Eight-Ingredient Gentian Decoction

Decoction for Relieving Stagnation，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，For qi stagnation in the liver and gallbladder; following episodes of fright and palpitations, the eyes remain wide open and cannot close.

Stuffed Steamed Duck，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，Symptoms include bloating due to water retention, edema, and scanty, difficult urination.

Xiao Chaihu Liu Junzi Decoction，From *New Compilation for the Relief of the Masses*, Volume 1, citing *Essentials of Medical Practice*.，For cases where fever from cold damage has subsided, but intense fever recurs after recovery due to physical exertion or dietary factors.

Thousand Gold Powder for Eliminating Hemorrhoids，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 74, citing *Huoren Xintong*.，For all types of hemorrhoids associated with bowel movements, characterized by persistent swelling and pain.

Miraculous Qi-Regulating Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 380.，For children with prolonged malnutrition-induced fever, emaciation, a haggard appearance, and a listless demeanor, who fail to gain weight despite eating copiously.

Dusk Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 17.，For lung abscess characterized by coughing with mild fever, restlessness and fullness, and a rough, scaly rash on the chest and heart area.

Divinely Bestowed Pills for Transmitting the Corpse，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 4; the name appears in *Bu Ju Ji*, Upper Collection, Volume 11.，For parasitic consumption.

Yang-Enhancing and Root-Strengthening Rehmannia Pills，*Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 11.，Primordial yang is extremely depleted.

Kunning Powder，From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 3.，For children who indulge in rich and greasy foods or consume excessive amounts of raw and cold foods, resulting in abdominal distension and pain.

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Nourishing Yin，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，Hemoptysis, coughing up blood, spitting blood, vomiting blood.

Modified Qingdu Huoxue Decoction，*Huiyue*, Volume 20.，For cases where smallpox lesions become swollen and filled with pus, or where the patient has not had a bowel movement for 6–7 days and experiences a sense of fullness and restlessness.

Powder for Harmonizing the Stomach and Calming Roundworms，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Due to irregular diet during pregnancy, damage from consuming cold beverages, and an imbalance between cold and heat, leading to stomach deficiency and the vomiting of roundworms; or due to nausea obstructing food intake, and in severe cases, aversion to cold … Read more

Decoction of Hundred-Spirit Vine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，For all types of wind disorders.

Acacia Branch Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 101.，The powder should be yellowish-white.

Green Orange Peel Prenatal Stabilizing Decoction，*Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 4.，Malaria occurring before childbirth.

Ningzhi Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，For those with a depressed disposition, low spirits, mental exhaustion, a withered appearance, excessive sleepiness during the day,yet unable to sleep at night; even when asleep, one experiences startled palpitations and wakes easily; or due to unfulfilled plans, excessive mental strain, or qi rebelling in the chest, resulting … Read more

Astragalus and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，From *Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 4.，For cases of deficiency in both yin and yang, where the body’s vital energy cannot overcome pathogenic factors, presenting with profuse sweating and malaria. For chronic malaria that persists, with a soft, faint, and rapid pulse.

Qianghuo Scatter Stagnation Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Rash*, Volume 4.，For smallpox with severe, stagnant heat that is blocked and cannot reach the exterior, manifesting as coarse breathing, shortness of breath, abdominal distension, restlessness, delirium and rambling speech, restless sleep, constipation and difficulty passing urine, bristling hair, a puffy face, eyes wide open … Read more

Cinnamon-Fragrant Ointment，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，Erectile dysfunction.

Pinellia and Agastache Decoction，From *Treatise on Epidemic Diseases*, Volume 1.，When phlegm-pathogen remains in the chest and diaphragm, causing severe heat in the stomach and uncontrollable vomiting, purgation should normally relieve the vomiting; yet if vomiting persists, this indicates deficiency-cold of the stomach qi. In such cases, even a small amount of porridge may trigger a … Read more

Universal Pill for Dissolving Breast Masses，*Collected Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For breast abscesses, breast ulcers, and breast nodules; apply externally and internally to the affected breast.

Leiwan Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 5.，Sudden fever and chills in children, or restlessness due to fever in children.

Soapberry and White Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，For all types of wind-phlegm, alcohol-induced phlegm, tea-induced phlegm, and food-induced phlegm; headaches, dizziness, vertigo with a sensation of fainting; numbness in the hands and feet; phlegm and saliva obstruction; and all wind-related conditions that cannot be treated by other medications.

Malt Syrup with Ginger Slices，From *Collected Formulas of Local Medicines*, cited in Volume 5 of *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*.，For a dry cough.

Ten Treasures Decoction，From *The Purple Treasure Collection of Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For various throat conditions where, after pus has drained, both qi and blood are deficient, preventing the wound from closing; or where there is a lack of appetite, along with deficiency-heat and aversion to cold.