Five-Steamed Pills

Secret Elixir of the Stone Chamber，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 4.，For heart deficiency causing unwarranted visions of ghosts.

Angelica Decoction for Pain After Excessive Drinking，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，Postpartum exposure of the feet to damp ground leads to the formation of damp-toxin.

Poria Pill，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For genuine vital energy deficiency, deficiency of both the Nourishing and Defensive Qi, uncontrolled seminal emission, and depletion of mental vitality.

Minor Bupleurum Decoction Combined with Minor Chest-Relieving Decoction，*Supplement to the Omissions of the Inner Canon*, Volume 4.，Wind-induced syncope. Fever, sweating, restlessness, and a sense of fullness that is not relieved by sweating.

Eye-Washing Decoction of Acacia Branches，From *Shenghui*, Volume 32.，For eye conditions characterized by redness, swelling, and dryness; the appearance of red veins or a film on the cornea; and unceasing flow of hot tears.

Toxicity-Dispelling Decoction，*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 3.，Abscess caused by sitting on a horse.

Modified Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 9.，Phlegm-related disorders. For cases where fire is stagnant in the heart, causing constant spitting of phlegm throughout the day; where even minimal intake of tea or water results in a hard, constricted sensation beneath the heart, shortness of breath, and aversion to water.

Small Copper Mirror Nose Decoction，From *Qianjin*, Volume 3.，For postpartum complications, persistent lochia, masses causing illness, stagnation of blood and qi, and pain in the chest and abdomen. Also treats chest and abdominal pain caused by “hidden corpses” and the thirty-six “corpse” diseases.

Roasted Plum Decoction，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 140), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，Rectal bleeding.

Sesame Wine，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，Occasional exposure to wind and cold; chest pain.

Clam Powder Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，For severe trauma resulting in massive hemoptysis; or excessive hemoptysis caused by overindulgence in food and alcohol followed by a fall while bending over; as well as uncontrolled bleeding from the mouth and nose, epistaxis from the tongue, or bleeding from moxibustion sores—provided the patient’s voice remains intact.

Acacia Wine，From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 24.，For hemorrhoids that have persisted for ten years without healing.

Scorpion and Aconite Powder，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 21), citing *Comprehensive Collection of Effective Formulas Based on Personal Observations*.，For all types of wind-induced headaches, accompanied by cerebral wind symptoms, excessive phlegm and saliva, vomiting and nausea, spitting of clear fluid, sudden dizziness and vertigo, seeing dark spots before the eyes, locked jaw, facial asymmetry, facial … Read more

Ku Cha Powder，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 18); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 44), quoting *Zhinanfang*.，Neither caused by cold nor by stroke, but by phlegm and stagnant qi rising from the chest and diaphragm, resulting in a sudden, excruciating headache.

Indigo Juice，Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 36), citing *Guang Ji Fang*; name found in *Sheng Ji Zong Lu* (Vol. 182).，Erysipelas in children.

Qi-Regulating and Wind-Dispelling Powder，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 2.，Facial paralysis.

Ding-Xia Decoction，From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Deficiency-cold in the spleen, with stagnant phlegm and retained fluid, causing retching and vomiting.

Emesis Decoction，*Essence of Ancient Formulas*, Volume 1.，For dry cholera, where the hands and feet are warm, this mixture induces vomiting upon ingestion and restores breathing after it has ceased.

Shanjing Pills，*The Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 198.，

Cimicifuga Root Juice Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 117.，Mouth sores.

Thousand Gold Child-Nourishing Pills，From *Yi Bian*, Volume 4.，For children with malnutrition syndrome, characterized by a distended abdomen with visible blue veins, intermittent fever, cough, and protruding sternum.

Divine Sand Embracing Dragon Pills，*The Continuation of the Medical Lamp*, Volume 16.，For infantile convulsions, wind-cold, and phlegm-induced wheezing.

Hemorrhoid-Expelling Powder，*Collection of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 5.，Hemorrhoids.

Ghost Arrow Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 166.，For lack of breast milk after childbirth, or scant milk supply.

Five-Ingredient Psoralea Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.，Promotes frequent urination.