Decoction for Nourishing the Metal Element

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Pig Bladder Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 4.，Injury to the bladder and urethra, with persistent, dripping discharge.

Drunken Immortal Decoction，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，After middle age, when qi and blood gradually decline, if one contracts an epidemic eye disease and is treated with excessive cold and cooling herbs, after the eye disease has healed, the brightness of the eyes will gradually diminish, and vision will become blurred.

Rabbit Brain Powder，From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians*.，Postpartum blood-induced fainting.

Divine Inhalation Powder，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3, citing a formula by Yan Xinwu.，For chronic coughs that have persisted for many years, accompanied by wheezing and shortness of breath.

Jinsha Liu Shi Pills，From *Miscellaneous Famous Formulas*.，Retained urine; alcohol-induced injury; alcoholic jaundice; dysentery; menstrual irregularities in women; joint pain; chest pain; diaphragmatic qi stagnation; stroke.

Decoction for Promoting Yang and Suppressing Yin，*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，In cases of heart bi (chest constriction), the meridians are obstructed; restlessness causes the epigastrium to throb; sudden shortness of breath and wheezing occur; the throat is dry and the patient frequently belches; when cold qi rises, fear sets in.

Decoction of Two Fritillariae and Gypsum，From *Zheng Yin Mai Zhi*, Volume 2.，Syndrome of exogenous dry phlegm. Fever with parched lips; restlessness and thirst with a strong desire to drink; wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that comes and goes intermittently; difficulty in vomiting or expectorating phlegm.

Seven-Ingredient Zhi-Shu Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，After treating phlegm-induced distension by expelling water, use this decoction as a follow-up treatment to prevent recurrence.

Fetus-Stabilizing Angelica Pills，From *The Medical Heart Formula* (Vol. 22), citing *The Classic of Childbirth*.，For abdominal pain during pregnancy and distension and discomfort in the chest and heart region.

Fucan Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For various forms of malnutrition in children, diarrhea, dysentery, convulsions, and other ailments that have not healed for a long time, as well as emaciation and weakness following weaning, where the child grows increasingly frail and the condition is untreatable.

Anemarrhena and Gypsum Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Exterior pathogenic factors have been resolved; internal heat with spontaneous sweating.

Ginseng and Astragalus Internal Tonifying and Dispersing Decoction，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 16.，For conditions caused by damage to the Metal and Wood elements, characterized by alternating chills and fever with increasingly severe internal pain, and on the verge of suppuration.

Erche Pills，From Hua Tuo’s formula, cited in Volume 10 of *Yixin Fang*.，For anxiety, anger, joy, or rage; or for qi stagnation due to overwork and fatigue; for masses above the diaphragm; for alternating chills and fever; for poor appetite and failure to gain muscle mass; for women with chronic cold where wind has entered the … Read more

Diarrhea-Stopping and Navel-Warming Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Dampness invading the abdomen, causing abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Double Jujube Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Disharmony of the spleen and stomach, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, stagnation of food and drink, failure of qi to rise and fall, distension and pain in the abdomen and flanks, vomiting, and nausea.

Rice-Yellow Powder，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 34.，In cases of jaundice, the patient craves raw rice.

Wanshou Dizhi Pills，From *The Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas*, Volume 2.，Nearsightedness; inability to see distant objects.

Mulberry, Moutan, and White-Discharging Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Liver fire drying the lungs, resulting in cough accompanied by pain in the flanks, inability to turn over in bed, and in severe cases, hemoptysis, or sputum mixed with blood streaks or droplets.

Cimicifuga and Atractylodes Decoction，The formula is from *Ming Yi Za Zhu* (Miscellaneous Writings of a Ming Physician), Volume 2; the name appears in *Dong Yi Bao Jian* (Treasury of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases), Volume 3.，During the spring and autumn seasons in Lingnan, people are exposed to the miasma of mountain mist and fog; toxic vapors … Read more

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

Cinnabar and Rose Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 122.，For heat in the spleen and stomach combined with wind-toxin, causing swelling and pain in the throat.

Black Rhinoceros Horn Ointment，From *Treasures of Family Heritage*, Volume Middle.，For stroke-induced loss of coordination in the limbs, hemiplegia, paralysis, severe edema in the legs, swelling of the head and face, deviation of the mouth and eyes, slurred speech with phlegm and saliva, mental confusion, and wind-induced constipation.

Si Shun Decoction for Treating Ascaris，From *Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 8.，For cases where the smallpox has appeared for 3–4 days, the fever has not subsided, there are roundworms present internally, the lower lip is pure red like a pomegranate flower, the abdomen experiences intermittent pain, the bowels have not moved, the urine is red … Read more

Labor-Inducing Ointment，*Li Ye*.，For difficult labor, restlessness lasting several days, or when the pelvic bones do not open.

Dragon-Tiger Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3.，