Decoction for Sore Throat

Pills for Lower Back and Abdominal Pain，From *Medical Canon* (Volume 2).，For menstruation occurring earlier than expected, accompanied by pain in the lower back and abdomen.

Shouzhongjin Pills，*Ju Fang*, Volume 3 (supplemented by Wu Zhige with renowned formulas from various schools).，For disharmony in the middle jiao, cold stagnation in the spleen and stomach, epigastric fullness and distension, abdominal pain; or excessive alcohol consumption leading to fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, sensation of obstruction and difficulty swallowing, incessant coughing, … Read more

Blue-Yellow Disinfecting Powder，From *Zhun Sheng: Yao Yi* (Vol. 2).，For carbuncles and miasma; also for cases where an excessive dose of cooling medication has caused the condition to become stagnant without breaking out or subsiding.

Three Immortals Elixir Ointment，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Vitiligo.

Schizonepeta Detoxifying Decoction，*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 2.，When rashes appear in infants and are accompanied by smallpox, this is due to the vigorous pathogenic toxins agitating the zang-fu organs. The toxins rush toward the hundred orifices; with an excess of blood but a deficiency of qi, the blood … Read more

Black Bean and Licorice Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Epidemics*, Volume 3.，A form of “big-head plague” caused by an underlying injury from damp-heat and the stagnation of toxic qi rising to attack the head and neck. Symptoms include aversion to cold and high fever, stiffness of the neck and heaviness of the body, swelling … Read more

Umbilical Wind Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).，For umbilical wind, convulsions, undigested food and retained fluid, vomiting with frothy saliva, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain.

Burdock and Musk Powder for Promoting Urination，*Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，For sandy or stony dysuria, where urine appears as small clumps and is accompanied by distension and pain.

Su-Jie Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 9.，A person who sits daily by a blazing stove causes the Metal element of the lungs to be injured by fire, resulting in unceasing sweating. Over time, this leads to severe depletion of vital energy, accompanied by thirst with a strong desire to drink, and fever.

Miraculous Root-Extracting Formula，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For brain abscesses and hidden symptoms of back abscesses: in the early stages when there is no prominent swelling, no intense heat, and no pain upon moxibustion.

Three-Branch Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 120.，For toothache caused by kidney deficiency.

Acanthopanax Bark Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，Yangmei and cotton flower treat wind-toxin sores; they can also be boiled in wine to treat accumulated toxins.

Topical Formula，*Compendium of Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，Rash and urticaria in children.

Perilla Leaf, Tangerine Peel, Licorice, and Platycodon Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xin Yuan*, Volume 5.，Lung abscess.

Qi Stagnation Preventing the Swallowing of Liquids，From *Wentang Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 1.，Difficulty swallowing due to qi stagnation, as well as sudden vomiting.

Fenxiao Xie Zhuo Pills，From *The Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For penile pain and genital sores.

Juanbi Decoction (Variant)，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 12.，Circulatory Bi Syndrome. It circulates up and down through the blood vessels, causing pain throughout the entire body.

Liver-Harmonizing Powder，*Yi Tong*, Volume 61.，Tears flowing in the wind.

Tea Substitute，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Volume 2, citing *Formulas for Nourishing Life*.，For summer-related deficiency syndromes.

Wenjin Powder，From *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 5.，For cough due to overwork.

Toxicity-Dispelling and Qi-Regulating Pills，*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.，Leprosy.

Perilla Seed and Apricot Kernel Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，Phlegm obstructing the lung orifices, making it impossible to lie down.

Nine-Treasure Pill，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For children with wind-cold common cold, headache, fever, unresolved lung heat, and cough with excessive phlegm.

Tissue-Regenerating and Skin-Protecting Ointment，*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 7.，For wounds caused by beatings where all necrotic tissue has been removed and granulation tissue is gradually forming.

First Bamboo Sap Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 7.，Beriberi. Weakness and numbness in both legs, or muscle cramps; loss of sensation in the skin and flesh; abdominal distension resembling swelling that does not indent upon palpation; aversion to food and drink; or sensitivity to cold.