Formula for Inducing Labor

Blood-Cooling and Muscle-Protecting Ointment，*Trusted and Practical Formulas*, Volume 3.，Boils, abscesses, sores, and carbuncles; back abscesses.

Decoction for Clearing Metal and Relieving Cough，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For children with lung heat-induced cough, excessive thick and sticky phlegm, shortness of breath and wheezing, and impaired lung qi.

Highly Effective Astragalus Decoction，From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 190), citing *The Family Treasure of Health Preservation*.，For all types of uncontrolled bleeding.

Bi Luo Ointment，From *The Great Compendium of Surgery*, Volume 1.，For moist sores, scabies, and tinea on the lower body, as well as toxic phlegm-induced sores and scrofula.

Cunjin Powder，From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 189), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For unstoppable nosebleeds.

Ice-Musk Powder，*Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Laryngology*.，Thrush; swelling and pain in the throat, gums, and oral mucosa, accompanied by ulcers.

Coptis Wine，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 141), citing *Wang’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For bloody diarrhea caused by alcohol consumption.

Qingqing Ointment，*Insights into Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 12.，For contusions where the leg is bruised, swollen, and has ecchymosis.

Golden Mud Ointment，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 14 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For cases where pathogenic heat from typhoid fever affects the heart, accompanied by convulsions.

Chongguan Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 8.，For obstruction of the urinary passage, heat in the upper jiao, fullness and oppression in the chest, and scanty or difficult urination.

Confucius’s Miraculous Pillow Formula，From *Ge’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 26 of *Yixin Fang*.，For forgetfulness; or epilepsy that has persisted for a long time without recovery.

Ginger Stone Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 87.，Eye sores in children, characterized by sensitivity to sunlight, redness, ulceration, tearing, and pain; if left untreated, the eye may soon fall out.

Single-Ingredient White Dog Bone Powder，From *Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 6.，Postpartum restlessness and loss of appetite.

Longevity Decoction，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 6.，For intestinal colic, fetal restlessness, clenched jaw, and crying due to fever.

Ba Huang Powder，*A Concise Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Neurodermatitis.

Shengfeng Decoction，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 11, citing *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*.，For cases of wind-heat ascending, with the white part of the eye intensely red, sudden swelling, and severe pain.

True Gold Unparalleled Zhengqi Powder，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 151), citing *Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*.，For seasonal cold-induced illnesses, the five types of diaphragmatic qi disorders, acid regurgitation, belching, fullness, and dysphagia; dry heaving and nausea; internal dampness and cold, or external invasion by wind pathogens, resulting in a heavy sensation in the body, … Read more

Muscle-Relaxing Decoction，*The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Middle Volume.，Symptoms include eyes swollen and painful as if on fire; pain in the bones and tendons of both feet and the peroneal region; weakness in the knees; heaviness of the body and lower back pain; aversion to cold at night; phlegm-related cough; stiffness and pain in … Read more

Epidemic-Dispelling Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin Formula).，Dizziness and vomiting; abdominal pain and diarrhea; cold extremities; unconsciousness; heatstroke or cold exposure; fever and chills; aching limbs; and dampness-induced oppression and distension.

Corydalis Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 94.，For cold invading the small intestine, causing testicular retraction, a hard lower abdomen, and unbearable pain.

Angelica Decoction for Washing，From *Shenghui*, Volume 61.，For boils and abscesses on the back that, after lancing, continue to discharge pus and fluid uncontrollably, or that have been affected by external wind-toxin, causing severe swelling and pain.

Watermelon Paste，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Tianjin Formula).，For coughs with excessive phlegm, blood-streaked sputum, dry mouth and throat, and vomiting due to stomach heat.

Jiling Bone-Setting Ointment，*Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 4.，Traumatic Injuries.

Decoction of Round Ginseng and Donkey-Hide Gelatin，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 16.，For pregnancy-related deficiency of lung qi, with an interplay of cold and stagnation, resulting in thick, sticky phlegm and persistent cough.

Dushentang，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.，For throat disorders caused by excessive yang energy surging upward, with phlegm that feels like being dragged by a saw.