Five Treasures Pills

Ginseng and Mugwort Decoction，From *The Complete Collection on Diphtheria*.，Early stage of diphtheria with cold syndrome. Cold pathogen is in the exterior; a white coating appears inside or outside the “Guan” (throat), which is bright, lustrous, and even in color. The throat is pale red, slightly swollen, and mildly painful. Symptoms include headache, aversion to cold, … Read more

Baoshou Powder，From *One Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 10.，For infants suffering from feverish agitation, tidal fever, wind-heat, or deficiency-heat—manifesting as warmth or heat in the head and forehead, frequent crying day and night, clear nasal discharge due to dampness, and occasional clear phlegm in the throat and pharynx—restless sleep at night; small, hot, … Read more

Master Lü’s “One Branch of Plum”，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，For adults—men and women—and children suffering from acute or chronic illnesses where life and death hang in the balance; for children with acute or chronic convulsions; and for all cases of dysentery in the elderly and young.

Kudzu and Hibiscus Powder，*Records of the Transmission of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 15.，Acute and chronic laryngitis; swelling and pain in the throat.

Guanzhong Five-Ingredient Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 143.，For persistent, uncontrolled bleeding.

Suixin Zhengqi Pills，From *The Collection of Compassionate Voyage*, Volume 1.，For summer and autumn ailments caused by exposure to cold or heat, such as common colds, headaches, chills, fever, and pain in the joints throughout the body; for cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; for epidemic malaria and dysentery; for seasonal toxic rashes; and for pathogenic influences … Read more

Four Ashes Powder，*New Book on Smallpox Inoculation*, Volume 10.，For women who develop smallpox during menstruation.

Blood-Nourishing and Throat-Moistening Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 5.，Hemoptysis. Due to deficiency of body fluids and dryness of blood, the blood remains in the throat and cannot be coughed up; however, it may be coughed up in severe cases; or when there is a sensation of blood rising in the throat.

Bai Shuang Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 64.，For a lump or mass in the throat obstructing the passage of water and food, causing extreme distress and near-fatal condition.

Agarwood Red-Cut Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，For children with diarrhea characterized by more red than white stool, or pure bloody stool, or stool resembling soybean juice.

Wash-the-Heart Powder for Fiery Ulcers，From *Essentials of Ophthalmology*, Volume 1.，For sores around the inner corner of the eye, initially resembling pepper blisters or pomegranate seeds, or round or elongated, resembling red beans.

Magnetite and Wood Fragrance Pills，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 30); the name appears in *Pujifang* (Vol. 224).，For debility-induced weakness and blurred vision, or the appearance of dark spots in the visual field.

Zhu Xiong Pills，*New Book on Pregnancy and Childbirth*.，For unstoppable menstrual bleeding accompanied by the discharge of a substance resembling cow’s membrane, leading to unconsciousness and collapse—this condition results from the accumulation of blood and qi.

Essence-Nourishing Decoction，*Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 1.，For stroke-induced rigidity and immobility, with deficiency of both qi and blood, inability to raise the arms or walk, and slurred speech.

Ginger Juice and Wine，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 159.，A fetus has died in the womb; qi and blood have congealed and become cold, making expulsion difficult.

Warming the Viscera Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 397.，A child with persistent bloody diarrhea and cold hands and feet.

Ginseng and Purple Aster Decoction，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.，For lung invasion by cold pathogens, manifesting as coughing, shortness of breath, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and aching pain in the limbs.

Ascending and Dispersing Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 15.，For smallpox lesions on days 1 to 2, accompanied by restlessness and convulsions.

Stomach-Relieving Eight-Treasure Powder，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 5.，For chest and abdominal distension and fullness caused by emotional distress and worry.

Pre-Meal Pills，From *Essentials of the Treatment of Beriberi*, Volume 2.，

Jin Su Dan，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 25 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with a distended abdomen and wasting disease, who exhibit a tendency to eat dirt, and suffer from irregular diarrhea.

Ginseng Decoction for Harmonizing the Middle，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 178.，For children with white diarrhea and red urine.

Wang Jun’s River Cart Formula，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 3.，

Zhi-Xing Pills，*One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Scanty and difficult urination and defecation.

Pregnancy-Preserving Mulberry Parasite Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 77.，For pregnancy with fetal restlessness, threatened miscarriage, and instability. If the fetus is moving erratically and there is pain in the chest.