Erba Dan

Sweep Away Cao’s Million-Strong Army，*Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 3.，For pus-filled sores with yellow discharge, itching, and pain; scabies, tinea, and various skin lesions.

Cistanche Decoction，*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 7.，Deficiency of kidney yin, weak pulse at both cun positions, and constipation.

Jingti Decoction，From *Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Women with deficient kidney qi who are infertile.

Cimicifuga and Gardenia Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，For excessive heat in the stomach.

Cangzu Powder，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 10.，Pain in the epigastric region.

Formula for Prolonging Life and Fostering Children，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Mo Bao Zhai*, Volume 1.，For men with deficient kidney qi, presenting symptoms such as flaccidity upon sexual stimulation or premature ejaculation before intercourse.

Ten Generals Pill，From *Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Effective for all types of highly toxic abscesses and boils; if not yet ruptured, they will dissipate.

Water Gourd Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 5.，For heatstroke and summer heat, characterized by a strong desire to drink, thirst, and a dry, tasteless mouth.

Siping Powder，From *Liangfang Hebi*, Volume 2.，Pus from the head and inside the ears.

Ganlu Huitian Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 8.，For smallpox on days 11–12, when the rash has not yet broken out and the patient experiences a steaming fever.

Pill for Resolving Stasis and Regulating the Diaphragm，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，This condition arises from overexertion beyond one’s capacity, leading to blood stasis in the diaphragm region and persistent shortness of breath; it may also occur in patients who have not fully recovered from hemoptysis but have taken excessive tonics or cooling … Read more

Spleen-Nourishing and Kidney-Strengthening Decoction，Formula from *Medical Case Records of Zhang Boyu*; name cited in *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，Chao Lin (chyluria).

Heart-Protecting Pill，From *Records of Compassion for Smallpox* (Vol. 14).，If the smallpox lesions are dense and the toxin is severe, preventing the eruption from breaking through,

Cinnabar and Dragon’s Blood Ointment，From *Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.，For all types of sores.

Minor Cooling Powder，From *Treatise on Cold and Warm Diseases* (Hanwen Tiaobian), Volume 4.，For warm diseases characterized by high fever and restlessness, a heavy sensation in the head and a flushed face, difficulty swallowing, or swelling of the lips, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.

Yiduosan，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 28, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For men with a hunched back, graying hair, and a stooped posture.

Toxin-Reducing Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 278).，Various types of toxic swellings.

Lianhe Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with persistent dysentery caused by gu poison, accompanied by high fever and restlessness.

Three-Life Radish，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For abdominal distension.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Promoting Transpiration，From *Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 15.，In children with measles that have not yet fully erupted, accompanied by severe fever and cough.

Bone-Penetrating Powder，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 6.，For chronic cough or persistent consumption.

Yanghuo Powder，From *The True Explanation of Surgery*, Volume 1.，For tinea on the hands and feet and toxic sores.

Puhuang Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 158.，For miscarriage during pregnancy with retained placenta.

Liver-Clearing and Stagnation-Resolving Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 3.，Damp-heat in the Liver Meridian, causing swelling and pain in the penis, with painful and difficult urination.

Jingfang Shengdi Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，For unbearable itching of the body.