From the *Collection of Life-Preserving Formulas*

Arctium Porridge，From *Jin Xiao Fang*, cited in Volume 30 of *Wai Tai*.，For sores and swellings, or for children with accumulated heat in the heart, restlessness, and confusion.

Modified Phlegm-Resolving Decoction，*Record of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 9.，Phlegm-related disorders. For cases where fire is stagnant in the heart, causing constant spitting of phlegm throughout the day; where even minimal intake of tea or water results in a hard, constricted sensation beneath the heart, shortness of breath, and aversion to water.

Yin-Consolidating and Stomach-Clearing Decoction，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，In years corresponding to the “Shao Yin Sovereign Fire” and “Yang Ming Dry Metal” phases,in the early stages of an epidemic, before the disease has entered the Shao Yang channel, if Chai Hu, Gui Zhi, Shi Gao, and Zhi Mu are mistakenly administered too early, … Read more

Red Poria Powder，*Qianjin Yi* (Supplement to the Thousand Gold Prescriptions), Volume 18. An alternative name for the “Red Adzuki Bean and Poria Decoction” cited in *Wai Tai* (Outside the Palace), Volume 4, which references *Shen Shi’s Formulas*.，

Tianci Life-Saving Pill，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 115.，For various wind-related disorders.

Internal Support and Forsythia Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 273.，For fish-eye carbuncles, purple-inkstone carbuncles, and various other types of carbuncles that have just appeared—where the skin color remains unchanged, there is no pain, the lesion does not move when pressed or shaken, and the patient experiences alternating chills and fever.

Liver-Nourishing and Blood-Nourishing Decoction，From *Collected Insights from Reflection*.，Women experiencing itching, swelling, and pain in the genital area due to blood deficiency failing to nourish the liver should be treated with warming and tonifying herbs to achieve recovery.

Powder and Glue Powder，*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 300, citing *Hai Shang Fang*.，Chilblains.

Five-Pass Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 68.，Hemoptysis.

Honey-Soap Pills，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 14.，Smallpox. Constipation, delirium and rambling speech, red urine.

Flour and Sugar Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 97.，For severe constipation with intestinal obstruction.

Xuan Niu Pills，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 247.，For bladder hernia and “ben tun” (a condition characterized by sudden surges of qi), with the external testicles swollen to the size of a measuring bucket.

Chenghua Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Frequent urination, seminal emission with white, turbid discharge, or accompanied by pain and difficulty urinating; pulse is string-like, rapid, and weak; or coughing; or spontaneous sweating; or heat due to yin deficiency.

Zinc Oxide Dry Eye Ointment，From *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 11412, citing *Formulas for Universal Relief Based on Clinical Experience with Modifications*.，For various eye diseases, including corneal opacities and blurred vision accompanied by pain.

Diaphragm-Relieving and Phlegm-Resolving Pills，From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 1.，Phlegm-Qi.

Major Decoction of Qi with Added Peony and Rehmannia Decoction，*Selected Essentials of Medicine*.，For warm epidemics with Yangming Fu syndrome, characterized by tidal fever, sweating, delirium, abdominal pain, and constipation.

Borax Powder，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 3.，Pain and obstruction in the throat and pharynx.

Internal Tonifying and Calming Decoction，From *Xingyuan*, Volume 7.，Various swellings and toxic sores; mental confusion; inability to sleep soundly.

Shuquan Decoction，*Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Deficiency of the liver and kidneys leads to instability of the tear ducts, resulting in involuntary tearing; deficiency of kidney yang causes clear, cold tears.

Formula for Preserving Youth and Nourishing the Mind，From *Shenghui*, Volume 41.，

Pregnancy-Preserving and Qi-Harmonizing Powder，From *One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 2.，Fetal coldness; abdominal distension and deficiency-type pain; hollow rumbling in the flanks; cold pain below the navel with a sensation of impending diarrhea; frequent urination; loose stools due to deficiency.

Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.，For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

Decoction for Warming the Kidneys and Regulating Qi，*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.，For women with kidney deficiency who are several months pregnant, presenting with aching and distension in the lower back, lower abdominal pain with a sensation of heaviness and sinking, frequent urination, and heavy leukorrhea; the tongue appears normal with a white coating, and the … Read more

Eight Winds Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 15.，Headache, dizziness, and pain in the head and eyes; stiffness and pain in the limbs.

Oyster Shell and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Powder，*Medical Classifications*, Volume 7.，For pathogenic factors lingering beneath the flanks, or internal accumulation of dampness, as well as fullness and pain in the flanks.