Formula for Applying Acanthopanax Ash

Tortoiseshell and Curcuma Decoction，*Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Heat has sunk into the Pericardium, transforming body fluids into phlegm, which obscures the orifices of the heart. The patient experiences delusional speech and hallucinations, suspects ghosts and spirits, is in a state of mental confusion, and has difficulty expectorating phlegm.

Yizhong Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For abdominal fullness, distension, and oppression; belching and regurgitation of acid; intermittent pain in the chest and abdomen; and inability to eat or drink.

Meifeng Pills，Formula taken from *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 15, citing *Qiankun Shengyi*; name found in *Compendium of Ten Thousand Formulas*, Volume 3.，For severe leprosy with loss of eyebrows and hair, and numbness throughout the body.

Xiang Sha Li Zhong Pills，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 23.，For cold and weak spleen and stomach, deficiency of yin and yang, abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhea, regurgitation and dysphagia, and cold-induced bi syndrome.

Dao Chi Qing Xin Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Indicated for deficiency-heat enveloping the Heart Meridian, manifested as a red tongue, mental confusion, and scanty,涩, red, and hot urine.

White Tiger Decoction with Gardenia，*This Matter Is Difficult to Know*.，For the elderly, children, and the debile suffering from typhoid fever for 5–6 days, presenting with confusion, delirium, and either painful or scanty urination, or restlessness and insomnia.

Minor Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Collection of Maternal and Prenatal Medicine*, Volume 2.，Postpartum blood deficiency headache, with pain extending to the crown and nape of the neck, a pulling sensation in the brain and neck, and a sense of impending death. The Jueyin, Shaoyang, and Yangming meridians converge at the crown, branch to the forehead, and penetrate … Read more

Family Recipe: Yellow Ointment，From *Secret Mirror on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syphilis*, Volume 2.，Genital sores, leg sores, or necrosis of the head and face caused by syphilis.

Zhaban Dan，Formula by Zhang Xiao’an, cited in Volume 5 of *The Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*.，For the early stages of dysentery and watery diarrhea.

Jade-Complexion Soap，*Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 8.，For women with freckles.

Regenerating Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 235.，For all cases of jaundice and emaciation due to overwork, as well as deficiency syndromes that cannot be treated by other medications.

Xiang Sha He Zhong Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，In the early stages of the illness, the patient’s spleen and stomach were damaged by food, leading to stagnation of damp phlegm and qi, food stagnation causing distension, and fullness in the chest and abdomen.

Like the “Sacred Needle-Head Pills”，From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xiu Zhen*.，For dysentery.

Pig Stomach Pill，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, Volume 24.，For children suffering from wasting disease, night sweats, excessive fatigue, and weakness, with worms in the stool.

Soapberry Seed Pills，*Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 11.，For wind-heat in the Liver and Gallbladder meridians, presenting as nodules on both sides of the neck and flanks.

Military All-Purpose Ointment，Formula by Xu Bangdao, cited in *The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For contusions and injuries, as well as all types of unknown malignant conditions, scrofula, abscesses, phlegm nodules, blood stasis, qi stagnation, and conditions caused by wind, cold, and dampness.

Fragrant Sandalwood Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 2.，Disharmony of the spleen and stomach; cold in the stomach causing loss of appetite; inability to taste food; fullness and distension with discomfort.

Unparalleled Dioscorea Pill，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 19.，For all types of deficiency and debility. For men suffering from various deficiencies and debilities, the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries,” headaches and dizziness, cold extremities, intermittent fever or chills, cold-induced arthralgia and bone pain, weakness in the lower back and hips, failure to gain muscle mass despite ample … Read more

Throat Disorder Powder，*Clinical Manual of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*.，Redness and swelling of the throat, tonsillitis, oral ulcers, and swollen gums.

Chi Tou Pills，From *Jisheng*, cited in *Pujifang*, Volume 100.，For wind-induced epilepsy, regardless of age, characterized by increasingly frequent seizures accompanied by vomiting and foaming at the mouth. A severe form of epilepsy.

Seven-Ingredient Bamboo Shavings Decoction，From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 19.，For smallpox in children accompanied by heat in the Stomach Meridian, manifested as vomiting, thirst, and heat in both hands and feet.

Modified Sanqi Decoction，*Eight Methods of Medical Practice*, Volume 3.，For body pain caused by wind, cold, and dampness-induced bi syndrome that has gone untreated for a long time, resulting in depletion of qi and blood and a combination of deficiency and excess conditions.

Zhedu Decoction，*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 7.，Weakness in the legs. Wind-heat ascends into the heart and abdomen, causing extreme restlessness and near-fainting. Wind, dampness, cold, heat, and toxic qi ascend and attack the Liver, Spleen, and Kidney meridians, disrupting the harmony of yin and yang. This results in stiffness and spasms in the limbs, shortness … Read more

Goat Dung Powder，From *The Complete Book of Surgical Diseases*.，Ulcers caused by deficiency of the True Yuan. Sores around the neck that are festering and foul-smelling, refusing to heal for a long time, and multiplying as they heal.

Fritillary Bulb, Cimicifuga, and Soft-shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 8.，For throat sores with pus formation.