Formula for Treating Edema and Fluid Retention

Mulberry Wood Moxibustion，*Chuanya Waibian*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and carbuncles on the back that do not erupt, or where stagnant tissue does not decay and ulcerate; as well as for genital sores, scrofula, oozing ulcers, leg ulcers, intractable sores, and malignant sores that have not healed for a long time.

Yellow Dog Meat Pills，Formula by Chen Wanli, cited in Volume 2 of *Pocket Guide*.，For men and women suffering from consumptive weakness, body heat, night sweats, and lethargy in the limbs.

Vaisravana Pills，Volume 7 of *Ji Feng*.，For various types of deficiency-heat: dizziness and vertigo, ringing in the ears, dry mouth with a slight cough, heat in the hands and feet, and restlessness with palpitations.

Sparrow Droppings Ointment Formula，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 138.，

Frankincense Meridian-Opening Pills，From *Ren Cun Fang*, cited in Volume 94 of *Pu Ji Fang*.，For stroke caused by wind, cold, and dampness; hemiplegia; numbness and stiffness in the hands and feet; bone pain and swelling of the feet; chills and fever; conditions gradually developing into beriberi; or sprains and injuries to tendons and bones; hernias in … Read more

Black Tiger Pill，From *Secret Transmission of Proven Internal and External Prescriptions*.，Apply to the back and mouth.

Ruijin Powder，*Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 7.，For women with cramping pain due to blood and qi stagnation, absent menstruation, vomiting and pain prior to menstruation, and blocked menstrual flow.

Heart-Calming Decoction，From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 15 of *Wai Tai*.，For palpitations due to wind-pathogen, mental confusion, sadness, and restless sleep.

Decoction for Draining Water Retention，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 31, citing *Ji Cheng*.，For edema caused by fluid retention.

Galangal Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 55.，Cardiac pain with cold extremities. The complexion is bluish-black; the eyes stare straight ahead; pain and distension extend from the heart and abdomen to the lower ribs.

Dried Persimmon Rice，From *Essentials of the Crimson Pouch*.，Gastroptosis.

Four-Processed Melia Pills，From *Formulas for Prolonging Life*.，Hernia.

Iron Fan Powder，*Compendium of Traumatology*, Volume 7.，For lacerations caused by knives or stones, where the wound has become swollen.

Immortal Taiyi Fire-Calcined Elixir，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 200.，

Powder to Clear Heart Heat，From *The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 1.，For prolonged heat stagnation following typhoid fever, manifesting as delirium and mania.

Secretly Transmitted Yugang Powder，From *Songya Medical Path* (Volume 2).，For toothache caused by wind or parasites.

Detoxifying Powder，From *Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 12.，Boils caused by smallpox toxin.

He Biao Ba Zhen Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 5.，Exterior deficiency with spontaneous sweating; disharmony of the nutritive and defensive qi; loss of appetite.

Treatment for Shock and Toxicity，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，Apply to newly formed boils and abscesses.

Dragon Horn Powder，*Shenghui*, Volume 30.，For consumptive disorders with seminal emission.

Mystery Powder for Tissue Regeneration，From *The Jade Case*, Volume 6.，For boils on the back.

Dispeller of a Hundred Illnesses，From *Mei’s New Compilation of Proven Prescriptions*, Volume 2.，Fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, abdominal pain, and common cold with fever.

Throat-Blowing Pill，*The New Book on Smallpox Vaccination*, Volume 4.，When smallpox lesions in the throat have ulcerated and formed pits.

Xianggui Yutong Decoction，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，Lower abdominal and lower back pain.

Iron Powder Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 43.，For heart deficiency with restlessness and fever, palpitations, dizziness and blurred vision, and restless sleep at night.