Five Bi Decoction

Decoction to Quench Fire and Secure the Fetus，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.，For pregnant women with intense stomach fire that depletes the fluids of the uterus, causing thirst, sweating, excessive consumption of cold water, restlessness, mania, abdominal pain, and lower back pain, leading to fetal restlessness and the threat of miscarriage.

Xilai Ganlu Decoction，From *The Mystic Pearls of Chishui*, Volume 28.，At the onset of smallpox fever, if the fever persists for more than five days without subsiding, the smallpox lesions appear red or purplish, accompanied by thirst and dry, hard stools; it also treats restlessness and fever during the rash phase, dry mouth, cough, dry and … Read more

Pig Gallbladder with Alum，*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For isolated laryngeal tumors, laryngeal tinea, laryngeal abscesses with swelling and pain, and inability to swallow—where the patient’s life hangs by a thread.

Saposhnikovia and Pueraria Decoction，*The Great Explanation of Shanghan* (Volume 1).，For Taiyang syndrome characterized by stiffness and soreness in the nape and back, followed by sweating and aversion to wind, with a floating and slow pulse.

Acorus Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.，Vitiligo, characterized by white patches over the entire body, persisting for years without healing.

Qianghuo Eye-Cloud-Dissolving Ointment，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，Cold water in the Foot-Taiyang meridian causes a membrane to obscure the eye; a white opacity forms on the surface, resulting in blurred vision.

Seaweed Powder-Hardened Pills，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For scrofula and hard, sword-shaped swellings, accompanied by emaciation, low-grade fever, and loss of appetite; also treats all types of goiter.

Spirit-Nourishing Wine，*Tongshou Lu*, Volume 1.，

Qiangduo Pojie Decoction，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 8.，For scrofula that first appears in the nape of the neck.

Suhe Shengdi Decoction，*New Compilation of Proven Formulas*, Volume 15.，For snake-induced poisoning, malnutrition-induced poisoning, swelling-induced poisoning, and epilepsy-induced poisoning.

Decoction for Dispersing Stagnant Blood and Promoting Blood Circulation，*Practical Orthopedics*.，Stasis and swelling in the foot joints.

Supreme Antipyretic Pill，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，Heat pathogens from the Liver Meridian invade the Pericardium, causing heart pain and cries of anguish, making it impossible to rest in bed.

Disinfecting Divine Efficacy Powder，*A Compendium of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 2.，For back abscesses, boils, breast abscesses, and all external ailments.

Daqing Disinfecting Decoction，*Wai Tai*, Volume 3, citing *Shan Fan Fang*.，The epidemic lasts from 3 to 7 days without abating; the body feels hot, and people infect one another.

Secret-Recipe Cinnabar Ointment，From *Collection of Ointment Formulas*, citing *Formulary of Traumatology*.，For carbuncles, painful abscesses, back boils, and all types of unexplained malignant sores in the neck and nape.

Yin Yu Wine，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 7.，Severe dizziness and vertigo; blurred vision with inability to see; or falling to the ground and losing consciousness, regaining consciousness only after half a day; jaw clenched shut and unable to open; paralysis on one side of the body; stiffness, numbness, and pain, with inability to move; swollen … Read more

Ji-Jiao-Li-Huang Pills，*The Golden Cabinet* (Volume Middle)，Fluid retention in the intestines, abdominal distension, and dryness of the mouth and tongue.

Southern Aconite Paste，From *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 9.，For sores or tumors on the skin, hands, feet, head, or face—large ones the size of a fist, small ones the size of a grain of millet—which may be soft or hard but are not painful.

Yigong Dishi Pills，Quoted from *Ren Cun’s Formulas* in Volume 117 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For summer heat syndrome manifesting as vomiting or diarrhea.

Rehmannia Pill，From *Effective Formulas for Women*, Volume 12, citing *Trusted and Effective Formulas*.，Deficiency of blood and qi, inability to lift the limbs, and heat and pain in the bone marrow. Lower back and abdominal pain before and after childbirth, and all types of pain related to blood deficiency.

Miraculous Formula with Black Beans，From *The Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 333, citing *Comprehensive Examination of the Body’s Meridians*.，

Lung-Clearing and Liver-Harmonizing Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Wind-heat from the Liver and Lung meridians ascends to the eyes, invading the “Wind Wheel” (the area around the pupil), causing a corneal opacity to form and affect the cornea.

Five-Ingredient Toxin-Eliminating Powder，*The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 11.，For foot pain and swelling caused by the flow of pathogenic factors in the Three Yang Meridians, with heat and swelling above the ankle, chills and fever resembling malaria, and spontaneous sweating or absence of sweating.

Purple Aster and Apricot Kernel Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 65.，Qi stagnation in the lungs and incessant coughing in the throat are both caused by deficiency of the lungs, leading to invasion by pathogenic factors, or by cold in the stomach and heat above the diaphragm.

Seven True Ointment，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 4.，Injuries from caning.