Decoction of Ten Ashes

Purslane Paste，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 6).，For “Pillow Fire Sores”—lesions appearing on the head and neck or within the hair, where as one heals another erupts, continuing unceasingly; the more they heal, the more arise; and which discharge only toxic fluid without breaking open to release turbid pus.

Eight-Treasure Ruiren Ointment，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，For all types of corneal opacities and wind-induced eye disorders.

Scutellaria and Antelope Horn Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 106.，Pain in the “crab’s eye” area.

Wuqi Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，From *Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 1.，For children with blurred vision. The sclera and iris are both black, appearing as if there is no sclera; the pupil appears diffuse, as if there is no pupil; the sclera and pupil are indistinguishable and appear to merge.

Wind-Dispelling and Toxin-Clearing Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 5.，For the initial stage of swollen and painful hemorrhoids.

Immortals’ Formula for Prolonging Life and Avoiding Aging with Sophora Fruit，From *Shenghui*, Volume 94.，

Rehmannia and Qing’e Decoction，Formula from *Yue Mei’s Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Case Studies*; name cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Tremor syndrome: unceasing hand tremors, worse when arms are held out; leg weakness and flaccidity; dizziness; blurred vision; loose stools 2–3 times daily; red tongue with no coating; string-like and thin pulse.

Decoction for Restoring Vitality and Stabilizing the Fetus，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For pregnancy-related falls or injuries that have damaged the fetal essence, causing abdominal pain and a sensation of impending miscarriage.

Er Ding San，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 22), citing a formula by Wang Dui.，For various types of abdominal masses that do not resolve, abdominal pain, alternating chills and fever, irregular diarrhea, excessive thirst, jaundice and emaciation, or dysentery, with a mass in the abdomen or flanks the size of a palm, … Read more

“Rushing to the Banquet Pill”，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 273.，For carbuncles.

Xiangru Liu Junzi Decoction，*Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 1.，Latent summer heat lingers in the Shao Yang region of the chest and flanks, resulting in mild chills and fever, nausea, spontaneous sweating, scanty urine, and a pulse that is deep, taut, fine, and rapid.

Anemarrhena Decoction，*Essentials for Expanding the Lineage*, Volume 9.，For those in the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy who, due to exposure to cold or consumption of cold beverages, have suffered an injury resulting in qi reversal, causing shortness of breath, coughing, restlessness, and agitation.

Antler and Horn Pills，From *Qian Jin*, cited in Volume 154 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，Lower back pain.

Poria, Cinnamon, and Duckweed Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 5.，Water retention.

Sacred Silkworm Pills，From *Essential Prescriptions for Preserving Children’s Health*, cited in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 975.，For various wind-related disorders in children, including high fever, mental confusion, phlegm obstruction, upward rolling of the eyes, restless sleep, headache, flushed cheeks, frequent startles, physical fatigue, and loss of appetite for breast milk or food.

Da’an Pills，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 395.，For children with persistent vomiting and diarrhea.

Dampness-Eliminating and Antiseptic Decoction，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 83.，Damp-toxin and epidemic wind.

Spleen-Tonifying and Leucorrhea-Stopping Decoction，*Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Spleen Deficiency with Leucorrhea.

Decoction for Unblocking Vessels, Clearing Heat, and Moistening the Lungs，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 20.，When food and drink from the Upper Jiao descend into the Stomach, and the Stomach Qi has not yet stabilized, sweating occurs, and the face, back, and body all feel hot; this is called “Qi Leakage.”

Minor Musk Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 44.，Indicated for disharmony of the spleen and stomach, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and slow digestion of food.

Fu Tu Pills，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 5 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For deficiency of heart qi, excessive worry, deficiency of the kidney meridian, instability of true yang, residual urine after urination, cloudy white urine, and frequent nocturnal emissions.

Stomach Pill，*Ji Sheng*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of True Yang, weakness of Heart Fire, failure to nourish the Spleen Earth, disruption of the harmonious distribution of Qi, deficiency-cold in the Central Region, inability to eat, fullness and obstruction in the chest and diaphragm, bloating without eating, or undigested food after eating, phlegm-induced nausea, regurgitation of food, deficiency-cold … Read more

Ben Tun Poria Decoction，From *Jiyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 12 of *Wai Tai*.，For shortness of breath, deficiency of the five viscera, cold qi causing cold extremities and counterflow, abdominal distension and fullness, qi rushing and surging through the chest and diaphragm, episodes where one feels as if one’s breath is about to cease, loss of … Read more

Decoction for Clearing Toxins and Relieving Exterior Symptoms，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 10.，In measles, the whites of the eyes are red; the voice is hoarse and the lips are swollen; there is restlessness and thirst; pain in the lower back and abdomen; bleeding from the mouth and nose; confusion; constipation and difficulty urinating; delirium … Read more

Homemade Si Ni Cheng Qi Decoction，*A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 2.，For dry cholera.