Family Recipe: Yellow Ointment

Extremely Well-Fermented Black Bean Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 45.，For malaria-induced beriberi and mental restlessness.

Divine Formula for Dissolving Scrofula Internally，From *Collection of Good Friends*, Volume 5.，Scrofula.

Deer Antler Shavings and Fermented Soybean Decoction，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 6.，For women who have had a miscarriage and are suffering from retained blood and a sense of oppression and restlessness.

Black Tiger Pill，From *Secret Transmission of Proven Internal and External Prescriptions*.，Apply to the back and mouth.

Fenshui Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，For facial swelling and edema.

Tianxian Flour，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 3.，For diarrhea and poor appetite. For infertility due to cold in the essence.

Wu Lan Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 38.，To treat toxic qi from milkstone that has invaded the body, causing skin edema, restlessness, and fever that prevents sleep.

Stomach-Clearing and Menstrual-Regulating Pills，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang* (Prohibited Formulas of the Lu Mansion), Volume 3.，Amenorrhea; blood stasis and stagnation caused by imbalances in qi and blood; irregular menstruation; menstrual abdominal pain; as well as bone-steaming fever and soreness in the lower back and legs.

Dragon Sand Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 136.，All types of wind-toxin disorders, including swelling and numbness of the head and face; itchy rashes and sores throughout the body; wandering wind-pathogens causing pain in bones and flesh; stabbing pain in the chest, arms, head, and neck; and heat-induced pain or cold-induced numbness;White Tiger Wind, with dry and shriveled … Read more

Rabbit Droppings Soup，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For rashes or sores affecting the eyes, as well as blurred vision and corneal opacities.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Resolving Toxins，*Clinical Notes on Ophthalmology*.，Yellow Membrane Protruding Syndrome (Anterior Chamber Pus Accumulation). A yellow membrane, the size of a wheat grain and shaped like a crescent moon, forms on the lower edge of the cornea, causing a sour,涩, and painful sensation, aversion to sunlight, and tearing.

Euryale Seed and Goji Berry Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.，Mixed urine.

Cassia Seed Yin-Nourishing Pills，From *Yuanji Qiwei*, Volume 2.，Symptoms include aversion to sunlight and heat, a gritty, dry sensation in the eyes making it difficult to open them, excessive eye discharge and tearing, and a chronic condition that has not resolved.

Brocade Scale Ointment，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，For children with persistent soft boils that do not heal.

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.

Muxiang Shijun Pill，*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 12.，For children suffering from malnutrition and emaciation—who, though able to eat, fail to gain weight and experience persistent, unrelenting diarrhea.

Jade Spoon Opening Powder，*Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.，Throat inflammation, throat abscess, tonsillitis.

Formula for Dissolving and Eliminating Internal Boils，From *Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For a boil in its early stages.

One Belt and Five Ginsengs Powder，*Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon*, Volume 3.，For severe wind-induced numbness and loss of sensation, with stubborn numbness of the skin encircling the waist and spreading throughout the body, resembling black, snake-like rashes that appear and disappear rapidly, accompanied by body stiffness.

Rushen Biejia Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 199.，For all types of malaria.

Scrofula and Phlegm-Nodule Ointment，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Scrofula, phlegm nodules.

Zibu Jiyin Pills，From *Formulas for Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，For cases of disharmony between the heart and kidneys, where water and fire fail to support one another; where heart fluids are depleted and heart fire becomes excessively vigorous; where kidney water is depleted, leading to bone-steaming fever; or where there is a dry cough with red … Read more

Xiao Xianxiong Decoction with Scutellaria and Zhi Shi，From *Explanation of Warm-Heat Syndromes*.，Internal invasion of wind-heat, with hardness and pain beneath the heart.

Ginseng and Red Ocher Qi-Nourishing Decoction，*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For cases where central qi is deficient, causing stomach qi to fail to descend steadily; instead, it rises upward to exploit the weakness, causing phlegm and saliva to follow the rebellious qi upward, obstructing the cardia, and resulting in dysphagia, hiccups, and regurgitation.

Danggui Yangrong Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 6.，Scalp Lymphadenopathy.