Essence-Retaining Pills

Dried Ginger and Chuanxiong Pills，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For cold-induced cough.

Qiliqia Powder，From *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 5.，For blood deficiency with muscle heat; in children, spleen deficiency with internal heat, emaciation, and inability to eat or drink.

Cicada Shedding and Pork Liver Powder，From *Definitive Treatise on Smallpox*, Volume 2.，For cases where, after smallpox, toxic heat rises and causes a membrane to obscure the pupils of both eyes.

Hua Guang Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 146.，Excessive intake of this formula may harm the body’s vital energy, leading to pathogenic factors invading the heart; it may cause parasitic worms to transform into poisonous insects; it may result in sudden illness due to a weakened constitution; it may lead to the five types of dysuria; it may … Read more

Duhuo Xuming Decoction，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.，For sudden stroke resulting in loss of consciousness, gradually developing hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eyes, trembling of the hands and feet, slurred speech, numbness of the limbs, mental confusion, dizziness and heaviness in the head and eyes, excessive phlegm and saliva, stiffness of tendons … Read more

Decoction of Poria for Eliminating Fluids，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 21.，In cases of Shanghan where the exterior syndrome has not resolved, the qi channels are obstructed, body fluids cannot circulate, and water and phlegm accumulate in the chest, coalescing into phlegm. This manifests as fullness and distension in the epigastrium and diaphragm, labored breathing with shortness of … Read more

Thousand Gold Child-Nourishing Pills，From *Yi Bian*, Volume 4.，For children with malnutrition syndrome, characterized by a distended abdomen with visible blue veins, intermittent fever, cough, and protruding sternum.

Dragon Bone Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 152.，For women with sudden, uncontrollable menstrual bleeding.

Genuine Clam Powder，Formula from *Zhi Zhi* (Vol. 19). Name cited in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 30).，Night sweats accompanied by dampness and itching.

Shengshen Decoction，*The Profound Secrets of the Divine Realm*, Volume 5.，In cases of yin syndrome affecting the mouth, or occurring on the sides of the face, numerous small sores appear; they first itch, then become painful, and eventually ulcerate. The swelling is not very prominent, the color is necessarily dark, the body feels heavy, the patient … Read more

Warm Marrow Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 53.，Deficiency of marrow and cold in the bones.

Blood-Nourishing and Uterine-Opening Decoction，*Compendium of Ma Syndrome*, Volume 4.，For ma syndrome with stagnant qi, where the pylorus fails to communicate with the lower epigastrium, and blood deficiency leads to dryness.

Toxicity-Clearing and Hemostatic Powder，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，Boils and abscesses with wandering inflammation.

Fragrant Herb Decoction，From *The Complete Collection of Holy Remedies*, Volume 68.，Hemoptysis.

Decoction for Lactating Mothers with Qi Stagnation，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 3.，Pediatric Erythema.

Liver-Nourishing Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，When sexual intercourse occurs during the regular menstrual cycle and the stagnant blood fails to be expelled, the semen is ejaculated into the uterine orifice. The semen and blood then mix, enter the Conception Vessel, and remain within the uterus. In mild cases, this results in … Read more

Gan Zhu Li Decoction，Quoted from *Shenshi Fang* in Volume 14 of *Wai Tai*.，Sudden onset of evil wind causing choking, collapse, and oppression; locked jaw with inability to speak; liver-induced cold extremities; stiffened limbs; death with failure to recognize people; closed eyes; insensitivity to the pain of moxibustion or acupuncture; and wind-induced mania.

Xuan Tu Powder，From *New Book on Caring for Children*, Volume 6.，

Miraculous Toxin-Resolving Five-Tiger Pill，*Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，To treat toxic sores caused by bayberries.

Throat-Clearing Peace Pills，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，For swelling and pain in the throat, with hot, sticky saliva. Fire in the epigastrium, coughing up blood in the morning, constant redness of the cheeks, and a persistent sensation of discomfort in the throat.

Miraculous Efficacy Powder，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 5.，Retained placenta.

Honeysuckle Dew，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Summer heat, boils and abscesses, and heat toxins.

Qi-Regulating Decoction，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Qi retains food and drink, causing stabbing pain in the stomach.

Clear Metal and Disperse Fire Decoction，From *Records of the Essentials of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 9.，For smallpox and measles, with initial fever and wheezing.

Banling Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.，Cold-dampness in the Foot Taiyin meridian, epigastric mass and chest fullness, loss of appetite and refusal to eat.