Decoction for Dispelling Exterior Pathogens

Huai Zhong Dan，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 16, citing *Tan Xian’s Collection of Effective Formulas*.，For internal abscesses with putrid blood, accompanied by a particularly foul odor and cold pain in the navel and abdomen.

Astragalus and Turtle Carapace Decoction，From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum exhaustion with a rapid, soft, and taut pulse.

Qi-Descending Pills，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 23, citing *Fan Wang’s Formulas*.，For difficulty swallowing.

Ginseng and Aconite Powder for Regulating Vital Qi，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 123.，For men and women suffering from debility, as well as post-malaria physical weakness.

Great Yin-Nourishing Pill，*Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth*, Volume 1.，For those with blood deficiency and qi weakness who are unable to nourish and replenish the essence to form a fetus, or who have suffered repeated miscarriages or given birth to children with short lifespans, or who experience deficiency-heat, night sweats, poor appetite, and excessive vaginal discharge … Read more

Shenqu Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For stagnant food and retained fluid in the epigastrium, sour and stinging heart pain, vomiting of clear fluid, and belching of putrid odors from undigested food.

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

Scutellaria, Atractylodes, Peony, and Hibiscus Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For phlegm accumulation and leukorrhea.

Kanli Pills，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 35, citing *Sun’s Collection of Effective Prescriptions*.，For consumptive diseases and various debilities, dribbling urination, and seminal emission with white discharge.

Modified Wei-Ling-Wu-Pi Decoction，*Baoming Ge Kuo*, Volume 26.，Various types of edema and shortness of breath.

Blood-Cooling Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，Premature menstruation, or menstrual blood that is purplish-black.

Single Plum Decoction，From *Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 2.，Lockjaw dysentery. Dysentery accompanied by vomiting, with an inability to retain food or drink, caused by yin deficiency, blood deficiency, and liver dryness overpowering the spleen.

Agarwood Spleen-Nourishing Pills，From *The Classic of the Middle Jiao*.，For children suffering from wasting disease; vomiting and diarrhea; and various conditions caused by spleen and stomach deficiency.

Xian Yiliang Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For wind-toxin caused by bayberries, or accidental ingestion of mercury carbonate, resulting in paralysis, pain in the tendons and bones, inability to move or walk, or damage to muscles and bones.

Decoction of Equal Parts of Chaihu and Pueraria，From *Fushou Jingfang*.，Fever due to cold damage, with profuse sweating throughout the body that does not resolve the fever.

Brain-Clearing Coptis Ointment，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For eye disorders caused by heat.

Chuanxiong, Danggui, Gelatin, and Artemisia Decoction，From *Emergency Formulas for Pregnancy and Childbirth*, citing a formula by Master Sun (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Vol. 224).，Fetal movement accompanied by vaginal bleeding.

Thorn Pills，Quoted from *Shenshi’s Formulas* in Volume 16 of *Wai Tai*.，For various forms of deficiency-syndrome debility characterized by frequent dreams or spontaneous seminal emission.

Ginseng and Ophiopogon Powder，*Treatise on Formulas for Smallpox in Children*，For mild thirst associated with smallpox, during the stage when the pustules are about to burst or have already burst.

Oral Powder Ointment，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Laryngology*.，Chapped Lips.

Gengsheng Pills，From *The Classic of the Pure Maiden*, cited in Volume 17 of *The External Pavilion*.，Men suffering from the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” with yin deficiency causing reduced urine output, a shrunken scrotum with sores, pain in the lower back and waist, inability to bend forward or backward, coldness in the kneecaps, occasional heat … Read more

Shenghua Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 61, citing a formula by Qian.，Postpartum lochia retention with cold pain in the lower abdomen. Currently used for poor postpartum uterine involution, postpartum uterine contractions, retained placenta after miscarriage, uncontrolled bleeding after induced abortion, uterine fibroids, uterine hypertrophy, and ectopic pregnancy.

Stomach-Regulating Powder，From *Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For children with deficiency-type vomiting, weak spleen and stomach, lack of appetite, fatigue in the limbs, a sallow complexion and pale lips, a deep and fine pulse, indistinct pulse patterns at the Guan position, and vomiting mixed with clear fluid—if left untreated, this may progress to chronic convulsions.

Decoction for Unblocking Meridians and Opening Orifices，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，Early stage of wind-epidemic.

Si-Qi Qi-Enhancing Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6.，For postpartum abdominal fullness and distension, also effective for treating edema.