Gan Ze Decoction

Appetite-Promoting Four Substances Decoction，From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.，Spleen Qi disharmony, with a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest.

Ten-Harmony Powder，From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 204), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.，Effective for 10 types of diaphragmatic qi stagnation, chest fullness and oppression, difficulty swallowing, reduced appetite, and conditions that gradually become life-threatening.

Zhi Zhen San，From *Formulas for Treating Injuries and Fractures*.，Tetanus, rabies, and gunshot wounds.

Secret-Transmitted Ten Seeds Pills，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2.，For men with deficient kidney essence, women with insufficient liver blood, as well as the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” mental confusion, nocturnal emissions, and phantom sexual encounters; hemorrhoids and hernias; and various debilitating ailments.

Lead Yellow Powder，Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 53); name cited in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 58).，For diabetes insipidus. Excessive thirst and an unquenchable desire to drink water.

Bi Jin Dan，*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 15.，For wind-heat-induced convulsions in children.

Pus-Expelling and Ulcer-Filling Powder，From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 15, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.，For abscesses and sores where the fever has subsided but pus and blood continue to discharge, and the wound is hollow and painful.

Hemostatic Powder，*A Clear Explanation of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 30.，For uncontrollable bleeding resulting from falls, blows, sprains, or contusions.

Aconite Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 14.，Following an episode of cold damage, the kidneys are deficient and emaciated, resulting in hearing loss and weakness in the legs and knees.

Decoction for Harmonizing the Half-Exterior and Half-Interior，From *Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 2.，For abscesses and ulcers that are half-exterior and half-interior—appearing to be about to rupture but not yet ruptured, appearing swollen but not truly swollen—these are all caused by deficiency of original qi and a failure to properly tonify and support.

Infant Spleen-Strengthening Pill，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Xi’an Formula).，For infants and children with weak digestive function, abdominal distension, and undigested food stagnation.

Autumn Water Pills，*Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*，Damp-heat stagnation, bloody dysentery with abdominal pain.

Eye-Brightening Bear Bile Ointment，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Lanzhou Formula).，For both acute and chronic eye conditions, including cloudiness, cataracts, tearing in the wind, redness, swelling, pain, and itching, as well as swollen and painful eyelids and sores around the eyes.

Pills for Eliminating Food Stagnation with Donkey-Hide Gelatin，From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 6.，For abdominal stagnation, pain, and diarrhea or dysentery.

White Stone Pigment Powder，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 178.，Pediatric intestinal obstruction with discharge of pus and blood.

Diaphragm-Relieving Decoction，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 47.，Stomach upset; unable to eat.

Athlete’s Foot Powder，From *Su Gong’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 19 of *Wai Tai*.，Weakness in the legs with shortness of breath; numbness and fullness with inability to eat; distension and swelling; also treats wind-deficiency cold with distension and inability to eat.

Golden Lock Elixir for Nourishing the True Essence，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 218), citing *Formulas from the De Sheng Hall*.，For nocturnal emissions with white, turbid discharge.

Enhanced Baohe Pills，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.，For those who are weak and frail, suffering from abdominal masses or lumps, bloating and pain, a sallow complexion and emaciation, a distended abdomen with visible blue veins, and a lack of appetite.

Cold-Descending Decoction，From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.，Hemoptysis or epistaxis, with a pulse that is洪滑而长 (vigorous, slippery, and long), or extending upward to the fish-interval; this is due to heat causing the stomach qi to fail to descend.

Duhuo and Qin Jiao Decoction，*Causes, Symptoms, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.，For wind-dampness-induced low back pain in the Shao Yin meridian that radiates along the inner edge of the spine.

Cartilage Powder，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 124.，For various types of food stuck in the throat or pharynx.

Trichosanthes Root Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.，The “Three Consumptions” resulting from water deficiency and fire excess.

Immortal-Transmitted Coral and Purple Gold Ointment，From Xue Xun’s Military Formulas, cited in Volume 6 of *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*.，For long-standing or recent cases of internal eye opacity and blindness, shifting cloud-like opacities, sudden onset of “fire eyes,” cold tears when exposed to wind, fear of sunlight and sensitivity to light, and deficiency of the liver … Read more

Zhi-Lian Er-Chen Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Wind-cold combined with food stagnation, phlegm, and fluid retention, manifesting as epigastric pain and fullness.