Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Clearing the Lungs

Black-Tailed Snake Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 9 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For wind disorders arising after convulsions, vomiting, and diarrhea, as well as stroke affecting the heart and lungs.

Egg and Coptis Paste，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For sudden redness and pain in the eyes caused by heat, where the heat is superficial and easily resolved.

Hua Jian Oil，*Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，For extensive hypertrophic scars following burns or scalds, and erythematous, desquamating, hyperkeratotic skin conditions.

Three-Juice Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 37); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 189).，For unstoppable nosebleeds accompanied by a feeling of suffocation so severe it seems one might die.

Decoction of Roasted Rhubarb，*The Three Causes*, Volume 13.，For prolapse, dislocation, or sprain; lower back pain preventing bending or stretching; stagnant blood and stasis; and unbearable pain.

Rhubarb Extract，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Burns.

Enhanced Xiao Jianzhong Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 9.，Unbearable, stabbing pain in the epigastrium and abdomen; the pain subsides with light pressure but resolves completely with firm pressure—all indicative of a deficiency-cold pattern—in cases where treatment with warming herbs, acupuncture, or moxibustion has failed to bring relief.

Great Heart-Tonifying Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 13.，For deficiency and weakness, with weak heart qi and palpitations, or occasional delusional speech, and a sallow complexion. For children who, after recovery, have wind and cold lingering in the heart collaterals, causing disharmony of heart qi and an inability to speak.

Decoction for Regulating Qi and Nourishing Blood，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 14.，For postpartum hemorrhage with blood loss and qi depletion, characterized by incoherent speech and a condition resembling but not quite shortness of breath, without blood clots.

Powder for Relieving Pain from Scalds and Burns，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，Burns from hot liquids or fire.

Peony and Coptis Decoction，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.，Piercing pain in the heart and flanks.

Licorice, Platycodon, and Gardenia Decoction，*Complete Record of Medical Works*, Volume 493.，Restlessness and insomnia due to smallpox.

Golden Spiral Powder，*Bo Ji*, Volume 4.，For sudden stroke, vertigo, hematuria, pain in the lower back and knees, intestinal wind affecting the lower back and perineum, pinworms, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, pulmonary asthma, pediatric nasal congestion, children who have accidentally swallowed coins, and pediatric tetany.

Decoction of Dan, Shen, and the Two Ling Herbs，From *The Compendium of Medical Formulas* (Vol. 56), citing *The Classic of Xiu Yue and Lu Ban*.，For those afflicted by dampness, presenting symptoms resembling cold damage: spontaneous sweating on the head, heavy and painful limbs making it difficult to turn over, and difficulty urinating; those on the … Read more

Prepare the Boil Powder，From *Collected Verified Treatments for Sores and Ulcers*, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，Boils.

Appendicitis Compound，*Selected Materials on the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Acute Abdominal Conditions*.，Acute appendicitis, in the stages of blood stasis, latent heat, or toxic heat, presenting with high fever, abdominal pain, marked tenderness in the right lower quadrant, constipation, a red tongue with a yellow coating, a洪大滑数 pulse, and elevated white blood … Read more

Snake Alum Powder，*Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the *Qian Jin**.，Pus discharge from the ear.

Fourteen-Ingredient Jianzhong Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).，Deficiency of qi and blood; chronic deficiency of the spleen and kidneys; emaciation due to deficiency; pale, sallow complexion; shortness of breath and a preference for lying down; cold hands and feet; profuse night sweats; startled awakenings during sleep; frequent, loose stools; … Read more

Medicated Pillow，From *The Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 331, citing *Essentials for Preserving Life*.，For headaches and dizziness.

Coptis and Asinine Decoction for Expelling Roundworms，*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 8.，Ascaris infection with heat syndrome.

Five-Ingredient Decoction，From *Jiu Yuan Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Zhi Zhi*.，For boils, abscesses, back sores, and mastitis causing unbearable pain.

Huoxiang-Banxia-Xiling Decoction，Qing Dynasty, *Yi Yuan*，Aromatic herbs dispel turbidity; they regulate qi and drain dampness. Indicated for the early stage of damp-heat syndrome, characterized by fever without thirst, physical fatigue, chest oppression, a greasy sensation in the mouth, a white and slippery tongue coating, and a soft and slow pulse.

Secret Formula: Tuoli Powder，From *Mysterious and Effective Formulas for Boils and Abscesses*.，To treat toxic sores.

Tian Zhen Dan，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.，For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.

Wan Jin Water-Clarified Ointment，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，For all types of unexplained swellings and toxic sores, back abscesses, and boils—whether already ulcerated or not.