Enhanced Chuanxiong-Dong Quai Decoction

Spleen-Nourishing Decoction，From *Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，Dampness-induced distension and pain in the spleen. The spleen is inherently damp earth; when cold pathogens invade it, cold and dampness congeal, forming a “heavy yin” condition, resulting in distension and pain from below the epigastrium to the navel.

Sanling Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 147), citing *Treatise on Preserving Life and Restoring Vitality*.，For cold-induced fever.

Semen-Restricting Decoction，*Qianjin*, Volume 19.，Symptoms include emaciation due to seminal emission, aching and wasting of the body, shortness of breath, blurred vision, and aversion to the sound of human voices.

Coix Seed Porridge，From *The Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 24, citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，Stroke. Headache and restlessness; inability to eat; weakness in the hands and feet; pain in the tendons and bones; drooping of the mouth and face; slurred speech.

Toad Powder，*Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 4.，Smallpox toxin.

Also known as Haton Powder，*Chinese Pharmacopoeia* (Dai Ethnic Group Empirical Formulas).，Common cold with fever, laryngitis, chest and abdominal distension and pain, palpitations due to deficiency, irregular menstruation, and postpartum bleeding.

Southern Dipper Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 200.，Chronic malaria, phlegm-type malaria.

Xinding Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Regulating Exhaustion，*Essential Readings on the Medical Tradition*, Volume 6.，Yin deficiency with internal heat; cold skin and hot bones; poor appetite with excessive phlegm; coughing and shortness of breath; fatigue and restlessness.

Miraculous Water Ointment，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 24); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 112).，White Shark Wind; infectious sores.

Decoction of Cinnamon Twig without Peony, with Ephedra, Asarum, and Aconite，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume Middle).，A swelling in the Qi division, as large as a tray, with edges resembling a spinning cup, caused by fluid retention. Due to deficiency of Heart and Kidney Yang, external invasion by wind-cold, and internal retention of fluid, presenting with … Read more

Modified Xi Xin Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，Red, swollen, and painful eyes.

Decoction for Expelling Residual Pathogenic Factors，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，A person infected with corpse-dwelling worms, which subsequently developed into corpse-transmitted consumption.

Chuanxiong and Qianhu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 161.，Postpartum pain in the chest and abdomen due to stagnation of blood and qi.

Twelve-Ingredient Kusan Pills，Formula by Xu Renze, cited in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，When wind-heat has not yet subsided, frequent intake of decoctions and drinks is beyond one’s strength.

Gypsum Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 17.，For febrile illnesses lasting one day, with headache and high fever.

Cinnabar Pills，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 56); name cited in *Yifang Leiju* (Vol. 165), quoting *Jisheng*.，Poison from witchcraft.

Yin Yu Wine，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 7.，Severe dizziness and vertigo; blurred vision with inability to see; or falling to the ground and losing consciousness, regaining consciousness only after half a day; jaw clenched shut and unable to open; paralysis on one side of the body; stiffness, numbness, and pain, with inability to move; swollen … Read more

Phoenix Pearl Pill，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，Deafness.

Liver-Soothing and Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，*Essentials of the Collection of Discussions on Causes and Formulas*, Volume 3.，Stomach pain accompanied by vomiting of sour fluid.

Yi Yuan Decoction，From *Compendium of Measles Disorders*.，Measles, with a flushed face, fever, restlessness, and an inability to drink water.

Dampness-Removing and Tissue-Regenerating Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，A sore develops after the umbilical cord falls off.

Chaihu-Zhuru Decoction，*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 3.，For feverish chills and thirst in cases of cold damage, accompanied by unceasing vomiting and retching.

Huanglong Daoshui Powder，From *The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*.，For the initial stages of various gu (poison) syndromes.

Eight-Ingredient Toxin-Clearing Ointment，*The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 15.，For heat-toxin in the Triple Burner, palpitations, and phlegm-induced wheezing.

Chonghe Decoction，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，For cases where a goiter develops on the 7th or 8th day of the smallpox eruption.