Formula for Prolonging Life

Lily Decoction for Nourishing the Lungs，From *New Book on Treating Illnesses at Home*, citing *Rules for Medical Treatment and Prescriptions*.，For phlegm-obstruction with shortness of breath, preventing the patient from lying down.

Hejin Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 4.，Deficiency of fluids and excess of fire; lung stagnation; cough with counterflow of qi; distension and fullness in the chest and flanks; pain radiating to the lower abdomen; inability to turn over in bed; dry tongue and throat; sallow, pale complexion; shortness of breath preventing sleep; sputum thick … Read more

Tonifying Citrine Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 81.，Postpartum debility and weakness.

Ruyi Decoction，From *Yicao Ting*.，Weakness of the Spleen Earth, blurred vision in both eyes, cough, and headache.

Laisu Powder，*Formulas of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2 (Supplementary Collection of Empirical Secret Formulas from Various Bureaus).，For epidemics and typhoid fever occurring in all four seasons, characterized by high fever, headache, aversion to cold, stiffness in the neck and spine, pain throughout the body, restlessness, thirst, confusion, difficulty with urination and defecation, a strong desire … Read more

Roasted Salt Powder，*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 6.，For dry cholera.

Radish Pills，From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.，For those experiencing abdominal distension due to deficiency of the middle qi following smallpox.

White Frost Pills，From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 10), citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Formulas*.，

Ginseng and Poria Stomach-Harmonizing Pills，From *The Song of Preserving Life: Annotations*, Volume 19.，For weakness of the spleen and stomach with persistent diarrhea.

Ba’an Ointment，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 130.，All types of sores and swellings.Boils on the back, scrofula, fistulas, carbuncles, wind-induced swelling, dry tinea, tinea of the breast, tinea of the genitals, hair loss at the temples, hair loss on the scalp, tooth eruption, snake and insect bites, fractures and sprains, arrows lodged in the bone, throat obstruction, difficult … Read more

Miraculous Powder，*Caring for the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For fish-mouth-like toxic sores.

Wuti-Coptis Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 78.，Persistent diarrhea caused by dampness (or parasitic infestation).

Sulfur Powder，From *Bai Yi*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 280.，Scabies.

Thousand Gold Pig Fat Pills，The formula is from *Wai Tai*, Volume 13, citing a recipe by the Yao family; the name appears in *Jin Gui Yi*, Volume 7.，For chronic abdominal pain.

Yin-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Decoction，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，Delayed menstruation due to blood heat with stasis. Menstrual flow is scant and purplish in color; accompanied by abdominal distension, restlessness and heat, dry mouth, a yellow tongue coating, and a rapid pulse.

Erfen Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，For heat-toxin descending to the lower body, hemorrhoids, fistulas, and conditions characterized by swelling, pain, and itching.

Xingxia Pills for Drying Dampness and Phlegm，Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Methods*, Volume 2; name cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 2.，Treats damp phlegm; also treats leukorrhea caused by phlegm.

Regenerating Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin Formula).，For men with nocturnal emissions; for women with cold blood, red or white vaginal discharge, lower back and leg pain, and general physical weakness.

Yin Tie Gu Powder，From *Collected Insights on Surgical Treatments: Formulas for Home Use—Ointments, Pills, and Powders*.，Yang-pattern abscesses and carbuncles.

Youli Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 9.，Qi deficiency of the heart and gallbladder, with invasion by wind-pathogen, manifesting as aversion to cold and shivering.

Mulberry Twig Decoction，*Shenghui*, Volume 19.，Stroke-induced aphasia.

Xuemei Pills，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Throat ringworm.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Gelatin，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Used for qi deficiency and blood deficiency, bone-steaming fever, abdominal distension with blood clots, and afternoon fever.

Shenhe Powder，From *Formulas Recorded in History*, Volume 1.，Abdominal pain caused by an excess of dampness. Symptoms include abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, weight gain, weakness in the limbs, rumbling in the abdomen, and loose stools.

Clear Discharge Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，In women with extreme internal heat, vaginal discharge is black in color; in severe cases, it resembles ink, with a particularly foul odor. There is abdominal pain, and urination feels as if pierced by a knife. The vulva is red and swollen. Over time, the patient … Read more