Decoction for Clearing Dryness and Moistening the Intestines

Toad Pills for Skin Ulcers，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions* (Fuzhou Formula).，For all types of intractable sores, scabies, tinea, and wind-toxin-dampness arthralgia.

Sanqi Ointment，*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.，Snake bites.

Decoction for Restoring Vitality，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，A woman whose menstrual period arrives earlier than usual and experiences extremely heavy flow is often thought to suffer from extreme blood heat. Yet who would have known that this is actually due to an excess of water and fire in the kidneys? When fire is … Read more

Secretly Effective Pills for Leucorrhea，From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 9.，For women with leukorrhea and symptoms of debility.

Black Beard Stone Swallow Powder，From *The Treasure of Household Health*, cited in Volume 49 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，

Three Leaks Pills，From *Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 10, citing *The Book of Saving Lives*.，For fistulas caused by damp-heat pathogens, such as anal fistulas, intestinal fistulas, and melon-vine fistulas.

Modified Eight-Ingredient Decoction，*The Transmission of the Lamp of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For jaundice caused by the upward rising of deficient yang, manifested only by yellowing of the skin, lethargy, and weakness of the limbs, with neither symptoms related to blood, food, alcohol, or sweating, nor yellowish-red urine.

Ma Hugan Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 152.，Vaginal discharge of five colors in women.

Cardamom Seed Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 17, citing *Ji’s Family-Transmitted Formulas*.，Pediatric malaria.

Turtle Head Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 92.，For children with a cold and deficient large intestine and chronic rectal prolapse.

Soybean Formula，*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For those suffering from water retention and bloating, swelling of the hands and feet, restlessness, and weakness.

Decoction to Boost Qi and Disperse Bi，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For qi deficiency with lung bi syndrome, restless cough, chest and diaphragm obstruction, incessant sputum production, upper abdominal distension and fullness, and inability to pass stool.

Anxi Blood-Activating Pill，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9.，For deficiency of the Chong and Ren Vessels, chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen (??), irregular menstruation—whether excessive and unceasing, delayed, or accompanied by metrorrhagia or persistent leukorrhea—a sallow and withered complexion, emaciated and wasted muscles, a heavy and sluggish … Read more

Chu Tree Root Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with purulent and bloody dysentery resembling fish brains, accompanied by lethargy and heaviness.

Extraordinary Formulas from the Inner Court，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Plague.

Decoction for Tonifying the Middle and Benefiting Qi (with Modifications)，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，Dizziness due to qi deficiency.

Indigo Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 5.，For epidemic plagues and seasonal heat toxins causing restlessness and delirium, but not yet reaching the extreme of madness.

Miaosheng Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，For boils and abscesses on the back, as well as brain abscesses—regardless of whether they are chronic, long-standing, or recent—and all kinds of malignant sores, chronic vaginal discharge, and groin sores.

Wen Hua Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，Excessive indulgence in roasted, braised, or grilled foods, as well as fragrant, sweet, and rich dishes, consumed to excess, leads to undigested food, a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest, and, over time, a sensation of fullness and distension—neither quite a mass nor a mass, … Read more

Ji Shui Zhu Che Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 300.，When pus oozes from an ingrown toenail and the pain is unbearable.

Xuanying Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 25.，For all types of wind disorders.

Raw Rehmannia and Ophiopogon Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 65.，For ear bleeding due to stomach heat and a deficient, rapid kidney pulse.

Appetite-Stimulating and Diaphragm-Regulating Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For pain in the chest and epigastrium, and food stagnation.

Stomach-Strengthening and Wind-Dispelling Powder，*Experienced Effective Formulas*.，For stomach deficiency with abdominal pain, fullness and hardness beneath the heart, and constipation.

Changchun Zhenren’s Life-Preserving Dietary Formula，From *Yi Bian*, Volume 1.，For various forms of deficiency and debility, the “Five Consumptions” and “Seven Injuries,” weakness in the limbs, numbness in the hands and feet, depletion of blood and vital energy, sallow complexion and emaciation, erectile dysfunction, dizziness and nausea, and reduced appetite.