Formula 2: Decoction

Enhanced Atractylodes Powder，From *De Xiao*, Volume 5.，Wheezing and coughing that occur every time alcohol is consumed.

Liver and Kidney Nourishing Decoction，Formula attributed to Guan Youbo, cited in Chapter 4 of *Famous Formulas Through the Ages*.，For chronic, protracted hepatitis with long-term abnormal liver function, classified as liver-kidney yin deficiency. Symptoms include soreness and weakness in the lower back and legs; pain in the hepatic region upon exertion; restless sleep with frequent dreams; … Read more

Cherry Powder，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 307.，For all types of snake bites.

Su Fangmu Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 80.，Postpartum lochia that does not resolve, abdominal pain, restlessness and agitation, and loss of appetite.

Safflower Ointment，*Ancient and Modern Medical Mirror*, Volume 13.，Chronic ailments.

Cooling Marrow Pill，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，When kidney yin fails to restrain fire, resulting in nightly fever as intense as fire; by the fifth watch, the body grows cool; sweating occurs intermittently; one feels an internal burning sensation in the bone marrow; appetite gradually diminishes; and phlegm is coughed up like white … Read more

Asafoetida Pills for Eliminating Food Stagnation，From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*, Volume 2.，For long-standing masses and food stagnation accompanied by tangible masses.

Yin-Nourishing and Toxin-Clearing Decoction，*Yilin Zuanyao*, Volume 9.，For cough following measles, where accumulated heat has lingered in the lungs, leading to stagnant heat that has transformed into phlegm-mass.

Peppermint Porridge，*Recipes for Longevity Medicinal Porridges*.，For middle-aged and elderly people with wind-heat colds, characterized by headache, red eyes, and a swollen, sore throat; it can also be used as a beverage to prevent heatstroke and reduce fever during the hot summer.

Four-Ingredient Malaria-Suppressing Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 4.，All types of malaria.

Ban Jie Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，When stagnant qi fails to disperse and is further compounded by wind-pathogen invading the Shaoyang meridian, it leads to unilateral headache that fluctuates in severity. The pain lessens in favorable circumstances and intensifies in adverse ones; when faced with frustrating or oppressive events—especially during cold and … Read more

Decoction for Clearing Fire and Eliminating Phlegm，From *Yichun Shengyi*, Volume 2.，Phlegm-fire; in severe cases, mania, restlessness, and incoherent speech.

Smallpox Decoction with Sand，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，

Jujube and Ginger Decoction，From *Essentials of Diet and Nutrition*, Volume 2.，

Penglai Jujubes，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.，For paralysis, gangrene, and conditions characterized by foul odor and extreme debility.

Pus-Resolving Platycodon Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.，Boils and swellings on the back.

Guanyin Life-Saving Powder，From *Suocui Lu*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 229.，For women experiencing difficult labor, or transverse or breech presentation, where delivery has not occurred after 3–4 days; or for retained dead fetus.

Milk-Promoting Decoction，*Yi Tong*, Volume 97.，For lactating women with insufficient milk and those who have not yet begun menstruating.

Aconite Paste，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 145.，Fractures and injuries of the wrist.

Bu Zhong Shen Fu Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Chronic blood stasis, with deficiency of the vital energy and excess of pathogenic factors; physical weakness; loss of appetite; dizziness and vertigo; mental fatigue and reluctance to speak; shortness of breath and sinking of the qi; clear urine and loose stools; or even cold extremities; pale tongue … Read more

Five-Flavor Decoction，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 178), citing *Zheng Family’s Inherited Formulas for Turbid Thirst*.，Exhaustion injuring the Kidney Meridian. Insufficiency of Kidney water leads to unchecked Heart fire, resulting in a parched mouth and tongue, excessive thirst, a flushed face, and emaciation.

Cangfang Wupi Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，For rheumatic weakness and flaccidity, numbness of the skin, and a floating, slow pulse.

Chicken Egg with Vinegar，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.，Postpartum blood stagnation causing confusion and loss of consciousness, with a pale, cold face and lips.

Wenxiang Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 272.，For all types of sores.

Wan’s Moisturizing Ointment，*The Golden Mirror*, Volume 66.，For yin deficiency with throat sores, loss of voice, and dry stools.