Drink to Relieve Acute Pain

Five Stagnations and Five Accumulations Pills，From *Effective Prescriptions from the Hongliao Mountain Pavilion*.，Chronic and acute cases of blood stasis (pale-yellow complexion, abdominal distension and pain, scanty and difficult urination), fluid retention (yellow complexion with edema and swelling), alcohol stagnation, food stagnation (chest distension or dry heaving), qi stagnation (chest constriction), and women’s blood stasis (yellow-green … Read more

Ginger-Rice Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 74.，For deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, abdominal distension, loose stools, and general debility; vomiting upon taking warming medications; and inability to retain food or drink.

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

Blood Stasis-Resolving Pills，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015*，Warms the meridians and promotes blood circulation; dispels cold and relieves pain. Indicated for delayed menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and postpartum abdominal pain caused by cold stagnation and blood stasis, manifested as irregular menstrual cycles, cold pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation, dark purple menstrual blood with clots, and postpartum lower abdominal … Read more

Great Warming Decoction for the Middle Burner，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For yang-deficient cold damage, as well as all cases of seasonal exhaustion, cold epidemics, and yin-heat conditions: although the body is fiercely hot, the patient still experiences chills from time to time; even in summer, they may wish to be covered with clothes … Read more

Cinnamon and Atractylodes Decoction with the Two Chen Herbs，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 3.，Phlegm-fluid retention. Water flows from the stomach down into the intestines, producing gurgling sounds; there is mild fullness in the chest, and dizziness in the head and eyes.

Modified Danxi’s Prenatal Decoction，*Revised Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Malaria in Pregnant Women.

Angelica Dahurica and Asarum Nasal Inhalation Powder，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang*, Volume 2; name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu*, Volume 4.，For unilateral headaches caused by wind-cold.

Decoction for Resolving Phlegm and Eliminating Accumulations，From *Dian Dian Jing*, Volume 2.，Alcohol damages the kidneys, causing mania akin to madness, loss of consciousness, or alternating episodes of madness and death, or persistent unconsciousness.

Xian Shu Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.，

Sweet Bamboo Shavings Decoction，Quoted from *Shenshi’s Formulas* in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For wind-heat-induced restlessness and various forms of retching.

Burnt Jujube Powder，*Guide to Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For thrush.

Preparation of Pinellia，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.，For cold phlegm and all types of phlegm.

Dragon’s Whisker Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xiu Zhen*.，For heatstroke with confusion and loss of consciousness; diarrhea, cholera with excessive thirst; exposure to summer heat or latent heat, restlessness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; excessive water intake leading to loss of consciousness; nosebleeds, hematemesis, blood in the urine, and dizziness with … Read more

Formula for Washing the Eyes，*Compendium of Medical Essentials* (Yilin Zuanyao), Volume 10.，For red and swollen eyes caused by wind-heat or sudden outbreaks due to seasonal epidemics.

Gui Jing San，*Shenghui*, Volume 33.，For squinting.

Bat Blood-Resolving Powder，From *Ghost’s Legacy*, Volume 2.，For fistulas involving blood and flesh resulting from traumatic injuries.

Ophiopogon and Li Zhong Decoction，Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 6 of *Wài Tái*.，Heat in the upper burner, abdominal distension with loss of appetite, or vomiting followed by diarrhea after eating, accompanied by cramping pain in the elbows and flanks.

Eight-Ingredient Decoction for Clearing Stagnation，From *An Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 2.，Pregnancy-related diarrhea with pus and blood, tenesmus, abdominal pain, occurring day and night without respite.

Black Tiger Decoction，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 22.，Unidentified swollen abscess.

Dragon Fat Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, or stagnation of cold leading to accumulation, which has developed into purulent and bloody dysentery.

Qingjin Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，For children with convulsions, epilepsy, accumulated heat, and phlegm-induced cough.

Spleen-Clearing Decoction，From *De Xiao* (Effective Treatments), Volume 11.，For shortness of breath, malnutrition-related accumulation, and malaria.

Method for Preparing Safflower Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 311.，For falls from a height resulting in blood stasis in the abdomen and chest; for women with irregular menstruation; for various postpartum ailments; for fainting or loss of consciousness due to blood stasis; or for those exhibiting delirium or rambling speech.

Tuoli Powder，From *Mirror of Surgical Medicine*.，For all types of abscesses and toxic conditions.