Decoction for Draining Pus, Nourishing Internally, and Dispersing

Alum and Sulfur Pills，*Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，In Yangming syndrome, where stagnant heat is trapped internally and cannot be expelled, Yang-type jaundice develops. Symptoms include sweating only on the head, with no sweating elsewhere on the body; the sweat stops at the nape of the neck; difficulty urinating; thirst with a desire to … Read more

Paper Mulberry Twig Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 54.，Water-induced gu disease, with swelling throughout the body.

Quartz and Magnetite Soaked in Wine，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 22. Name cited in *Yifang Leiju* (Compilation of Medical Formulas), Volume 24, quoting *Shiyi Xinjian* (The Physician’s Heart Mirror).，For those middle-aged and older who experience graying of hair and spots on the skin, lower back pain, and deafness; weakness … Read more

Tooth-Cleaning and Meridian-Unblocking Powder，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 2.，For wind-induced convulsions, obstruction of the orifices, phlegm blocking the epigastrium, and stagnation in the joints.

Zhao Fu’s Divine Ointment, More Effective Than Heaven，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.，Five Labors and Seven Injuries; pain in the tendons and bones throughout the body; weakness in the lower back and legs; lower back pain; phlegm-induced wheezing and shortness of breath; cough; small intestine qi; hernia; paralysis on the left and right … Read more

Ten-Ingredient Yin-Nourishing Pills，From *Jiyin Gangmu*, Volume 6.，For irregular menstruation and infertility due to a cold uterus.

Four-Ingredient Jade Powder Pill for Subdued Fire，*Shenghui* (Volume 95).，For all cold-related ailments, various forms of malaria, and dysentery.

Chaihu Da Huang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 21.，For cases of cold damage lasting an excessive number of days, with heat stagnating internally, manifesting as a sense of oppression in the chest, or the onset of pain, delirium and incoherent speech, restlessness with a desire to run about, inability to sleep, and obstruction of both urination and … Read more

Bu Zheng Zhu Xie Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 2.，Wind-cold-damp bi syndrome affecting the chest and back.

Pine and Scallion Ointment，From *A Compilation of Various Secret Formulas Based on Experience*, citing a formula by Wang Guangyan.，For all types of dry or wet sores on a child’s head, face, mouth, and nose, as well as alopecia.

Viper and Purple Ground-cherry Wine，*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations*.，Purulent soft tissue infections.

Qiangfang Siling Powder，From *Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 8.，Dampness invading the Taiyang channel, manifesting as fever, aversion to wind, joint pain, difficulty urinating, and frequent bowel movements.

Alum Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Intestinal colic, abdominal pain from cholera.

Four-Ingredient Peony Powder，From *Formulas Recorded by Shi*, Volume 1.，Excess of the Lung (Metal) element, cold-induced loose stools, lower abdominal pain, epigastric discomfort, pain in the flanks, six pulses that are fine and faint (not floating), and the foot pulse that is moist, deep, and with a slight throb.

Lianyu Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，For summer-heat-induced diarrhea with fresh blood.

Gelatin, Mugwort, and Pomegranate Peel Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Zhang’s Medical Compendium* (Vol. 15).，Persistent diarrhea during pregnancy.

Coix Seed Wine，From *The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 18.，Leg numbness and stiffness.

Chuanxing Pill，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 300).，Mouth sores.

Five Shedding Powder，From *Li Ye*.，Effective for long-standing corneal opacities and cataracts.

Atractylodes Toxin-Eliminating Powder，*The Great Compendium of Shanghan* (Volume 2).，Damp-toxin invades the skin and hair from the outside and penetrates the blood from within, causing chills and fever, bloody stools, and, conversely, no abdominal pain.

Mouthwash Rehmannia Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，For spleen heat or wind-heat rising upward, causing swelling, pain, or sores in the throat, obstruction, or a swollen tongue.

Blood-Nourishing Rehmannia Hundred-Flower Pills，From *The Treasure of Health*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 190.，For various conditions of deficiency and weakness, including hematochezia, hemoptysis, epistaxis, intestinal masses, internal hemorrhoids, consumptive fever with alternating chills and fever, and emaciation.

Great Tonifying and Life-Nourishing Decoction，From *Complete Record of Medicine*, Vol. 491, citing *Complete Book of Pediatrics*.，Smallpox lesions have delicate skin that is prone to rupture.

White Flower Ointment，*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preservation*, Volume 4.，For boils and abscesses with extreme itching that expose the bone, or for itchy ulcers in the legs.

Pepper and Salt Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 64.，For toothache where cooling medications are ineffective or have made the condition worse.