Decongestant Decoction

Toxicity-Dispelling Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For chest constriction due to cold damage, with hardness beneath the heart.

Xisheng Fujian Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 8.，A lump remaining for years after a sycamore-berry sore, which has ruptured but is difficult to heal, leading to a life-threatening condition.

Tie’ao Powder，Quoted from *Zhang’s Family Tradition* in Volume 9 of *New Book on Infant Care* (classical edition).，For acute and chronic convulsions.

New Method Pinellia Decoction，*Formulae of the Imperial Medical Bureau*, Volume 3 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, qi stagnation in the epigastrium, retained cold and fluid retention, undigested food stagnation, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, distension of the flanks, vomiting of phlegm and water; belching and acid regurgitation, … Read more

Yi Bai San，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 16.，For unbearable pain caused by scalding or burns.

Ten-Ingredient Paper-Laminated Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For all types of leg and foot sores that have become gangrenous, whether itchy or painful, and that have failed to heal for a long time.

Pus-Extracting Pill，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Wuhan Formula).，For abscesses with gangrene and extensive ulceration, where pus accumulates but does not drain, and the wound has expanded.

Mu Ru Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For excessive wind-phlegm rising upward, accompanied by continuous coughing and thick, sticky sputum.

Decoction for Consolidating the Essence and Eliminating Toxins，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.，For cases where the color of smallpox lesions turns grayish-white due to diarrhea during the “nourishing serum” stage of the disease.

Fangfeng-Cangzhu Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 4.，Wind obstructs the Liver’s Wood element and damages the Spleen’s Earth element, impairing its ability to transport and distribute fluids and dampness, leading to diarrhea, body heat, a taut pulse, heaviness in the lower back, slight sweating, and headache.

Cow Bile and Iron Powder Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.，Indicated for wind-phlegm-induced restlessness and headache, chest and epigastric fullness and stagnation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and nausea.

Freckle Pills，*Collection of Inherited Surgical Formulas*.，For freckles.

Method for Jujube Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 198), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For spleen deficiency and weak stomach.

Huoluo Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 4.，Pain in the limbs and joints.

Ointment for Bruises and Sprains，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 29, citing *Fan Wang’s Formulas*.，For bruises and contusions; also treats gunshot wounds.

Goose-Pear Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，For cases where wind-phlegm has entered the lungs, resulting in prolonged, hoarse coughing. For asthma caused by phlegm rising with heat and obstructing the chest and diaphragm.

Mulberry Leaf Ear-Covering Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 115.，A centipede has entered the ear.

Pain-Relieving Five-Juice Ointment，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 29.，Pain caused by cold and dampness invading the meridians and blood vessels manifests in the arms, thighs, lower back, and the area between the waist and the Huantiao acupoint.

Lithospermum and Oyster Shell Decoction，From *New Treatise on Fungal and Contagious Diseases*.，For toxic sores caused by bayberry, chronic and intractable diseases, mysterious and stubborn sores, and severe smallpox lesions.

Rabbit Liver Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 89.，For children with red opacities in the eyes.

Pain-Relieving Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 68), citing *Formulas from Clinical Experience*.，Toothache caused by wind-worm, with pain radiating to the temples.

Shenzhuo Powder，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 17, citing *Jingxin Lu*.，Lumbar pain due to Kidney-Zhuo syndrome. The lower back feels cold as ice, and the abdomen feels heavy as if something were falling within it.

Decoction for Regulating the Middle and Aiding Digestion，From *Direct Pointers to Hao Jing*.，For diarrhea with epigastric fullness, belching of putrid odors, acid regurgitation, and undigested food from previous meals.

Yi Yang Powder，From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 10.，For red, swollen lesions caused by yang toxicity in smallpox.

Astragalus and Angelica Blood-Stopping Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 3.，Deficiency in both the Lung and Kidney meridians allows fire to exploit the opening and escape outward, causing bleeding within the skin and hair. The bleeding may appear as a single line, seep out like a fine thread, or emerge from the scalp, the torso, or … Read more