Decoction for Clearing the Lungs and Dispelling Fire

Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Weak qi since youth; frequently treated with moxibustion at the Qihai and Zusanli acupoints, with approximately 50–70 moxa cones per session. In old age, heat-induced cold extremities and headaches developed; even during the bitter cold of winter, the patient still preferred cold winds, which alleviated the headache. However, … Read more

Sinking-Water Ointment，Formula cited from Le Dequan in *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang* (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Vol. 177).，For abscesses and boils characterized by swelling, heat, and persistent hardness and pain.

Ginseng, Astragalus, Poria, Cinnamon, and Dried Ginger Decoction，From *The Source of the Hearts of the Four Sages*, Volume 9.，Boils and abscesses. For cases of yin excess with internal cold, or where the pus is clear and fever is mild.

Tangerine Peel Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).，For cough due to deficiency-heat, shortness of breath and wheezing, excessive phlegm, and chest tightness with pain.

Decoction of White Vitex，From *Spring Foot Collection*, Volume 4.，Pain from “arrow wind.” Or pain in the head, neck, shoulders, back, hands, feet, or lower back (with scanty menstruation), as well as pain in the tendons and bones, and paralysis throughout the body.

Clam Powder，Formula from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 22), citing the original formula by Yu Shi; the name appears in *The Complete Record of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 134).，For burns and scalds.

Lung-Soothing Ointment，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 8.，Ulcerative fistulas.

Jindan Pills，From *Liangfang Hebi*, Volume 1.，Effective for all types of wind-induced cold, headaches; stabbing chest pain, colic, red and white vaginal discharge; watery diarrhea, dysentery, toothache, etc.

Five Injuries Pill，*Ji Feng*, Volume 22.，For injuries caused by falling from donkeys or horses, as well as fractures, sprains, and strains resulting in unbearable pain.

Suhexiang Pills，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For typhoid fever complicated by shā syndrome, or sudden onset of a malignant, yin-natured toxin.

Modified Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Eliminating Rashes，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.，Toxic erythema caused by the accumulation of heat toxins that constrict the nutritive blood and surge to the skin.

Dried Tangerine Peel and Hibiscus Root Decoction，*Essentials of Obstetrics*, Part II.，For early-stage intestinal abscess that has not yet perforated, presenting with lower abdominal pain, difficulty urinating, six pulses that are faint and slow, and no alternating chills and fever.

Ginger and Sweet Orange Decoction，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，For various types of abscesses and boils where toxic qi surges upward to the throat, causing obstruction and difficulty in breathing in the chest and diaphragm.

Warming the Middle and Resolving Toxins Decoction，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For abdominal pain caused by consuming raw or cold foods or drinking water.

Decoction to Generate Body Fluids and Promote Diuresis，From *Compilation of Effective and Proven Formulas*, Volume 2.，Postpartum dry throat and thirst, with difficulty urinating.

Formula for Applying Rong Salt，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 91); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 182).，Pill for “Ghost Fire” in Children.

Gypsum，From *Jin Xiao Fang*, cited in Volume 30 of *Wai Tai*.，For all types of heat-induced sores and swellings.

Bone-Setting Hot Medication，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Traumatology*.，For trauma and contusions.

Cuttlefish Bone Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 130.，For all types of sores and swellings.

Wild Ramie Soup，From *Continuation of the Easy and Simple* (Xu Yijian), Volume 2.，For unexplained bleeding before childbirth, accompanied by unbearable abdominal pain, or the discharge of yellow fluid resembling lacquer or the juice of small beans.

Pain-Relieving Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For injuries to tendons and bones accompanied by unbearable swelling and pain.

Guiqi Pill，*Compendium of Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Irregular menstruation, distension and fullness below the navel, and bloating.

Yuehuang Paste，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Tinea capitis.

Tongling Decoction，*Shanghan Dabai* (Comprehensive Explanation of Cold Damage), Volume 4.，

Toxic-Expelling and Life-Preserving Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 8.，Gangrene results from deep-seated cold and chronic chill, with yin toxins attacking the joints of the toes. If the toe cannot be extended when flexed, the disease lies in the tendons; if it cannot be flexed when extended, the disease lies in the bones. It … Read more