Decoction for Clearing the Gallbladder and Draining Dampness

Chaihu-Fangfeng Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Shanghan* (Volume 2).，For exterior pathogens affecting the Shaoyang and Yangming channels.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Sodium Sulfate，From *The Book of Saving Lives*, cited in *The Treasure of Public Health: Supplements*.，Exogenous fever and headache; internal heat caused by stagnation of phlegm and fluid retention; or epigastric fullness and distension, vomiting, nausea, abdominal distension, and absence of bowel movements for several days.

Gui Zhi Shi Gao Decoction.，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 9); the name appears in *Huo Ren Shu* (Vol. 17).，In cases of sudden swelling due to cold damage—whether in the limbs, chest, or back—where the swelling is diffuse and puffy like a balloon, or affects the head, face, lips, mouth, neck, and nape; in … Read more

Bamboo Shavings Powder，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 11.，For children with otitis media discharging pus.

Blood-Harmonizing and Toxin-Eliminating Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For all types of epidemic diseases and rashes caused by pathogenic heat invading the blood.

Preparation of Holly Leaves，*Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，For chronic leg sores that won’t heal.

Yang-Supporting and Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 13.，Exogenous cold invades the stomach, causing pain in the epigastric region corresponding to the heart.

Aconite and Asarum Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 5.，Headache of the Shao Yin pattern, cold in the feet with counterflow of cold qi, and a fine pulse.

Gold-Rivaling Pills，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For lower-body sores.

Tonifying Dried Lacquer Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For cold and painful knees due to deficiency-related debility, and exhaustion of the lower jiao.

Stone Sulfur Powder，*Qian Jin*, Volume 20.，

Longevity Decoction，From *Hu Ming*, cited in Volume 17 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，For deficiency of heart qi.

Perilla, Pueraria, and Cimicifuga Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 2.，For cold-induced epidemics with diarrhea in the Yangming meridian.

Melon Seed Juice，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 129.，Intestinal abscess. Characterized by high fever with aversion to cold, slight sweating, shortness of breath, lower abdominal pain, scanty urination, or pain during bowel movements as if pierced by a knife or awl, or when pus has already formed in the abdomen.

Five-Yellow Decoction，From *The Book of Care for Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For children with boils and abscesses all over the body, malignant nodules accompanied by fever, as well as carbuncles, swollen toxic sores, and red tumors.

Four-Spirit Stomach-Clearing Pills，*New Book on Child Care*, Volume 10.，Food stagnation caused by raw, cold, or hard foods that cannot be properly digested, resulting in fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen.

Xiao Hei Shen Pills，From *De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 15.，Blood-wind with wandering, piercing pain; hemiplegia; numbness and itching; acute wind with deviation of the mouth and eyes; slurred speech; and stiffness of the hands and feet.

Peony and Cyperus Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 4.，Postpartum diarrhea, shortness of breath, cold feet, intermittent fever, and sharp, painful bowel rumbling.

Da Qi Xiang Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).，For men and women with cold spleen qi and deficient stomach qi, resulting in loss of appetite, a sensation of fullness and obstruction in the chest and diaphragm, gradually developing into diaphragmatic qi stagnation; spleen-related diarrhea and dysentery; qi-induced pain and qi-induced diarrhea; … Read more

Lung-Regulating Powder，Quoted from *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 157. *Wei Sheng Jia Bao*.，For both acute and chronic coughs.

Liver-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Decoction，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 1.，For blood-induced opacities covering the cornea, characterized by redness, dryness, swelling, and pain in the eye, accompanied by tearing; gradually, red veins extend to the cornea; symptoms frequently recur; over time, the tissue thickens and forms a thick, fibrous mass that completely obscures the black part … Read more

Chen Sha Da Hong Pills，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 11.，For postpartum alternating chills and fever with restlessness, and persistent pain from hardened blood clots.

Qinjiao-Chaihu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 23.，Residual toxins from cold damage, with persistent tidal fever.

Compound Motherwort Ointment，*Selected Compilations on the Cultivation and Preparation of Proven Chinese Herbal Formulas*.，Irregular menstruation, postpartum bleeding.

Quartz and Magnetite Soaked in Wine，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 22. Name cited in *Yifang Leiju* (Compilation of Medical Formulas), Volume 24, quoting *Shiyi Xinjian* (The Physician’s Heart Mirror).，For those middle-aged and older who experience graying of hair and spots on the skin, lower back pain, and deafness; weakness … Read more