Decoction to Rescue the Stomach from Self-Destruction

Liuwei Hewuzi Pill，*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 5.，In cases of male infertility caused by a deficiency of “true water,” the pulse at the left cun position is weak, or the pulse is rapid and accompanied by heat.

Moisturizing Ointment，Formula by Zhang Dayin, cited in Volume 13 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，For parasitic diseases.

Lisheng Pills，*Formulas from the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 1.，Indications: Distension and pain in the chest and abdomen; wind-phlegm-induced wheezing and cough; food stagnation in the diaphragm with acid regurgitation; dysentery with red or white stools; malaria; jaundice with swelling of the body and face; wandering damp phlegm; unexplained swellings and abscesses; hernia; menorrhagia in women; persistent … Read more

Song’s Motherwort Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Datong Formula).，Postpartum blood stasis.

Duckweed Decoction Paste，*Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For sores in the mouth and on the tongue that have not healed for a long time.

Four-Ingredient Chengqi Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 21.，For abdominal distension, fullness, and pain, accompanied by labored breathing and high fever, occurring 4 days or more after the onset of cold damage.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Rehmannia，From *Shenghui*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 318.，For women and young maidens with typhoid fever who have just begun or just ceased menstruation; they are lucid during the day but delirious at night, behaving as if seeing ghosts. It also treats cases where postpartum lochia has just begun but suddenly ceases.

Five-Juice Paste，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For chronic cough due to overwork.

Enhanced Wu Bi Decoction，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 3.，A condition of bi caused by the combined effects of wind, cold, and dampness, resulting in numbness and loss of sensation in the limbs.

Ginseng Muscle-Fortifying Decoction，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 16.，For smallpox with superficial deficiency, where the lesions are raw and cannot form scabs.

Toxicity-Dispelling Cooling Ointment，From *Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For an abscess in its early stages, with swelling and throbbing.

Da Toubei Decoction，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 17.，Weakness in the legs, swelling and fullness throughout the body, shortness of breath, and inability to sleep day or night.

Sweet Shepherd’s Purse Decoction，From *Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，For pediatric typhoid fever, cough, phlegm congestion in the chest and diaphragm, and a gurgling sound in the throat.

Decoct Sichuan Aconite，From *Ji Feng*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 185.，Wind-induced arthralgia, pain in the bones and joints.

Jiyang Fire-Expelling Decoction，*The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 1.，Headache, regardless of whether on the left or right side; toothache caused by stomach fire.

Bean Wine，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Formulas from the Outer Pavilion* (Vol. 20), quoting *Formulas by Fan and Wang*.，For wind-induced edema, as well as women who have recently given birth and been exposed to wind, resulting in shortness of breath and coughing. Sudden swelling and distension of the body … Read more

Tongguan Yunqi Tuoli Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 15), citing *The Forty-Eight Signs*.，Shanghan (typhoid fever) complicating into sores and rashes.

Decoction for Eliminating Malnutrition with Goat Liver Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，When malnutrition affects the heart, resulting in difficulty urinating, a dry mouth, a sore tongue, and foul-smelling breath.

Cuttlefish Bone Powder，From *The Complete Collection of Holy Remedies*, Volume 154.，For restless fetal movement during pregnancy, unstoppable vaginal bleeding, and pain in the umbilical region and abdomen.

Garlic and Fermented Black Bean Pills，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 2.，For night sweats accompanied by dampness and itching.

Pill for Astringent Treatment and Strengthening the Essence，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 7.，Repressed anger injures the liver; overwork and fatigue deplete the spleen’s qi. Vaginal discharge may be red or white, or a mixture of red and white, or yellow in color; it may be persistent and incomplete, foul-smelling, turbid, and unceasing day and … Read more

Yin Medicine，*Secret Collection on the Throat*.，Mouth sores.

Wu-Fu Pills，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 1, citing *Formulas from the Danliao Clinic*.，For those with a robust constitution or with wind-phlegm.

Pear Syrup，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For coughs due to lung heat, characterized by a dry mouth, hoarseness or loss of voice, and shortness of breath or wheezing.

Xiao Banxia-Poria Decoction，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3.，Hiccups.