Decoction of Dipsacus for Fresh Injuries

Magnolia Bark and Gypsum Emergency Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 4.，For a woman in labor who suddenly experiences fetal death in utero; or where the fetus has previously suffered from a febrile illness, leading to fetal atrophy; or where menstruation is irregular, postpartum recovery is delayed, obstructing the flow of qi and … Read more

Two Fritillaria and Two Ophiopogon Pills，From *Zheng Yin Mai Zhi*, Volume 2.，Internal injury with dry phlegm; coughing and wheezing; rising phlegm-fire; coughing that starts and stops intermittently; inability to expel phlegm; persistent coughing; flushed face and rising qi.

Five-Lamp-Head Grass Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For scrofula that fails to heal, swollen abscesses, and eczema.

Family Secret Chonghe Decoction，*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Taiyang-stage cold damage, characterized by spontaneous sweating and fever.

Wudang Rescue Pills，*Formulas from the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，For disorders caused by irregular seasonal changes, such as common colds, typhoid fever, or the initial stages of epidemic diseases, presenting with headache, fever, cough, bone pain, malignant symptoms, and alternating chills and fever.

Five-Ingredient Bone-Setting Ointment，*Bo Ji*, Volume 5.，For all types of fractures, injuries from donkey or horse falls, blows, falls, and sprains causing unbearable pain.

Chaihu Xianxiong Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 2.，Indicated for Shaoyang chest constriction characterized by all symptoms of the Shaoyang syndrome, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, and tenderness on palpation, where treatment with Chaihu Zhiji Jiegeng Decoction has been ineffective. Currently used for acute exacerbations of chronic cholecystitis and acute … Read more

Ruzhi Powder，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 1.，For restlessness in the five centers, excessive night sweats, a sallow and haggard complexion, weakness in the limbs, frequent drowsiness and excessive sleep, and loss of appetite.

Empirically Modified Detoxifying and Blood-Activating Decoction，From *A Concise Compendium on the Plague*.，Plague.

Mass-Dissolving Pills，*Dongyi Baojian: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 6.，For masses and blood clots.

Mu Xiang and Cicada Shedding Powder，From *Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 9.，For smallpox where the rash fails to erupt, accompanied by diarrhea without thirst, chills, and teeth-chattering, and where the lesions become itchy.

Xiao Hezi Powder，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For wind-deficiency with loose stools and uncontrollable diarrhea.

Glutinous Rice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Pregnancy with fetal restlessness.

Diguang Powder，*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 9.，Eye disorders: Repeated use of cooling medications has failed to cure the condition; both eyes feel hot and steamy, as if scorched by fire; they are red but not painful, with red threads filling the eyes and blood vessels visible across the cornea; the patient experiences blurred … Read more

Mallow Seed Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 338, citing *Liang Fang for Women*.，Treats urinary retention in pregnant women suffering from “zilin” (urinary obstruction).

Pain-Forgetting Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Deficiency of qi and blood, unable to circulate through the limbs, joints, muscles, and bones, resulting in pain throughout the body that comes and goes intermittently.

Xiaogu Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，For unexplained skin sores.

Sa Su Decoction，*Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 1.，For kidney deficiency with cold, cold pain in the abdomen, and aching pain in the lower back and spine.

Dried Pork Liver，*Secrets of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，Cataracts.

Rhinoceros Horn Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 406.，Erysipelas in children.

Divine Toxin-Transforming Decoction，*Complete Book on the Treatment of Smallpox*, Volume 13.，Lower back and abdominal pain associated with smallpox.

Almond Syrup Porridge，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 96); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 258).，For injuries to the tendons and meridians, sudden shortness of breath, and coughing.

Chaihu-Guided Formula，From *The Classic of the Cranial Fontanelles*, Volume 2.，For children with delayed walking; children who have been injured while being held since infancy, resulting in thin, weak legs and an inability to walk; or those suffering from bone fever, chronic wasting disease, and emaciation.

Ginseng and Deer Antler Hundred-Tonics Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines*.，For diminished libido, deficiency of vital energy, excessive worry and overthinking leading to mental exhaustion, night sweats, and seminal emission; also for women with consumptive disease.

Rescue from Collapse Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 3.，Postpartum Qi collapse.