Formulas for Health Preservation

Hemorrhoid Ointment，From *Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 27.，For external hemorrhoids that have prolapsed and are oozing yellow fluid, accompanied by swelling and pain.

Ear Boil Powder，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，Ear boil.

Huan Zhong He Qi Powder，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，For chest fullness and tightness caused by pathogenic qi, with numbness in the hands and feet.

Ginseng and Clove Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，Chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach, with regurgitation and vomiting.

Nijin Ointment，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 13.，For adults and children alike, all cases of unexplained swelling, hardness, burning, and redness, as well as various types of red tumors, feverish swellings, and moist, ulcerated sores.

Borneol and Sweet Dew Pills，*Classified Materia Medica*, Volume 4, citing *Collected Effective Formulas*.，For wind-heat-induced restlessness, dry mouth, delirium, high fever throughout the body, poisoning, and all wind-heat and typhoid fever conditions.

Man Jian Jia Zhu Ye Shi Gao Decoction，*Compendium of Medical Case Records by Renowned Qing Dynasty Physicians*, Volume 3.，Following an illness, the patient was further exhausted and exposed to pathogenic factors; deficient pathogens invaded the body, resulting in yin deficiency complicated by phlegm, which lingered in the collaterals. The condition initially presented with alternating chills … Read more

Artemisia Bark and Four Substances Decoction，*Bi Hua Yi Jing*, Volume 3.，For internal heat due to yin deficiency.

Lung-Tonifying Tussilago Powder，From *Shenqiao Wanquan Fang*, cited in Volume 10 of *Yifang Leiju*.，Qi deficiency of the lungs causing weakness, trembling of the hands and feet, and reduced appetite.

Qingguang Wash Formula，From *Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.，Syphilitic eye condition characterized by crisscrossing red blood vessels and a corneal opacity.

Calm-Mind Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，In men, excessive mental exertion leads to heart deficiency, restlessness of the heart, upward surging of heart fire, a disruption of the balance between water and fire, and the wide opening of the kidney gate, resulting in nocturnal emission. Symptoms include thirst, a dry tongue, a red … Read more

Ginseng and Breast Milk Decoction，From *Records of Insights into Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 1.，For dryness-related disorders.

Jianyuan Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，Myopia.

Frankincense and Sulfur Powder，From *The Complete Collection on Survival from Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，For unceasing hiccups caused by yin cold.

Decoction for Dispelling Yin and Promoting Drainage，From *Yi Chuan Sheng Yi*, Volume 4.，There is slight swelling above the eye sockets, as if the patient has just woken from sleep; the neck pulse is throbbing; there is occasional coughing; coldness in the groin and thighs; swelling of the lower legs; and the abdomen is distended. Edema … Read more

Peach Gum Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 21); name cited in *Weisheng Zongwei* (Vol. 8).，For stone-induced dysuria and blood in the urine; for sores, rashes, black nightmares, and convulsions with life-threatening distress.

San San San Decoction，From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 19 of *Youyou Xinshu*.，For convulsions, internal and external heat, restlessness and oppression in the chest, loss of appetite, unceasing vomiting, and various wind-heat conditions.

Dunhou Powder，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 11.，For women with spleen deficiency and excessive dampness, appearing obese, with excessive phlegm, and unable to conceive.

Rhubarb and Pharbitis Powder，From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume Middle.，The energy of the “mutual fire” (xiang huo) roams through the viscera, causing severe constipation.

Tingli-Kushen Powder，From *The Book of Saving Lives*, cited in Volume 6 of *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*.，Chronic jaundice. Severe internal damp-heat, with red and scanty urine, occasional constipation, poor appetite, and no response to other medications.

Decoction for Missed Periods，*Six Books of Medical Essentials*, Volume 27.，For delayed menstruation, infertility, and a slow,涩 pulse.

Baoyuan Huazhi Decoction，*Corrections to Medical Forest*, Volume 2.，For children with smallpox 5–6 days into the course, presenting with dysentery that is white, red, or a mixture of red and white; and for adults with acute or chronic dysentery.

Enhanced Ling-Gui-Zhu-Gan Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，For edema and difficulty urinating, accompanied by a deep, slow, and weak pulse and a subjective sensation of cold.

Asafoetida Qi-Regulating Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，Effective for five types of dysphagia, nine types of chest pain, abdominal masses and lumps, piercing cold pain, abdominal pain and intestinal rumbling, vomiting of sour fluid, hernias in men, and blood and qi disorders in women.

Nanyue Cao Lingdan，From Volume 1 of *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, citing a formula by Song Qianzhi.，Headache.