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Pinellia Decoction for Regulating the Middle, Strengthening the Diaphragm, and Dispelling Cold,Quoted from *Shān Fán Fāng* in Volume 6 of *Wài Tái*.,For disrupted qi in the Upper Jiao, a sense of fullness and oppression between the chest and diaphragm, and vomiting of food immediately after ingestion.
Ginseng and Chebulic Myrobalan Pills,*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).,For adults and children with heat in the upper diaphragm, or those who have caught a cold or been exposed to cold, which has affected the Lung Meridian, resulting in an inability to speak, difficulty expelling phlegm, coughing and shortness … Read more
Disinfecting Cimicifuga Decoction,*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 11.,For smallpox lesions caused by exposure to wind and cold that have erupted but then receded.
Dog Meat Congee,Recipe from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 17), citing *The Mirror of Dietary Medicine*; name found in *Recipes for Longevity Medicinal Congees*.,Cold and weakness of the spleen and stomach; accumulation of cold in the intestines, causing bloating and stabbing pain; advanced age and physical decline; deficiency of yang qi; malnutrition; aversion to cold and … Read more
Magnolia Bark Lung-Warming Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.,For chronic shortness of breath and fullness in the chest and flanks.
Wu-Fu Pills,From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 1, citing *Formulas from the Danliao Clinic*.,For those with a robust constitution or with wind-phlegm.
Mother Ginger Wine,*Qian Jin*, Volume 6.,The throat is the seat of the liver and gallbladder. If there is heat in the zang organs, the throat closes and the breath becomes obstructed; if there is cold in the fu organs, the throat becomes damaged and the voice becomes hoarse. Swelling and pain in the throat, with … Read more
Precious Life-Saving Pill,*Effective Emergency Remedies*.,For restless fetal movements during pregnancy, fetal death in utero, postpartum stroke, typhoid fever, and postpartum blood fainting.
Jupiter Decoction,From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.,For children with rashes that fail to erupt or erupt incompletely.
Formula for Expelling Pathogenic Factors and Eliminating Food and Fluid Retention,*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.,For cases where, after the fever has subsided and pathogenic factors have been dispelled in a cold-induced illness, the stomach qi has just begun to recover, but upon eating, the stomach qi closes again and cannot be reopened.
Snake Head Pills,From *The Complete Infant Formulas*, cited in *The Yongle Encyclopedia: Collection of Medicine*, Volume 978.,For acute and chronic convulsions in children, excessive salivation, phlegm obstruction, and intermittent convulsive spasms—regardless of whether the condition is classified as “yin” or “yang”—as long as it presents as a convulsive syndrome.
Lingzao Pill,From *Yu’an*, Volume 6.,Treats “running horse teeth” sores and all types of oral sores.
Great Wind-Expelling Powder,*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 14.,For all cases of headache caused by deficiency-cold.
Modified Gui-Shao-Di-Huang Decoction,*Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 26.,For bleeding during intercourse with a weak and rapid pulse.
White Scallion and Psoralea Decoction,*Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.,For cases of internal accumulation of cold qi before childbirth, bladder contractions during labor, postpartum abdominal distension as if a drum, difficulty urinating, and a sense of suffocation and confusion so severe as to feel as if one were about to die.
Ginseng, Astragalus, and Trichosanthes Powder,From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 15.,Mastitis, breast abscess, scrofula.
Essence-Consolidating Decoction,*Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.,Used during the fourth month of pregnancy for symptoms of internal heat, fatigue, soreness in the lower back and legs, persistent white vaginal discharge, frequent urination, and loss of appetite.
Taiyi Rescue-from-Suffering Wan Zhen Ointment,Formula by Ling Wenxuan, cited in *Effective and Remarkable Prescriptions Based on Clinical Experience*.,For women who have been unable to conceive for a long time; also treats all forms of deficiency and debility in both men and women, pain in the lower back and knees, cold-damp beriberi, phlegm-induced syncope, heat toxins … Read more
Muxiang Shunqi Pills,*Bianlan*, Volume 2.,For stagnation of food and drink in the spleen and stomach, leading to the production of phlegm that rises upward; shortness of breath and restlessness; obstruction and blockage; incessant expectoration; distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm; stagnant qi that fails to disperse; and an abundance of wind-phlegm causing rapid … Read more
Iron-Infused Wine,Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); name cited in *Shenghui* (Vol. 36).,For deafness and tinnitus due to kidney cold, accompanied by discharge, or conditions that have persisted for 10–20 years without healing.
Gold-Dissolving and Spleen-Activating Pills,From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 2.,Yellow swelling and abdominal distension.
Phlegm-Resolving Powder,From *New Book on Child Care*, Volume 9.,For pediatric conditions such as convulsions, alternating chills and fever, and smallpox, complicated by phlegm leading to other illnesses.
Preemptive Decoction,*Zhunsheng: Gynecology*, Volume 1.,Menstrual flow arrives earlier than expected.
Decoction for Restoring Yang and Lifting Collapsed Qi,From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For those with yang deficiency of the heart and lungs, accompanied by sinking of the vital qi, presenting with a cold sensation in the heart, tightness in the back, aversion to cold, and a constant sensation of shortness of breath.
“One-Character Powder for Acute Convulsions”,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 113.,For tetanus.
Er Mu Bu Zhong Decoction,For cases where the pulse is fine and weak following a malaria attack.