Decoction of Acorus

Recipe for Boiled Black Beans，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Stroke, rheumatic arthralgia, muscle spasms and acute pain, accumulated heat in the stomach, mouth sores and restlessness; constipation with dry stools.

Nourishing Red Date Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For stroke, panic-induced palpitations (as if someone were about to seize you), and heaviness in the limbs.

Decoction of Ruiren，From *Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For eye conditions characterized by heat, dryness, and soreness; the appearance of red veins; blood rushing into the pupil; and hot tears accompanied by pain.

Wind-Dispelling and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 7.，For smallpox lesions accompanied by blood deficiency, or liver wind manifesting as pulling sensations in the hands and feet.

Health-Preserving Ointment，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Effective for the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries” and all chronic, long-standing ailments.

Persimmon Root Paste，From *Zhun Sheng: Treatise on Sores*, Volume 3.，Spider’s back.

Western Medicinal Wine，From *Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 14.，Effective for food stagnation, gastric reflux, and all types of dysentery and watery diarrhea.

Wheat Decoction Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 368.，For pediatric typhoid fever with cough, shortness of breath, and nasal congestion.

Mistletoe Powder，*Secret Manual on Pregnancy and Childbirth*, Volume 1.，Pregnancy with spontaneous vaginal bleeding and irregular menstrual flow.

Neem Root Worm-Expelling Pills，*Medical Levels*, Volume 8.，For abdominal distension and pain caused by parasitic infestation.

Gentle Harmonizing Pill，*Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.，For stagnant blood in the eyelids that fails to dissipate, or for pain associated with corneal opacities.

Newly Revised Decoction of Ginseng and Toad to Expel Worms and Transform Malnutrition，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black-Heat Disease. The skin is dark and sallow; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark; the neck is long and thin; the neck pulse is throbbing; the patient … Read more

Otter Liver Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 31.，For the transmission of corpse-spirit qi, bone-consuming fever, and progressive wasting.

Mosquito-Clam Powder，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 12.，After the smallpox lesions on a child’s face have subsided, “running teeth” may develop.

Qu Ye Pills，From *Hu Qia’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，For chronic dysentery lasting several decades, with inability to eat and severe emaciation.

Substitute-Needle Clove Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 284.，For boils and abscesses where pus has formed and is about to rupture.

Wind-Dispelling and Vision-Clarifying Powder，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 9.，For wind-induced eye inflammation following smallpox, characterized by red, taut eyes that itch and produce tears.

Application Method for Single-Clove Garlic，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.，Swelling and pain caused by qi stagnation, making it impossible to sit or lie down.

Lianmei Pills，From *Songfeng on Epidemics*, Volume 2.，For epidemic dysentery with locked jaw.

Pine Resin Decoction，*Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 1.，

Three Yin Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For deficiency of the liver and spleen, insufficiency of essence and blood, and blood loss due to deficiency of the nutritive qi. For all cases of stroke where blood fails to nourish the tendons, as well as malaria with profuse sweating that disperses the pathogen yet fails … Read more

Living Water Worry-Free Powder，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For a woman in labor with a transverse presentation and a stillborn fetus in the womb.

Miraculous Plaster Powder，From *The Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，For wandering abscesses.

Ash of Tangled Hair Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 117.，Sores inside the mouth and malignant sores around the mouth.

Harmonizing Qi Pills，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For unmarried girls aged 13–14 with blood stasis, where menstruation has begun but suddenly ceases, accompanied by fever, pain, restlessness, a bitter taste in the mouth, a flushed face, fluctuating chills and fever, and dizziness or blurred vision.