Family Secret Liver-Nourishing Decoction

Decoction for Relieving Hiccups，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Following emotional distress, the liver suffers from blood dryness and the lungs from qi heat, causing qi to rise in reverse and become stagnant, resulting in sudden, unrelenting hiccups.

Four Bupleurum Decoction，*The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For those with deficient original qi, or who have contracted wind-cold due to enduring hunger or fatigue, or whose six pulses are tight, rapid, faint, or fine—indicating that the body’s vital energy cannot overcome the pathogen.

Dampness-Removing and Tissue-Regenerating Powder，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，A sore develops after the umbilical cord falls off.

Chrysanthemum Leaf Ointment，From *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*, citing a formula transmitted by the Ba family of Yangzhou.，For all external conditions involving carbuncles and heat toxins, regardless of severity.

Spleen-Awaking Decoction，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Chronic convulsions, chronic spleen wind.

White Decoction，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 56.，Injuries caused by knives, axes, or other metal blades.

Black Snake and Calamus Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.，For childhood convulsions, wind-induced epilepsy, tremors of the hands and feet, and twitching of the mouth and eyes.

Mouth Ulcer Powder，*Secret Treatise on Health Preservation*, Volume 3.，For oral ulcers and erosions.

Green Silver Powder，*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 17.，Underarm odor.

Sour Jujube Pills，*Qian Jin*, Volume 21.，For dry mouth and excessive thirst.

Qinghua Decoction，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For postpartum women experiencing fever due to “fire,” uncontrolled blood flow caused by blood heat, or various “fire” symptoms resulting from yin deficiency. Also for dysphagia caused by alcohol consumption.

Peach Kernel Ointment Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 11.，Apply to red rashes caused by wind-toxin and edema that has formed into (疒咅)(疒畾).

Two Atractylodes and Four Divine Herbs Pill，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，For postpartum deficiency of blood and qi, resulting in impaired digestion and absorption, or exposure to wind and cold leading to diarrhea, and in severe cases, abdominal pain.

Hemp Cloth Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 144.，Dispels stagnant blood in the internal organs and alleviates restlessness and oppression in the chest.

Cimicifuga Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 180.，For children with fever in the brain and a dry nose with no nasal discharge.

Wu-Ji Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 134.，For burns.

Modified He Shou Wu Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (Vol. 9).，Purple vitiligo; pain in the tendons and bones; weakness in the limbs; loss of the white part of the eyes; collapse of the nasal bridge; skin sores and scabies, as well as chapped hands and feet; restless sleep; and difficulty walking.

Ginger-Cinnamon Erchen Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，Cough due to lung cold results from water pathogens invading the lungs; the cold of water and metal causes coughing with frothy sputum, a sense of oppression in the chest and epigastrium, and a chilling sensation in the skin and muscles.

Formula for Crawling Centipedes，From *Eight Notes on Nourishing Life*, Volume 18.，For boils and sores.

Tiao Yuan Tuo Li Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 12.，Itching and flattening of the smallpox lesions, diarrhea.

Yu Ren Ointment，From *The Collection of Inherited Surgical Techniques*.，Boils and abscesses.

Pengjian Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (supplemented by Wu Zhige with renowned formulas from various schools).，For weakness of the spleen and stomach, chronic food stagnation, epigastric fullness and distension, abdominal distension, hardness under the flanks, chest oppression,difficulty swallowing, vomiting of phlegm and fluid, loss of appetite, or pain radiating from the epigastrium to … Read more

Mugwort Leaf Wash，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Chronic eczema, allergic dermatitis, generalized neurodermatitis.

Clove and Ginseng Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 47); name cited in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 243).，For cholera with deficient stomach qi and unceasing dry retching.

Decoction of Malvaseeds for Expelling the Placenta，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 2); name cited in *Yilue Liushu* (Vol. 30).，For a stillborn fetus retained in the womb, or when the mother is ill and requires its expulsion. Also for postpartum blood stasis obstruction, a dry uterus, and a涩 pulse.