Gardenia, Coptis, and Bupleurum Decoction

Longsheng Ban Long Feibu Dan，From *Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.，For deficiency syndromes and atrophy.

Zhui Feng Ointment，*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.，Pain in the muscles and bones, numbness in the limbs, difficulty walking, and weakness in the lower back and knees.

Goose Feather Tube Eye Medicine，*Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，For red eyes caused by wind-fire, with orbital ulceration, swelling, and pain; a membrane obscuring the pupil; photophobia; and excessive eye discharge.

Family Secret Gallbladder-Clearing Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 2.，Gallbladder pathogens invading the stomach, causing vomiting of bitter and sour substances.

Tudu Zi Qi-Tonifying Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.，Chronic Sanjiao disorder on the verge of developing into edema, with persistent abdominal distension and difficulty urinating.

Dampness-Eliminating Tiger-Hiding Pills，From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 1.，Dampness in the middle jiao causes bi syndrome.

Ginseng and Deer Antler Pill for Promoting Fertility with Fish Bladder，From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).，For physical weakness, premature aging, weakness in the limbs, mental fatigue, reduced appetite, sallow complexion and emaciation, insomnia and night sweats, palpitations and restlessness, confusion and forgetfulness, soreness in the lower back and weakness … Read more

Wu Bai San，From *Ru Yi Fang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 240.，For beriberi, where the onset causes severe pain in the bones of the feet.

Tian Zhen Yu Sui Pills，From *Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 28, citing *Family Secrets*.，For severe leprosy and “Purple Cloud Wind.”

Stomach-Harmonizing Paste，From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).，For infants who cry incessantly, experience choking or obstruction due to milk-induced qi reversal, or suffer from a weak stomach with impaired qi circulation, resulting in fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, as well as frequent vomiting; or for cases of regurgitation.

He Shou Wu Decoction No. 2，*Clinical Medical Case Studies and Prescriptions*.，Premature graying of hair in young adults, or premature graying of the beard and hair.

Sanling Powder，*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 147), citing *Treatise on Preserving Life and Restoring Vitality*.，For cold-induced fever.

Formula for Applying Vinegar to Drumskin，The formula is from *Shenghui* (Vol. 65); the name is found in *Shengji Zonglu* (Vol. 133).，For lunar-eclipse sores.

Decoction for Removing Eye Opacities，*Collection of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 2.，For eye opacities caused by smallpox toxin, where a membrane-like opacity obscures the pupil.

Atractylodes, Cinnamon, and Dried Ginger Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 1.，For cold invading the middle jiao: during severe cold, one suddenly feels a chill that penetrates directly into the viscera, causing coldness in the hands, feet, and body; a bluish complexion; vomiting of clear fluid; rumbling in the abdomen; a sensation of fullness and distension … Read more

Fermented Soybean Porridge，From *Shenghui*, Volume 95.，Stroke. Paralysis of the limbs, lopsided mouth and face, slurred speech, and mental confusion.

Bone-Penetrating Golden Thread Universal Ointment，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 313.，For sores and swellings.

First-Rate Elixir，From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Shenyang Formula).，For trauma and contusions, and stagnant blood clots.

Blood-Stasis-Expelling Decoction，From *Supplement to the Essentials of the Guanjù Formulas*, Volume 9.，For women with stagnant blood causing generalized severe swelling.

Peony and Rhubarb Decoction，Formula from *Qianjin* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Qianjin Yi* (Vol. 8).，For women with irregular menstruation—whether occurring too early or too late in the cycle, or resembling soybean milk in consistency—accompanied by lower back pain as if the spine were breaking, pain in both legs, and cold wind in the uterus.

Wu Chi Ointment，From *The Book of Care for Infants and Children*, Volume 2.，For children aged 6–7 years and older with mumps or swollen abscesses, locked jaw, and difficulty eating.

Chaihu Huazhi Decoction，From *Medical Lamp of Transmission*, Volume 1.，Wind-heat syndrome. Characterized by shortness of breath, thirst, excessive sleepiness, and uncoordinated limbs.

Detoxifying and Plague-Repelling Pill，From *Yifang Yijian*, Volume 4.，For wind-cold common colds in all four seasons, accompanied by headache and fever, as well as epidemic diseases, mountain mists, and miasma.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace and Pork Stomach Pills，From *Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 4.，For children suffering from malaria, with abdominal distension, fever persisting year after year, and at risk of developing chronic wasting disease.

Black Beard Pills，*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 5.，For those with profuse blood loss who are prone to premature graying of hair.