Decoction for Promoting Labor

Gold-Rivaling Toxin-Resolving Powder，From *The Golden Mirror Record on Smallpox and Rashes*, Volume 2.，Smallpox sores. For children after a smallpox eruption who still have residual toxins, manifesting as restlessness, thirst, and constipation, as well as for children with ulcerated boils or abscesses.

Shu Tai Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Shenyang Formula).，Liver qi stagnation with counterflow, spleen and stomach deficiency, persistent belching, acid regurgitation and epigastric discomfort, stabbing pain in the flanks radiating to the shoulders and back, generalized body pain, epigastric fullness and distension, and inability to tolerate food or drink.

Pharbitis Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 87.，For wind-induced debility with cold qi, bone heat, and emaciation; as well as various postpartum disorders in women, blood and qi surging to the heart, and numbness in the hands and feet.

Soft Blue Ointment，Quoted from *Liu’s Family Tradition* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 978.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, spasms, and all cases of convulsive disorders accompanied by drooling.

Fenxiao Decoction，From *Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 2.，For the early stages of damp diarrhea, with no abdominal pain and watery stools; or when the entire body is swollen, accompanied by fever and a rapid pulse.

Jin Bu Huan Ointment，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Traumatology*.，For contusions and sprains, stagnation of qi and blood, and aching of tendons and bones.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Erchen Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Phlegm obstruction combined with dampness, resulting in scanty menstrual flow that is pale, thick, and sticky; excessive phlegm with nausea and vomiting; chest discomfort; epigastric distension; a bland and greasy taste in the mouth; and a slippery pulse.

Tea-Adjusted Powder，*Emergency Immortal Formulas*, Volume 3.，For all types of wind-induced swelling, itching, and pain in men and women, as well as corneal opacities, corneal erosion, and watery eyes caused by wind.

Cinnabar and Polygala Pills，*Ben Shi*, Volume 2.，For palpitations. For postpartum stroke-induced mania, restlessness when lying down or sitting up, or phlegm and saliva surging upward.

Clematis Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.，Thirst with unceasing water consumption.

Zhucong Decoction，*The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 7.，Blood deficiency with qi stagnation, ear distension and fontanelle pain, as if bitten by insects or with pus discharge.

Worm-Expelling Powder，From *Quansheng*, cited in Volume 3 of *Xian Nian Ji*.，For various intestinal parasites.

Fuzheng Powder，From *One Hundred Effective Formulas for Surgery*, Volume 2.，Facial paralysis, epilepsy.

Qingge Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 89), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Swelling and pain in the legs, inability to eat, occasional vomiting, and constipation.

Powder for Sweaty Feet with Oyster Shell，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 60.，Excessive sweating of the feet.

Thousand Gold Powder for Eliminating Hemorrhoids，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 74, citing *Huoren Xintong*.，For all types of hemorrhoids associated with bowel movements, characterized by persistent swelling and pain.

Bi Zhu Dan，*Shenghui* (Volume 95).，For accumulated cold in the viscera, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and all types of diarrhea and dysentery.

Pus-Draining Decoction，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*.，For sores that have become purulent but have not yet ruptured.

Taiyang Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 3.，For cases of cold invading the Three Yin channels in typhoid fever, presenting with shivering, cold extremities, vomiting, unconsciousness, blue lips, and retracted scrotum.

Combined Formula for Excision of Lung Abscesses，From *Famous Prescriptions of Ancient and Modern Times*, citing a formula by Jin Rushou.，Acute lung abscess (lung empyema).

Elixir for Black Hair，From *Chuanyaya Neibian*, Volume 3.，

Gynecological Women’s Treasure Pill，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For imbalances in qi and blood, delayed menstruation, leukorrhea with turbid discharge, and infertility.

Five-Flower Powder，*Compilation of Hua’s Medical Formulas*, Volume 2.，For all types of swollen abscesses, whether already ulcerated or not yet ulcerated.

Nourish Yin and Clear Fire Powder，*Preserving Life and Nourishing the Essence*, Volume 5.，Painful, dribbling urination.

Wind-Dispelling and Toxin-Eliminating Powder，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 4.，For wind-induced pulling and deviation of the eye, accompanied by external opacities, that have persisted for years.