Essence-Preserving Decoction

Six-Ingredient Decoction，*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 16.，Alcohol-induced jaundice with abdominal distension.

Gengsheng Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 36.，For regurgitation and vomiting of food.

Da Zao Pills，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 2.，For various deficiencies and debility, as well as bone-consuming fever and consumptive fever.

Pueraria and Scutellaria Decoction，*Yi Ji*, Volume 7.，For typhoid fever where the Yangming meridian is affected by pathogenic heat, such as when the patient feels thirsty but does not seek to drink; or for diarrhea caused by wind.

Formula for Cough and Wheezing Caused by Smoking，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 1.，For wheezing and coughing.

Ephedra and Atractylodes Decoction，From *The Secret Treasures of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 2.，In autumn and winter, coughing occurs every night at the fifth watch, continuing unceasingly until dawn and high noon, when it finally subsides. Symptoms include a bitter taste in the mouth, pain beneath both flanks, fullness and oppression beneath the heart, frequent startling … Read more

Decoction for a Weak Fetus (Variant)，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.，

Mother-and-Child Powder，From *Formulas for Childbirth*.，Difficult labor with retained placenta; fetal death in utero.

Cerebral Leak Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 3.，Clear or turbid nasal discharge persisting for many years without resolution.

Bingpian Po-du Powder，From *Huiyue*, Volume 7.，For acute and chronic laryngeal obstruction characterized by swelling, blockage, and severe pain.

Miraculous Eight-Treasure Powder，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 6.，For all types of oral sores.

Longevity and Fertility Pills，*Yi Bian*, Volume 1.，For young men who have lost their spouses, middle-aged men without children, and women with blood deficiency who are unable to conceive.

Beech Bark Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 36, citing *Gujin Luyan*.，For thirst and dysentery in children.

Beeswax Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 308.，For bee stings.

Cold-Dispelling Decoction，From *Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 3.，Wind-cold invades the lung, causing nasal congestion, sneezing, persistent cough, and sputum resembling rotten cotton.

Almond Qi-Regulating Pills，*Ji Feng*, Volume 20.，For stagnation of lung qi, shortness of breath, and chest tightness; fluid retention in the stomach causing abdominal distension, bloating, and pain; vomiting of phlegm and saliva; shortness of breath; or a hard, full sensation beneath the ribs with stabbing pain between the bones. It also treats coughing with wheezing, … Read more

Master Sun’s Bone-Penetrating Mini-Elixir，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 8.，Effective for various forms of consumption, stagnant qi, carbuncles, the “Thirty-Six Carbuncles,” the “Seventy-Two Yellow Sores,” and all cold-related conditions.

Snake-and-Turtle Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 67.，For unbearable pain from fractures or sprains.

Ning Shen San，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 244), citing *Simple and Effective Formulas*.，

Shen-Shu Powder，Formula attributed to Luo Taiwu, cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For mountain mist and miasma, seasonal epidemics, headache, stiff neck, aversion to cold, high fever, and body pain.

Trichosanthes Seed Powder，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 54.，For early-stage scrofula with swelling, pain, chills and fever, and restlessness in the limbs.

Ginseng, Amber, Poria, and Polygala Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Manic episodes caused by heart wind in typhoid fever. During an episode, the jaw clenches tightly, phlegm blocks the upper airway, white foam is spat from the mouth, and the patient is confused and disoriented; upon waking, the patient speaks deliriously, is easily startled, and … Read more

Liu Chen Decoction，From *The Handy Guide*, Volume 2.，Dysentery.

Soul-Clearing Powder，*Essentials of Danxi’s Therapeutic Methods*, Volume 7.，Postpartum blood-induced fainting.

Tonifying Goji-Longan Wine，*Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine*.，For pathogenic factors affecting the five viscera, emotional distress and overwork, chest pain, excessive thirst, and restlessness.