Five-Nine Powder

Poria, Schisandra, and Ophiopogon Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 5.，Excessive sleep due to gallbladder heat, with mental confusion and drowsiness.

Jiaojia Dihuang Pills，*Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 5.，For irregular menstruation, blood clots, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain.

Miraculous Decoction for Relieving Summer Heat，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 2.，Heatstroke.

Purple-Yellow Decoction，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 3.，For all cases where the smallpox lesions appear dull, dark red, or purplish, or are dry, withered, and purplish-black.

Jianling Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Middle Volume.，(Cerebral Congestion) Frequent dizziness in the head and eyes; a sensation of mental fogginess; frequent forgetfulness; persistent pain; deafness or a sensation of pressure in the eyes; a sensation of rising qi in the stomach that obstructs the passage of food and drink; or qi rising from … Read more

Eye-Washing Decoction with Bamboo Leaves，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 104.，Wind-toxin attacking the eyes, causing sudden redness, dryness, and pain.

Four Jin Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).，Deficiency of the Kidney Meridian manifesting as pain radiating down to the lower back, legs, and feet; swelling and itching of the legs and knees; inability to bend or straighten the limbs; weakness and lack of strength in the feet, making it difficult to … Read more

Menstrual Regulation and Rejuvenation Ointment，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，Irregular menstruation, abnormal blood color, blood stasis clots, and pain in the flanks and abdomen.

Gypsum and Anemarrhena Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For summer heat-induced cough, body heat with a strong desire to drink, internal heat and restlessness; or for dry heat causing body swelling accompanied by cough.

Tong Sheng Disinfecting Powder，*Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 4.，Swelling of the head and face; inability to open the eyes; nasal congestion; dry mouth and tongue; restlessness and thirst; internal and external heat; or swelling and pain in the throat with difficulty swallowing; or internal heat with severe constipation; pulse:洪数 (Hong-shu).

Gansui Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 54); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 193).，For water retention, distension of the chest and abdomen, and shortness of breath.

Rehmannia Pill，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.，Internal organ toxicity.

Ginseng and Agastache Decoction，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 4 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For weakness of spleen and stomach qi, vomiting and retching, inability to retain food, cold hands and feet, and thick, sticky saliva and phlegm. It also treats symptoms resembling shortness of breath without actual shortness of breath, … Read more

Danqian Dan，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For all types of deficiency-cold disorders in women.

Decoction for Relieving Hangovers and Stopping Diarrhea，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Alcoholic dampness damages the spleen and kidneys. A lifetime of drinking without regard for contraindications, engaging in sexual activity while intoxicated, and excessive seminal emission eventually severely impair the spleen’s qi, leading to watery diarrhea. Upon exposure to wind-cold, severe, unstoppable diarrhea ensues, … Read more

Peach and Willow Catkins Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 15.，For an epidemic illness lasting 4 days, with phlegm congestion in the chest, aversion to cold, high fever, and headache.

E-shi Root Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 12.，For pricking wind and wandering wind.

Cimicifuga and Turtle Carapace Decoction，*The Golden Cabinet* (Jin Gui), Volume 1.，A disease caused by Yin-toxin, characterized by a red face with mottled spots resembling brocade patterns, sore throat, vomiting of pus and blood, and a sore throat with ulceration.

Dushensan，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 13.，Umbilical wind in children.

Weixi Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 92.，Deficiency of primordial yang leading to exhaustion; instability of essence and vital energy; nocturnal emissions; enuresis; leukorrhea; in women, chronic coldness of the Blood Sea, leukorrhea, turbid discharge, and infertility; tinnitus in both ears; dry mouth; pathogenic dampness in the kidneys causing instability of essence and vital energy; urine resembling … Read more

Ginseng-White Tiger Decoction with Polygonatum and Barley，*The Four Sages’ Suspended Pivot*, Volume 2.，For warm epidemics, after the Taiyang meridian phase has subsided, in cases of qi deficiency with restlessness and thirst.

Brain-Clearing Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 10.，For red eyes and brain fever.

Cow Dung Powder，From *Suijin*, cited in Volume 4 of *Xiannian Ji*.，For all types of abscesses, boils, toxic swellings, and sores caused by damp-heat; for toxic discharge that persists and refuses to heal; and for children’s smallpox lesions that have become ulcerated and unresponsive to all other treatments.

Xiao Ruxiang Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 12.，For stagnation of wind-pathogen, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, and prickling pain throughout the body.

Cinnamon Bark and Atractylodes Powder，From *The Complete Collection on Shanghan and Preservation of Life*, Volume 4.，For yin spasm with sweating, a deep and fine pulse, and twitching of the hands and feet.