Edema-Relieving Decoction

Modified Ruan’s Minor Qinglong Decoction，Quoted from *Cui’s Formulas* in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，For cases of epidemic fever lasting several days or more than ten days where the exterior syndrome has not resolved, with fluid accumulation beneath the heart, and heat toxins clashing to cause vomiting, occasionally accompanied by coughing.

Immortal-Transmitted Qi-Restoring Pill，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For shortness of breath; chest, diaphragmatic, flank, hernia, lower back, leg, stagnant, and miasmatic qi disorders; as well as difficulties adapting to local climate and water; injuries caused by alcohol or food, loss of appetite, bloody or white dysentery, blood deficiency in women, and accumulation syndromes in children; and … Read more

Ginseng Powder for Tonifying the Spleen，From *Shenghui*, Volume 5.，Spleen deficiency manifests as a body as heavy as stone, inability to lift the limbs, poor appetite, weakness, abdominal distension, borborygmi, and mental dullness.

Chicken Foot Powder，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 35); the name appears in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 124).，Effective for all types of meat and bone obstructions.

Bamboo Sap, Trifoliate Orange, and Atractylodes Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, undigested food, vomiting of phlegm and saliva, and a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest.

Black Plum, White Vitex, and Asarum Pills，*Commentary on the Treatise on Malaria*.，Liver malaria.

Moonlight Decoction，From *Yicaoting*, Volume 3.，Night blindness.

Qingdi Tuihuo Decoction，From *The Mysterious Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 28.，When smallpox erupts accompanied by fever, it is called “fire enveloping the sprout.”

Plantain Seed and Four Substances Decoction，*Yu’an*, Volume 5.，When amniotic fluid has dried up and the fetus cannot be delivered.

Method for Preparing Licorice，*Yi Tong*, Volume 81.，For painful, suspended abscesses or fever, regardless of whether the swelling has ruptured or not. For boils and carbuncles.

Stasis-Resolving and Stomach-Clearing Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 15.，Indicated for cases where stagnant blood affects the stomach, presenting with a stringy and涩 pulse, no aversion to food, and vomiting accompanied by a strong metallic or bloody odor.

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.

Maqian Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Constipation and urinary retention.

Ink Powder，From *Baoshoutang Formulas*, cited in Volume 9 of *Dongtian Aozi*.，For hemorrhoidal fistulas.

Cotton Seed Wine，*The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 13，Early stage of a cold.

White Alum Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 87).，For children with spinal wasting and diarrhea-induced emaciation.

Xilinzi Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 10.，For wind-cold invading the body, causing stagnation of blood and qi and obstruction of circulation, resulting in pain in the joints; in severe cases, shortness of breath and sweating may occur, and the limbs may be unable to bend or extend.

Throat-Soothing and Detoxifying Decoction，From *Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 19.，For children with smallpox or measles accompanied by sore throat.

Zhan Guan Pills，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 3.，For swelling and pain in the throat; also treats sores in the mouth and on the tongue.

Great Insect Essence Five-Flavor Powder，Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 27 of *Wai Tai*.，For gonorrhea with a hot constitution, scanty and painful urination, and a sour, splashing sensation during urination.

Brown Sugar Paste，From *Selected Remarkable Formulas*, cited in Volume 74 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，Red Eyes.

Remedy for Tinea，*Guide to the Silver Sea*, Volume 3.，For eye ringworm caused by damp-toxin, with pus-filled sores covering the face.

Ziguang Powder，*Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 61.，For hemoptysis and hematemesis originating from the stomach.

Mulberry Ash Wash Formula，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 133.，Chronic sores.

Plum Leak Ointment，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 34.，Yangmei sores.