Eight-Ingredient Anise Pills

Lingxian Longcao Decoction，*Selected Proven Formulas*.，Unidentified swellings and abscesses that are neither painful nor itchy; phlegm nodules and scrofula; breast lumps; wheezing, coughing, and phlegm-related wheezing; vomiting of phlegm and saliva; masses and accumulations that are hard and difficult to resolve; a dark tongue with a greasy coating; and a slippery pulse.

Yu Lin Ointment，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.，For women with a history of recurrent miscarriages; kidney deficiency causing low back pain, seminal emission, and leukorrhea; female urinary and vaginal discharge, blood deficiency leading to amenorrhea; and chronic, festering sores.

Poria and Pepper Seed Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，Edema of the body and face, whether due to deficiency qi, wind-cold qi, water-retention qi, or swelling extending into the abdomen, causing pain, fullness, and distension, and interfering with food intake.

Qi-Dispersing and Phlegm-Clearing Pills，*The Definitive Edition of Surgical Treatises for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，For scrofula.

Gypsum and Mouse-Stick Powder，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 24.，Headaches on one side or both sides, accompanied by pain in the eyes.

Sweeping-Away-the-Mist Powder，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18, citing *Wei Doupeng’s Formula for Treating Eye Disorders*.，Eye disorders.

Peach Blossom Decoction，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 11, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，Diarrhea with red, white, pus, and blood.

Traditionally Transmitted Atractylodes Powder，Formula from *Essentials for Infant Care* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Complete Record of Medical Works* (Vol. 413).，Night blindness.

Unparalleled Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 143), citing *Essentials for Imperial Physicians*.，

Appetite-Promoting Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For children suffering from overeating, undigested milk or food, high fever, abdominal pain, bloating, and uncontrollable vomiting (visible in the mouth).

Five-Gallbladder Ointment，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Volume 33); the name appears in *Dongyi Baojian: Chapter on External Forms* (Volume 1).，For blurred distant vision, frequent seeing of dark spots, and signs of developing cataracts.

Xia Ge Powder，From *Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Surgical Conditions*, citing *Li Fangyu’s Five Hemorrhoid Formulas*.，Loss of appetite.

Warming the Viscera Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 397.，A child with persistent bloody diarrhea and cold hands and feet.

Fragrant Powder，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Enlargement of the external testicles to the size of a measuring bucket.

Puxiao Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 28.，Toxic qi from cold damage is congested in the upper jiao; toxic heat fails to dissipate, causing mania with a desire to run, or occasional prostration on the ground; the pulse at the left cun position is洪数 (thunderous and rapid).

Jade Dragon Ointment for Restoring Yang，From *Xianchuan Wai Ke Ji Yan Fang* (Collected and Verified Formulas of Immortal-Transmitted Surgical Medicine).，Boils on the back, wandering abscesses, cervical spondylosis, chronic pain from debility, cold-induced arthralgia, blood-wind syndrome, wind-induced leg pain, stone abscesses, breast pain in women, abscesses without pus, and abdominal abscesses.

Rhubarb Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 103.，For redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes.

Gu’an Heart-Kidney Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 19.，Deficiency of Kidney Yin, upward surging of Heart Fire, resulting in premature graying of hair, infertility, palpitations and anxiety, nocturnal emissions, night sweats, blurred vision, tinnitus, lower back pain, and weakness in the legs.

Red Ointment，*General Essentials of Health* (Wei Sheng Zong Wei), Volume 11.，For chronic dysentery with both red and white stools that has not healed over a long period.

Shiquan Yuzhen Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For consumptive disorders characterized by a string-like, rapid, fine, or faint pulse; rough, scaly skin; emaciation; inability of food to strengthen the muscles and bones; spontaneous sweating; coughing and retching; shortness of breath; irregular episodes of chills and fever; frequent and chaotic dreams; and instability of vital … Read more

Agarwood and Golden Grain Powder，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，

Toad and Musk Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，Chronic, oozing sores.

Ink and Garlic Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 272.，For various sores that have formed white scabs but have recurred.

Chiyuan Powder，From *Records on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 15.，Sore and swollen throat.

Mulberry Bark Porridge，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 387), citing *Fu’s Formulas for Saving Infants*.，Pulmonary atrophy. Cough with phlegm.