Decoction for Dispelling Damp-Heat

Zhonghou Black Pills，From *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Zhouhou Fang), Volume 4.，For edema, phlegm-retention, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, and constipation or difficulty in urination and defecation. For various types of phlegm-retention and stagnation, and in children on the verge of an epileptic seizure. For stagnant fluid accumulation causing fullness, oppression, and dim … Read more

Newly Revised Turtle Shell Liver-Relieving Decoction，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black Heat Disease. The skin is dark and sallow; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark and dull; the neck is long and thin with a pulsating neck vein; the limbs are thin and weak; … Read more

Powder for Purulent Discharge from Otitis Media，From *Jiyuan Liangfang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，For persistent pus discharge from the ear.

Mahuang Decoction for Inducing Sweating，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，For epidemic fevers with intense fever and restlessness.

Hua Sheng Tong Zhi Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For men with sudden breast swelling resembling that of a woman, with pain so severe upon palpation that it feels as if one might die, and which has persisted for years without resolution.

Zelanzi Decoction，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 19.，Symptoms include abdominal pain with cramping, spasmodic pain in both flanks, chronic cough, alternating chills and fever in the limbs, reddish-yellow urine, drowsiness after drinking alcohol, chronic diarrhea with dilated blood vessels, numbness due to blood stasis, nocturnal emissions upon waking, dry lips and mouth, and sudden shortness of breath.

Decoction for Relieving Difficult Labor，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 5.，For dysphagia and gastric reflux caused by deficiency of essence, blood, and body fluids.

Douqi Decoction，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions*, Volume 10.，For smallpox where blood has appeared but qi has not, the pustule shell does not grow, and the lesion is either flat or sunken, without being plump and full.

Yigan Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For cases where body fluids are not retained, excessive sweating occurs, the pores are not closed, the skin is porous, and profuse, uncontrollable sweating persists.

Pus-Sucking Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 68.，For moxibustion sores, acute swelling, and pain.

Elderly Vitality Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 273.，For all types of carbuncles, back abscesses, and malignant sores.

Wound-Sealing Formula，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For injuries caused by knives or axes, such as slashed throats, severed ears, split lips, lacerated abdomens, or crushed scrotal skin from falls.

Calm-the-Spirit Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 371), citing *Formulas for the Complete Infant*.，For children with heart deficiency manifesting as excessive startle reactions, confusion, restlessness, abdominal pain, and green stools; or for those at risk of developing chronic convulsions following vomiting or diarrhea.

Lotus Root Node Pills，*Puji Fang*, Volume 188.，For exhaustion and hemoptysis.

Heat-Resolving Decoction，From *Essentials of the Collection of Formulas Based on Causes and Symptoms*, Volume 2.，In women, fire scorches the Metal of the Lung, causing stagnant Qi, shortness of breath, coughing, and a sensation of congestion and distension.

Ten-Date Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For malaria characterized by heat rather than cold.

Three-Yellow Ointment，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For sores, ringworm, scabies, and nodular eruptions; as well as vitiligo.

Dead Snake and Rat Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 293.，Ant fistula, rat fistula.

Blood-Activating and Menstrual-Regulating Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，Amenorrhea.

Small Rehmannia Decoction Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.，

Fangfeng Tongsheng Sanhuang Pills，*Comprehensive Guide to Medical Principles*, Volume 8.，For conditions of real fire, pent-up heat, and accumulated toxins; obstruction of urination and defecation; wind-phlegm obstructing the upper burner; impending laryngeal obstruction; discomfort in the chest and diaphragm; and a string-like and rapid pulse.

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Jian Zhong Decoction，*Song of Preserving Life* (Baoming Ge Kuo), Volume 1.，Insufficiency of the Spleen (Earth) allows Liver (Wood) to overpower it, leading to stroke.

Yiyun Powder，From *The New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 12.，Ocular opacities following smallpox.

Dried Papaya Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 12.，

Three-Yellow Zhi Shi-Bai Zhu Pills，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 9.，Consumption of greasy, damp, starchy, pungent, or heavily seasoned foods leads to a sensation of fullness, confusion, and discomfort.