Decoction for Treating Life-Threatening Boils

Water Lily Seed Paste Soup，From *Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 2.，Damp-bi syndrome with pain in the lower back and knees.

Blood-Nourishing and Wind-Calming Decoction，From *Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，Itchy Wind. Generalized itching throughout the body without any sores or scabies; the patient cannot stop scratching.

Enhanced Shengma Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*, Middle Volume.，For measles that are difficult to erupt.

Toad Powder，*Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，Smallpox toxin.

Toxicity-Absorbing and External-Eliminating Ointment，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，Boils and abscesses.

Secret Formula for Tooth-Rubbing Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 50.，For children with trismus.

Roasted Plum Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 140), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Rectal bleeding.

Spleen-Strengthening and Diuretic Decoction，*Compilation of Effective and Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Postpartum diarrhea.

Cow Horn (Jue Si) Ash Powder，*Wai Tai*, Volume 25, citing *Jin Xiao Fang*.，For sudden hemorrhage, regardless of whether the patient is a man or a woman.

Turnip Seed Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 33.，Blurred vision; inability to see distant objects.

Peony Qi-Tonifying Decoction，From *Dongyuan Shixiao Fang*, Volume 9, citing a formula by Zhang Jiegu.，When lung qi fails to circulate, numbness occurs in the skin.

Qi-Distributing and Heart-Nourishing Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 8.，Stagnation of heart qi, palpitations, a sensation of suffocation, swelling of the limbs, and shortness of breath.

Liu Qu Dan，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，After eating a large meal, the patient would fall asleep exposed to wind and dew; the pathogenic factors of wind and dew caused phlegm to accumulate in the stomach. Before waking, the patient felt a heavy, stuffy, and uncomfortable sensation in the abdomen, which eventually developed into … Read more

Clear the Heart and Strengthen the Metal Powder，From *Essentials of Surgery*, Middle Volume.，For abscesses, boils, and swellings accompanied by heat, pain, thirst, and restlessness.

Five-Pine-Nut Wine，Quoted from *Zhang Wenzhong’s Formulas* in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，Various wind-related disorders.

One Mouthwash Decoction，*Essentials of Laryngology*, Volume 2.，Various types of toothache.

Cangqin Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Fever due to damp-heat.

Qingliu Yiyuan Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 26.，Heat-induced diarrhea, scanty urine, and dry mouth.

Magnolia Ointment，From *Ghost Remnants*, Volume 5.，For heat-induced sores.

Wheat Bran Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.，Food stagnation, sour sensation in the throat with salivation, pain in the chest and diaphragm, dysphagia, and fluctuating appetite

Divine Immortal Sure-Effect Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，Uncontrolled bloody stools.

Decoction for Warming the Kidneys and Descending Rebellious Qi，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For women with kidney deficiency during the second trimester of pregnancy, presenting with lower back distension and weakness, mental fatigue, decreased appetite, vomiting immediately after eating, frequent and copious urination, a pale tongue with a harmonious mouth, a thin white coating, and a … Read more

Primordial Unity Elixir，*Formulas from the Feeding Cranes Pavilion*.，For epidemic diseases, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, and abdominal pain with intestinal cramping.

Longjin Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children with unhealed injuries to the head, face, or limbs resulting from falls or blows, followed by the sudden onset of smallpox—a condition known as “breaking the jar to clarify the broth.”

Gui-Ling-Shu-Fu Decoction，*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，For fluid retention syndromes caused by deficiency-cold.