Formulas for Universal Relief

Herbal Ointment，From *Formulas Compiled by Hu Hou*.，Scrofula.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Nourishing Blood，From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 4.，Stiffness and pain in the neck and shoulders.

Jinxing Zhuiyan Dan，From *Essentials of Throat and Tongue Disorders*.，For toothache caused by wind-fire and tooth decay.

Emergency Throat Pill，From *The Treasure of Health*.，For a blocked throat.

Moth-Eradicating Powder，*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.，For swollen and painful throat, single or double tonsillar abscesses, trismus (inability to open the mouth), and inability to swallow liquids.

Black Snake and Astragalus Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 142.，Qi-type hemorrhoids, severe constipation, rectal bleeding, and prolapsed rectum.

Menstrual Regulation Pills，From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.，For irregular menstruation, menstrual abdominal pain, and qi stagnation with blood stasis.

Zhuidi Pills，*Secretly Transmitted Treatise on Ophthalmology: The Theory of Dragon Wood*, Volume 5.，For external eye disorders caused by wind-induced redness, sores, and ulcers.

Uncombed Hair Powder，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 72); the name appears in *Puji Fang* (Vol. 42).，A woman who held in her urine and was unable to urinate at appropriate times, causing her bladder to twist; after five days, she was so exhausted she felt as if she were about to die.

Lianhe Decoction，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 36 of *Wai Tai*.，For bloody dysentery caused by gu poison in children.

Spleen-Strengthening and Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 3.，For malaria.

Ginseng and Deer Antler Kidney-Tonifying Pills，*National Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas* (Fushun Formula).，For deficiency of qi and blood, emaciation and mental fatigue, chronic loose stools or diarrhea, shortness of breath and weakness, aching pain in the lower back and legs, palpitations and forgetfulness, insomnia and anxiety, kidney deficiency with impotence, spontaneous ejaculation upon seeing … Read more

Dragon Boron Pill，*Records of Compassion for Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 7.，Sore and swollen throat following smallpox.

Ning Sheng Decoction，From *The Book of Sincerity*, Volume 6.，Testicular hernia, abdominal distension, fetal convulsions with high fever.

Rescue-in-Danger Upper Dan，*Collection of Treasures for Childbirth and Child-Rearing*, Volume 1.，For cases of excessive postpartum blood loss leading to extreme deficiency and the generation of wind, manifested by blue lips, cold flesh, sweating, dizziness, mental confusion, or wheezing and shortness of breath—the patient’s life hangs by a thread.

Qianjin Huatie Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，Mass accumulation. A hard, stone-like mass in the abdomen that occasionally causes pain; abdominal distension and fullness; irregular menstruation—occurring early or late, with heavy or scant flow, or complete absence; frequent discharge of leukorrhea; nighttime fever; and a rapid, taut pulse.

Anxi Blood-Activating Pill，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9.，For deficiency of the Chong and Ren Vessels, chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen (??), irregular menstruation—whether excessive and unceasing, delayed, or accompanied by metrorrhagia or persistent leukorrhea—a sallow and withered complexion, emaciated and wasted muscles, a heavy and sluggish … Read more

Poultice for Malignant Sores，*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.，Malignant sores.

Five-Steamed Pills，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 13 of *Wai Tai*.，Five-Steam Formula for Consumption.

Shuanghuang Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For children with watery diarrhea, intestinal rumbling, and abdominal pain.

Rescue-the-Righteous Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.，Excessive weeping leading to illness, followed by malaria; deficiency of both yin and yang, with severe fatigue and exhaustion.

Tianliao Wood Soaked in Wine，From *Shenghui*, Volume 25.，For various wind-related disorders.

Intestinal Wind Sophora Pod Pills，From *The Collection of Scales and Claws*, Volume 2.，For intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and fistulas accompanied by pain, itching, and intense heat.

Qing Shi Pills，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For food stagnation and impaired digestion.

Xie Chuan’s “Worry-Free for All Illnesses” Powder，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，For summer cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness, thirst, and dark urine—symptoms resembling malaria but not malaria, resembling dysentery but not dysentery—and an inability to tolerate the local climate and water.