Five-Drink Pills

Yangzheng Dan，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，For hiccups and regurgitation, phlegm congestion with dizziness, lower back pain and abdominal pain, and cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.

Black Tin Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 9.，For conditions of excess above and deficiency below, where the true essence is depleted, yang qi is exhausted, and yin qi prevails alone, manifesting as shortness of breath, diarrhea, vomiting, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, and frequent urination—all symptoms of deficiency-cold.

Lead丹 Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 180.，Mouth sores in children.

Yan Mi Decoction，*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 8.，Menstrual obstruction accompanied by excruciating pain in the chest and abdomen, as if one were about to die.

Mustard-Cinnabar Pills，From *Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Vol. 4).，For severe, purplish-black, gangrenous sores.

Decoction for Resolving Phlegm and Regulating Qi，From *Collected Works on Surgery*, Volume 2.，Qi stagnation causing cloudiness in the head and eyes.

Blood-Harmonizing and Pain-Relieving Decoction，Formula attributed to Li Dongyuan, cited in *Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 12.，Pain affects one finger after another in both hands; after the pain subsides, swelling sets in. There is pain deep within the bones, as well as knee pain—when the left knee hurts, the right knee follows. Episodes last from 3 … Read more

Chuanxiong-Bai Zhi-Shigao Decoction，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 43.，Headache and dizziness, occurring during severe episodes of head wind, persisting for a long time without resolution.

Pearl Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 4.，For mental agitation with delirium and restless thoughts, as if seeing ghosts or spirits.

White Medicine Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 35.，For sores, swelling, and pain in the throat, accompanied by coughing.

Secret Formula Chrysanthemum Powder，From *Longmu Collection of Ophthalmology by Daoist Baoguang*.，For eye pain accompanied by fever.

Decoction for Nourishing Blood and Strengthening the Spleen，*The Transmission of the Lamp of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For abdominal abscesses caused by stagnant heat, which form a coating on the tongue and result in dryness,涩ness, and difficulty in defecation.

Cuttlefish Bone Decoction，From the “Collection of Pregnancy and Childbirth,” Part II.，Postpartum lochia retention, forming clots and causing pain, commonly known as “postpartum lochia pain.”

Jusheng Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 97.，Deficiency of the five viscera; emaciation.

Gentian and Four Substances Decoction，*Xingyuan*, Volume 6.，Sudden onset of red eyes with corneal opacities and pain.

Trichosanthes and Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *The Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 4.，Yin-Yang Imbalance. Heat surges upward, causing restlessness and oppression in the chest; the hands and feet clench into fists, and the body twitches as if seized by wind.

Muscle-Astringent Powder，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For chronic, festering sores.

Modified San’ao Decoction，From Volume 5 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*, citing a formula by Liang Guo-zuo.，For common cold-induced cough.

Formula for Rubbing Hemorrhoids with Soybeans and Cloth，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 60); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 142).，Bleeding from pulsating hemorrhoids.

Baoyuan Pill，*The Jade Key to Chonglou*, Volume 1.，For chronic tooth decay that has not healed.

Aconite and Pork Stomach Pills，*San Yin*, Volume 10.，For treating diabetes.

Longevity Ointment，From *The New Book for the Young* (Volume 19), citing *The Zhuang Family Tradition*.，For accumulated heat in the heart of children; for mouth sores in adults and children.

Raw Ming Powder，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 3.，For blindness following an injury and age-related blurred vision.

Sealed Tiger Bone Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 310.，Fractures.

Enhanced Toxin-Resolving Decoction，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6.，For lower-body sores that have become gangrenous and sunken, forming a depression; or for the foreskin swollen like a chicken gizzard; or for skin manifestations resembling spots or rashes, indicating an impending outbreak of sores.