Ephedra Decoction

Fish Bladder Powder，*The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，Eight Types of Headaches.

Formula for Fattening the Body，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 379), citing *Formulas for the Complete Care of Infants*.，For children who are emaciated, with weak internal organs; suffering from diarrhea or dysentery due to deficiency and loose stools; reduced intake of breast milk or food; excessive thirst; and distension and fullness in the chest and … Read more

Stomach-Harmonizing and Spleen-Regulating Ointment，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension, and qi reversal causing discomfort.

Lung-Clearing, Fire-Suppressing, and Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For cough with yellow phlegm, sore throat, dry mouth and tongue, constipation, and sores in the mouth and on the tongue, as well as toothache.

Akebia and Cinnamon Twig Decoction，*General Treatise on Cold-Induced Diseases*, Volume 5.，In cases of shanghan where treatment was improperly administered, excessive cold medications were taken, latent heat remains in the zang organs, the hands and feet are cold and numb, and the fingernails and toenails are slightly bluish—there is concern that yang qi may gradually decline, … Read more

Self-Formulated Hypotensive Decoction，From *Famous Prescriptions Through the Ages*, citing *Selected Medical Case Records of Zheng Qiao*.，Dizziness and headache due to liver yang rising, hypertension.

Ginger-Driven Decoction，*Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine*，Anthelmintic; expels ginger tapeworm.

Toxicity-Expelling and Efficacy-Enhancing Pills，From *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang*, citing a formula by Du Juchuan of Wuan (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Vol. 192).，For all types of malignant sores and abscesses, as well as swollen, toxic, and agonizing pain.

Elixir of Spirit Sand in a Cabinet of Black Stone over a Hidden Fire，*Shenghui* (Volume 95).，For women suffering from wind-cold.

Leek Root Pills，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in Volume 44 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For headaches and eye pain as if pierced by a knife.

Pepper Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 84.，For beriberi with cramping and swelling, and stiffness in the lower back and hips.

Ginseng-Added Shenghua Decoction，*Secret Manual of Ningguan*, Middle Volume.，Postpartum sweating and shortness of breath.

Biliary Stone Expulsion Decoction No. IV，From *New Acute Abdominal Disorders*, citing a formula from Zunyi Medical College.，Biliary tract infections; damp-heat pattern of cholelithiasis.

Cotton Ash Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 98.，Painful urinary retention due to qi-type dysuria.

Shengsheng Ru Sheng Pills，*Essential Guide to Obstetrics from the Family Treasure of Health*, Volume 6.，For difficult labor, transverse presentation, or breech presentation.

Chonghe Shengong Pills，*The Mysterious Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 7.，For dry cough.

Rhubarb Flesh-Eroding Ointment，From *Ghost Remedies*, Volume 5.，For boils and abscesses.

Magnolia and Cinnamon Decoction，From *Wai Tai*, Volume 6, citing *Bi Xiao Fang*.，For thirst, dry mouth, and persistent abdominal pain following cholera.

Regulating the Nutritive and Promoting Drainage Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum constipation with a floating and涩 pulse.

Two-Ingredient Paper-Separated Ointment，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 64.，Leg sores, damp-toxin sores.

Angelica Decoction for Washing，From *Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For boils and abscesses on the back that, after lancing, continue to discharge pus and fluid uncontrollably, or that have been affected by external wind-toxin, causing severe swelling and pain.

Eczema Compound，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Infantile eczema.

E-shi Root Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 12.，For pricking wind and wandering wind.

White Snake Pills，From *New Treatise on Fungal and Contagious Diseases*.，To treat toxic reactions from bayberries and chronic, debilitating illnesses.

Pain-Relieving and Toxin-Expelling Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 148.，Scorpion Sting.