Ephedra Qi-Directing Decoction

Pregnant Women’s Complete Flower Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For pregnant women with fetal heat rising upward, causing headache, dizziness, redness of the eyes, dry mouth, and nasal congestion.

One-Character Pill，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For smallpox lesions that are black, sunken, and withered, with scabs that fail to lift.

Five-Bone Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For falls from horses or carts resulting in wrist fractures, shattered bones, tendon injuries, or contusions accompanied by unrelenting pain.

Plum and Ginger Powder，*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，For uncontrollable bleeding due to organ toxicity; for women with metrorrhagia or menorrhagia.

Silkworm Pupa Juice Formula，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 239.，Roundworms.

Rhinoceros Horn Ointment，From *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 2.，Effective for five types of skin eruptions, malignant sores, tubercles, scrofula, malnutrition-induced fistulas, and abscesses and hemorrhoids.

Sacred Powder Decoction，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 5.，For chronic sores that are festering, foul-smelling, and rotting, causing unbearable pain; also treats chronic sores in children.

Medicinal Bath，*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 4.，Boil on the sole of the foot.

Four Essences Pills，From *Ji Sheng*, cited in *Yi Tong*, Volume 72.，Treats cloudy urine and excessive thirst.

Qingkong San，*Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 2.，For headaches in the affected eye, unilateral or bilateral headaches caused by heat. Unilateral or bilateral headaches caused by wind, dampness, and heat, as well as persistent headaches of the brain.

Minor Bone Marrow-Nourishing Decoction，Formula by Sun Lulin, cited in Volume 4 of *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*.，

Anesthetic Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.，

Fangfeng Sanjie Decoction，From *Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 4.，Phlegm-fire stagnation leading to the formation of phlegm nodules in the eyelid. A bean-sized nodule forms beneath the outer eyelid skin; it is firm but not painful.

Ginseng, Perilla, and Pinellia Decoction，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.，Cough with phlegm, difficulty swallowing or breathing, wheezing and fullness in the chest, and impaired circulation of qi.

Jingjie and Soybean Wine，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 16.，Wind-spasm. In a person who is inherently deficient, wind-pathogen invades the Foot-Taiyang meridian, causing sudden head-shaking, clenched jaw, and a stiff back resembling an epileptic seizure, with a pulse that is slow, scattered, and sluggish; or, if latent heat accumulates in the various Yang meridians, the … Read more

Heavenly Life Moisture-Generating Decoction，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For diabetes.

Mugwort Decoction Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 108.，For blurred vision.

Toad Ash Pills，From *Shenghui*, Chapter 86.，For acute malnutrition in children. Worms cause sores in the mouth; the limbs are emaciated and weak, and the abdomen is distended with prominent tendons.

Victory Pill，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Sha Shi Formula).，For alcohol- or food-induced indigestion, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; common cold and epidemic toxins; chest and abdominal distension and pain; dizziness and lightheadedness from travel by car or boat; and difficulty adjusting to a new environment.

Dodder Seed Congee，From *Therapeutic Medicinal Porridge*.，Soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, weakness and lack of strength in the legs and feet, erectile dysfunction, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, frequent urination, dribbling after urination, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, and deafness caused by deficiency of the liver and kidneys; in women, leukorrhea and habitual miscarriage.

Jinglan Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 9.，For unbearable pain from hemorrhoids.

Almond and Gentian Soaking Powder，From *Yuanji Qiwei*, Volume 2.，When wind ascends, causing redness and itching of the eyelids.

Boiled Chebulic Myrobalan Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For diarrhea and dysentery with abdominal pain persisting day and night, resulting in severe debility.

Seven Treasures Miraculous Sand Pill，From *Huoyou Kouyi*, Volume 15.，For infants and young children suffering from chronic convulsions or spleen deficiency, with drowsy and lethargic demeanor, and unresolved phlegm or wind-phlegm accumulating above the diaphragm.

Li Zhong Decoction with Yinchen，From *Illustrated Songs on Shanghan: A Guide to Saving Lives*, Volume 5.，For cold-induced internal cold, with a weak pulse and qi deficiency, leading to a sallow complexion.