Di Yu Huang Lian San

Liver-Regulating and Fire-Nourishing Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Decline of Mingmen fire, with cold pathogens lingering there, causing Liver Wood to overpower Earth. Abdominal pain throughout the day; relief upon pressure; pain intensifies after drinking cold liquids.

Pus-Resolving Decoction，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 8.，Abscesses and pus in the lungs, with a foul odor rising upward, accompanied by vomiting and coughing.

Decoction for Raising Yang, Clearing Heat, and Harmonizing the Blood，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，Yangming Qi Chong with heat-toxin, intestinal mass with bloody discharge; the blood spurts out forcefully and shoots far, scattering like sieved grains; blood flows downward from the intestines, causing severe abdominal pain.

Longevity Ointment，From *The New Book for the Young* (Volume 19), citing *The Zhuang Family Tradition*.，For accumulated heat in the heart of children; for mouth sores in adults and children.

Heart-Clearing Calamus Pill，*Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 17.，Epilepsy and mania, with unceasing drooling from the corners of the mouth, deviation of the mouth and eyes, and weakness and limpness of the hands and feet. Sudden onset of mental confusion and inability to speak, phlegm obstructing the pericardium, drooling from the corners of the mouth, restlessness, … Read more

Ten Wonders Internal Tonifying and Pus-Expelling Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 275), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，For all types of boils and abscesses on the back, as well as various swollen and toxic sores.

Tianming Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For swelling.

Eye-Washing Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For heat-toxin in the eyes causing eyelid swelling that obscures the pupils.

Yuli Ren Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，For constriction of the Triple Burner, swelling and pain in the lower abdomen, and inability to pass urine or stool.

One-Swipe Brightening Ointment，*Extraordinary Formulas for Surgical Conditions*, Volume 3.，Various sores.

Decoction for Genital Swelling，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For various swellings and pains that do not subside, or for stiffness of tendons and meridians preventing flexion and extension.

Ginseng Decoction for Tonifying Deficiency，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For consumptive disorders, shortness of breath, weakness in the limbs, a tendency to lie down, lack of strength, palpitations, and frequent night sweats.

Toxin-Eliminating and Pain-Relieving Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 2.，The pain from a genital ulcer is unbearable.

Qingqi Xiangxiong Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 16.，Headache.

Reed Alum Wash，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，Skin diseases characterized by redness and swelling.

Immortal Bone-Transforming Pill，From *Medical Origins* (Volume Middle).，This formula treats stagnation of qi and blood, stagnation of the nutritive and defensive qi, and the interplay of wind, heat, and dampness within the tendons and bones, resulting from internal deficiency on one side of the body, which manifests as hemiplegia. It addresses conditions caused by qi affected … Read more

Huanglian Kushen Decoction，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 212.，For patients who are emaciated and weak, whose condition has not improved despite medication, and who subsequently develop loose stools and bloody diarrhea—passing stool dozens of times a day—accompanied by severe abdominal cramping, a fever as intense as fire, a splitting headache, and a pulse that feels涩 (thready).

Decoction for Clearing Epidemic Fever and Eliminating Toxins，*Yi Zhen Yi De* (Insights on Epidemic Rashes), Volume 2.，All conditions characterized by intense heat, with both exterior and interior symptoms pronounced, accompanied by mania, restlessness, and mental agitation; dry mouth and sore throat; severe fever with dry retching; delirium and insomnia; hematemesis and epistaxis; and the appearance … Read more

Yirong Decoction，*The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 3.，For rashes that appear all over the body with a white, brocade-like pattern.

Rhinoceros Horn and Cimicifuga Powder，From Zhang Huan’s formula, cited in Volume 33 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，Fever in the brain; lung congestion with a dry nose.

Angelica Sinensis Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For contusions resulting in stagnation of qi and blood stasis, with pain in the chest, abdomen, and flanks, or alternating chills and fever; for menstrual pain caused by qi stagnation at the onset of menstruation; or for abdominal pain due to retained lochia after childbirth.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Mangxiao and Rhubarb，From *Yunqi Zi’s Collection on Preserving Life*, Volume 2.，For women with typhoid fever presenting with headache and a floating pulse, where the physician erroneously administered a purgative, causing pathogenic factors to take advantage of the deficiency and penetrate inward; resulting in blocked menstruation, a hard mass beneath the heart, … Read more

Soapberry Ointment Rubbing Formula，From *Shenghui*, Volume 21.，For stubborn numbness and paralysis affecting the body, hands, and feet.

Floating Water Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，For facial freckles and blisters.

Wood Fragrance Kidney-Tonifying Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，Testicular torsion, also known as “wooden kidney,” is a condition that causes neither pain nor itching but gradually enlarges; it is a particularly stubborn ailment that impedes movement and often leads to disability. It is also indicated for various types of hernias that do not frequently recur, … Read more