Erhe Decoction

Qingxi’s Secret-Transmitted Alum Essence Powder，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 66.，Throat Eczema. Caused by excessive consumption of roasted and pickled foods, medicinal wine, and pungent spices, leading to heat accumulation in the stomach. Stomach fire ascends to the lungs, resulting in a dry throat and pharynx. Initially, there is an itching sensation; subsequently, a dark, wood-red, … Read more

Throat-Clearing and Detoxifying Decoction，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 3.，For infants with measles who experience sore throat.

Scallion and Fermented Soybean Porridge，*Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For the five types of exhaustion and seven types of debility, bodily heat, shortness of breath, and aching and pain in the limbs.

Pain-Relieving Ointment，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For pain caused by injury to tendons and meridians that flares up intermittently and worsens when exposed to cold.

Pill for Treating Recurrent Illness，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For patients with wasting disease who cough up blood and phlegm and have an insatiable appetite.

Raw Sulfur Decoction，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 11, citing *Zhi Zhi*; the name appears in *The Great Treasure of Health* (Wei Sheng Hong Bao), Volume 1.，Those who are addicted to alcohol and indulge their qi, causing blood to congeal within the qi, develop “qi-turtles”; those with chronic cold due … Read more

Bao Yuan Gu Qi Decoction，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 9.，For smallpox characterized by deficiency-cold, loose pores, and deficiency of defensive qi, where small holes appear on the pustules during the swelling phase—neither black nor white—known as “loose smallpox.”

Ginseng and Rhinoceros Horn Decoction，*Bamboo Grove Gynecology*, Volume 2.，For cases of qi deficiency in the zang-fu organs during pregnancy, with disharmony of the nutritive and defensive qi, separation of yin and yang, heat invading the heart and spleen, depletion of body fluids, restlessness, a dry tongue, and thirst.

Realgar Formula for Polyp Removal，From *Yi Ji*, Volume 8.，For nasal polyps causing the nose to swell to the size of a cup.

Wanying Dijin Powder，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.，For chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other medications.

Poria and Lotus Seed Decoction，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，White, cloudy discharge; seminal emission.

Worm-Expelling Powder，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 26), citing *Shu Sheng*.，For ascariasis in children.

Fish and Vinegar Paste，The formula is from *Qianjin* (Vol. 6); the name appears in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 114).，For deafness accompanied by persistent pus that does not subside, indicating the presence of worms.

Chrysanthemum and Cicada Shed Decoction，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Skin cancer.

Method for Preparing Licorice，*Yi Tong*, Volume 81.，For painful, suspended abscesses or fever, regardless of whether the swelling has ruptured or not. For boils and carbuncles.

Experienced Fetal Nourishment Pills，From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 6.，For women who have been unable to conceive for a long time.

Five-Drain Decoction，From *Essentials of the Silver Sea*, Volume 1.，For those with dry, deficient eyes and excessive fire, as well as those with excessive deficient fire in the five viscera.

Kudzu Root and Atractylodes Powder，*Sources of Pediatric Diseases*, Volume 1.，For all types of red and white rashes, swellings, and toxic sores in children.

Spring Harmony Ointment，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas from the Thousand Gold Prescriptions*.，For yin-cold phlegm-toxin and breast abscesses.

Castor Bean Pills，Formula from *Zhi Zhi* (Vol. 21); name cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 54).，For chronic deafness.

Qianjin Sanzi，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 345.，Postpartum belching.

Miraculous Mass-Dissolving Powder，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 7.，For masses and accumulations.

Tooth-Rubbing Stone Salt Powder，*Hui Chun*, Volume 5.，

Sophora and Elm with Raw Rehmannia Decoction，From *Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 15.，For bleeding due to intestinal wind and visceral toxins, particularly in the early stages of hematochezia.

Shā Pills，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，For all types of shā and distension, as well as mountain mist-induced cholera.