Detoxifying and Purgative Decoction

Golden Essence Old Servant Pills，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For middle-aged individuals with deficiency syndrome, weakness of the five viscera, insufficiency of primordial qi, aching legs and lower back pain, lower-body cold deficiency, and small intestine hernia.

Oil and Honey Decoction，From *Essentials for Easy Childbirth*, cited in Volume 342 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For cases of difficult labor due to dryness and constriction caused by blood loss.

Corrosive Pills，From *Remaining Treatises on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，For all types of abscesses and carbuncles in the early stage of rupture where necrotic tissue has not yet sloughed off.

Ascaris Malnutrition Powder，*New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 31, citing *The Forty-Eight Signs*.，Roundworm-induced malnutrition.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Subduing Fire，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Insufficient kidney fire; while there is no pain in the ears when not engaging in sexual intercourse, upon sexual intercourse with a woman, the ears become painful, or experience unrelenting itching, or discharge foul-smelling fluid; applying cool substances brings significant relief.

Upper and Lower Nourishing Pill，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，For disharmony between the heart and kidneys, resulting in insomnia day and night and severe restlessness and agitation of the heart.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Ershu Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，For cases of sycamore fruit toxin, whether fully developed or not, accompanied by pain in the tendons and bones, difficulty walking, and—after ulceration—foul-smelling, decaying flesh that fails to regenerate or contract.

Gelatin and Mugwort Pills，From *The Jade Ruler of Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with blood deficiency and cold, resulting in delayed menstruation.

Tiao Yuan San，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For children with “bianzheng” syndrome, spleen deficiency preventing breastfeeding, frequent regurgitation of milk and excessive crying, with signs of impending “slow convulsions.”

Eight-Treasure Powder，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.，A carbuncle appearing as a light white blister, with a yellow-black base and a purple root; accompanied by distending pain, headache, chills and fever, restlessness and vomiting, cold fingers, mania, chest fullness, and a life-threatening, near-fatal condition.

Sugar-Coated Powder，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，For leprosy sores.

Willow Fluff and Alum Powder，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 172.，For children with persistent thirst due to malnutrition.

Kidney-Tonifying and Diuretic Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 7.，Kidney deficiency and exhaustion, coughing and shortness of breath, restlessness and pain in the limbs, pain radiating from the lower back to the upper back, dark complexion, frequent pain in the bones, reddish-yellow urine, impaired hearing and vision, and weakness and emaciation.

Modified Xiao Cheng Decoction，*Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Immediately after childbirth, excessive dietary indiscretion leads to dysentery with abdominal distension and pain, tenesmus, fever, and thirst, accompanied by rapid and full pulses in all six positions.

Eight-Ingredient Psoralea Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.，Frequent, watery urination.

Clam Tooth Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For corneal opacities.

Lugan Dan，*Outline of Surgical Treatise on Ulcers*, Volume 2.，For conditions such as lower-body ulcers where the “Three Immortals Pill” cannot be used.

Chai-Shao Decoction，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Shingles.

Pinellia and Ephedra Pills，*The Golden Cabinet*, Middle Volume.，Palpitations beneath the heart.

Arsenic Sulfate Ointment，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Vitiligo.

Danggui-Baishao Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 1.，For dysentery with restlessness, thirst, and fever; scanty, dark red urine; lower abdominal distension and pain accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation; in robust patients with ample vitality and physical constitution; and a rapid, full, slippery, and forceful pulse.

Jin Zhen Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 170.，For stagnation of qi in the Triple Burner, resulting in epigastric fullness and distension, constipation, or cases of typhoid fever requiring purgation where a previous dose of Chengqi Decoction has failed to produce a bowel movement: take one hundred of these pills, which will restore calm and … Read more

Ephedra Root Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 12.，For unceasing spontaneous sweating due to deficiency in cases of cold damage.

Clove Mass-Dissolving Powder，From *Rumen Shiquin*, Volume 12.，Mastitis with mass formation, commonly known as “milk spleen.” In children, this presents as emaciation, feverish muscles, a sallow complexion, a distended abdomen, and possibly vomiting or diarrhea; blue veins may be visible on the abdomen, and the flanks may be hardened and swollen, resembling the shape of a … Read more

Fuzi-Cinnamon Paste，*New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，For rheumatic conditions causing numbness in the hands and feet, pain in the tendons and bones, and aversion to cold in the abdomen.