Decoction for Expelling External Pathogenic Factors

Steamed Burdock Root Formula，From *Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For wind-heat.

Formula for Clearing Excess Fluids，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Accumulated heat causing obstruction and constipation, with difficulty urinating; or extreme pain in the lower back and abdomen; or damp-heat causing diarrhea, jaundice, hematuria, pathogenic heat with blood stasis, abdominal pain, and urinary retention. Tinnitus due to excessive fire.

Modified Ginseng and Aster Powder，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 9.，For cough due to deficiency-related wasting disease.

Five Goiters Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 24.，The Five Types of Goiter: Stone Goiter, Qi Goiter, Exhaustion Goiter, Earth Goiter, and Anxiety Goiter.

Modified Rehmannia Decoction，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Pulmonary Consumption. Excessive fire in the Upper Jiao, phlegm gushing like a spring, red face and sore throat, aversion to covering the upper body with clothing, yet the lower body is ice-cold—this is a syndrome of “false heat, true cold.”

Thistle Leaf Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui*, Volume 18; name cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 188.，For hemoptysis in febrile diseases.

Night-Blooming Jasmine Branches Infused in Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，For stroke, characterized by uncoordinated limbs and difficulty in flexing and extending due to contractures.

Pine Decoction，From *Nourishing the Elderly to Prolong Life*, Volume 3.，Hemoptysis, epistaxis, bloody diarrhea, and metrorrhagia.

Cow Bile Sublingual Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).，Swelling and pain in the throat; dry mouth and throat; inability to expel phlegm; cough with hoarseness.

Xiao Banxia Pills，The formula is from Volume 2 of *Bai Yi*, citing a formula by Yang Shuzi; the name appears in Volume 5 of *De Xiao*.，For gastric reflux and loss of appetite.

Chicken Comb Powder for Urinary Discharge，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，Five types of hemorrhoids. Swelling and pain around the anus, or the formation of “mouse’s teats,” or fistulas, or sores that persist without healing and develop into chronic fistulas.

Gypsum and Green Onion Decoction，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，For warm diseases of the lungs and viscera, as well as yin and yang toxic qi: if the viscera are excess and damaged by yang toxicity, resulting in body heat with the appearance of rashes, shortness of breath, and a strong desire to … Read more

Wu-Ji Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 134.，For burns.

Scallion and Bean Wash Decoction，From *Jiyuanfang*, cited in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，Caused by deficiency-heat or heat from taking mineral tonics; sleeping exposed to wind and dew; cold and dampness injuring the muscles; or heat obstructing the interior, leading to the development of a “hot wind-water” disease.Swelling and fullness in the chest and abdomen; shortness … Read more

Goai Wuhai Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Xi’an Formula).，For goiters in the early stages, where the skin color remains unchanged but the mass gradually grows larger, as well as for scrofula.

Acorus Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 5.，For children with sudden cold-induced cough or chronic wind-cold cough accompanied by counterflow of qi and wheezing.

Yuan Yi Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 41.，Failure of eyebrows, hair, and beard to grow.

Modified Da Qing Long Decoction，*Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，In cases of exogenous cold pathogen invasion, where symptoms such as headache, fever, and aversion to cold persist for 4–5 days or 5–6 days, and the pulse at the Renying and Qikou positions is identical—both floating, forceful, and rapid, with the rate reaching as high … Read more

Pork Kidney, Ginseng, and Astragalus Decoction，*Secret Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 8.，Postpartum debility, joint pain, headache, and profuse sweating.

Qingdan Huanglian Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 36.，Malaria of the Foot Shaoyang Channel.

Ba Ji Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 8.，Wind-cold affecting the kidneys, resulting in weakness and lack of coordination in the lower back and legs.

Silver Oil Ointment，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，For gangrene of the leg exposing the bone.

Python Gallbladder Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 87).，For children suffering from ascarid-induced wasting disease, characterized by high fever, red or dry eyes (often accompanied by frequent rubbing), jaundice, hair loss, blurred vision, heat in the palms and soles, occasional expulsion of roundworms, diarrhea with varying colors (green, yellow, red, or white), sores on the body, mouth, nose, and … Read more

Agarwood Internal Tonifying Pills，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，

Fu Xiang Zhen Yang Pills，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，For middle-aged men whose pericardial fire has greatly declined, resulting in erectile dysfunction.