Four Substances Decoction for Relieving Pain

Eight Li of Gold，From *Chuanyaba*, Volume 1.，For all types of abscesses, back boils, and carbuncles that have not yet fully developed.

Decoction for Dispelling Stagnant Blood and Relieving Pain，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 2.，Latent spleen fire combined with stagnant blood causes severe pain in the right flank, with swelling as large as an inverted cup; the area cannot be pressed, and pressing it intensifies the pain.

Convulsions Decoction，From *Shenshi Yaohan*, Volume 3.，Fish-Egg-and-Pomegranate Syndrome.

Ten-Herb Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 116), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，For paralysis.

Chuanxiong-Fuzi Powder，*Ben Shi*, Volume 3.，Five types of bi syndrome caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach, where the defensive qi fails to warm the muscles, leading to invasion by wind, cold, and dampness pathogens, with symptoms occurring unpredictably in the legs and arms.

Xingxing Powder，From *Tongshou Lu*, Volume 3.，For wind-cold common cold following smallpox, presenting with fever, phlegm, and cough, where a recurrence of smallpox is feared.

Lanjin Pills，*San Yin*, Volume 10.，

Chuanxiong-Huangqin Powder，From *Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions for Gynecology*.，Postpartum fright, alternating chills and fever, and bone pain.

Millet and Aconite Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 46.，Indicated for weakness of the spleen and stomach, fatigue in the limbs, emaciation, dampness affecting the internal organs, frequent and loose stools, and complete loss of appetite.

Nourishing Vitality and Regulating the Spleen Decoction，*Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 11.，For all cases of fever due to overwork, coughing with hemoptysis, symptoms resembling malaria but not malaria, loss of appetite and fatigue, with a forceful pulse at the cun position and a weak pulse at the chi position.

Secret Formula: Calming Pills，From *The Mysterious Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 14, citing *Tongzhi*.，Used for tremors in the elderly caused by wind-pathogen invasion or blood deficiency.

Soybean Bran Formula，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，For various forms of wind-damp arthralgia, muscle spasms and knee pain, accumulated heat in the stomach, mouth sores and restlessness, and difficult bowel movements.

Shaofen Ointment，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 315.，For malignant ulcers and toxic sores, boils and fistulas, back abscesses, brain abscesses, scrofula, carbuncles, swollen and painful gums, injuries from blows or falls, cuts from knives or axes, wounds from caning, and burns or scalds;boils and abscesses on the head and face in children; heat-toxin rashes; bites from … Read more

Qing Shen Hua Du Decoction，From *The Complete Book of Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 2.，For smallpox lesions that have already formed pus, accompanied by severe heart and liver fire, even to the point of gnashing one’s teeth.

Chebulic Myrobalan Ash Powder，From *The Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 24, citing a formula by Zhou Hexian.，For sores caused by sexual jealousy, where the penis is ulcerated by 1–2 cun.

Mahuang Decoction for Inducing Sweating，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.，For epidemic fevers with intense fever and restlessness.

Intestinal-Moistening and Heat-Clearing Decoction，From *The Classic of Dian Dian*, Volume 2.，Following the resolution of alcohol-induced diaphragmatic obstruction, the patient experiences constipation, distension upon urination, and, despite a slight increase in food intake, persists with phlegm, dry mouth, and discomfort in the chest and diaphragm.

Ointment for Injuries，*Traditional Chinese Medicine Traumatology*.，Various types of fractures, dislocations, and tendon injuries.

Rehmannia and Motherwort Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 153.，For women with unstoppable blood loss accompanied by red and white vaginal discharge.

Three Wu Pills，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 260), citing *Wu’s Collection of Proven Formulas*.，For children with convulsions accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea.

Ginseng and Angelica Major Tonifying Decoction，From *Essentials for the Care of Infants* (Vol. 5).，For cases of qi and blood deficiency, where the body is unable to contain toxic qi to form pus, causing the toxin to disperse and wander unchecked through the flesh; after the smallpox lesions have fully erupted, the face and eyes become … Read more

Ephedra and Raw Rehmannia Decoction，*The Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas by Yun Qizi*, Volume 2.，For women with typhoid fever presenting a floating and tight pulse, headache, body heat, aversion to cold, and absence of sweat; where there is concern that heat may enter the blood chamber after inducing sweating.

Rhubarb and Euphorbia Decoction，From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 2).，For women after childbirth, where fluid and blood have congealed in the blood chamber, causing the lower abdomen to feel full and hard like a lump; as well as for men and women suffering from abdominal distension, urinary retention, or urinary tract infections, accompanied by pain and … Read more

Stone Bile Alum Pills，From *The Formulary for Universal Relief*, Volume 391, citing *The Formulary for Infant Care*.，For children with a sallow complexion, emaciation, a distended abdomen, and hard masses caused by stagnation, as well as for adults with stagnation-induced masses.

Tussilago Decoction，*Complete Book of Experience in the Treatment of Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 2.，Lung abscess. Characterized by coughing with chest fullness, chills, a rapid pulse, a dry throat, intense thirst, occasional discharge of turbid, foul-smelling sputum, and, over time, vomiting of pus resembling glutinous rice porridge.