Gardenia and Trichosanthes Decoction

Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea，From *Gujin Yijian* (Vol. 16), citing a formula by Huang Binjiang.，For cases of extremely severe beatings.

Mother-and-Child Double-Benefit Decoction，From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 1.，In the winter months, a case of cold damage presents with fever lasting 5 days and dryness of Kidney Water. When the Kidney Water fails to moisten the Liver, the patient immediately experiences syncope.

Dongxu Pill，*Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Jie Wei Yuan Sou), Volume 3.，Aversion to wind, numbness, wandering pain, and spasmodic pain.

Miraculous Formula for Dry Throat Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 62.，For diaphragmatic qi stagnation; throat obstruction; coughing with shortness of breath; excessive phlegm causing wheezing and chest fullness; and obstruction of the respiratory tract preventing the proper rise and fall of qi.

Spotted Crow Powder，From *The Family Treasure Formulas for Health Preservation*, cited in Volume 293 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.，For scrofula and rat-like fistulas.

Dried Pueraria Porridge，*Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 266), citing *The Essential Guide to Dietary Medicine*.，For children with wind-heat-induced vomiting, high fever, headache, palpitations, and night crying.

Moistening-the-Bowel Porridge，From *Secret Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 6.，Postpartum constipation.

Astragalus Jianzhong Decoction with Added Angelica，*Ben Shi*, Volume 8.，Shanghan. Fever, headache, restlessness and thirst, pulse floating and rapid but weak, slow and feeble below the cun position; not yet suitable for exterior-releasing or inducing sweating.

Qi-Transforming and Menstrual-Regulating Decoction，*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 19.，Liu Zhu Li. After a scrofula has ruptured and formed a perforated cavity, a swollen mass the size of a finger—either black or white—may develop at the site.

Jiesheng Rusheng Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 6).，For epilepsy and “dark wind” that have persisted for many years without cure.

Diao Teng Zi Cao Powder，From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 65.，For rashes and skin eruptions in children.

Pork Kidney, Ginseng, and Astragalus Decoction，*Secret Essentials of Gynecology*, Volume 8.，Postpartum debility, joint pain, headache, and profuse sweating.

Yingying Pills，From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 172.，For abdominal masses and undigested food.

Tianhuang Pills，From *Essential Readings on Medicine*, Volume 9.，Phlegm in the Heart Meridian is called “hot phlegm.” Symptoms include a洪 pulse, a flushed face, restlessness and fever, heart pain, a dry mouth and dry lips, and a tendency to laugh frequently; the phlegm is thick and forms lumps.

Eight-Ingredient Rehmannia Decoction with Iron Oxide，*Supplement to the Essentials of Prescriptions Compiled from Observations*, Volume 3, citing *Compendium of Medicinal Properties*.，Coughing, retching, and severe shortness of breath.

Five Tigers Decoction，From *The Collection of Beaded Pearls*, Volume 2.，Cough in Pregnancy. Consuming raw or cold foods, as well as pepper and ginger, damages the fetal qi; stomach fire surges into the lungs, causing unrelenting coughing.

Yellow Water Powder，*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Lanzhou Formula).，For weeping sores.

Xie Huang Decoction，From *Compendium of Masi Syndrome*, Volume 4.，Hidden fire in the spleen and stomach, dry mouth and lips, mouth sores, restlessness and thirst; heat is located in the muscles.

Chai-Lian Detoxifying Decoction，*Essential Formulas and Discussions on Measles*.，When measles fail to fully erupt and the toxin has not been completely expelled, the qi is forced upward by heat; when the heat reaches its peak, it causes red eyes, phlegm production, and wheezing.

Jianling Dan，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 395.，For children with untimely vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal distension, and fullness and obstruction in the chest and diaphragm.

White Jade Pill，From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 21.，

Wind-Dispelling Decoction，From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.，Indicated for cases where wind symptoms predominate over heat—characterized by mild pain and severe itching, with swelling more pronounced than redness—and accompanied by alternating chills and fever, headache, and a floating, rapid pulse.

Navel Cake，*Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 1.，For edema and abdominal distension.

Tonifying Prepared Dried Rehmannia Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 70.，For women suffering from blood-wind-induced debility, disharmony of the meridians, emaciation of the limbs, coldness in the navel and abdomen, fatigue and weakness, and loss of appetite.

Fan Zhi Shen Qu，From *The Great Treasure of Health*, Volume 1.，For disorders caused by irregular seasonal energies, such as colds with fever, dizziness, and cough; as well as indigestion with abdominal pain, fullness and distension, vomiting, and diarrhea; travel-related digestive upset; miasma; malaria; dysentery; and the initial onset of smallpox.