Ephedra Formula

Qi Snake Ferment，*Secrets of Health Preservation*, Volume 4.，For chronic leprosy that has not healed over many years, characterized by loss of eyebrows, collapse of the nasal bridge, swelling and rupture of the forehead and skull, mental confusion, cracked skin, and ulcerated toes; as well as various forms of rheumatism.

Mulberry, Fritillaria, Ligusticum, and Angelica Lung-Clearing Decoction，From *Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Postpartum cough.

Source-Cutting Powder，Formula by Hu Yunge, cited in Volume 11 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，Excessive uterine bleeding, flowing unceasingly like a spring.

Dusheng Pill，*The Jade Key*, Volume 1.，Effective for all types of teething sores, including those that cause the cheeks to swell and the lips to crack.

Immortal’s Porridge，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2.，For deficiency of both qi and blood, emaciation, a sallow and swollen complexion, pain in the hands and feet, dizziness and tinnitus, premature graying of hair, and dry stools. Currently used for age-related hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, and dry stools.

Egg Drink，From *New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 11.，Indicated for conditions such as intestinal abscess, back abscess, visceral toxicity, and “fish-mouth” sores.

Pinellia and Atractylodes Decoction，Quoted from the Dongshan Gynecological Formulas in Volume 16 of *Compilation of Medical Manuscripts*.，For women whose menstrual flow resembles yellow whey, accompanied by mental agitation, due to spleen dampness.

Cinnabar and Gold Foil Powder，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.，For children with pathogenic heat in the heart and diaphragm, manifesting as restlessness, startle responses, irritability, thirst, confusion, palpitations, disturbed sleep, delirium, mania, and memory loss; sores on the gums; swollen and painful throat; sores on the mouth and tongue; as well as cough with … Read more

Chaihu-Lingjiao Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 2.，For women with warm disease and fever who have just ceased menstruating, with Shaoyang energy sinking into the Yangming and Jueyin channels: they are lucid during the day but experience delirium at night, and may even lose consciousness; they have a dry tongue, foul breath, constipation, … Read more

Cardamom Powder，From *The Secret Manual of Ningkun*, Volume 1.，Malaria occurring before childbirth, with pain in the lower abdomen and dryness of the mouth and throat.

Qianhu-Baizhu Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，For stroke and typhoid fever, with aching and pain in all joints.

Sichuan Fritillary Bulb and Loquat Dew，*Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations*.，Common cold with cough, cough due to lung heat, and bronchitis.

Double Powder Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 20.，For tapeworms and roundworms.

Opium Powder，*The Mysterious Pearls of Chishui*, Volume 28.，For children with smallpox who, as the sores swell and fill with pus, experience uncontrollable diarrhea.

Detoxifying Cimicifuga Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 10.，For cases of Shanghan where the heat toxin has not been resolved and is about to manifest as rashes.

Summer-Heat Clearing Decoction，From *Explanation of Warm-Heat Diseases*.，For summer-induced exogenous wind-heat invasion, where the patient has no fever but a rapid pulse.

Dysentery Treatment Pills，From *Essentials of Danxi’s Therapeutic Methods*, Volume 2.，For dysentery.

Dishong Sprout Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Vol. 139.，For injuries to tendons and bones caused by a metal blade.

Easy Childbirth Decoction，From *Secret Manual of Pregnancy and Childbirth*, Volume 1.，For pregnant women who are corpulent and robust and experience difficult labor.

Wind-Eczema Decoction，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Blood deficiency with wind-dryness; generalized neurodermatitis; pruritus. Symptoms include thickened, infiltrated skin lesions, severe itching, a pale tongue, and a thin, even coating.

Four-Ingredient Fangfeng Powder，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 15 of *Wai Tai*.，Excessive sweating and aversion to wind.

Almond and Radish Seed Pills，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 2; name cited in *Jingyue’s Complete Book*, Volume 54.，For cough caused by stagnant qi and excessive phlegm.

Deer Paste，From *Formulas for Acute Malnutrition*.，For fetal toxin-induced head sores, where the head is covered with pus and blood, emitting a foul odor, with a profuse, watery discharge that spreads to the limbs, accompanied by pain or itching.

Wujing Pills，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju* (Vol. 94), citing *Yu Yi Cuo Yao*.，Pain in the chest and abdomen.

Yan Ni Zhi Bao Dan，From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.，For pediatric wind-heat convulsions and cold extremities.