Decoction for Nourishing Water and Wood

Water Hernia Decoction，From *Yidi*, Volume 6.，Hydrocele. Swelling and pain in the scrotum, with occasional sweating in the genital area; the scrotum may be swollen and clear as crystal, or it may itch and ooze yellow fluid; pressing on the lower abdomen may produce a gurgling sound; one testicle may gradually enlarge, or one may gradually … Read more

Chuanxiong Tea，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For common cold caused by wind-cold, characterized by headache, nasal congestion, stiffness of the body, and aversion to wind.

Cinnabar Cake，Quoted from the *Wang Family Manual* citing the Song Dynasty’s *Xishu Formulae* (see *New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 8).，For infantile convulsions, with intermittent fever and excessive salivation; coughing and vomiting; restlessness, oppression, irritability, and thirst; uncomfortable rashes; chest congestion; restless sleep; sudden fright and loud crying; dry eyes due to deficiency … Read more

Method for Boiling Castor Beans，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For all types of epilepsy, regardless of how long the condition has persisted.

Toxin-Extracting Pills，From *The Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For cases where mercury chloride or mercury oxide was accidentally ingested during the onset of an ulcer, and where the “T-Shaped Toxin-Neutralizing Pills” proved ineffective.

Ointment for Back Boils，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 177), citing *Effective Formulas Based on Experience*.，Boil on the back.

Medicinal Red Beans，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Edema caused by water retention.

Xiong Song San，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 113), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，Alcohol-induced indigestion, alcohol-induced jaundice, and critical conditions due to deficiency-related wasting disease.

Formula No. 2 for Facial Pain，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Facial pain caused by wind-cold combined with phlegm obstructing the meridians; the face is not flushed; the patient prefers warmth; the tongue is pale with a thin, white, and moist coating; the pulse is tight; may be accompanied by fever and severe chills.

Two Soap Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，Sores in the mouth and on the tongue; bleeding gums.

Doubled Alum Powder，From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 96.，Rectal prolapse.

Wild Kudzu Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For abscesses and swellings that fail to rupture.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 63.，For accumulated heat in the spleen and lungs, stagnation in the viscera, swelling and pain in the throat, and phlegm-induced cough with difficulty breathing.

Clove Tincture，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Tinea corporis.

Gu Bu Decoction，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，Foot ulcers caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yin with damp-heat descending. The condition begins at the big toe, initially presenting with itching and pain, followed by blackening of the toenail; gradually, the flesh turns black and the condition spreads to the instep.

Ginseng and Astragalus Decoction for Reversing Collapse，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For qi deficiency and blood depletion that has already progressed to a state of collapse and shock.

Rhubarb Decoction for Clearing Heat，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 16 of *Wài Tái*.，Heat due to mental exertion, sores in the mouth, difficult bowel movements, constipation, chest fullness and pain, and heat in the lower abdomen.

Formula for Lifting the Qi，From *Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.，For cases where the toxins have not yet manifested.

White Poplar Vinegar，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 119.，To treat toothache.

Xuanfeng Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For chest constriction due to cold damage, with accumulated heat.

Xu Zhenjun’s Ruyi Pill，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，For severe epidemic pathogens, malevolent spirits causing internal disturbances, toxic mists and miasmas, inability to adapt to local climate and soil, as well as red and white dysentery, regurgitation and dysphagia, epigastric fullness, jaundice, malaria, hernias, food stagnation, yin and yang toxins, typhoid fever, common cold, … Read more

Holy Monk Pills，Quoted from *Essentials of Ophthalmology* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 11413.，

Highly Effective Golden Thread Ointment，From *Discussions on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 20).，Mouth sores in children.

Iron Powder Decoction，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 53); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 176).，For unrelenting thirst and mental agitation.

Spleen-Relaxing Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，Persistent residual heat in children.