Eight Gentlemen Decoction

Chengqi Yangrong Decoction，From *Treatise on Epidemic Diseases*, Volume 1.，In cases of epidemic fever with symptoms requiring purgation, where the pathogenic factors have not yet been completely eliminated and repeated purgation is unavoidable, there are occasional instances where the eyes become increasingly dry and gritty, the tongue turns dry and withered, saliva cannot reach the throat, … Read more

Lin Zhong Pills，From *Formulas for the Family School*.，For restlessness and constipation.

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.

Ginseng and Donkey-Hide Gelatin Powder，From *Wan’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，A pregnant woman’s persistent cough, known as “pregnancy cough,” may agitate her qi and lead to miscarriage.

Elm Bark Poultice Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 182.，

Chicken Shank Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 260), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For children suffering from convulsions, wasting disease, jaundice, and emaciation; teeth grinding; muscle heat and night sweats; food stagnation causing a distended abdomen; thin legs; and an inability to walk despite having grown taller.

Yide Powder，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 8); name cited in *Dexiao* (Vol. 13).，For stroke-induced lockjaw and loss of consciousness, or postpartum stroke.

Wenluo Decoction，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 1.，Deficiency of qi and blood, with wind-cold lingering in the meridians, resulting in coldness in the lower legs, weakness of the tendons and vessels, and, over time, the development of cold-induced bi syndrome, characterized by weakness in the hands and feet, difficulty walking, pain in … Read more

Dried Persimmon Porridge，From *Shenghui*, No. 97.，For deafness and an inability to smell pleasant or unpleasant odors.

Dragon-Lotus-Gorgon Seed Pills，Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Yixue Shizhiyì* (Vol. 7).，For deficiency of essence and qi, resulting in involuntary seminal emission.

Secretly Transmitted Miraculous Life-Saving Decoction，From *Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.，For swollen abscesses.

Fragrant Sweat Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind disorders.

Paste for Regulating Blood and Nourishing the Stomach in Cases of Exhaustion-Induced Illness，From *Li Ye*.，For fatigue-induced colds, internal injury to qi and blood, and external invasion by wind-cold, presenting with headache, fever, aversion to cold, spontaneous sweating, and profound fatigue and weakness.

Wu Jin San，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For children suffering from heatstroke with thirst, restlessness, confusion, and vomiting or diarrhea.

Fetal Nourishing Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 2.，In the first month of pregnancy, the fetus is restless.

Zeng’ai Pills，*Bai Yi*, Volume 11.，For dry and wet beriberi.

Formula for Treating Boil Erythema，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，For boils and carbuncles.

Qi-Tonifying and Fetal-Stabilizing Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For patients with chronic qi deficiency who, around the third month of pregnancy, experience lower back and abdominal distension and pain or vaginal bleeding due to careless daily habits, accompanied by a slippery, rapid, and forceful pulse.

Formula for Washing the Legs，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For soreness and pain in the shoulders, back, and limbs.

Sheep-Peach Decoction for Washing，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 81.，Pain and swelling from beriberi, making it impossible to walk.

Zhi Ni Wan，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For stagnant cold, accumulated fluid, and vomiting of phlegm and water—regardless of whether the condition is cold or hot—when the patient is unable to eat.

Ati-Summer-Heat Decoction with Atractylodes，*Guide to Autumn Malaria*, Volume 1.，Summer malaria. The pathological condition arises from a disturbance in the Qi of the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, manifesting as alternating chills and fever, a sense of unease, a tendency to sigh frequently, and loss of appetite. When chills and fever are severe, sweating occurs; when the … Read more

Xingyun Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，A man, whenever he became angry, would habitually drink alcohol, refusing to stop until he was drunk. One day, he suffered a syncopal episode and lost consciousness. Upon regaining partial consciousness, he still cried out for alcohol and screamed; after several such episodes, he fell unconscious again.

Wuling Decoction with Added Yinchenhao，Formula from *The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 11; name cited in *Outline of Medical Science*, Volume 31.，Indicated for fever, sweating on the head and face but no sweating elsewhere on the body, with sweating ceasing at the nape of the neck; intense thirst with a craving for water and other … Read more

Wart-Removing Decoction，*Effective Prescriptions Based on Experience*.，Moldy hemorrhoids.