Ganlu Dan

Cooling Water Pill，From *Liangpeng Huiji*, Volume 1.，For nausea, epigastric discomfort, and phlegm-fire syndrome.

Chuiyun Ointment，*Shenghui*, Volume 63.，For boils on the back, breast pain, and various sores and swellings.

Liver-Regulating Powder，From *Shenshi’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 21 of *Wai Tai*.，Deficiency of liver qi manifests as blurred vision, a sallow complexion, eye discharge and tearing, and an inability to see clearly.

Qi-Generating and Stomach-Nourishing Pills，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For spleen deficiency with cold phlegm, gastric reflux, and inability to tolerate food or medicine.

Bamboo Shavings and Gentian Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，For those with a timid disposition and an invasion of dampness, presenting with palpitations and trembling, a sallow complexion, scanty and difficult urination, and emaciated skin.

Fresh Soapberry Paste，*Complete Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.，For chronic, stubborn, and malignant tinea that has not responded to other treatments.

Zhongyue Decoction，From *Chuanxin Shiyong Fang*, Volume 2.，Dampness-related conditions, including redness, swelling, and pain in the legs and feet, as well as fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, impaired rise and fall of qi, and pain throughout the body; also treats beriberi.

Cooling Sweet Dew Decoction，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 4.，Swollen Lips. Caused by a diet rich in fatty and starchy foods and aggravated by sudden anger, this condition manifests as raised, hard swellings that may rupture and bleed, or lead to phlegm due to deficient heat, or prolonged thirst.

Goat Dung Wine，*General Essentials of Health* (Volume 10).，For children who vomit for no apparent reason after eating, with incessant regurgitation of sour fluid—sometimes as many as 3–5 mouthfuls.

Apricot-Honey Paste，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 68.，Hemoptysis.

Changshan Powder，*Direct Pointers on Pediatrics*, Volume 4.，For children with malaria accompanied by phlegm congestion and restlessness.

Shengma Liuwu Decoction，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.，In cases of yang-type collapse where sweating occurs despite the need for purgation, leading to sore throat, mouth sores, and swollen gums.

Black Feather Powder，*The Treasure of Health* (Weisheng Baojian), Volume 13.，For accidental penetration of the skin by a needle or piece of iron.

Disease-Relieving Powder，From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 212.，For all ailments in women before and after childbirth, various types of uterine bleeding and metrorrhagia, and postpartum fever.

Cistanche and Lamb Kidney Porridge，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.，For kidney deficiency with wind-deficiency, manifested as a sallow-black complexion and dry, brittle hair at the temples.

Wenzang Pills，From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.，For cases of deficiency-cold in the viscera where various parasitic accumulations have been expelled but have recurred.

Green Bamboo and Soybean Oil，From *The Golden Mirror*, Volume 71.，For itchy skin sores.

Corrosive Powder，Formula attributed to Xu Dachun, cited in *Selected Precious and Secret Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold*.，

Ganku San，From *Hui Yan Guan Zheng*, cited in Volume 16 of *You You Xin Shu*.，Nasal congestion in children.

Secret Leaf Powder，From *Records of Smallpox and Measles* (Volume 15).，For the spread of smallpox toxin.

Si Xiang San，*New Compilation for Prolonging Life*, Volume Lower.，For all types of abdominal pain and habitual abdominal pain in pregnant women.

Aconite Jianzhong Decoction，From *Yi Jian*.，For vomiting or diarrhea resembling cholera, or for conditions caused by exposure to dampness and cold, where pathogenic wind has entered the abdomen, resulting in stiffness and acute pain.

Cang Gong’s Angelica Decoction，*Qian Jin*, Volume 8.，For cases of lockjaw caused by pathogenic wind, with opisthotonos and spasms.

Single-Ingredient Smilax and Smilax Rhizome Decoction，From *Treatise on Syphilis: Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 2.，For syphilitic purulent dysuria, where the penis is diffusely swollen and purplish-red; or swollen without pain or itching; or pus oozes from the urethral opening; or foul-smelling pus discharges from 2–3 perforations in the glans.

Fire-Extinguishing and Progeny-Preserving Pill，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 10.，For men with seminal emission.