shortness of breath—the patient’s life hangs by a thread.

Sea Clam Cord Cake，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For water retention, swelling of the head and face, and restlessness whether sitting or lying down. Or for those with coughing and wheezing.

Ginseng, Astragalus, Ginger, Perilla, and Gypsum Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 3.，For dense smallpox eruptions.

Indigo Powder Paste，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 24.，For severe canker sores eroding the lips, nose, and mouth, with life-threatening symptoms.

Ginseng and Postpartum Golden Pill，*Collection of Inherited Surgical Formulas*.，For various gynecological disorders related to menstruation, leukorrhea, pregnancy, and childbirth.

Summer Deadgrass Paste，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 64.，For men, women, and children suffering from anxiety and emotional stagnation, liver hyperactivity with blood dryness, hard scrofula, hard goiters, painful and swollen tubercles, abscesses and boils, and nocturnal eye pain.

Wind-Dispelling and Dampness-Overcoming Decoction，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Papular urticaria, pruritus, etc.

Reed Leaf Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 47); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 202).，For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by restlessness, thirst, and agitation.

Immediate Stabilizing Powder，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Asthma.

Coptis and Cow’s Milk Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，For diabetes.

Drink to Clear Dampness and Soothe the Stomach，From *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Treatise on the Internal Landscape*, Volume 4, citing *A Collection of Medical Formulas*.，White Dysentery.

Ginseng, Deer Antler, and Three Kidney Powder，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For neurasthenia, mental overexertion, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, and cold dampness in the scrotum.

Purple Frost Pills，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 22, citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Prescriptions*.，For diabetes.

Yu Zha Granules，*Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Coronary heart disease with angina pectoris; hypertriglyceridemia.

Decoction for Unblocking the Passages and Promoting Urination，From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.，Stroke. Loss of consciousness, jaw clenched shut, unable to swallow liquids.