Ephedra Life-Saving Decoction

Qianghuo-Cangzhu Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Weakness and heaviness in the legs and knees.

Mildly Tonifying Deer Antler Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 80.，Once the water retention subsides and the patient recovers, the body remains as thin as before.

Single-Ingredient Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *Xu Yijian*, Volume 6.，For women in early pregnancy experiencing food aversions, nausea and vomiting, headache, alternating chills and fever, discomfort in the limbs, and restlessness.

Digu Powder，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 12.，Lung heat manifesting on the skin, worsening in the evening, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, and profuse sweating.

Pill for Calming the Heart and Nourishing the Will，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods*; name cited in *Danxi’s Essentials of Treatment Methods*, Volume 4.，

Loujin Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 4.，For smallpox toxicity, regardless of whether the condition is characterized by chills or fever, deficiency or excess.

Seven-Star Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，For infectious epidemics characterized by sudden severe swelling at the corners of the eyes, sudden onset of chills and fever, severe swelling and pain in the throat, rambling speech, and intense thirst.

Xiaofeng Fanzheng Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 1.，Wind originates from the Foot-Taiyang meridian and simultaneously disturbs the Yangming meridian, causing tension and spasms in the tendons and vessels, resulting in a crooked mouth and eyes.

Gold Foil Calming-Heart Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，For palpitations, epilepsy, anxiety, and all diseases caused by phlegm-fire.

Pain-Relieving Three-Fragrance Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Umbilical abscess.

Cangwu-Shenling Powder，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 2.，For qi deficiency with a slight invasion of cold-damp pathogens; when the pathogenic factors assault the pericardium, causing sudden, transient chest pain that comes and goes rapidly—occurring more than ten times a day—with no impairment of appetite but restlessness day and night.

Six-Metal Needle Powder，From *Lu Fu’s Prohibited Formulas*, Volume 2.，For abdominal pain caused by scorpion stings; heart pain accompanied by muscle cramps.

Coriander Root Juice，Formula from *Wai Tai*, Volume 28, citing *Bi Xiao Fang*; name found in *Sheng Ji Zong Lu*, Volume 147.，Poison from witchcraft.

Toli Yangrong Decoction，*Divinely Effective Secret Formulas for Boils and Abscesses*.，For scrofula, wandering abscesses, and all deficiency syndromes. Indicated when there is no pus formation, or when the lesion has not ulcerated; or when fever occurs after ulceration; or when accompanied by chills, wasting of the muscles, loss of appetite, restless sleep, and unceasing night sweats.

Amber and Raw Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 14.，For conditions caused by wind-pathogen.

Qi-Dispersing Pills，From *Handbook for the Care of Infants*, Volume 2.，For various types of hernias, where urination is difficult or obstructed, and there is unbearable pain below the navel.

Calcined Alum Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 360.，When an infant’s umbilical cord is cut, wind invades from the outside, causing the umbilical sore to fail to heal.

Bear Bile Ointment for the Eyes，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 107.，For chronic conditions such as stagnant blood and eyelid ulcers, as well as sudden onset of red, itchy eyes.

Poria and Amber Powder，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 25.，Hematuria. Characterized by a sensation of dryness and pain in the urethra, radiating to the flanks, with a string-like and涩 pulse.

Pepper Seed and Trichosanthes Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，In cases of “suspended fluid,” fluid accumulates beneath the flanks; liver qi rebels, the lungs lose their ability to clear and regulate, and coughing causes pulling pain.

Powder for Expelling Parasites and Dissolving Masses，*Hui Chun*, Volume 4.，All types of parasites.

Anti-Itch Ointment，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*.，Chronic eczema (persistent damp sores), neurodermatitis (dry eczema), pruritus (urticaria), prurigo (miliaria), and other itchy skin conditions.

Ginseng and Coptis Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.，For consumptive fever with bone-steaming symptoms.

Bi Zi Zhui Tan Pills，From *Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Both eyes are painless and not red, with no visible abnormalities, but vision appears distorted. Central retinal choroiditis.

Formula for Treating Eye Disorders，*Complete Book of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Due to the invasion of wind-heat toxins into the Liver and Kidney meridians, horizontal opacities and internal cataracts develop; a bluish-white opacity gradually forms over the pupil, as thick as a coin, resting within the “Golden Well” of the iris.