Danggui-Shaoyao Decoction with Different Functions

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Harmonizing the Lungs，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 31.，Used for shortness of breath caused by yin deficiency with fire rising from below.

Decoction of Qin Jiao，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 195, citing *The Holy Beneficence*.，Jaundice. Yellowing of the body and face, as well as yellowing of the fingernails and urine, accompanied by restlessness and agitation.

Decoction for Strengthening Earth and Killing Parasites，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，When parasites cause distress, resulting in rumbling in the stomach, mild abdominal pain, and the rising of phlegm and saliva leading to vomiting—a condition that occurs daily—take this decoction on an empty stomach.

Roasted Liver Powder，From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 228.，Excessive consumptive disease, weakness, and loose stools.

Paper Mulberry Leaf Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with persistent thirst due to dysentery, or occasional vomiting and refusal to eat.

Pingzhi Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 9.，Shortness of breath; internal stagnation of phlegm-fire; external constraint by wind-cold; labored breathing with audible wheezing; restlessness whether sitting or lying down.

Lead Sugar Decoction，*Ophthalmology Treasure Trove*, Volume 4.，For conditions where the eyelids stick to the cornea and the conjunctiva.

Beauty-Enhancing Ointment，From *Formulas of the Zongfutang*, Volume 4.，For alopecia in children and leprosy sores.

Pine Needle Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 41).，For failure of eyebrows, hair, and beard to grow due to blood and qi deficiency or wind-heat.

Digu Paste，*The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 16 of the First Series.，Heat in the Lung Meridian: detectable only with a light touch; absent upon slight pressure; faintly visible on the skin and hair; accompanied by shortness of breath, coughing, and chills with a shivering sensation.

Summer-Heat-Clearing Decoction with Additions，From *Supplement to the Essentials of the Guanjù Formulas*, Volume 1.，Heatstroke.

Shunliu Dan，From *Random Notes from Chongqing Hall*, Volume 1.，Life-threatening complications of smallpox.

Egg Formula for Scattered Smallpox，*Feng’s Treasure Trove: Smallpox* (Volume 14).，

Medicine for Sores Caused by Dingzi，From *Secret Transmission from the Blue Sack*.，Boil.

Great Warming Menstrual Pills，*Guide to Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Characterized by leukorrhea, aversion to cold, abdominal pain, poor appetite, occasional diarrhea, regurgitation of sour fluid, cold feet, low back pain, a sallow complexion, and a deep, slow pulse.

Lycopodium Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 53.，For real heat in the bladder, difficulty urinating, and a sensation of fullness, oppression, and restlessness.

Lithospermum and Magnolia Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 6.，For smallpox lesions accompanied by restlessness, fullness, and distension; or lesions that are hard and taut; or lesions that are clustered and refuse to disperse.

Ginseng and Orange Peel Pills，From *Guide to Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 153.，Fever due to spleen deficiency.

Deer Antler Shavings Decoction，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 6.，Fever during pregnancy resulting in fetal death in utero.

Gui Rong Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For depletion of essence and blood, a sallow-black complexion, deafness and dim vision, dry mouth and excessive thirst, lower back pain and weak legs, cloudy white urine, dryness above and cold below, and inability to tolerate potent tonics.

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.

Four Saints Pills，*Supplement to the Chuan Ya*, Volume 2.，Nine Types of Chest Pain.

Dao Chi Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，Stagnation in the heart and kidneys, heat in the bladder, and difficulty urinating; wind and heat combining to cause a dribbling, obstructed flow; or excessive intake of tonic herbs leading to a constricted urinary passage, scant and frequent … Read more

Toxicity-Clearing and Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 4.，In cases of severe toxin stagnation in smallpox, where the fire rises upward, causing initial throat pain.

Internal-Resolving Cimicifuga Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 130.，Boils, sores, and bone-invading abscesses.