Eight-Ingredient Ginger Decoction

Jingchu San，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For acute and chronic convulsions in children, facial asymmetry, convulsions of the hands and feet, and wheezing with phlegm, where the condition is attributed to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach and a dual deficiency of qi and blood.

Xianlingpi Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，Effective for all types of wind disorders.

Tiger Bone Powder，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Formulas for Complete Health* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 20).，Hemiplegia. Caused by blood deficiency and excess qi, with pathogenic wind lingering in the meridians and collaterals, preventing the proper circulation of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi. Symptoms include hemiplegia, dry muscles, gradual wasting away, and occasional pain.

“Thousand Gold Unchanged” Comparable to “Heavenly Aid for Yang and Essence” Paste，*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2.，For deficiency of the lower jiao, the five labors and seven injuries, hemiplegia; or lower abdominal coldness, bladder disorders, soreness and numbness in the legs and feet, erectile dysfunction, red or white vaginal discharge, sandy … Read more

Eight Treasures Cake，From *Essentials of the Collection of Formulas Based on Causes and Symptoms*, Volume 2.，

Huanglian Qingge Pills，*Differentiation of Internal and External Injuries*, Middle Volume.，For heat in the heart and lungs, as well as heat in the meridians.

Decoction of Scallion Whites，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 77); name cited in *Huoren Shu* (Vol. 19).，For restlessness during pregnancy, febrile illnesses, fetal restlessness with vaginal bleeding, or heat-induced dysuria.

Fengdong Decoction，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Numbness in the hands and feet.

Danggui Shiwei Pills，*Wai Tai*, Volume 9, citing *Formulas by Xu Renze*.，For a cold-induced cough that has not been completely resolved by taking a decoction of large dried jujubes, and which recurs upon exposure to cold; or for postpartum lung cold, manifesting as coughing, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, a hoarse voice, and nasal congestion.

Blood-Nourishing Hundred-Tonics Pill，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3.，

Lotus Root Soup，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Internal heat and restlessness, with delirium, blindness, and dizziness.

Decoction of Cinnamon Twig Without Peony Root, with Aconite Root，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For Taiyang syndrome, following purgation, presenting with a rapid pulse, chest fullness, and slight aversion to cold.

Bitter Bamboo Leaf Porridge，*Shenghui*, Volume 90.，For wind-induced epilepsy, restlessness, and palpitations.

Cough-Relieving Decoction，From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 4.，For coughs, regardless of whether they are acute or chronic, or due to deficiency or excess.

Gelatin Powder Decoction，From *Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 12.，Swallow’s Nest Ulcer.

Saposhnikovia and Scutellaria Pills，*Annotated Collection of Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 12.，For women experiencing hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, hematuria, metrorrhagia, or threatened miscarriage caused by wind-heat in the Liver Meridian.

Ginseng, Poria, Cinnamon, and Atractylodes Decoction，From *Bian Zheng Lu*, Volume 9.，In cases of exogenous cold pathogenic factors, the fire of the Pericardium and Mingmen meridians becomes deficient. It is as if a bundle of qi rises from below the heart, extending all the way to the scrotum; this is called “Ben Tun,” meaning it rushes … Read more

Blue Leaf Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 18.，For febrile diseases with severe heat-toxin, accompanied by the appearance of blisters with black heads.

Whole Scorpion Pills，*Comprehensive Guide to Medical Standards*, Volume 9.，For internal and external hemorrhoids.

Ginseng, Licorice, Cinnamon, Aconite, Safflower, and Indigo Decoction，From *Si Sheng Xuan Shu*, Volume 3.，For smallpox or carbuncles that are hard as stone.

Agarwood and Musk Pills，From *Su Shen’s Effective Formulas*, Volume 4.，For all types of blood-related pain, qi-related pain, and pain in the chest and abdomen.

Immortal Formula for Tooth Brushing，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，

Emergency Life-Saving Pill，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cholera with vomiting, diarrhea, and muscle cramps; various sudden-onset febrile conditions; dizziness and vertigo; sore throat; bloody dysentery with abdominal pain; and acute gonorrhea.

Citrus Peel, Evodia, and Coptis Powder，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For the initial stage of smallpox, with dry retching and gagging.

Fangfeng-Manjing Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，For redness of the eyes due to wind-heat, accompanied by blurred vision, dryness, and stinging pain.