Formula for Reducing Smallpox with Crucian Carp

Duck Blood Wine，*Gynecology of the Bamboo Grove*, Volume 1.，For women whose stomach qi is blocked during menstruation, causing tidal fevers and a loss of appetite lasting ten days.

Ginger and Tangerine Peel Powder，From *Zhuang’s Family Tradition*, cited in Volume 29 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For bloody and white dysentery.

Sheep’s-thistle Pills，*Shenghui*, Volume 37.，For nasal polyps causing obstruction.

Lung-Moistening Paste Pills，From *Wang’s Collection of Prescriptions*, cited in Volume 16 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with cough due to cold stagnation.

Ginseng, Aconite, and Three Whites Decoction，*Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Yin-type rashes. In cases of internal injury to spleen yang, where yang is suppressed by yin, the spots are faint and sparse, mostly pale red in color, sometimes mixed with pale gray or a whitish sheen. There may be as many as six or seven … Read more

Li Long Pearl，From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 18.，For stroke.

Forsythia, Cimicifuga, and Pueraria Decoction，*Collected Works on the Care of Infants*, Volume 5.，In cases where smallpox toxins in children have not fully erupted.

Head-Protecting Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，When pathogenic factors invade the brain marrow and cannot be expelled, causing a sudden, severe onset of headache extending to the brain, with both eyes red and feeling as if they are about to burst or split—this is what is known as a “true headache.”

Acacia Bud Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 112.，Loss of vision, night blindness, and cataracts (both internal and external).

Pain-Relieving and Tonifying Powder，From Guo’s Formula, cited in Volume 15 of *Yuji Weiyi*.，For all types of sores and swellings accompanied by unbearable pain; and for pain in sores and ulcers due to blood deficiency.

Ding Sha Powder，*Formulas of the Ruizhu Hall*, Volume 3.，

Scar-Removing Ointment，From *The Mysteries of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 12.，For cases where smallpox has healed but the toxin has not fully dissipated; the scabs have fallen off completely, leaving only scars—whether dark, uneven, or scratched into sores.

Spleen-Clearing Sweet Dew Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Damp-heat stagnation in the Spleen Meridian leads to the formation of blisters, accompanied by profuse and painful discharge from the lower body.

Pig Bladder Induction Method，*Compilation of Smallpox Medicine*, Volume 4.，For cases where smallpox lesions have progressed from eruption to the “filling with pus” stage and are beginning to subside, but the patient is constipated.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnant Qi，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，Fullness and oppression in the chest and abdomen.

Gui-Yu Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 5.，Postpartum vaginal erosion.

Lung-Soothing and Cough-Relieving Powder，*Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Volume 1.，Cough due to wind-cold in pregnant women.

Huanming Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 108.，Cloudiness and halos in the eyes, blurred vision and dryness, and pain in the blood stasis-affected tissues.

One Pearl，From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.，Effective for all types of abscesses and wandering swellings, as well as infantile convulsions.

Cinnamon and Beeswax Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 140.，For thorns embedded in the flesh.

Polygonum Cuspidatum Decoction，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 30.，For cases where toxic pathogens from cold damage attack the hands and feet, causing severe swelling and pain due to deficiency.

Angelica Sinensis Heart-Nourishing Decoction，*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 23.，For a woman who, after receiving smallpox inoculation, suddenly experiences menstrual flow accompanied by severe dizziness and an inability to speak.

Ginseng Nourishing Vitality Decoction，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.，After suffering from a cold due to cold, residual toxins have not dissipated; they rise to the head and neck, causing nasal congestion and a heavy sensation in the body; when anger rises, there is often blood flowing from the top of the head into the … Read more

Zhu Yun Powder，From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 4.，Various wind-induced skin ulcers and sores on the face, hands, and feet.

Qianjin Runxia Pills，*Huiyue*, Volume 8.，For dry, hard stools accompanied by severe bloating and distension, but where the pulse does not yet indicate severe deficiency.