Five Gypsum Formula

Agastache Spleen-Dampness Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng* (Saoye Shanfang edition), Volume 11.，Abdominal distension gradually spreads to the face; swelling of the feet and body. Jaundice.

Tuoli Danggui Decoction，From *Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 2, citing He Jun’s Five Formulas.，For abscesses, scrofula, wandering sores, mastitis, and lower-body sores—all conditions where both qi and blood are deficient and toxic qi has entered the abdomen; for various skin sores in women accompanied by irregular menstrual cycles; and for lower-body sores that have spread … Read more

Cinnamon Twig Decoction with Anemarrhena, Gypsum, and Cimicifuga，*Illustrated Songs on Cold Damage and Essential Guidelines for Saving Lives*, Volume 4.，Feverish illnesses.

Qi-Regulating Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Bloating and fullness in the Triple Burner.

Fragrant Herb Powder，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For women with deficient qi, cold in the intestines with white stools, food stagnation, cold-induced constipation, and insufficient yang.

Yinchen Yulu Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 3.，Alcohol-induced jaundice. A habit of heavy drinking leads to the accumulation of damp-heat, causing a yellow complexion that may turn black if severe, a sensation of restlessness in the chest, and a sensation of eating sour or spicy foods even when consuming sweet or fragrant foods, accompanied by red and … Read more

Compound Psoralea Tincture，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Vitiligo.

Master Helan’s Detoxifying Pills，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 7.，Effective against: drug poisoning, alcohol poisoning, mountain mist and miasma poisoning, fruit poisoning, meat poisoning, phlegm from starchy foods, fish, and vegetables; erysipelas in winter; summer heat toxicity; residual fever following a cold; post-rash toxicity in children; throat obstruction; and sudden convulsions in children.

Xiao Duhuo Sheng Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Medical Bureau*, Volume 3.，For disharmony of the spleen and stomach, excessive damage from food and drink, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, retching and nausea, difficulty swallowing with acid regurgitation, dry belching with foul-smelling food, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, and loss of appetite.

Cooling Sweet Dew Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Swollen Lips. Caused by a diet rich in fatty and starchy foods and aggravated by sudden anger, this condition manifests as raised, hard swellings that may rupture and bleed, or lead to phlegm due to deficient heat, or prolonged thirst.

Immortal-Transmitted Coral and Purple Gold Ointment，From Xue Xun’s Military Formulas, cited in Volume 6 of *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*.，For long-standing or recent cases of internal eye opacity and blindness, shifting cloud-like opacities, sudden onset of “fire eyes,” cold tears when exposed to wind, fear of sunlight and sensitivity to light, and deficiency of the liver … Read more

Shenwu Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 200, citing *Hai Shang Ming Fang*.，Chronic malaria.

Ten-Ingredient Divine-Like Pills，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 9.，For one-sided or bilateral headaches.

Boil-Resolving and Toxin-Eliminating Pills，From *Medical Case Records of Fei Boxiong*.，For carbuncles.

Lei’s Method for Promoting Penetration and Clearing the Membranes，*Treatise on Epidemic Diseases*，Dispels and drains dampness and turbidity from the membrane-origin.

Yuan Yang Dan，From *A Brief Treatise on Yin Syndromes*.，For the initial stage of Yin-toxin typhoid fever, presenting with headache, heaviness in the lower back, eye pain, severe fatigue and weakness, cold and numb limbs, unceasing cold sweat on the forehead and the backs of the hands, or excessive restlessness and thirst, mental confusion as if … Read more

Qinggeng Pills，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 10.，Intestinal abscess. Severe pain in the lower abdomen; the area cannot be pressed; the right foot is constantly bent and cannot be straightened.

Substitute for Kongqing，*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.，For cases where cloudiness in the eye is subsiding but is accompanied by heat and eye discharge.

Fuzhou Pills，The formula is from *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 4; the name appears in *Prescriptions for Universal Relief*, Volume 386.，For swelling caused by spleen deficiency with dampness; all types of deficiency-related swelling.

Pork Liver，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For chronic cold-induced dysentery of the spleen and stomach, where the patient is severely emaciated.

Warming and Unblocking Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Cold in the lower jiao causing difficulty urinating.

Bu Huan Jin Wan，From *Bai Yi*, Volume 18.，For various deficiencies and insufficiencies in women, accompanied by pain in the chest and abdomen.

Great Warming the Middle Pills，Formula by Danxi, cited in Volume 6 of *Six Essentials of Medicine: Compilation of Treatment Methods*.，For chronic jaundice.

Epistaxis Pill，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Epistaxis.

Sophora Flower Pills，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，For intestinal bleeding and dysentery with red or white stools.