Formula for the Three Herbs with Asarum

Birch Bark Decoction，The formula is from *Classified Materia Medica* (Vol. 14), citing a formula by Chen Cangqi; the name appears in *Comprehensive Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage* (Vol. 4).，Pea-sized sores.

Great Black Pills，From *Chen’s Secrets of Pediatrics*.，For children with dysentery presenting with pure blood in the stool.

Coptis and Tangerine Peel Decoction，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.，Winter heat has not yet manifested as illness; by spring, the body is overcome by accumulated cold, preventing the disease from breaking out. By summer, when heat arrives, the spring cold dissipates, and the winter heat toxin begins to emerge from the … Read more

White Scar Wind Wine，*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28.，For purple-and-white vitiligo.

Wu Zhu Yu Tian Shui Powder，*Essentials of Formulas and Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Damp-heat causing acid regurgitation.

Lotus Leaf Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For coughing with hemoptysis, blood-streaked sputum, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and hematuria.

Asparagus Root Formula，From *Qianjin*, Volume 27.，For consumptive debility, severe physical trauma, senile decline, emaciation, hemiplegia, rheumatic numbness, cold-induced arthralgia, abdominal masses, malignant sores, boils, abscesses, swellings, and leprosy; in severe cases, suppuration throughout the body, gangrene of the nasal bridge, impotence, deafness, and dim vision.

Miaohong Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，For qi stagnation in the diaphragm with phlegm accumulation, accompanied by retching and regurgitation of food.

Worm-Expelling Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.，Symptoms include a sallow complexion and emaciation; a strong appetite with frequent hunger; abdominal pain when not eating; and a daily pattern of these symptoms. Suddenly, there is severe diarrhea, expelling the parasites in clumps or lumps, with blood and pus-filled blisters.

Soul-Reviving Pill，Formula by Danxi, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，For all types of malignant sores; syphilitic sores and impetigo that have ulcerated; perforated throat and nasal bleeding; and profuse discharge of pus and blood.

Sand-Grain Rice Porridge，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 11.，For diarrhea.

Sichuan Hibiscus Bark Pills，From Volume 29 of *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, citing a formula by Liu Changsu.，Effective for all types of tinea.

Secret Formula: Chaihu Decoction，From *Longmu Collection of Ophthalmology by Daoist Baoguang*.，Mild blurred vision following a Yang-toxin illness.

Relieving Decoction，From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 15.，Qi fails to descend; the large intestine is sluggish and obstructed.

Zhenyuan Powder，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，A child develops sores all over the body, with ring-shaped pus-filled lesions encircling the head and neck; the joints of the hands and feet appear as if wrapped in snakeskin; the child experiences intermittent chills and fever, along with unceasing sneezing; and before the condition has resolved, smallpox erupts.

Curcuma and Coptis Pills，Quoted from *Secret Formulas* in Volume 2 of *Pocket Guide*.，When heart fire blazes upward and kidney water fails to rise, water and fire cannot harmonize; thus, fire alone blazes upward while water flows downward as dysuria.The bladder is scorched by the intense heart fire, causing heat to accumulate within the bladder sac; … Read more

Great Gan Sui Pills，Quoted from *Fan Wang’s Formulas* in Volume 8 of *Wai Tai*.，For chronic dysentery with retained fluid and dysentery-associated thirst.

Coptis Summer-Heat-Relieving Pills，*Collected Explanations of Medical Formulas*.，For summer heat with restlessness, thirst, and excessive phlegm-heat.

Qianghuo-Cangzhu Decoction，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume Middle.，Weakness and heaviness in the legs and knees.

Jisheng Decoction，From *Yu’an*, Volume 5.，For women in their final month of pregnancy experiencing fetal movement, water retention, or lower back pain.

Raw Rehmannia Toxin-Eliminating Powder，From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.，For halitosis, mouth sores, and cracked lips following measles, accompanied by sore throat.

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction，From *Secrets of Gynecology*, Volume 3.，Menstrual blood flows from the mouth and nose, accompanied by coughing and shortness of breath.

Wu-Wu Pills，Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Vol. 19), citing *Ten Convenient and Effective Formulas*; name found in *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 110).，For severe wind-induced skin diseases.

Qianhu Zhike Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Indicated for heat accumulation in the upper burner, manifested as headache, dizziness, chest and diaphragm distress, thick and sticky nasal discharge and saliva, phlegm-induced nausea, and loss of appetite.

Yin-Nourishing and Dryness-Clearing Decoction，*Sequel to The Jade Key*.，For lung and kidney yin deficiency triggered by dryness, presenting with sore throat, white, putrid discharge coating the throat, white sores on the mouth and tongue, and mouth ulcers and chapped lips.