Dried Persimmon Porridge

Shengbai Pill，From *General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 10.，For vomiting in children.

Astragalus and Five-Flavor Powder，From *Xu Renze’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 25 of *Wai Tai*.，Dysentery. A mixture of pus and blood in the stool that is not very watery; each episode involves the simultaneous passage of pus, blood, and food, accompanied by mild abdominal pain.

Half-Digested Tangerine Pills，From *Essential Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，

Depression-Relieving Decoction，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Used for depression during pregnancy, stagnation of liver qi, resulting in a suspended fetus, restless fetal movements, and tightness and pain in both flanks, as if a bowstring were being drawn.

Xiang Sha Zheng Wei Dan，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Shenyang Formula).，For pathogenic influences of the four seasons, toxins from mountain mists and malaria-ridden regions, undigested food from previous meals, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, stagnation of food and fluid, and abdominal pain due to stagnation.

Lotus Root Juice Paste，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，

Modified Six Gentlemen Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, or excessive intake of cooling herbs, resulting in a lack of appetite, acid regurgitation, belching of undigested food, nausea, vomiting, or undigested grains.

Decoction for Stopping Diarrhea，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology and Andrology* (Volume 2, *Andrology*).，Diarrhea. Fifty to sixty episodes per day, with the bowels emptying completely; undigested food passes intact; the anus is swollen and painful, with a burning sensation.

Toxin-Clearing and Yin-Nourishing Decoction，From *Zhao Bingnan’s Collection of Clinical Experience*.，Skin and surgical infectious diseases; cases of toxic heat damaging qi and yin, where the body’s vital energy has already been compromised but the toxic heat has not yet been fully eliminated—corresponding to the late stage of sepsis.

Bear Gall and Ginseng Decoction，*Selected Formulas for Emergency Treatment*.，Deficiency of original qi, epilepsy, syncope, and convulsions.

Peach-Scorpion Powder，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 18.，Anxiety and emotional stagnation, combined with phlegm retention and qi stagnation, lead to the formation of scrofula.

Golden Flower Borax Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For typhoid fever characterized by a stiff, hard, black tongue, and a swollen, painful, and obstructed throat.

Mud-Gold Toxin-Scraping Ointment，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 7.，For blisters.

Reflecting-Water Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 111.，For corneal opacities and all other eye diseases.

Decoction for Generating Yang from the Yin，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 24.，Internal heat due to yin deficiency; consumptive disease.

Pepper and Croton Pill，*Wei Family’s Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，Ten Types of Dampness-Related Disorders.

Cowhide Glue Decoction，*Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 1.，Boils and abscesses.

Sour Jujube Seed Pancakes，From *Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For wind-heat syndrome characterized by a sensation of heat in the head and face, mental confusion and drowsiness, and inability to sleep.

Danjin Powder，From *Fanxi Xinfang Fuyu*, Volume 11.，For unstoppable nosebleeds.

Frankincense and Myrrh Ointment，From *Danxi’s Heart Methods: Supplementary Notes*, Volume 16.，For boils and abscesses on the back, various malignant sores, injuries from blows or falls, and pain in tendons and bones; for blood stasis, chronic festering sores, intractable sores, and lumps in children.

Cangzu Powder，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 10.，Pain in the epigastric region.

Wulingzhi Pill，From *Selected Marvelous Medical Formulas*, cited in Volume 390 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For chronic cough that has gradually led to weakness and emaciation, with a risk of developing consumptive disease.

Modified Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Removing Paste，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

Bai Bi Ointment，From *Lan Tai Gui Fan*, Volume 2.，For bi syndrome affecting the joints.

Ginseng and Deer Antler Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Jilin Formula).，For deficiency of qi and blood, physical weakness and mental fatigue, shortness of breath and lack of strength, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, palpitations and forgetfulness, spontaneous sweating and dizziness, insomnia and anxiety, indigestion, loose stools with … Read more