Five Immortals Decoction

Cow Bile Toxin-Resolving Pills，*Complete Book of Experience on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 6,，Yangmei Sores.

Liver-Nourishing and Pathogen-Suppressing Decoction，From *Huiyue*, Volume 3.，Diseases of the Jueyin Liver Meridian, or conditions where qi rises to strike the heart, causing chest pain; restlessness, fever, and excessive thirst; hunger without desire to eat; vomiting of roundworms upon eating; unceasing diarrhea; and a deep, taut pulse.

Jiang’s Child-Nourishing Pills，*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 5.，For children who are emaciated, fail to gain weight despite eating, suffer from abdominal pain, and have internal heat and parasitic infestation.

Hawthorn-Qu Pingwei Powder，*Pathogenesis and Treatment Methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine*，Dries dampness and strengthens the spleen; aids digestion and relieves distension. Used for disharmony of the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, epigastric and abdominal distension, vomiting and nausea, belching and acid regurgitation, and loose stools.

Lotus Root Juice，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Hemorrhage due to heat-toxin.

Sour Jujube Seed Pancakes，From *Shenghui*, Volume 96.，For wind-heat syndrome characterized by a sensation of heat in the head and face, mental confusion and drowsiness, and inability to sleep.

Smallpox-Relieving Powder，From *The Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 8.，For smallpox with fever.

Modified Wei-Ling Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For cases of spleen and stomach injury, tightness in the chest and diaphragm, distension of the flanks, difficulty in urination, and edema of the face and limbs.

Ephedra and Rhubarb Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 22.，During an epidemic, within three days, presenting with headache and high fever.

Decoction of Astragalus for Heat-Induced Diabetes，From *Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine Through the Ages*, Volume 2.，Zhongxiao.

Processed Areca Nut，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 42.，For excessive consumption of alcohol and food, distension of the chest and diaphragm, vomiting of clear fluid, and all types of abdominal masses.

Chinese Yam Porridge，*Essentials of Dietary Therapy*, Volume 2.，For consumptive fever and chronic coldness.

Modified Nourish Yin, Tonify Kidney, and Warm Essence Pills，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，

He Shou Wu Decoction No. 2，*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Prescriptions*.，Premature graying of hair in young adults, or premature graying of the beard and hair.

Scutellaria and Schizonepeta Decoction，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 4.，For children with colds and fever, phlegm-obstructed wind-heat, erysipelas with pain, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, red abscesses or boils on the cheeks, red and swollen eyes, sores on the mouth and tongue, sore throat, painful urination, congenital toxin-induced smallpox, and all residual toxins.

Raw Aconite Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Cold dysuria, which may result from excessive water intake, cold-dampness, or heart deficiency with mental exhaustion. Symptoms include difficult and scanty urination, frequent attempts to urinate without success, pain in the urethra, and intense aversion to cold.

Aconite Formula，*Guide to Prenatal and Childbirth Care*, Volume 7.，For cholera resulting from deficiency of qi and blood, or from food indigestion and exposure to cold, where the pain has subsided but the hands and feet remain cold.

Iron Dan Eye Drops，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Ophthalmology*.，Pepper Sores.

Lu Xing Powder，From Dai Fangyu’s formula, cited in Volume 2 of *Zhu’s Collection of Proven Prescriptions*.，Malaria.

Wind-Dispelling Wine，*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 87.，For wind-induced debility with deficient heat, characterized by severe tension in the head and neck, incoherent speech, restlessness and oppression in the chest, stiffness in the limbs, and soreness and pain in the hands and feet.

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Stopping Metrorrhagia，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 30.，For postpartum rheumatism invading the Chong and Ren meridians, resulting in the inability to expel old and new blood; metrorrhagia resembling soybean juice; paroxysmal pain in the abdomen and flanks; and a pulse that is floating,涩 (thready), faint, and rapid.

Modified Danggui Liu Huang Decoction，From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 9.，For cases of pregnancy-related cold damage where, after inducing sweating, profuse sweating persists and fetal vitality is compromised.

Divine Pill for Expelling Epidemic Fever，From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 5.，Epidemic fever.

Seven Stars of Immortality Powder，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 2.，

Xiao Qianhu Decoction，Quoted from *Cui’s Formulas* in Volume 1 of *Wai Tai*.，For typhoid fever persisting for 6–7 days without resolution, characterized by alternating chills and fever, a sensation of fullness in the chest and flanks, a silent aversion to food and drink, restlessness, and a tendency to vomit. Also indicated for abdominal pain due to … Read more