Decoction for Distinguishing Water and Fire

Alternative Formula: Astragalus Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，Wind from the kidneys ascends to the head and eyes, causing facial swelling; constant ringing in both ears, or a sensation as if wind and rain were rushing through; itching and pain in the feet and knees, leading to sores breaking open; a dull ache in the … Read more

Toxin-Resolving, Swelling-Reducing, and Pus-Expelling Powder，From *Emergency Immortal Formulas*, Volume 1.，For boils and carbuncles on the back, mastitis, carbuncles, swollen and toxic sores, as well as all types of malignant sores and abscesses, and swelling and pain in the throat.

Gardenia Depression-Relieving Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，Chest Constriction. When wind-heat is internally stagnant, it causes distress and oppression in the chest and epigastrium, along with mental restlessness.

Decoction for Relieving Reversal，*Selected Formulas by Renowned Physicians*.，Coughing and shortness of breath preventing sleep.

Otter Liver Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 31.，For the transmission of corpse-spirit qi, bone-consuming fever, and progressive wasting.

Liver-Cleansing Bupleurum Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，Sudden redness of the eyes.

Gu Jing Powder，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2.，For cases where a membrane obscures the eyes after the rash, rendering vision completely lost.

Decoction for Relieving Stomach Distension and Promoting Eruption，*Jin Jian*, Volume 56.，When smallpox lesions are about to swell, excessive eating and drinking cause stagnant heat to accumulate internally, preventing the lesions from swelling; the patient loses appetite, finds food repulsive, experiences abdominal heat, and has foul-smelling, sticky stools.

Jujube Leaf Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 308.，Spider Bite Ulcer.

Chicken Alum Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 44); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 301).，Genital erosive sores.

Tissue-Regenerating Taiyi Ointment，From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.，This formula neutralizes the toxicity of open sores.

Fire-Dispelling Formula，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，When a person takes warming herbs and engages in sexual intercourse immediately afterward, heat accumulates in the soles of the feet and fails to disperse, causing the soles to turn red as if on fire and making it impossible to stand on them. Since this condition is … Read more

Wu Huo Zhui Nang Powder，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.，For back abscesses that have already formed pus.

Zhi-Bai Wu-Ji Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Insufficiency of spleen yin, with fire rising causing dizziness; sudden collapse; loss of consciousness; in severe cases, involuntary urination without awareness; after a short while, the patient awakens with sweating and returns to normal; the pulse at the right Guan position is fine and rapid.

Blood-Activating and Bone-Restoring Ointment，*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，Initial Caning.

Lingzhi Pill，From *Jingxiao Jishi Fang*, cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 166.，Due to excessive water intake during the hot summer months, seeking coolness to fall asleep, and the accumulation of fluid, or exposure to damp wind causing stagnation, resulting in “branch fluid” (zhi yin), the hands and feet may occasionally feel weak, with pain between the … Read more

Miraculous Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For children with vomiting and diarrhea, indigestion, abdominal pain, loss of appetite for breast milk or food, and accompanying vomiting (?? Shi Jian).

White Sage Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 6.，For stroke-induced facial paralysis and deviation of the mouth and eyes.

Miraculous Ointment for Hot Boils，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 30.，For boils.

Cedar Knot and Wood Fragrance Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 242).，For damp-induced beriberi and chest pain with oppression.

True Yin Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhi Hall*, Volume 2.，Swallow it in one gulp.

Bone-Nourishing Decoction，*Qianjin*, Volume 21.，For consumptive disease and diabetes.

Qi-Nourishing, Stomach-Harmonizing, and Spleen-Strengthening Decoction，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Decoction of Acorus，From *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 19.，For masses and nodules.

Voice-Restoring Lung-Clearing Powder，From *Supplement to the Essentials of Prescriptions Compiled from Observations*, Volume 7, citing *Secret Formulas Based on Clinical Experience*.，For throat disorders, mumps, and globus sensation.