Decoction for Strengthening Tendons and Nourishing Blood

Ginseng, Atractylodes, Frankincense, and Coptis Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 10.，For recurrent dysentery that repeatedly subsides only to flare up again, persisting for a long time without resolution. This is caused by applying astringent treatments too early, before the accumulation has been fully cleared.

Salvia Decoction，*Qianjin*, Volume 11.，When the tendons are extremely stiff, the lower legs become swollen and painful, making it impossible to walk long distances; the soles of the feet feel as if being cut, and the pain from torn tendons is unbearable.

Black Tiger Pill，From *Secret Transmission of Proven Internal and External Prescriptions*.，Apply to the back and mouth.

Water-Adjusted Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 38), citing *Formulas for Emergency Treatment*.，Effective for intestinal wind caused by excessive alcohol consumption and bloody diarrhea; hemorrhage due to heat toxins; or bleeding triggered by food.

Formula of Aconite, Ginseng, and Cornus Fruit，*Selected Essentials of Medicine*.，For those with uncontrolled urination due to an inability of the kidney essence to be warmed and consolidated.

Enhanced Dragon-Musk-Purple-Gold Pill，*Zhengzhi Baojian*, Volume 10.，For wind-heat in the upper burner, swelling and pain in the throat, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, obstruction of the Lung Meridian, hoarseness, and excessive phlegm.

Sheep’s Hoof Root Ointment Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，Vitiligo.

Jin Yu Gao，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Neurodermatitis.

Gardenia and Cimicifuga Decoction，*Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 3.，For jaundice, where the face and eyes are entirely yellow like gold, and the urine is concentrated and scant, and other treatments have proven ineffective.

Five-Drain Decoction，From *Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 1.，For those with dry, deficient eyes and excessive fire, as well as those with excessive deficient fire in the five viscera.

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

Phlegm-Resolving and Moistening Pills，*Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 19.，For strange symptoms arising from phlegm stagnation, with a slippery, deep, and rapid pulse.

Stone Acorus Decoction，The formula is taken from *Yipan Zhu*, Volume 7, citing *Shishi Milu*; the name appears in *Weisheng Hongbao*, Volume 5.，For “Flower Epilepsy”: When a woman’s emotional desires go unfulfilled, causing the Liver’s Wood element to wither and internal fire to rage, she may suddenly suffer an epileptic seizure. Her pulse at the Cunkou … Read more

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Calming the Lungs，*Huiyue*, Volume 4.，Cold stagnation transforming into heat, lung dryness with itchy throat, and persistent, restless cough.

Er Sha Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 122.，For throat obstruction and sore throat with heat and pain.

Four-Ingredient Perilla and Fetal Decoction，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For pregnancy-related typhoid fever characterized by chills, headache, and fever.

Kun Yuan Shi Bao Dan，From *Ken Tang Medical Treatise*, Volume 2.，For a pregnant woman with typhoid fever who is at risk of miscarriage.

Liver-Nourishing Powder，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，For liver-deficiency-induced night blindness with internal cataracts, where the patient cannot see objects at dusk (the Hour of You) but can see again when the lights are lit, and is able to look upward.

Chuanwu Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 45.，For one-sided or bilateral headaches, exposure to cold, injuries from blows or falls resulting in fractures or lacerations, swelling of the head and face due to deficiency, and vomiting or nausea.

Black Rhinoceros Horn Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 85.，For chronic convulsions in children, where the child may roll their eyes upward and experience twitching of the hands and feet upon onset.

Menstrual Regulation and Pain Relief Decoction，*Guide to Gynecology*.，Pain occurring in advance of menstruation.

Nine-Ingredient Powder，*Effective Emergency Remedies* (Shanhua Tang edition).，For contusions, injuries from falls from vehicles or horses, injuries to tendons and bones, and bruising and pain.

Effective Formula for Setting Bones，From *Huichun*, Volume 8.，For fractures; contusions and trauma; swelling caused by stagnant qi; and unbearable pain.

Shen’s Double Sand Pills，*A Rational Guide to the Origins and Treatment of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 16.，For jaundice with weakness and all types of jaundice.

Decoction for Clearing Metal and Resolving Skin Fungus，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 2.，Indicated for deficient fire rising upward, excessive lung metal energy, dryness and itching in the throat, red threads and small nodules entangling the throat, difficulty swallowing, mild pain, and—if prolonged—hoarseness and loss of voice.