Formula for Washing the Head

Modified Belamcanda and Mouse-Stick Decoction，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 6.，For smallpox with heat-toxin rising upward, causing swelling and pain in the throat.

White Lotus Flower Dew，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，Wheezing and coughing, restlessness and thirst, phlegm with blood.

Breath-Regulating Pills，From *A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 1.，Xiben. Characterized by a basin-like swelling under the flanks, causing intermittent chills and fever, back pain, vomiting, and wheezing and coughing.

Lung-Clearing Platycodon Decoction，From *Shortcuts in Surgical Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Lung Abscess.

Cicada and Scorpion Powder，From *Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 2.，Chronic convulsions.

Rice Husk Powder，*Ji Feng*, Volume 14.，For disharmony of stomach qi following diarrhea or dysentery; also treats “Red Sun Dysentery.”

Harmonizing the Blood and Resolving the Double Decoction，From *Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 3.，Malaria pathogen resides in the营 (Ying) level, with attacks occurring every other day.

Jian Gu Decoction，*Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，In women with spleen qi deficiency, diarrhea occurs for 3 days prior to menstruation, followed by the onset of menstruation.

Chrysanthemum Eye-Brightening Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Severe headache and eye pain; redness around the eyes; blurred vision of the sclera and iris; cloudy aqueous humor; and constricted pupils.

Red Date Paste，From *Ye’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Heart pain during pregnancy.

Tianma Suhexiang Pills，*A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For acute convulsions following a purgative treatment.

Blood-Nourishing and Qi-Regulating Decoction，*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 6.，Lung distension with cough, or inability to sleep on either side, with shortness of breath upon movement—these are caused by phlegm mixed with stasis blood.

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

Tongling Wine，*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulations*, citing *Jingzhou Public Health*.，Chronic lower back and leg pain.

Processed Cyperus Pill，From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Blood deficiency with qi stagnation; abdominal pain during menstruation; irregular menstruation.

Yellow Snake Powder，From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 3.，For abscesses and ulcers of the toenails, where the red flesh around the nail protrudes; or for ingrown toenails that frequently bleed and cause unbearable pain.

Qingxue Powder，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 9.，For fish bones lodged in the throat that cannot be dislodged, as well as acute and chronic laryngeal obstruction.

Alum Decoction，From *Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 7.，Purple spots and white patches appear on the hands and feet, with the skin becoming dry, thick, and cracked.

Suhe Decoction，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 32 of *Wai Tai*.，Dull, sallow complexion.

Kudzu Starch Twisted Cakes，*Shenghui*, Volume 96.，Stroke. Heat in the heart and spleen, slurred speech, and mental confusion. Paralysis of the hands and feet.

Life-Saving Calamus Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.，For children suffering from the “Five Wasting Diseases” and emaciation.

Crow’s Gall Pills，*Yidi*, Volume 7.，For the early stages of dysentery with excess pathogenic factors causing abdominal pain, where the condition has not resolved despite treatment to eliminate food stagnation.

Cup-Falling Decoction，*Supplements to the *Inner Canon*.，Cardiac hernia and chest pain.

Yangzheng Dan，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，For hiccups and regurgitation, phlegm congestion with dizziness, lower back pain and abdominal pain, and cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.

Xiao Wu Bi San，From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28.，For smallpox characterized by high fever, thirst, scanty and painful urination, constipation, a hot breath, restlessness and agitation, or lesions that are either scorched-purple or red spots—from the onset of fever until the peak of the illness—as well as residual fever following smallpox.