Decay-Wood Decoction

Ephedra and Fangfeng Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 9.，For hemiplegia due to stroke.

Xue’s Decoction for Nourishing Yang and Expelling Dampness，“Chapter on Damp-Heat Diseases”，Tonifies qi, supports yang, and expels dampness.

Lung-Strengthening Pills，Chapter 11 of *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*.，All types of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Cornus and Oak Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，A man who drank alcohol year-round without regard for contraindications would indulge in drunkenness and engage in sexual activity, leading to excessive seminal emission. Over time, this severely damaged his spleen qi, resulting in watery diarrhea. Upon exposure to wind-cold, he suffered uncontrollable diarrhea, with stools … Read more

Tongue Turns Scarlet，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 7.，For carbuncles and unexplained toxic swellings.

Warming the Middle and Dispelling Cold Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 7.，External obstruction by cold pathogens, aversion to cold, pain in the flanks, physical weakness, and a deficient pulse.

Arsenic Sulfate Ointment，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Vitiligo.

Boil-Resolving and Mind-Nourishing Pill，From *Collected Works on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For abscesses and boils: if not yet ruptured, this formula disperses them; if already ruptured, it promotes healing.

Ma Lian Zi Decoction，*Compendium of Holy Remedies*, Volume 76.，For bloody and white dysentery, and severe pain in the navel and abdomen; as well as chronic watery diarrhea with white, turbid stools resembling rice water.

Navel Ointment，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 136), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For obstruction of urination and defecation.

Xiao Taiping Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 6.，For chronic cough and sore throat.

Acorus Paste，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，Chronic otitis. Itching with unceasing pus discharge.

Pills for Eliminating Jaundice，From *Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For a dull, yellow complexion—a yellowish hue that is dim and smoky—without symptoms of restlessness, thirst, or fever.

Elixir of the Immortals Who Never Get Drunk，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，

Itch-Relieving Powder，From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 3.，For itching associated with smallpox lesions.

Raw Ophiopogon Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 24.，Scattering of hair; sudden onset of sores on the body.

Wei-Regulating Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Postpartum chills are all caused by insufficient lactation, leading to an excess of cold.

Mole Cricket and Musk Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 95.，For difficulty urinating when other medications have proven ineffective.

Modified Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill，From *Guang Biji*.，For those with a weak constitution suffering from chronic eye diseases that have not healed.

Plum Leak Ointment，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 34.，Yangmei sores.

Women’s Menstrual Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Nanjing Formula).，For women with yin deficiency accompanied by heat, characterized by early menstruation, irregular menstrual flow (either heavy or scant), dark purple menstrual blood, restlessness, bone-deep heat, night sweats, dry mouth, and burning sensation in the palms.

Three-Yellow, Rhinoceros Horn, and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Selected Formulas for Emergency Treatment*, Volume 1.，Riding-Horse Malnutrition.

Warming Navel Pills，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 27.，Deficiency of Kidney Essence, further complicated by dampness in the Spleen, manifests as abdominal pain extending to the lower abdomen; the navel area is often damp, and in severe cases, yellow fluid may ooze out; the pulse at the cun … Read more

Anemone Wine，From Volume 8 of *Yixin Fang*, citing a formula by Tao.，Swelling of the feet.

Xianling Powder，From *San Yin*.，For skin lesions affecting the eyes.