Decoction for Moistening the Intestines and Regulating Qi

Single-Ingredient Iron-Oxygen Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For epilepsy and sudden surges of liver and gallbladder fire causing pain in the flanks; or headaches and dizziness; or counterflow of qi with wheezing and vomiting; or restlessness and heat in the upper burner; and all conditions characterized by excess in the upper and deficiency in … Read more

Olive Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 6.，For smallpox or measles with inverted rashes in children.

Red Lead Transformation Pill，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For abscesses and carbuncles caused by deficiency of vital energy, where the swelling is soft, sunken, and fails to rise; or where, after initial eruption, the condition is further compromised by internal or external invasion of wind and cold, causing the toxic swelling to sink inward and … Read more

Cough-Relieving Decoction，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.，Cough due to exterior syndrome.

Astragalus Fourteen-Ingredient Pills，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 27 of *Wai Tai*.，For diabetes. Frequent urination, copious urine output accompanied by thirst; gradually increased food and drink intake; gradual loss of muscle mass; lack of energy; and pale complexion.

Sugar and Fritillary Bulb Decoction，*The Collection of Immortal Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Chronic cough.

Qingfeng Liangxue Decoction，*Compiled Medical Notes*, Volume 12.，Tooth Bleeding. Caused by excessive fire rising upward, resulting in redness of the gum tissue and bleeding from between the teeth.

Cangyu Qianlong Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，In cases of yin deficiency with excessive yang, where the “dragon and thunder” fire violently assaults the Stomach Meridian, causing bleeding from between the teeth without the teeth themselves being affected; in severe cases, blood may fill a cup, occurring more than ten times a day and night, accompanied … Read more

Oil Coin Powder，*Formulas for Childbirth*.，For women with blood-wind disorders.

Ten-Ingredient Moisturizing Decoction for Spasms，From *Hengyao*, Volume 5.，Deficiency of both qi and blood, with invasion by wind-pathogen, manifesting as fever, locked jaw, contracted hands and feet, opisthotonos, and all phlegm-related conditions.

Stomach-Harmonizing Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For gastroptosis and vomiting.

Mulberry Paste，*The Posthumous Writings of Shen Zhai*, Volume 7.，Bone-steaming syndrome.

Jia-Zi Toxin-Resolving Pills，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，Ulcers and sores manifesting symptoms along the liver meridian—internal, external, anterior, and posterior; syphilis.

Ju Xian Decoction，From *Yidi*, Volume 6.，Malaria, where pathogenic factors have penetrated the yin aspect.

Gan-Huang Decoction，*The Collection of Divine Remedies*, Volume 4.，For a suspended abscess that has not yet formed pus.

Red Bean and Coix Seed Decoction，*Treatise on Blood Disorders*, Volume 8. An alternative name for the “Red Bean and Coix Seed Decoction” in *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，

Fengqi Dan，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，For dysentery with watery diarrhea and leukorrhea in women.

Decoction for Clearing Summer-Heat and Consolidating Yin，From *Wen’s Experienced Effective Formulas*.，In the early stages of summer heat illness in children, symptoms include diarrhea, thirst, fever—with the forehead, chest, and abdomen being particularly hot—and intermittent fever that subsides only to return shortly thereafter. The child is restless and agitated, unable to sit or lie still comfortably; … Read more

Anti-inflammatory and Detoxifying Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Sha Shi Formula).，For throat swelling and pain caused by warm toxins; swelling in front of and behind the ears; wind-heat congestion; swelling of the head and face; and damp-heat abscesses and sores.

Decoction to Assist Yang, Harmonize Blood, and Tonify Qi，From *Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Volume 2.，After an eye infection, there is heat congestion in the upper part of the eye; the sclera is red; there is excessive eye discharge and tearing; though there is no pain, the eye feels dry and gritty, making it … Read more

Ephedra Root Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 83.，For children with persistent night sweats, a frequently dry throat, and restlessness and internal heat.

Hemorrhoid Ointment，From *The Treasure of Family Health*, cited in *Comprehensive Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 296.，Thirteen types of hemorrhoids.

Water-Draining Plantain Seed Powder，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 10.，For sudden diarrhea caused by heat injury during the hot summer months, where urine and stool are not distinct, and for all cases of persistent dysentery.

Divine Crow Pills，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 3.，Effective for both chronic and recent cases of damp-heat foot edema.

Newly Revised “Hei Re Bing He Ren Yin” Decoction，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black Fever. The skin is dark and sallow; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark; the neck is long and thin; the neck veins pulsate; chills and fever rise and fall in … Read more