Empirical Menstrual Regulation Decoction

Modified Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills，*Easy and Convenient Formulas*, Volume 1.，For wind, cold, heat, and dampness-induced colds in all four seasons; all pathogenic influences; epidemic and contagious diseases spreading from household to household; and cases of spleen and stomach damage due to excessive eating.

Yin-Nourishing and Dryness-Moistening Decoction，*Records on the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 15.，Accidental ingestion of pungent and hot medications, resulting in heat rising to the throat causing swelling and pain, sores on the mouth and tongue, and red, swollen, and painful eyes.

Kudzu Flower and Pinellia Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.，For individuals who frequently drink alcohol and suffer from dysphagia.

Frankincense and Golden Thread Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 313.，For all types of sores and swellings.

Liver-Nourishing and Pathogen-Suppressing Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 3.，Diseases of the Jueyin Liver Meridian, or conditions where qi rises to strike the heart, causing chest pain; restlessness, fever, and excessive thirst; hunger without desire to eat; vomiting of roundworms upon eating; unceasing diarrhea; and a deep, taut pulse.

Fire-Suppressing Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Kidney fire surges upward, causing toothache that worsens at night, leaving the patient moaning and unable to sleep.

Wulingzhi Pills，Formula taken from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 22), citing *Formulas from Clinical Experience*; name found in *Compendium of Holy Remedies* (Vol. 45).，For men and women suffering from vomiting that persists for days on end, to the point where they cannot tolerate porridge, food, or decoctions.

Shiquan Liuqi Decoction，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Depression injures the liver, and excessive worry injures the spleen, causing the spleen qi to stagnate and reverse into the flesh, thereby giving rise to goiters and flesh tumors; the skin color remains unchanged, and they gradually enlarge over time.

Peach and Honey Paste，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 13.，Lower back pain.

Toxicity-Clearing Two Immortals Pill，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For venereal gonorrhea, whether in the early stages or chronic, this formula is effective for all cases presenting with fever.

Nian San Powder，*Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 1.，For typhoid fever, headache, body aches, fever, chills, and absence of sweat.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Sangjisheng Powder，From *Emergency Formulas for Pregnancy and Childbirth*, citing *The New Book of Life and Vitality* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 224).，Abdominal pain due to threatened miscarriage.

Kidney-Clearing Decoction，*Preserving Life and Nourishing the Origin*, Volume 8.，For children with kidney fire complicated by phlegm rising upward, causing ear heat, discharge, and itching.

Formula for Calming the Mind, Promoting Sleep, and Enhancing Mental Clarity，*Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 16.，For heart wind, excessive sleep caused by wind-dampness, or excessive sleep due to mental confusion.

Red Vine Decoction，*Clinical Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*，Clears heat and detoxifies; promotes blood circulation and resolves blood stasis. Indicated for acute appendicitis and appendiceal abscess.

Black Hair and Fragrant Scalp Oil，*Complete Book of One Hundred Effective Surgical Treatments*, Volume 6.，

Pearl Powder for Whitening Teeth，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，Exposed gums; yellow or black teeth that lack whiteness.

Ephedra and Notopterygium Decoction，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume Middle.，Cold malaria. Chills precede fever; chills predominate over fever; no sweating.

Tianxian藤 Powder，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Zi Qi (also known as Fetal Edema). In the third month of pregnancy, swelling gradually spreads from the tops of the feet up the legs to the knees, making walking difficult. This leads to shortness of breath and chest tightness, reduced appetite, and symptoms resembling water … Read more

Ginkgo Ointment，*Collection of Effective Formulas for Humans and Animals*.，For children with congenital heat, chronic scalp sores, or severe lice infestation causing unbearable itching.

Chaihu-Guizhi Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Exogenous wind-cold invasion, with fever, spontaneous sweating, mild aversion to cold, or alternating chills and fever; nasal congestion, dry retching; headache, stiff neck; pain and fullness in the chest and flanks; pulse string-like or floating and large. Currently used for the common cold, epilepsy, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, etc.

Jewelry Powder，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Diseases: Formulas for Ointments, Pills, and Powders for Home Use*.，For severe burns and scalds with extensive necrosis.

Oyster Shell Decoction，Quoted from *Treatise on Cold Damage* in Volume 5 of *Wai Tai*.，For female malaria with a predominance of cold.

Life-Restoring Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 10, citing a formula by Zheng Yu.，For convulsions with rolling eyes.

Four-Ingredient Wind-Dispelling Decoction，*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 4.，A pregnant woman who has neglected her health in daily life, resulting in damage to the Liver and Spleen meridians; due to deficiency in the Liver and Spleen, wind-pathogen invades the body, causing sudden trismus and rolling of the eyes at the onset of labor.