Eighteen Ingredients for Frontier Officials

Modified Liuqi Decoction，*Baoming Ge Kuo*, Volume 26.，Various types of swelling caused by qi and blood stagnation.

Zeqi Root Decoction，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 20, citing *Shen Shi Fang*.，Water retention in the five viscera causes coughing, retching, wheezing, and shortness of breath; a distended abdomen with rumbling sounds; swelling of both legs; “sleeping silkworm” swelling under the eyes; mild thirst; inability to sleep soundly; rapid, shallow breathing that subsides after a short while; … Read more

Peppermint and Burdock Decoction，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Urticaria.

Du Huo Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 74.，For stroke during pregnancy, characterized by a lopsided mouth and face, slurred speech, and an inability to move the tongue.

Weilingxian Powder，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.，For early-stage swollen abscesses and malignant sores.

Immortal Qing’e Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1, citing a formula by Hu Yingcheng.，Effective for all types of deficiency syndromes, dry and wet beriberi, various gynecological disorders involving blood and qi, all forms of small intestine colic, and bladder hernias.

Cinnamon and Poria Pill，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 19.，For edema and distension caused by water retention, with difficulty urinating.

Enhanced Astragalus and Cinnamon Decoction with Five Ingredients，*New Interpretations on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Miscellaneous Diseases*.，For residual hemiplegia following a genuine stroke, in patients with normal blood pressure.

Aconite and Eight Herbs Decoction，Formula from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 8); name cited in *San Yin* (Vol. 3).，For wind-cold-damp bi syndrome with unbearable pain in the joints of the limbs; for sores and ulcers with depletion of yang qi, aversion to cold, vomiting, and diarrhea, accompanied by cold extremities.

Youth-Preserving Small Return Pill，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 10.，For all types of deficiency and debility.

Decoction for Recovery from Syncope，From Volume 1 of *A Thousand Family Remedies*, citing a formula by Dong Shuliu.，Paroxysmal syncope caused by yin deficiency with hyperactive yang, inadequate nourishment of the heart and liver, heat stagnation in the blood, and qi-fire combined with phlegm obscuring the clear orifices.

Ephedra and Gypsum Decoction，From *The Complete Book on the Treatment of Rashes*.，For all cases where the rash appears superficially, with faint redness on the cheeks that does not fully emerge, appearing and disappearing rapidly, accompanied by fever, restlessness and thirst, shortness of breath, mental confusion, loss of consciousness, delirium and mania, a dry body with … Read more

Highly Effective Ten-Ingredient Pill，From Volume 6 of *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, citing a formula by Wang Jiqing.，For restless sleep, excessive night sweats, body and hair feeling clammy and hot, and cloudy, white urine.

Millet Soup，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 184.，Rush Stone promotes dispersion; although bowel movements have become frequent and rapid, the fever has not yet subsided, and dysentery persists.

Bai Ji and Loquat Pills，From Dai’s Formula, cited in *Zhunsheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 3.，Hemoptysis.

Papaya Ten-Thousand-Ton Tonifying Pills，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 2.，For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach, cold accumulation in the large intestine, diarrhea with white pus, or loose stools.

Ginseng and Atractylodes Decoction，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 5.，Pregnancy with placental displacement.

Golden Tangerine Powder，*Bianlan*, Volume 2.，For gastroptosis.

Corydalis Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 5.，Postpartum chest pain due to blood stasis.

Dan-Cao Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 301.，For sores on the penis that are foul-smelling and festering.

Changlian Pills，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Wuhan formula).，Blood in the stool; anal prolapse and swelling.

Huangying Dan，From *Shenghui*, Volume 95.，For men and women suffering from long-standing, unbearable pain in the chest and abdomen.

Pine Resin and Beeswax Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.，

Lufeng Powder，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 22.，Boils, abscesses, and swollen, toxic sores.

Great Fragrant Coptis Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 6 (supplemented by Wu Zhige with renowned formulas from various schools).，For men and women with weak stomachs and intestines, irregular body temperature, diarrhea with excessive thirst, undigested food in the stomach, abdominal distension and intestinal rumbling, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and distension … Read more