Eight-Ingredient Hernia Formula

Millet Drink，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 39.，For dry cholera.

Ephedra Decoction for Regulating the Heart and Clearing Heat，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 13.，For a strong and cold pulse in the heart, heat in the small intestine, tooth decay, and sore throat.

Water-Gold Pill，Formula by Qian Guanwen, cited in Volume 1 of *Bai Yi*.，For men and women suffering from all forms of deficiency, critical conditions, chronic cold, loose stools, cramping abdominal pain, unceasing diarrhea, cold extremities, and incessant vomiting and diarrhea caused by consuming raw or cold foods; it also treats red and white vaginal discharge in … Read more

Bone-Strengthening Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 12.，For children with the “Five Weaknesses,” chronic malnutrition, physical weakness with loss of appetite, and post-illness misalignment of the occipital bone.

Integrated Sanhe Fetal-Preserving Pills，*Collected Works on Infant Care*, Volume 1.，For those with a history of habitual miscarriage.

Benzoin Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 58.，For intermittent dysentery with irregular episodes, accompanied by emaciation and weakness.

Chaihu Shigao Decoction，From *Zheng’s Family-Transmitted Gynecological Prescriptions Worth Ten Thousand Gold*, Volume 5.，For women with vaginal pain and itching caused by damp-heat.

Renjia Powder，*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，For tetanus, with uncontrollable trembling of the hands and feet.

Aconite-Cow Pills，From *Hong’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For beriberi, or injuries from falls, blows, or sprains, accompanied by unbearable lower back pain.

Barley Malt Powder，From *Medical Compendium* (Volume 8).，For postpartum abdominal distension and constipation, bloating and stagnation of qi, and restlessness whether sitting or lying down.

Myrrh Ointment，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For sprains and strains of the tendons and bones accompanied by pain.

Da Ding Chen Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For uncontrollable vomiting.

Throat-Relieving Yellow Powder，*Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 4.，Throat Sore.

Xing Shen San，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，For stroke-induced confusion and unconsciousness, with the jaw clenched so that the patient cannot speak.

Blood-Regulating Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For hematuria, bloody urine, and bloody stools caused by heat.

Poria Flour，*Shenghui*, Volume 94.，

Five-Weakness Decoction，*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 3.，Wasting of the Five Zang Organs.

Cuttlefish Powder，*A Concise Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology*.，For nasal sores caused by parasitic infestation, itchy and damp scrotum, genital erosion with swelling and pain, sores with excessive pus, non-healing ulcers, and pain from scorpion stings.

Juanhui Powder，From *Three Hundred Collected Effective Formulas*, Middle Volume.，Mountain mists and miasmas, epidemic pathogens, fatal coal fumes, and harmful charcoal fumes.

Gou Teng Powder，Formula from *Jingxiao Chuanbao* (Vol. 1); name cited in *Shenghui* (Vol. 77).，For eclampsia during pregnancy and postpartum convulsions. During the 8th–9th month of pregnancy, if fetal movement is unstable, or if, due to exertion or exhaustion, the patient experiences pain in the chest and abdomen, a pale complexion, cold sweat, and near-fainting. In … Read more

Decoction for Regulating Blood and Resolving Stagnation，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，Alcohol-induced facial flushing.

Recipe for Simmered Water Buffalo Meat，*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.，For elderly patients with water retention, characterized by swelling and fullness in the limbs and restless shortness of breath.

Chaihu Sanling Decoction，*Yi Bian*, Volume 5.，Food stagnation in children.

Kushen Decoction for Expelling Toxic Heat，From *Shān Fán Fāng*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wài Tái*.，If the epidemic rash persists for 5 days without abating—and before reaching 7 days—toxic heat affects the skin and flesh, causing pain in the limbs.

Formula for Relieving Muscle Tension and Inducing Sweating，From *Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For cases of typhoid fever where the heat toxin has not yet been resolved, with signs of impending pea-sized rashes, accompanied by fever and pain.