Elixir of Longevity

Angelica and Atractylodes Decoction，*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 5.，Chronic fever syndrome, or due to post-illness imbalance, or excessive use of medications, resulting in emaciation and dryness.

Hundred-Ton Tonifying and Strengthening Pill，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For those who are physically frail, mentally fatigued, and have a poor appetite.

Black Scorpion and Four Gentlemen Decoction，From *Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，For chronic convulsions in children.

Peace Cake，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Prescriptions* (Vol. 4).，When the root of a toxic abscess or ulcer protrudes.

Family-Transmitted Jianhong Pills，*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 3.，For children with dysentery accompanied by pure blood in the stool, and for adults with intestinal hemorrhage.

Imperial Favor Forget-the-Cane Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 242.，For dry and wet beriberi.

Donkey-Hide Gelatin and Scutellaria Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，In cases of autumn dryness-induced cold or summer heat transformed into fire, with lung dryness and intestinal heat: upwardly, this manifests as a scratchy throat and dry cough; if the cough is severe, phlegm becomes sticky and blood-streaked, with bright red blood and phlegm accumulating … Read more

Neituo Qingqi Decoction，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 3.，Wrist Toxin.

Cloud-Dispelling Powder，From *Tan’s Shu Sheng*, cited in Volume 23 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For liver-related wasting disease in children.

Jue Liu Decoction，*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology and Andrology*.，Edema.

Plum Blossom Pill，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For all types of abscesses and swellings, as well as mouth ulcers.

Peppermint and Xuanming Powder，*Traditional Chinese Medicine: Laryngology*.，To treat wind-heat toothache.

Hou’s Black Powder，*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.，For severe wind-induced restlessness and heaviness in the limbs, wind-induced mania, and stroke-induced paralysis.

White Lime Powder，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Dexiao* (Vol. 17).，For tight lips.

Jingjin Dixian Pills，Formula attributed to Tao Yinju, cited in *Yi Jian* (see *Yongle Dadian*, vol. 11620).，For men and women suffering from the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” with deficient kidney qi. Symptoms include mental exhaustion, difficulty walking, loss of appetite, ringing in the ears and blurred vision, and dry skin. For women with cold internal … Read more

Aconite Life-Sustaining Pills，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For a 30-year-old suffering from chronic cold, epigastric and abdominal hernias, masses and accumulations, fluctuating pathogenic factors, cold extremities with heart-piercing pain, chronic arthralgia, emaciation, and shortness of breath; or for women with postpartum or lactation-related disorders, fullness and distension in the chest and … Read more

Black Fish Soup，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，Ringworm.

Ling Sheng San，Quoted from *Collected Effective Prescriptions for Infant Care* in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 1036.，For open wounds caused by rabid dog bites in adults and children, as well as wounds from dog bites.

Purple Aster Ointment，Formula from *Ben Cao Yan Yi* (Commentary on the Materia Medica), Volume 18; name cited in *De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 5.，For chronic cough due to lung heat, with a body feeling as if scorched, emaciation, and signs of impending pulmonary tuberculosis.

Cimicifuga and Bitter Platycodon Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，When there is an abscess with pus in the lung, a foul odor rises, causing vomiting and coughing, with a dull ache between the chest and breasts.

Dayan Honey Decoction，From *Qianjin* Volume 8 (with small-character annotations), citing *Xiaopin Fang*.，For pathogenic wind causing colicky abdominal pain; also for “flying corpse” and “escaping and rushing” syndromes, which occur unpredictably and, upon onset, cause a sense of pressure and fullness in the heart, with the area under the ribs feeling as if pierced by an … Read more

Enhanced Grass-Gold Pill，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，For various deficiencies and general debility.

Five Reishi Pills，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 9.，For severe phlegm-induced mania, wandering edema, masses, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, swelling, chest pain extending to the lower abdomen, and dysphagia.

Butterfly Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 96.，For acute stroke with clenched jaws, inability to move the tongue, and slurred speech.

Pain-Relieving and Meridian-Activating Pill，From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*, Volume 2.，For wind-cold-damp bi syndrome causing pain in both feet, with deficiency of both qi and blood.