Ephedra Life-Sustaining Decoction

Divine Immortal Sure-Effect Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，Uncontrolled bloody stools.

Depression-Dispelling Divine Pill，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 2.，For headaches and fever, common cold with cough, or when one’s mind is troubled and stagnant qi accumulates in the chest, or when anger is not resolved and resentment lingers beneath the ribs.

Musk and Donkey’s Milk Ear Wash，*Shenghui*, Volume 36.，For centipedes in the ear.

Steamed Aconite Preparation，*Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.，For eye pain without fever.

Fritillary Bulb, Cimicifuga, and Soft-shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 8.，For throat sores with pus formation.

Rock Honey Decoction，From *Qian Jin* (Vol. 8), citing a formula by Hu Qia.，For pathogenic wind, colicky abdominal pain, and symptoms of “flying corpse” and “escaping and rushing” that occur unpredictably; upon onset, there is a sudden sensation of tightness and fullness in the heart, with a feeling of being stabbed by an awl or knife … Read more

Perilla Seed Paste，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 23 of *Wai Tai*.，Qi-type goiter.

Jade Maiden Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，Deficiency of yin with excess of yang; the six pulses are floating, surging, slippery, and large; deficiency of the Shao Yin channel with excess in the Yang Ming channel; restlessness, fever, and dry thirst; headache and toothache; blood loss.

Qin Jiao and Qiang Huo Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，For hemorrhoids with a protruding mass that is unbearably itchy.

Fangfeng-Danggui Pills，From *Compilation of Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 17.，Wind in the Liver Meridian causes the blood, when affected by wind, to disperse and fail to return to its meridian, resulting in vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.

Kidney-Warming and Fire-Assisting Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，For all conditions of excessive sexual activity leading to deficiency-cold in the Kidney Meridian and retraction of the yang.

Pills to Calm the Spirit and Soothe the Heart，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 6.，For palpitations.

Compound Spleen-Strengthening Atractylodes and Poria Decoction，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*; name found in *A Thousand Family Remedies*.，Lymphangioma; excessive dampness in the Spleen Meridian; external overflow of fluid and dampness.

Lisheng Heding Dan，Quoted from Zhu Bing’s formula in Volume 18 of *Bai Yi*.，Difficult labor, obstetric complications, and retained dead fetus.

Summer-Heat-Clearing Four-Ingredient Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，For fever, headache, and blurred vision during the height of summer.

Harmonizing the Camp and Regulating Qi Powder，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Traumatology*.，Injuries to the trunk causing qi obstruction and blood stasis, resulting in a sensation of fullness and discomfort in the chest, waist, and abdomen, and difficulty breathing.

Wei Houqing Ointment，*Qianjin*, Volume 7.，Chronic wind-related disorders of all kinds, dizziness, nasal congestion, clear nasal discharge, and tearing; cholera with vomiting; typhoid fever with sore throat, stiffness in the spine, back, head, and neck, hemiplegia and spasms—whether mild or severe; chronic cold in the heart and abdomen, pain from masses and accumulations, coughing, shortness of … Read more

Secret-Transmitted Coptis and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For diabetes insipidus, where the heart pulse is often floating and the kidney pulse is often weak.

Double-Purgation Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Excessive fire in the Kidney Meridian, combined with the ascending fire of the pericardium, causes the vomiting of black blood. Although the bleeding is not torrential, there is severe phlegm and cough, accompanied by thirst and a desire to drink.

Er Chen Decoction with Zhi Ke，From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 5.，For children with smallpox lesions accompanied by distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen.

Kezhi Pi Powder，*Songya Zunsheng* (Jinzhang Publishing House edition), Volume 9.，Dysentery with an unclosed anus.

Gui Zhi Shi Gao Decoction.，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 9); the name appears in *Huo Ren Shu* (Vol. 17).，In cases of sudden swelling due to cold damage—whether in the limbs, chest, or back—where the swelling is diffuse and puffy like a balloon, or affects the head, face, lips, mouth, neck, and nape; in … Read more

Ephedra, Asarum, and Aconite Decoction，*Treatise on Cold Damage*.，For those with a constitutional deficiency of yang who have contracted wind-cold from external sources, presenting with absence of sweat, aversion to cold, fever, curled-up posture, white tongue coating, and a deep pulse. Also treats kidney-related cough and headaches caused by cold-induced collapse.

Belamcanda Detoxifying Decoction，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，For measles accompanied by cough and hoarseness, with swelling and pain in the throat.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Strengthening the Kidneys，*Huiyue*, Volume 14.，For those with kidney damage due to excessive sexual activity, resulting in instability of the Chong and Ren meridians and irregular menstruation.