Formula Combining the Four Gentlemen and the Four Spirits with Modifications

Carrot Porridge，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 25.，For the elderly with poor appetite or indigestion, dry skin, night blindness, as well as hypertension and diabetes.

Qingqi Yigan Decoction，*The Jade Case*, Volume 4.，Qi fails to disperse and becomes stagnant above the diaphragm.

Decoction for Clearing Summer-Heat and Stabilizing Reversal，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 6.，For summer heat injury with persistent dampness, spontaneous sweating, coldness in both feet extending below the knees, abdominal distension and fullness, and loss of consciousness.

Polygonum Paste，*Outline of Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 11.，For a hidden boil on the back that is black, sunken, and painless.

Tissue-Regenerating Qilin Jie Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 64.，Painful sores on the feet caused by wind-toxin, with unceasing discharge of pus and fluid.

Tangerine Fragrance Pills，*General Essentials of Health Preservation*, Volume 12.，For children with malnutrition and accumulation of food stagnation: jaundice, emaciation, night sweats, abdominal distension, diarrhea, undigested food remaining in the stomach, and shortness of breath with wheezing.

Pine Needles Soaked in Wine，*Shenghui*, Volume 24.，For severe wind-induced disorders.

Decongest and Moisten Pills，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，Indications: Severe heat in the large intestine, wind-heat-induced constipation, dryness of the pylorus, and obstruction of bowel movements.

Liangjie Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.，Toxic heat is internally retained in the bowels, accompanied externally by cold pathogens; essence and blood become entangled, resulting in swelling, lumps, and pain.

Wenkang Pills，*Huiyue*, Volume 10.，For deficiency of Mingmen fire, with diarrhea occurring at the fifth watch and at daybreak, persisting for many years without resolution.

Enhanced Loquat Paste，*Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.，For deficiency of both qi and blood, emaciation, aching and weak limbs, mental fatigue, lower back and spinal pain, and reduced appetite—all conditions characterized by deficiency and weakness.

Qingjin Pills with Dragon Ointment，*Danxi’s Heart Methods with Appendices*, Volume 16.，Boils and abscesses; toxic sores.

Perilla and Frankincense Decoction，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 14).，For coughs caused by lung congestion in children.

Modified Bu Jin Wan，From *Jin Jian*, Volume 89.，For fractures of the wrist bone resulting from a fall, where the hand is bent backward, the bone is fractured, the limb cannot be raised, and swelling occurs that is as hard as a mallet.

Southern Frankincense Ointment，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 62.，For nasal congestion and difficulty breathing.

Bone-Healing Pills，From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 9 of *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For fractures, contusions, pain, and toothaches.

Qi-Nourishing and Leakage-Sealing Decoction，*Gu’s Medical Classic*, Volume 4.，Qi deficiency with spontaneous abortion.

Modified Five-Bark Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For pregnancy with retained water and dampness, manifesting as chest fullness, palpitations, swelling of the limbs, soreness in the lower back, and weakness in the legs, accompanied by a white, greasy tongue coating and a deep, slippery pulse.

Decoction of Kudzu Root for Regulating the Middle，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 179.，For children who, in the spring, summer, fall, or winter—whether in the morning or evening—experience sudden chills that cause their limbs to stiffen; who are unable to release heat, resulting in high fever; or who have cold qi entering the stomach, leading to … Read more

Purple Aster Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 49.，For lung heat with wheezing and cough.

Pepper-Boron Powder，From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 2.，Tooth decay.

Appetite-Stimulating Powder，From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 4.，Abdominal distension and vomiting.

Milk-Withdrawal Powder，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 7.，Pain in the arms caused by exposure to dampness while sitting or lying down, or by the hands being left outside the covers and catching a chill while sleeping.

Atractylodes Powder，*Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 9.，Smallpox lesions affecting the eyes. When smallpox lesions in children affect the eyes, causing a corneal opacity and sensitivity to light.

Tendon-Relaxing and Blood-Activating Wash，From *Lin Rugao’s Experience in Bone Setting*.，For lower limb fractures and late-stage dislocations characterized by stagnant blood and tight, inextensible tendons.