Ephedra Decoction

Chuanxiong-Xin Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For wind-heat ascending to the head, causing muscle twitching, dizziness with a sensation of spinning, and blocked ears with muffled hearing.

Duoxiao Powder，*The Treasure of Public Health*, Volume 11.，Tightness, pain, and sores on the lips.

Trifoliate Orange Decoction，From *Seng Shen’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 9 of *Yixin Fang*.，For regurgitation and vomiting, with inability to retain food.

Two Insect Ointment，*Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 148.，For snake bites causing toxic qi to attack the heart, resulting in confusion and dizziness.

Eye-Washing Coptis Decoction，From *Shenghui*, Volume 18.，For eye conditions caused by pathogenic heat invading the eyes, resulting in redness, swelling, and pain.

Whitehead Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 15.，Rectal bleeding due to blood stasis, persisting for months without resolution.

Licorice, Platycodon, and Black Soybean Decoction，*Essentials of the Collection of Discussions on Symptoms, Causes, and Formulas*, Volume 1.，Early-stage lung abscess.

Decoction for Activating Meridians and Dispelling Cold，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For meridians affected by cold, causing tremors in the limbs.

The “Ten Thousand Golds Unrevealed” Labor-Inducing Elixir，*Bai Yi*, Volume 18 (the name appears in *Effective Remedies for Women*, Volume 17).，

Scallion and Bean Wash Decoction，From *Jiyuanfang*, cited in Volume 20 of *Wai Tai*.，Caused by deficiency-heat or heat from taking mineral tonics; sleeping exposed to wind and dew; cold and dampness injuring the muscles; or heat obstructing the interior, leading to the development of a “hot wind-water” disease.Swelling and fullness in the chest and abdomen; shortness … Read more

Lung-Harmonizing Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 13.，Heat in the Upper Burner, with a slight external invasion of cold; pathogenic factors stagnating in the Lung Meridian; the intermingling of cold and heat rising to the throat and diaphragm, resulting in unceasing cough; or pathogenic factors lingering for a long time, agitating the meridians; or the presence of … Read more

Pinellia and Atractylodes Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For alcohol-induced stagnation, hard and painful flanks, fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, irregular appetite, and vomiting or nausea.

Zhongjin Pills，From *Bo Ji*, Volume 3.，For phlegm-retention, fluid retention, cough, and wheezing.

Bupleurum and Platycodon Decoction，From *Chengfang Qieyong*, Volume 5.，Spring cough.

Chuanxiong-Danggui Baoyuan Decoction，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 57.，For smallpox with deficiency of qi and blood, where, at the time of the “guangjiang” stage, the pustule is round and full but shows no red halo at the base.

Xiao Chi Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 278), citing *Family-Treasure Formulas of Proven Experience*.，For various sores that suddenly become red, swollen, and painful.

Modified Lizhong Decoction，*Jin Jian*, Volume 52.，For vomiting caused by cold in the stomach and disturbance by parasites, with lips appearing either red or pale, intermittent stomach pain, and frequent vomiting of clear saliva.

Bamboo Leaf Congee，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For wind-heat causing red eyes and headache; dampness-related conditions with thirst, restlessness, sores on the mouth and tongue, and yellowish-red urine; abscesses, boils, and swellings; as well as high fever with convulsions in children and heatstroke.

Astragalus and Pueraria Decoction，From *Zhengzhi Huibu*, Volume 3.，Alcohol-induced stagnation, with internal heat and aversion to cold.

Ji Zhang Powder，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 16.，No pain upon impact.

Chaihu Qingdai Decoction，From *Cui Yan*, as cited in *Zabing Guangyao*.，Anger injures the liver.

Toxicity-Dispelling Decoction，*Compendium of Measles Disorders*, Volume 3.，White measles indicate heat in the blood.

Zhongru Pills，Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 10 of *Wai Tai*.，For all types of coughs, shortness of breath, chest fullness, inability to sleep day or night, and severe debility.

Rouguo Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 6.，Dysentery with red and white stools.

Mishigao，From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.，Diarrhea due to malnutrition, characterized by white, turbid, foul-smelling, and greasy stools, with bone-level fever and excessive thirst.