Empirical Pain-Relieving Pills

Tortoise Shell and Sanling Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 73.，For men, women, and children suffering from deficiency-related internal stagnation, disharmony of the viscera, and indigestion of food and drink, leading to prolonged emaciation; also for treating deficiency-induced bloating and oppression in the chest; and for women with postpartum blood stasis and exhaustion from childbirth, resulting in severe … Read more

Hemp Seed and Rhubarb Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，Effective for beriberi and difficult, dry bowel movements.

Sanguisorba Compound，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Burns.

Amber Ruyi Powder，From *Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Swelling and pain in the lower extremities.

Sichuan Pepper Pills，From *San Yin*, Volume 11.，Deficiency of the Zang organs; uncontrollable diarrhea; cold in the stomach.

Large Aconite Decoction，*The Golden Chamber* (Jin Gui), Volume 1.，For abdominal pain with a string-like and tight pulse: a string-like pulse indicates that the defensive qi is not circulating, leading to aversion to cold; a tight pulse indicates a lack of appetite. When pathogenic and righteous qi fail to combat each other, it results in a … Read more

Plum and Honey Drink，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For acute dysentery.

Frankincense and Astragalus Powder，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For abscesses and carbuncles on the back, various toxic boils and sores causing unbearable pain; also for treating injuries from blows or falls, and pain in the tendons and bones.

Dou Shiyu’s Immortal Wine，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，Hemiplegia. Clenched hands and feet; paralysis of one side of the body.

Instant Relief Powder for Low Back Pain，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 7.，Lower back pain.

Dragon-Musk Jusheng Pill，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，For external heat affecting the heart and spleen, with toxic qi surging upward, causing swelling and pain in the throat; or resulting in a throat abscess; or forming a hard mass that does not resolve; or recurring after recovery; or persisting for a long time without … Read more

Mass-Dissolving Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，For chest pain, abdominal pain due to food stagnation, and pain from heat-induced masses caused by excessive fluid intake; conditions characterized by real heat.

Astragalus and Turtle Carapace Decoction，From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum exhaustion with a rapid, soft, and taut pulse.

Two Sages Powder，From *Xuanming Lun*, cited in *Puji Fang*, Volume 157.，All types of cough and wheezing.

Earth and Metal Dual Nourishment Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，Morning sickness during pregnancy.

Ox-Bile Regenerating Gold Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 404.，For smallpox in children.

Boiled Pippal Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 52.，For kidney deficiency with cold, qi rising to the abdomen and flanks, causing pain, distension, and restlessness.

Qianghuo Scatter Stagnation Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror of Smallpox and Rash*, Volume 4.，For smallpox with severe, stagnant heat that is blocked and cannot reach the exterior, manifesting as coarse breathing, shortness of breath, abdominal distension, restlessness, delirium and rambling speech, restless sleep, constipation and difficulty passing urine, bristling hair, a puffy face, eyes wide open … Read more

Xianglian Shenghua Decoction，From *The Treasure of Childbirth*.，For cases of red and white dysentery occurring around seven days postpartum, accompanied by a sensation of incomplete evacuation and purulent stools.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction with Schisandra，From *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For warm diseases characterized by fever and thirst, without aversion to cold, and accompanied by cough.

Tonghua Decoction，From *A Thousand Family Remedies*, citing a formula by Gao Lezhong.，For post-traumatic brain injury syndrome, where the pattern is diagnosed as liver qi stagnation with wind agitation, intense heart fire, and disturbance by wind, fire, and phlegm.

Decoction for Nourishing the Metal Element，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 24.，Dry and sore throat, with fluid depletion and internal heat, indicating that the Metal element of the Lung is being overpowered.

Toxin-Binding Golden Band Powder，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，After lancing a carbuncle, residual toxin spreads and causes swelling.

White Alum Application Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 137.，For all types of dry and wet tinea.

Decoction of Dried Tangerine Peel for Relieving Asthma，From *Yilin*, cited in *Yitong*, Volume 44.，Phlegm-induced wheezing.