Decoction for Clearing Metal and Moistening Dryness

Cinnamon and Sanling Powder，*Gu’s Medical Classic*, Volume 5.，In cases of food stagnation, the spleen qi is deficient; when milk or food enters the stomach, it cannot be properly transformed and transported. As the stagnation persists over time and is further aggravated by cold food, it spreads to the large intestine, resulting in diarrhea.

Sanhe Dan，*Essential Formulas for Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For individuals with inherently deficient middle qi, where phlegm-qi rises in reverse, obstructing the diaphragm and preventing the proper ascent and descent of qi, or resulting in defecation due to deficiency; also for all cases of yin-cold where other medications have proven ineffective.

Zhaozong Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In cases of cold damage during the winter months, after 6–7 days the disease transmits to the Shaoyin channel; the Shaoyin Kidney Palace becomes severely depleted, and kidney qi cannot descend to be stored in the Qihai. Instead, it surges and threatens to disperse, resulting in a … Read more

Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Children*, cited in Volume 22 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For emaciated children with abdominal masses, hardness and fullness in both flanks, intermittent pain, and failure to gain weight despite eating.

Ming Dynasty Zihuaizi Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For eye heat and blurred vision.

Internal Injury Pills，*An Overview of Experiences in Traditional Chinese Orthopedics*.，For hemoptysis or hemoptysis following injury, blood stasis in the Sanjiao, as well as chest pain triggered by coughing, sneezing, or breathing.

Clear-Steamed Dan，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 11.，For consumptive cough and bone-consuming fever.

Cow Bile, Small Aconite, and Rhinoceros Horn Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1.，For various wind-induced conditions characterized by stiffness and tightness of the tendons and meridians, numbness of the hands and feet, slurred speech, facial asymmetry, mental confusion and bewilderment, congestion of phlegm and saliva, dizziness and blurred vision, and aching pain in the … Read more

Cress and Smilax Pills，*Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，This formula treats the condition of “excessive sexual arousal,” characterized by prolonged and vigorous erection without ejaculation, resulting in the overflow of semen. This condition is caused by excessive sexual exertion and is often associated with diabetes insipidus or abscesses; it may also result from the ingestion of cinnabar.

Soapberry and Coptis Powder，Formula from *Zhi Zhi* (Vol. 24); name cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 299).，For various sores and scalp sores.

Evil-Repelling and Spleen-Activating Pills，From *Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，Yellow Edema Syndrome. Caused by exposure to damp, foul air, this condition affects the Spleen Meridian, resulting in generalized yellowing and swelling of the body. Eating causes chest tightness; urination is unimpeded; and physical activity leads to shortness of breath.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Cinnamon，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Malaria with fever and a desire to keep warm; fever without thirst. Malaria with sweating.

Angelica and Rehmannia Yin-Nourishing Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Postpartum yin deficiency with yang dryness, accompanied by persistent headaches.

Agastache and Ginseng Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 25.，For typhoid fever with unceasing retching and vomiting, chest fullness, and restlessness.

Honey and Oil Ointment，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 4).，For coughs where the force of the cough strikes the mucous membranes of the throat, causing them to lose their natural moisture—without pain or swelling, but making speech laborious and the voice difficult to produce.

Redness-Relieving Pills，*Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 7.，Redness of the eyes.

Ginseng-Biwa Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 394.，For children with chronic or recent vomiting.

Blood-Activating and Life-Sustaining Powder，From *Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.，For deficiency syndromes.

Xie Bai Decoction，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，For wind-heat-induced corneal opacities and vascular disorders, as well as all external ocular disorders caused by lung heat.

Gardenia and Ginseng Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 47); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 43).，For cases of uncontrollable vomiting. Indicated for stagnant heat in the lower jiao, qi reversal with interrupted flow, and uncontrollable vomiting.

Siwu Liangge Powder，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For amenorrhea with fever, a dry throat and dry lips, a robust constitution with excessive blood, and a strong pulse.

Dangui Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.，For various conditions of mass-like pain originating beneath the flanks, which feels firm on palpation, causing pain that prevents eating and drinking, and leading to progressive emaciation.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation and Resolving Toxins，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 13.，Liver abscess; spleen stagnation leading to a costal abscess.

Chai-Ju Decoction，From *A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 27.，Zhi Jie Syndrome refers to a condition in which, following an attack of cold damage, purgation has not yet been performed, and the patient experiences epigastric fullness and oppression—neither a sensation of fullness nor hardness, and neither a mass (pi) nor … Read more

Ten-Ingredient Minor Bupleurum Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Qi deficiency with hiccups.