Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Eliminating Dampness

Miraculous Trichosanthes Powder，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 14.，Blow frankincense into the eye.

Black Snake Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 107.，Acute itchy eyes, appearing red but not actually red.

Gong’s Formula for Calming Wind Wine，From *Qian Zhai Jian Xiao Fang*.，Deficiency-Wind Syndrome.

Hulu San，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 4.，Stagnation of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, with invasion by wind and cold, causing pain in the lower back, hips, legs, and knees.

Clove, Gelatin, and Mugwort Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Uncontrollable metrorrhagia and menorrhagia. This is caused by deficiency of heart qi resulting from overwork and irregular diet. Shortly after the menstrual period, both the two-chi pulses are taut, tight, and forceful; upon palpation, they lack strength. The patient subjectively feels a sensation of ice … Read more

Major Bupleurum Decoction with Scrophularia and Rehmannia，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 4.，For Shaoyang rash disorders that have partially spread to the Yangming stomach and intestines, presenting with vomiting and diarrhea.

Mao Gen and Orange Peel Decoction，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of cold damage occurring in spring or summer, where a cold stomach causes hiccups.

Ginseng, Poria, and Talc Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 8.，For diarrhea. Characterized by diarrhea accompanied by fatigue, scanty urination, a rapid pulse, and signs of deficiency heat.

Ephedra, Aconite, and Licorice Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Constitutionally Yang-deficient individuals who have contracted wind-cold, presenting with aversion to cold but no fever, or possibly a slight fever, a white tongue coating, and a deep pulse; or those with insufficient Kidney Yang who have been invaded by wind-dampness, presenting with generalized edema.

Almond and Ephedra Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 49.，Excessive nasal discharge due to cold in the lungs.

Pork Kidney Porridge，*Annotated Collection of Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 21.，For postpartum fever due to exhaustion from childbirth.

Nose Twitching Powder，*The Yongle Encyclopedia*, Vol. 11412, citing *Experienced Formulas for Universal Relief with Modifications*.，For floating opacities, stasis-induced tissue, and blurred vision with itching in the eyes.

Empirical “Nine Vines” Wine，*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 4.，For chronic gout, as well as stroke-induced left-sided paralysis and right-sided weakness, with stiff and constricted tendons and meridians, causing constant pain day and night and incessant crying out.

Great Sage’s Single Golden Pill，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 1.，For all types of wind disorders in men and women, characterized by deficiency of both qi and blood and imbalance of yin and yang;sudden stroke resulting in rigidity, collapse, and loss of consciousness; profuse drooling, convulsions, and loss of consciousness; loss of voice, stiff tongue, dragging … Read more

Decoction for Reversing Boil Progression，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，For a carbuncle with yellow discharge.

Rhubarb Decoction (Used Alone)，Formula from *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 35).，Pain in women after marriage.

Decoction for Stopping Collapse and Treating Dysentery，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，For dysentery caused by damp-heat; after several days, abdominal pain subsides, but pus- and blood-like discharges are expelled in intermittent bouts; hands and feet are cold and numb; and vital energy is on the verge of depletion.

Pus-Draining Pills，From *Yuji Weiyi*, Volume 15.，For sores and ulcers where puss-eroding pills have already been used to remove necrotic tissue and other harmful substances, but pus and exudate remain.

Cuttlefish Bone Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 16, citing *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*.，For cough and wheezing in children.

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.

Platycodon and Apricot Kernel Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For cold masses in the abdomen, stagnation of food and fluids, phlegm retention beneath the heart, fullness and distension in the flanks, rumbling sounds upon palpation, and difficulty in eating and drinking.

Shenli Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Deficiency-cold of the bladder and kidneys, with white, thick, and turbid urine, frequent urination at irregular intervals day and night, and pain in the lower back and flanks.

A time-tested remedy: Rat-adhesive root soaked in wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 25.，For wind disorders.

Stomach-Clearing and Dampness-Draining Decoction，Proven Formula，Strengthens the stomach and drains dampness; separates clear from turbid. Indicated for spleen deficiency with excessive dampness, resulting in the failure to distinguish between clear and turbid substances.

Pork Liver Soup，From *The Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 238, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For women who, after childbirth, experience a lack of breast milk, accompanied by a sensation of blockage, oppression, and pain.