Four-Grain Decoction

Ox Brain Pills，*Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 50, citing *The Complete Record of Holy Remedies*.，For men and women suffering from spleen stagnation and abdominal fullness.

Stomach-Clearing and Malnutrition-Resolving Decoction，From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 12.，For treating “Running Horse Teeth” stomatitis.

Yiwei Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For deficiency of both spleen and stomach qi, with phlegm stagnation in the epigastrium causing incessant retching and vomiting.

Ziyun Powder，From *The Collection of Precious Formulas for Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For sores in the mouth, nose, and throat.

Platycodon Juice Formula，*Compendium of Sacred Remedies*, Volume 147.，Hemoptysis due to gu poisoning.

Roasted Green Pills，From *Medical Formulas Compiled by Category* (Vol. 129), citing *Medical Forest Formulas*.，Dampness.

Cezi Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 9.，For stroke, hemiplegia of the hands and feet, and facial asymmetry.

Enhanced Fu-Gui-Di-Huang Decoction，From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 2.，Yin-deficiency hernia.

Flaxseed Porridge，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，For elderly patients with beriberi, restlessness or vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness and numbness, and cold sensations in the abdomen.

Rusheng Weidu Ointment，From *Family Instructions on Laryngology*, Volume 1.，For external redness, swelling, and burning pain of the throat; wind-toxin causing mumps; warm-toxin, epidemic inflammation, and various toxins; also treats erysipelas.

Coix Seed Pills，*New Book on Child Care*, Volume 2.，For children with delayed walking due to a congenital weakness of liver qi, resulting in contracted legs and weak, outstretched arms.

Cow Bile Phlegm-Resolving Pills，*Concise Medical Compendium*, Volume 4.，For stroke-induced delirium, convulsions, and loss of consciousness; excessive phlegm and saliva; locked jaws; and all cases of excessive phlegm and shortness of breath in men, women, the elderly, and children.

Amber, Ginseng, and Poria Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For men with stabbing pain in the penis; for women with swelling and pain in the genital area; for dribbling and difficult urination; for flank pain and qi reversal; and for various types of hernia pain and dysuria.

Sheng-Shao Decoction，*Songya Zunsheng*, Volume 15.，For cases where the smallpox lesions are sunken, the skin appears pale, or diarrhea is present, due to spleen and stomach deficiency.

Xianchuan Hua (Fan) Pills，From *Spring Foot Collection*, Volume 4.，For women with symptoms of menstrual disorders.

Coptis and Mutton Liver Pills，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，For liver deficiency with excessive fire, resulting in dim vision, photophobia, and pterygium.

Mu Xiang Dao Zhi Pills，From *Elucidations on Pediatrics*, Volume 3.，For dysentery—regardless of whether the stool is red or white—where there is damp-heat and food stagnation, and purgation is indicated.

Red Powder Gauze Strip，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，Ulcers.

Black Gold Powder，*Bo Ji*, Volume 3.，It treats graying of the mustache and sideburns, as well as all dental ailments.

Decoction for Treating Epidemic Diseases，From *Essentials of the Collection of Formulas Based on Causes and Symptoms*, Volume 3, citing a formula by Wang Yungu.，Epidemic conditions.

Shi Zhen’s Jade Complexion Powder，From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.，Freckles on the face, which may be yellow or black in color, appear as countless tiny spots.

Jin Bu Huan Divine Transformation Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Qingdao Formula).，For numbness in the hands and feet, pain in the lower back and legs, and injuries from falls or blows.

Zhi-Pu Er Chen Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Food stagnation. Phlegm in the stomach, resulting in a feeling of fullness and inability to eat, nausea and vomiting, or pain radiating to the limbs and in the shoulders and back; loose stools that come and go intermittently; occasional expectoration of phlegm; a sweet taste … Read more

Modified Spleen-Clearing Decoction，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Vol. 197.，Malaria.

Poria, Cinnamon, and Pinellia Decoction，*Source of the Four Sages’ Hearts*, Volume 5.，For dysphagia.