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Mercury and Shepherd’s Purse Pills，The formula is from *Qian Jin* (Vol. 21); the name appears in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 191).，For edema, where the body is thick and fleshy and does not indent upon pressure; in severe cases, the arms are so thick that sleeves do not fit; and for the ten types of severe … Read more

Summer-Heat Dysentery Pills，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，Effective for all types of summer dysentery, regardless of whether the stool is red or white; for abdominal pain and diarrhea; for food stagnation, fluid retention, or tea accumulation; for heat-induced headaches; for yellow, scanty, and infrequent urination; for a parched mouth with no desire to drink; and for … Read more

Qianniu Pills，From *The New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 16, citing a formula by Ding Shifa.，For wheezing, coarse cough, loss of appetite, and excessive salivation.

Gushen Pill，*The Handy Guide*, Volume 3.，For the elderly with deficient stomach qi who are unable to eat or drink.

Formula for Washing the Legs，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For soreness and pain in the shoulders, back, and limbs.

Lung-Clearing and Yin-Nourishing Decoction，*Essentials of the Collection of Discussions on Syndromes, Causes, and Formulas*, Volume 1.，Lung yin deficiency with internal heat.

Tonggui Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Persistent hemoptysis.

Zexia Decoction，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Excessive dry heat in the spleen causes physical fatigue, hard stools, and a loss of appetite.

Raffinated Fat Ointment，*Insights into Surgical Medicine*, Volume 12.，Lung-wind sores.

Mysterious Decoction for Clearing Fire，From *Yu’an*, Volume 3.，Fever in the limbs; stagnant heat that fails to dissipate; restlessness and internal heat; bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat.

Three Whites Ointment，*Shenghui* (Volume 66).，Wounds from sharp objects.

Ma-Gui-Xin-Fang Decoction，Proven Formula，Dispels wind and dispels cold.

Yellow Dog Meat Pills，Formula by Chen Wanli, cited in Volume 2 of *Pocket Guide*.，For men and women suffering from consumptive weakness, body heat, night sweats, and lethargy in the limbs.

Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction with Added Xiao，Formula from *De Xiao*, Volume 14; name cited in *Yi Lin Zuan Yao*, Volume 8.，In cases of retained dead fetus, where the symptoms include blue fingernails and tongue, severe distension and oppression, and an extremely foul odor in the mouth.

Ten-Power Great Tonifying Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 115.，Effective for various wind-induced disorders, facial paralysis, swelling and pain in the hands and feet, generalized stiffness or paralysis, hemiplegia, headaches and edema, and deficiency-cold in the lower jiao causing weakness.

Pain-Relieving Black Seed Pills，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 23.，For dysentery.

White Cloud Powder，From *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 94, citing *Yan Xia Sheng Xiao*.，Sudden pain in the chest.

Jinqian Shuonian Decoction，*Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 7.，Axillary abscess. It occurs at the Tianchi acupoint under the armpit, causing chills, fever, and severe pain, with the palm feeling hot and the arm becoming stiff and red; commonly known as “jia-yong.”

Yangzhen Pills，*Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 9.，For women with blood deficiency and qi exhaustion, where yin and yang fail to rise and fall properly, resulting in prolonged inability to conceive.

Erchen Lizhong Decoction，From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen* (Volume 8).，For smallpox resulting from exposure to cold foods or cold pathogens, accompanied by vomiting.

Coix Seed Root Powder，From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 5.，Edema.

Atractylodes and Pork Liver Powder，From *Special Teachings on Ophthalmology*.，Night blindness; unable to see objects before bedtime.

Five-Spice Toxin-Expelling Pills，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For boils, abscesses, and all types of unexplained swellings and toxic lesions that are firm and robust at the onset.

Fennel Seeds，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，For the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, as well as impotence and lack of vitality.

Tiger Bone Powder，From *Simple Formulas*, citing *Formulas for Complete Health* (see *Compilation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 20).，Hemiplegia. Caused by blood deficiency and excess qi, with pathogenic wind lingering in the meridians and collaterals, preventing the proper circulation of the Nourishing and Defensive Qi. Symptoms include hemiplegia, dry muscles, gradual wasting away, and occasional pain.