Decoction for Calming the Mind and Eliminating Dreams

“No Worries for Ten Thousand Illnesses” Powder，From *Medical Essentials* (Yixue Qiewen), cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 256.，For heavy, stagnant masses; edema; blood-induced parasitic infections; abdominal distension; lateral prolapse of the small intestine or bladder; “Bentun Qi” syndrome; gastric distension; beriberi; qi rising from below the diaphragm causing gastric reflux and vomiting of … Read more

Enhanced Ginseng, Astragalus, Atractylodes, and Aconite Decoction，*Ming Yi Za Zhu* (Miscellaneous Writings of a Ming Physician), Volume 6.，For smallpox with deficiency in both the exterior and interior, accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, and cold extremities.

Ziyunfeng Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，When dampness affects the blood, purplish blood blisters appear all over the body, accompanied by pain, itching, and a sensation of insects crawling; in milder cases, this manifests as pemphigus, with white blisters.

Thirteen Grand Protectors，From *Chuanyaba* (Supplement to the Elegant Collection), Volume 1.，For epilepsy and paralysis, boils and abscesses, back sores, scrofula, and toxic swellings.

Toxicity-Extracting Ointment，*Yifang Yijian*, Volume 10.，For injuries caused by wood or stone, or by blades and metal that have become toxic; or for cases of internal toxin accumulation manifesting externally as boils, carbuncles, fistulas, or unexplained swellings and abscesses.

Wind-Dispelling and Deficiency-Nourishing Decoction，From *Yuanji Qiwei*, Volume 2.，For external eye injuries, protrusion of the eyeball, and blood-deficiency-induced corneal opacities; postpartum eye pain; eye injuries caused by physical trauma; and conditions resulting from excessive blood loss. Injuries caused by fists or blows.

Stone-Diaphragm Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，For fullness and distension in the epigastric region, accompanied by foamy saliva and poor appetite.

Secretly Transmitted Sixteen-Ingredient Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.，For boils and abscesses.

Yuhe Dan，From *The New Book on Infant Care*, Volume 23, citing *Tan’s Extraordinary Sage*.，Liver-related wasting disease manifests as abdominal distension, physical wasting, and jaundice; the complexion turns golden, and the physique gradually deteriorates; the child bites their nails, furrows their brows, and often eats dirt; they crave salt, fermented rice, and rice wine, but fear … Read more

Red Adzuki Bean Poultice Formula，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 24 (Annotations), citing *Fan Wang’s Formulas*.，For those with a balanced constitution suffering from a stone abscess.

Soapberry and Goose Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 17.，For hemorrhoids.

Decoction for Reducing Swelling and Relieving Throat Pain，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Middle Volume.，Sore and swollen throat.

Stasis-Clearing Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Abdominal pain that remains fixed in one location indicates stagnant blood.

Aconite and Areca Nut Decoction，From *Qi Zheng Fang*, citing *Wai Tai*.，For beriberi with generalized severe swelling.

Yu Ji Huan Shao San，*Bai Yi*, Volume 9.，For wounds caused by fingernails or toenails.

Ointment for Dispelling Dampness and Relieving Itching，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Clematis Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，Thirst with unceasing water consumption.

Dried Scorpion Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 170.，For chronic convulsions in children.

Ephedra-Like Sacred Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 9.，For severe spasms.

Qin Lingjin’s Twenty-Four-Ingredient Spleen-Nourishing Pills，From Volume 1 of *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, citing a formula by Huang Zigeng.，For pathogenic factors of wind, cold, and dampness; abdominal distension, fullness, and stabbing pain; borborygmi and diarrhea; vomiting and acid regurgitation; emaciation, exhaustion, and weakness; loss of appetite; and all disorders of the spleen and stomach.

Yi Xiao San，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.，For scrofula and tubercles that have not healed for a long time.

Chongwei Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，Pain in the eyes caused by wind-milia, with occasional tearing.

Zelkova Bark Decoction，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 147.，Poison from witchcraft.

Diaphragm-Opening Pills，From *Selected Essences on Skin Rashes*.，For rashes that appear bluish, dry, and sunken; with no significant fever; and with difficulty passing urine or stool, indicating internal heat; or for smallpox resulting from internal injury, characterized by abdominal heat, cold feet, bloating, and difficulty passing urine or stool.

Modified Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.，For various conditions of qi stagnation, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, and facial and bodily edema.