Eight-Ingredient Decoction

New Formula for Clearing the Throat Decoction，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 2.，Throat inflammation due to overwork. Deficiency of both the liver and kidneys, manifesting within the tonsils as red spots on the mucosa; the base is white and not swollen, often accompanied by a bloody odor.

Jiu Xin Bai Xie Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 6.，Boil on the chest.

One-Character Divine Powder，*Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 17.，For a dead fetus that will not be expelled, or a ruptured amniotic sac with no live birth.

Milk and Myrrh Powder，Formula from *Bai Yi*, Volume 12; name cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 300.，For ingrown toenails.

Eight-Ingredient Tussilago Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For cold and heat disharmony in the lungs, with persistent phlegmy cough.

Qingyin Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin Formula).，For swelling and pain in the throat, hoarseness or a raspy voice, dry mouth and tongue, and difficulty swallowing.

Tear-Stopping Pill，From *The Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 6.，

Crimson Vermilion Dan，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 6).，For convulsions with phlegm and saliva, coughing, and shortness of breath.

Fusheng Powder，*The Treasure of Health* (Volume 20).，For sudden death, death by crushing, drowning, or any other untimely death, provided the chest remains warm.

Astragalus and Schisandra Pills，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 323.，For women with deficiency-related debility.

Eye-Washing Decoction and Powder，From *Yin Hai Jing Wei*, Volume 2.，Acute eye inflammation, heat-induced eye inflammation.

Jade Complexion Xi Shi Powder，From *Yi Lin Fang*, cited in *Yi Bu Quan Lu*, Volume 131.，Effective for all types of facial acne, wind-induced rashes, and dark spots.

Water Buffalo Hide Formula，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly individuals with water retention, generalized edema, and puffiness of the face and eyes.

Gān-Jú Formula for Eliminating Phlegm and Fluid Retention，From *Thirteen Formulas for Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.，Dark Gate Latch Syndrome: This condition arises above the uvula in the throat, where two fleshy lumps—one on each side—block the throat, preventing the passage of water or food. The eyes often discharge pus, and the lumps resemble rotten winter melon.

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Eliminating Phlegm，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-fire; in severe cases, mania, restlessness, and incoherent speech.

Purging Pathogenic Factors Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 5.，A cold contracted in the spring, with fever lasting more than ten days; heat is stagnant internally, causing alternating chills and fever.

Blood-Regulating Powder，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 91.，Smallpox. Indicated for blood deficiency and blood stasis, manifested as delayed eruption, inverted lesions, a grayish-white color lacking redness, or black and charred lesions.

Fresh Rhino and Antelope Horn Decoction，*Compilation of Hua’s Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.，Although the rash has broken through, the throat is severely ulcerated, and the pulse is taut and forceful.

Continuous Waist Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，For injuries from falls, blows, or sudden strains—including cases where the lower back is fractured and the patient cannot get out of bed, appearing hunched over.

Huoxiang Zhengqi Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For severe cases of cholera.

Huan Zhen Er Qi Dan，*Yi Tong*, Volume 84.，

Six Immortal Sons Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For men whose vital energy and blood have declined—those under fifty with gray or white patches in their beards and temples, or younger men with beards and temples that are grayish-yellow.

Sanhe Dan，*Essential Formulas for Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For individuals with inherently deficient middle qi, where phlegm-qi rises in reverse, obstructing the diaphragm and preventing the proper ascent and descent of qi, or resulting in defecation due to deficiency; also for all cases of yin-cold where other medications have proven ineffective.

Scorpion and Aconite Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 21), citing *Comprehensive Collection of Effective Formulas Based on Personal Observations*.，For all types of wind-induced headaches, accompanied by cerebral wind symptoms, excessive phlegm and saliva, vomiting and nausea, spitting of clear fluid, sudden dizziness and vertigo, seeing dark spots before the eyes, locked jaw, facial asymmetry, facial … Read more

Chai Chang Decoction，*Yidi*, Volume 6.，For common malaria, after 3–4 attacks.