Ephedra and Fangfeng Decoction

Three Qi Dragon-Subduing Pill，From *Treatise on Diphtheria*.，When dry fire in the Taiyin channel is intense, and diphtheria is in its early stages, the throat is dry with no phlegm; after 7–8 days, a gurgling sound suddenly appears with phlegm, and in severe cases, shortness of breath and restlessness may occur.

Junling Decoction，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 3.，For postpartum feverish diarrhea, difficulty urinating, intestinal residue, thirst, and pain that comes and goes in waves.

Saposhnikovia and Platycodon Decoction，*Etiology, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For cases of lung wind-phlegm with a floating and slow pulse, where wind energy predominates.

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，Syndrome of Liver Fire.

Toli Huadu Decoction，*Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 15.，Smallpox or abscesses that have become suppurative.

Catechu Five-Fold Powder，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Shingles.

Pregnancy-Supporting and Appetite-Promoting Decoction，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 7.，For pregnant women who refuse to eat, experience a sensation of qi rising to the heart, and suffer from pain throughout the body so severe they feel as if they are about to die.

Dried Scorpion Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 10.，For wind-pathogen invading the kidney, causing pain in the lower back and legs, as well as all wind-related disorders.

Seven Treasures Pill for Children，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，Indicated for acute fever with convulsions, excessive phlegm and saliva, common cold due to wind-cold, and vomiting with diarrhea.

Decoction for Nourishing Water and Wood，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Following sexual exertion compounded by anger, resulting in kidney deficiency and liver blood deficiency, with distension and oppression in the Fengfu acupoint and pain in both flanks.

Decoction for Treating Toxic Eruptions，*Classified Compilation of Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 19.，When toxic qi is excessive, smallpox eruptions appear within 1–2 days.

Ma Xian Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For equine laryngeal obstruction: Severe swelling of the larynx extending to the cheeks, accompanied by labored breathing.

Purslane Paste，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 6).，For “Pillow Fire Sores”—lesions appearing on the head and neck or within the hair, where as one heals another erupts, continuing unceasingly; the more they heal, the more arise; and which discharge only toxic fluid without breaking open to release turbid pus.

Sanxiao Cuscuta Pills，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Auspicious People*, Volume 2.，For the “Three Consumption” syndrome.

Danger-Dispelling Powder，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，

Tianxian Paste，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 159), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Night sweats.

Cow Bile and Purple Gold Pill，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 8.，For acute and chronic convulsions in infants and children, fever with drowsiness, cough with phlegm and saliva, incessant crying, or a face appearing pale, yellow, black, or white; stiffness in the hands and feet; eyes staring upward with the whites showing; and conditions that have persisted … Read more

Fangfeng Jiedu Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Wind-toxin scrofula.

Chewed Leek White Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 124.，For fish bones stuck in the throat.

Pregnancy-Stabilizing Powder，*Songyai Yijing*, Volume 2.，For spotting and vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.

Tumor-Resolving Double-Reaction Ointment，*Compendium of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 4.，Goiters, scrofula, and tubercles.

Minor Blue Dragon Decoction Without Ephedra and With Aconite，Formula from *Treatise on Cold Damage*; name cited in *Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，For shanghan with an unresolved exterior syndrome, water retention beneath the heart, dry retching, fever with cough, and a sensation of choking. For shanghan where water and … Read more

Astragalus, Lithospermum, and Ginseng Decoction，*Danxi’s Heart Method with Appendices*, Volume 23.，For smallpox lesions with superficial deficiency and black, sunken lesions.

Iron Cloth Shirt Pills，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，

Enhanced Si Ni San，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，When the pathogenic factor of Shanghan transmits to the Shaoyin channel, fire is restrained by water; yang qi becomes internally stagnant and cannot be released outward; water qi surges upward and descends, leading to cold extremities, dry cough, palpitations, loose stools, scanty urine, abdominal pain with … Read more