Four Principals and Two Auxiliaries Pills

Small Pepper Pills，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 9 of *Wai Tai*.，For cold-induced coughing and retching, with a sensation of cold in the chest and a feeling as if something is stuck in the throat that cannot be coughed up.

Calm-the-Mind Pills，From Volume 24 of *Zhenglei Bencao*, citing a formula by Master Sun (see Volume 26 of *Puji Fang*).，

Earthworm Oil，From *Medical Explorations* (Vol. 6).，For children after smallpox or adults after illness who, due to going outdoors too soon, experience tearing when exposed to the wind, as well as tears flowing from the tear ducts.

Wolf’s-tooth Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 73.，For women with metrorrhagia, unstoppable bleeding, and a sensation of emptiness and oppression in the chest.

Bamboo Leaf Eye Wash，From *Shenghui*, Volume 16.，For epidemic eye conditions characterized by redness, swelling, pain, and unbearable itching.

Two Blues Powder，*Compendium of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 1.，For all cases of burning heat, redness, swelling, and pain caused by yang toxicity where pus has not yet formed; for residual toxins from epidemic diphtheria or measles; and for diffuse swelling of the neck and throat that has not yet suppurated.

Decreasing and Increasing Huanglian Decoction，*Lüfa*, Volume 5.，Obstructive Urination.

Stone Swallow Decoction，From *Ji Feng*, Volume 18.，For sand-and-stone dysuria with unbearable pain during each episode.

Kongqing and Cassia Seed Ointment，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 112.，For cataracts, internal opacities, and corneal haze—regardless of whether symptoms are associated with cold, heat, wind, or tearing—provided the pupil remains intact.

Suqian Decoction，*Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，For croup and all throat disorders.

Gualou Powder，*The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 28.，For smallpox where extreme heat gives rise to wind, causing convulsions.

Four-Color Pills，*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 10.，For green-colored diarrhea.

Erhuang Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 28.，For febrile diseases caused by cold or epidemic pathogens, where toxic qi is severe, resulting in pea-sized blisters and restlessness with confusion.

Xu’s Fermented Soybean Wine，Formula from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Formulas from the Physician’s Heart* (Vol. 8).，Weakness in the legs due to wind-toxin, with stiffness, fullness, and shortness of breath.

Breast Abscess Pills，*Qianjin*, Volume 23.，Mastitis.

Green Frog Pills，*Direct Pointers*, Volume 23.，For all types of hemorrhoids.

Malaria Pills，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，For malaria.

Enhanced Formula for Black Beards, Strengthening Teeth, and Nourishing the Kidneys，*Yi Tong*, Volume 64.，For elderly patients with kidney deficiency presenting with loose and painful teeth.

Formula for the “48 Signs” Neck-Patch，*Zhun Sheng: Pediatrics*, Volume 9.，Five Types of Weakness in Children.

Duhuo-Cangzhu Decoction，*Causes, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Lower back pain due to cold and dampness in the Shao Yin channel.

Five-Spirit Pill for Malaria，Formula by He Lianchen, cited in *Methods for Treating Damp-Heat Epidemics*.，San-yin malaria, commonly known as “four-day, two-head” malaria, results from cold-dampness injuring the spleen and internal stagnation of spleen yang; if left untreated for a long time, it often develops into chronic malaria.

Single-Ingredient Goat Horn Powder，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 2); name found in *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 6).，Treats postpartum chest tightness and also difficult labor.

Hair-Regrowth Lotion，From *Collected Proven Formulas for the Auspicious*.，

Renlong Powder，From *Extraordinary Formulas Beyond Surgical Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，Dental caries.

Da Tong Sheng Bai Hua She Powder，*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1.，All types of wind disorders, regardless of whether they are acute or chronic, characterized by dragging of the hands and feet, weakness and laxity in the lower back and legs, unsteady gait, mental confusion, facial asymmetry,slurred speech, and excessive phlegm; or tight and … Read more