“Drawing-the-Knife” Noodles

Zhishi-Chaihu Decoction，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 133.，For restlessness and confusion, vomiting and nausea, alternating chills and fever, chest and diaphragm oppression, pain in the limbs and joints, and tidal fevers occurring in the evening and at night.

Bai Wang Dan，From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 13), citing a formula by Zhang Huan.，For stroke with excessive salivation.

Taoxi Huiyang Pill，From *Puji Fang*, Volume 88, citing *Jianyi*.，Sudden onset of wind-induced or qi-induced stroke, resulting in paralysis, inability to move the limbs, slurred speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, tight and contracted tendons and veins, inability to lift one side of the body, and loss of consciousness.

Mu Yu Dan，From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 24, citing *Smoke and Mist: Holy Efficacy*.，For wind-heat phlegm obstruction.

General Treatment for the Three Wastes Pills，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 8.，For diabetes.

Bone-Setting Herb Wine，*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations*.，Fractures.

Ke Huan Pills，From *The Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Toothache caused by wind and fire.

Pills for Menstrual Abdominal Pain，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For irregular menstruation, menstrual abdominal pain, cold and heat stagnation, and cramping pain in the lower abdomen.

Five-Juice Decoction，*Four Essentials of Medical Practice*, Volume 3.，For dysphagia and food stuck in the diaphragm.

Liver-Unblocking Powder，*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，Stiffness and pain in the eyelids, wind-heat-induced corneal opacity.

Ginseng Lung-Clearing Powder，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-related cough with a dry throat and hoarseness.

Tingzhi Pills，Formula from *Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 2; name cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 242.，For rheumatic leg pain.

Gastric Reflux Decoction，From *Supplement to the Essentials of Prescriptions Collected from Observation*, Volume 3, citing *Ye’s Record of Proven Prescriptions*.，For regurgitation and vomiting, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, food remaining undigested for a night before being vomited up with a sour and foul odor.

Mulberry and Hemp Pills，From *Collected Formulas of the Feeding-Cranes Pavilion*.，For men and women with insufficient liver yin, resulting in blurred vision; also treats chronic, intractable cough, rough and scaly skin, and numbness and loss of sensation.

Asthma-Relieving Pills，*Research on the Treatment of Common Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For asthma with a predominance of deficiency-cold.

Decoction of Mulberry Twigs，*Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind disorders.

Douqi Decoction，From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Treating Uncommon Conditions*, Volume 10.，For smallpox where blood has appeared but qi has not, the pustule shell does not grow, and the lesion is either flat or sunken, without being plump and full.

Banlangen and Ginseng Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 10.，For all types of bleeding.

Liver-Calming and Yang-Subduing Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Green Wind Cataract: Insufficient fluid to nourish the Wood element, with excessive Liver fire; characterized by headaches and eye distension that fluctuate in severity, pupils that alternately dilate and constrict (in later stages, they fail to constrict), blurred vision, pale-red sclera, and a relatively … Read more

Du Ruo Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 22.，For headaches and dizziness, phlegm congestion in the chest and heart, inability to eat or drink, and weakness in the limbs.

Zhimu Mangxiao Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 183.，For cases where the “milk stone” has been activated, with heat in both the exterior and interior, sores appearing on the body, or the development of boils and abscesses, accompanied by difficulty in urination and defecation.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Purging Fire，From *Huiyue*, Volume 6.，Sudden, severe pain; redness, swelling, and sensitivity to light.

Decoction for Calming the Mind and Suppressing Epilepsy，From *New Interpretations on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Miscellaneous Diseases*.，For all types of epilepsy.

Sichuan Lacquer Powder，*The Golden Cabinet* (Jin Gui), Volume 1.，Male malaria, characterized by a predominance of cold symptoms.

Rock Honey Decoction，From *Qian Jin* (Vol. 8), citing a formula by Hu Qia.，For pathogenic wind, colicky abdominal pain, and symptoms of “flying corpse” and “escaping and rushing” that occur unpredictably; upon onset, there is a sudden sensation of tightness and fullness in the heart, with a feeling of being stabbed by an awl or knife … Read more