Empirical Anhua Decoction

Clove Pain-Relieving Powder，*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 13.，Unbearable pain in the chest. Abdominal pain caused by cold.

Male-Female Powder，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 23.，For scrofula.

Liu Liu Pills，*Treasury of Eastern Medicine: Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 8.，Pemphigus, syphilis.

Sacred Herb Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 16.，For putrid vertigo, itching caused by parasites, and blindness resulting from “blue blindness” where one cannot see objects, accompanied by incessant cold tears.

Jujube Xin Dan，From *Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Wuhan Formula).，For tooth decay with putrefaction, purple discoloration, loose teeth, hardened gums, or perforated gums.

Water Dropwort Decoction，From *Introduction to Obstetrics: Appendix*.，For various pre- and postpartum disorders and traumatic injuries.

Li Zhong Huo Tan Decoction，From *Essential Prescriptions*, cited in Volume 2 of *The Treasure of Eastern Medicine: The Chapter on the Inner Landscape*.，Heat and phlegm in the stomach above the diaphragm.

Liu Qu Dan，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，After eating a large meal, the patient would fall asleep exposed to wind and dew; the pathogenic factors of wind and dew caused phlegm to accumulate in the stomach. Before waking, the patient felt a heavy, stuffy, and uncomfortable sensation in the abdomen, which eventually developed into … Read more

Inducement of Vomiting Powder，*Supplement to the Compendium of Mugwort* (Cai Ai Bian Yi), Volume 2.，Severe abdominal pain following a stroke.

Decoction for Guiding Qi and Removing Dampness，*Medical Inventions* (People’s Health Press edition), Volume 8.，Swelling and pain due to beriberi.

Yellow Snake Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 3.，For abscesses and ulcers of the toenails, where the red flesh around the nail protrudes; or for ingrown toenails that frequently bleed and cause unbearable pain.

Harmonizing the Middle and Stopping Vertigo Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For headaches and dizziness caused by wind-phlegm.

Motherwort Formula for Preserving Youthful Appearance，Quoted from *Jin Xiao Fang* in Volume 32 of *Wai Tai*.，For dark, dry patches on the face and wrinkled skin in the elderly.

Modified Wei-Ling Decoction，*Pian Yu Xin Shu*, Volume 5.，For generalized edema resulting from exposure to wind after sweating following a bout of malaria.

Xiao Taiping Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 6.，For chronic cough and sore throat.

Licorice Poultice Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 149.，Sores caused by centipede urine.

Rehmannia Porridge，*Essentials of the Treatment of Beriberi*, Volume 2.，Beriberi.

Chenpi-Houpo Decoction，From *Yu Heng on Shā and Distension*, Volume 2.，For shā syndrome caused by qi stagnation.

Pus-Expelling Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.，Intestinal abscess. Distension and pain in the lower abdomen, tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation, with intermittent discharge of pus.

Liver-Nourishing Powder，*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，Liver-related wasting syndrome in children. Often caused by internal damp-heat rising after an illness; although the limbs are thin, the child cries frequently, has sparse hair, eats frequently, may experience restlessness and thirst, has dark skin, often lacks flesh on the thighs, or may eat insects.

Wheat Decoction，*Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 1.，For spontaneous sweating in children.

Shuquan Decoction，*Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Deficiency of the liver and kidneys leads to instability of the tear ducts, resulting in involuntary tearing; deficiency of kidney yang causes clear, cold tears.

Fragrant Throughout the Shop，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 195), citing *The Classic of Xiu Yue and Lu Ban*.，For the Five Labors and Seven Injuries, mountain mists and miasmas, pain in the chest and abdomen, consumptive diseases caused by “transmitted corpses,” wind-induced stagnation and accumulated heat, coughs with alternating chills and fever,excessive wind-phlegm, nasal congestion, gastric … Read more

Black Snake Powder，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 365 of *Pujifang*.，For infants with tight lips, as well as lip sores and swelling caused by spleen heat.

Unnoticed Tubular Pills，From *Formulas of Huizhiting Hall*, Volume 3.，Hemorrhoidal fistula.