Formulas Name : Dry Snail Powder
Chinese Name : 旱螺散
White snail shell (calcined), borneol, musk, and mercury oxide—each in small amounts.
From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.
For chronic, festering sores.
Mix with sesame oil and apply topically.
Dry Snail Powder，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For chronic, festering sores.
Sanguisorba Ointment，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Fetal heat-induced erysipelas.
Formula for Eliminating Food Stagnation，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 169.，For cold-induced stagnation.
Jingdai Jindan，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For red and white vaginal discharge, red and white cloudy urine, irregular menstruation, pain in the navel and abdomen, lower back soreness and weakness, a cold uterus, and difficulty conceiving.
Wu Yi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，For hemorrhage.
Scutellaria and Angelica Decoction，From *The Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 165, citing *The Immortal’s Prescriptions for Growing Apricots*.，Pain in the brow ridge due to wind-heat.
Dampness-Removing and Tissue-Regenerating Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，A sore develops after the umbilical cord falls off.
Prescription for Boiled Pork Stomach with Quartz，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 22.，
Artemisia Pills for Stopping Malaria，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2.，For malaria.
Spleen-Nourishing Powder，*Records on the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 17.，Chronic, persistent dysentery.
Anise and Golden Bell Pills，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 15.，For “Ben Tun” syndrome.
Experienced Powder，From *Collected Effective Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，Excessive uterine bleeding.
Roasted Salt Wine，From *The Direct Pointers*, Volume 26.，For amenorrhea with abdominal pain and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis.
Licorice and Peony Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 408).，In children with burns, the entire body is covered with blisters resembling sesame or bean seeds; some may ooze pus, with symptoms alternating between pain and itching.
Liuwei Boyun Powder，From *Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Sword-Spine Obstruction Syndrome (sword-shaped corneal opacity).
Dao Ning Chun Yang Dan，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 12.，Deficiency of the True Yuan leads to instability of the heart and kidneys, dissipation of vital energy, and dampness-induced impairment of the spleen’s earth element, resulting in an inability to transform food. The five flavors consumed fail to transform into essence and instead become phlegm and saliva, which … Read more
White Flower Snake Ointment，From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 43, citing *Ji Feng’s Emergency Formulas*.，For disharmony between the Nutritive and Defensive Qi, with a deficiency of Yang and an excess of Yin, resulting in sluggish movement of the hands and feet.
Pills for Clarifying the Mind and Preserving Life，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 11.，For chronic abdominal masses, obstruction of urination and defecation, qi rising to the heart, abdominal distension, and inability to tolerate food and drink.
Yu Huang Dan，*Obstetrics and Gynecology*.，For cervical cancer caused by damp-toxin descending to the lower jiao. The patient’s general condition is relatively good, but there is profuse, persistent leukorrhea with a fishy odor, or occasional spotting; dry mouth with a bitter taste; abdominal pain; a thin, greasy or yellow, greasy tongue coating; a red tongue; and … Read more
Neem and Sichuan Pepper Decoction，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For pain caused by parasitic infestation.
Amber Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 343.，Following a miscarriage, when retained lochia fails to discharge, accompanied by pain in the lower abdomen.
Great Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Qianjin*, Volume 7.，For cases where toxin from beriberi ascends to the heart and transforms into fluid, causing generalized swelling and such severe distress that the patient feels on the verge of death. Symptoms include pain and numbness in the legs along the Spleen and Kidney meridians, persistent numbness in the lower abdomen, … Read more
Mulberry Heart Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 147.，For blood vomiting caused by gu poison.
Modified Four Reversals Decoction，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 3.，For elderly patients with cold damage (shanghan) presenting with aversion to cold without fever, heaviness of the body with a desire to lie down, and cold extremities.
Chaihu Shengma Decoction，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 3.，For cough and hoarseness due to cold damage, or sore throat.
Pestilence-Relieving Pill，From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 4.，
Dry Snail Powder,For chronic, festering sores.