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Fragrant Scorpion Pills,From *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, Volume 1, citing *Liang Guo-zuo’s Effective Formulas*.,Beriberi.
Anzhi Ointment,*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 46.,For women suffering from excessive blood loss, restlessness of the mind, incoherent speech, and insomnia.
Asparagus Decoction Pills,*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 84.,Edema.
Mantis Powder,*Shenghui*, Volume 87.,For children suffering from the “Five Wasting Diseases,” emaciation, abdominal distension, and refusal to breastfeed or eat.
Han Yuan Powder,From *Records of Compassionate Treatment for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 9.,
Rhinoceros Horn and Placenta Pills,*The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.,For consumptive disease caused by a contagious pathogen.
Yejing Decoction,*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.,For women aged 17–18 with blocked menstrual flow or a menstrual cycle obstructed for half a year or 100 days, presenting with a sallow-yellow complexion, loss of appetite, alternating chills and fever, headache and dizziness, abdominal masses, restlessness and vomiting, or abdominal distension.
Qingdi Powder,From *Records of the Essentials of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 9.,Smallpox.
Cuscuta Decoction,*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.,Deficiency of kidney qi, dizziness, tinnitus, fatigue in the limbs, and nocturnal emissions.
Calm-Qi Decoction,From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.,For symptoms of restlessness and agitation, dryness of the lungs, and dryness of the stomach.
Flesh-Dissolving Ointment,*A Study of Thirteen Surgical Formulas*.,For malignant sores and necrotic tissue.
Sleep-Inducing Pill,From *Liu’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 10 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,Various forms of convulsions.
Bamboo Leaf Ash Powder,From *The Complete Infant Formulas*, cited in Volume 388 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.,For children with blood in the urine and pain in the penis.
Lücha Powder,*Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the Thousand Gold Prescriptions*.,For skin ulcers and abscesses in the ear that ooze fluid.
Duhuo and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction,From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 18 of *Wai Tai*.,For cases where toxic dampness from beriberi ascends to the heart, transforming into fluid, causing generalized swelling of the body, and leading to suffocation and near-death.
Pinellia and Agastache Decoction,From *Treatise on Epidemic Diseases*, Volume 1.,When phlegm-pathogen remains in the chest and diaphragm, causing severe heat in the stomach and uncontrollable vomiting, purgation should normally relieve the vomiting; yet if vomiting persists, this indicates deficiency-cold of the stomach qi. In such cases, even a small amount of porridge may trigger a … Read more
Cow Bile, Small Aconite, and Rhinoceros Horn Pills,*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1.,For various wind-induced conditions characterized by stiffness and tightness of the tendons and meridians, numbness of the hands and feet, slurred speech, facial asymmetry, mental confusion and bewilderment, congestion of phlegm and saliva, dizziness and blurred vision, and aching pain in the … Read more
Da Jin San,From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 5).,For yin-type epilepsy, chronic convulsions, and tetany.
Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation and Unblocking the Meridians,From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.,For women who experience abdominal pain for several days before menstruation, followed by the onset of menstrual flow containing many dark purple or black clots.
Huan Yuan Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.,Fire from the kidneys surges into the throat but cannot descend to the Gate of Life; as the fire boils, it transforms into phlegm and rises upward. Meanwhile, the fire of the heart overpowers the weakness of the lung’s metal element, further exacerbating the condition. Thus, … Read more
Cinnamon Twig and Safflower Decoction,*The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 19.,For women with cold-induced fever, chills, stiffness in the limbs, dry mouth and tongue, and stagnation in the meridians preventing the free flow of qi and blood. Also indicated for heat entering the blood chamber and chest constriction.
Recommendation: Gan Ge Decoction,*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.,Alcoholic jaundice. For those with fever and thirst.
Silver Sand Pills,From *The Yongle Encyclopedia*, Volume 975, citing *The Liu Family Tradition*.,Excessive phlegm and heat in the diaphragm; cough with heavy phlegm and convulsions; wind accumulation and tidal fever.
Cow Bile Metal-Nourishing Powder,*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 60.,Deficient fire rising upward injures the lungs, causing sores and ulcers in the throat.
Pilling for Descending Cataracts,*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon and Wood*, Volume 1.,Floating opacities and internal opacities; no itching or pain; lack of vitality when looking at light; opacities appear silvery; the pupil is red; appears slightly larger when viewed in dim light and slightly smaller when viewed in bright light.
Decoction for Warming the Spleen and Stopping Diarrhea,For children with spleen deficiency and cold, presenting with abdominal pain, distension, and persistent diarrhea.