Dampness-Clearing Six-Ingredient Decoction

Single-Dose Powder，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 5.，Sudden Cough. Epidemic cough with copious phlegm, alternating chills and fever, or nasal congestion and a hoarse voice.

Mulberry Ash Wash Formula，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 133.，Chronic sores.

Cardamom Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For childhood diarrhea with undigested food and water.

Formula for Drying Hemorrhoids，From *A Study of Thirteen Surgical Formulas*, citing a formula by Huang Jichuan.，Hemorrhoids and Fistulas.

Decoction of Black Plums，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 102.，For redness of the eyes caused by wind and for fetal redness.

Dangui Zhifen Decoction，From *Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 6.，For diabetes insipidus, with profuse urination—drinking one dou and urinating one dou—coughing up clear phlegm that, when dropped into water, immediately disperses and turns into clear water, accompanied by a flushed face and red lips.

Sophora Flower Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For intestinal bleeding and dysentery with red or white stools.

Five-Ingredient Realgar and (艹闾) Paste，From *The Essential Effective Formulas*, cited in Volume 34 of *Wai Tai*.，For women with lactation disorders and slow-healing boils and sores.

Eight-Processed Poria Pill，*Essentials for Expanding the Lineage*, Volume 4.，For all types of deficiency syndromes.

Detoxifying and Draining the Spleen Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Snail-blister caused by wind-dampness attacking the Spleen Meridian. Often occurs on the hands and feet; the affected area suddenly feels as if on fire, followed by the appearance of purple, white, or yellow blisters that gradually enlarge, causing distending pain and restlessness.

Rabbit Blood Pills，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 10.，For smallpox in children.

Lian Shi Powder，Formula from *Supplement to the Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 5), citing *Minor Formulas*; name found in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 22).，For abscesses that are hard and swollen like stone, or as large as a walnut, with no change in color, or for “stone abscesses” that do not resolve. Toxic swelling causes unbearable pain.

Gold and Silver Tonifying Decoction，*The Profound Principles of the Divine Realm*, Volume 14.，For skin ulcers and sores; deficiency of vital energy with fatigue; dry mouth and fever.

Bing She Sha Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Nanjing Formula).，For conditions caused by exposure to cold or heat, such as shang syndrome, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as sudden collapse and unconsciousness.

Chen-Su Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，Blockage and stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, impaired circulation of qi, and deficiency of body fluids.

Jianzhong Dan，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 28, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.，For children with unrelenting diarrhea and abdominal pain accompanied by frequent crying.

Pills to be Taken After Meals，From *Essentials of the Treatment of Beriberi*, Volume 2.，When common beriberi is about to flare up, symptoms begin with difficult and dry bowel movements, abdominal distension, discomfort and tightness in the flanks, loss of appetite, reddish-yellow urine, frequent muscle twitching, difficulty in expectorating phlegm, and restlessness, fever, and weakness.

Eye-Restoring Ointment，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 12.，In recent years, I have been experiencing blurred vision.

Bi Xiao San，From *Medical Records for the Common People*, Volume 8.，For women with swollen breasts, regardless of whether the swelling is internal or external.

Yi Jin San，From *Simple Formulas*, citing Li Bo-shan’s formula (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 79).，Lung heat, nasal congestion, and thick nasal discharge.

Qingge Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 381.，Lung Malnutrition (i.e., Qi Malnutrition). Caused by irregular breastfeeding, which leads to stagnant heat damaging the lungs; wind-dampness then takes advantage of the deficiency to invade the skin and hair, entering the blood vessels. Sores appear on both sides of the nose, accompanied by dampness, itching, and ulceration; this … Read more

Five Marvels Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For suppurating scabies sores.

Xiaodiaoteng Decoction，From *De Xiao*, Volume 11.，For children with vomiting and diarrhea, as well as wind-induced convulsions due to spleen-stomach deficiency.

Divine Immortal Jade Ointment，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，For toxic abscesses, festering sores with foul odor, persistent pain that refuses to subside, and wind-induced leg swelling. Also for frostbite, damaged and decaying skin and flesh, oozing pus and fluid, and unrelenting itching and pain.

Malt Powder Porridge，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For the elderly with spleen deficiency and weak vital energy, who suffer from indigestion and irregular diarrhea.